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If a car driven by AI crashes, who is legally responsible?

@UCLA_Law professor Adam Winkler argues that if we grant artificial intelligence legal "personhood," the AI itself could absorb the blame for accidents or errors.

Could this shift in legal blame shield tech companies from facing any real accountability for the systems they build and deploy?

Listen to the full Capitalisn't episode below 👇

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Why do corporations always win at the Supreme Court?

@UCLA_Law's @adamwinkler joins #Capitalisnt to discuss a 200-year campaign by business to win the constitutional rights of human beings. https://t.co/E6kdtI6XdN

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Thanks to a $2 million gift from distinguished alumna Nancy Abell '79 and her husband Leslie Abell, @UCLA Law has established a new faculty chair in Employment and Labor Law. Read the full story: https://t.co/L4qzPjQegY

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The World Cup is officially here. ⚽ @UCLA Law's Steve Bank ranks among the world's leading experts in the law of soccer. In a new Q&A, he weighs in on issues around the World Cup, and more. Read the full Q&A here: https://t.co/TC0vr7y7bm

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.@UCLA Law professor Alejandro Camacho sits down to discuss his new book, "Lessons for a Warming Planet: A Vital History of U.S. Environmental Law," co-authored with Brigham Daniels (NYU Press, 2026). Read more: https://t.co/fzAY6IZAPI

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Christy Mallory has been named executive director of the Williams Institute (@WilliamsPolicy) at @UCLA School of Law, just the third in its 25-year history. Read more: https://t.co/BhSCH1aXAO

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According to @UCLA_Law professor Adam Winkler, originalist justices have often been responsible for the expansion of corporate rights. But, he says, there is absolutely no historical evidence that the framers wanted to protect business corporations.

🎧Listen to the full Capitalisn't podcast below to hear hosts @zingales & @bethanymac12 debate the wild history of corporate personhood 👇

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In her new book, "Smog and Sunshine: The Surprising Story of How Los Angeles Cleaned Up Its Air," Ann Carlson – @UCLA Law professor and faculty director of the @UCLALawEmmett – explores the hazy history and offers a brighter outlook. https://t.co/OeFN9dU2u6

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Students in @UCLA Law's Immigrants' Rights Policy Clinic secured a major legal victory in April, helping free a man from ICE detention and reuniting him with his family. Read more: https://t.co/6YticVFpbC

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On May 18, the American Law Institute (@AmLawInst) approved the "Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies," seven years in the making, for which UCLA Law professor Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) served as lead reporter.

Read more: https://t.co/rIFveNhrZS

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Hear our Ann Carlson talk with @robinsonmeyer about her fascinating new book, Smog and Sunshine. 🍍

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.@UCLA School of Law professor Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) has been awarded a 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship to support his work on his forthcoming book “Unbent Arc: The Rise and Decline of American Democracy 1964-2024.” Read more:
https://t.co/g5cj5sVi6p

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Nearly 200 people attended the @UCLA_Law event, which addressed the impacts of sustainability policies on affordability and featured policymakers and environmental advocates, hopefully inspiring students to also consider working in energy.
https://t.co/bJ13Yjuugq

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.@UCLA Law launches Executive Education, a new program teaching people from all stages of professional life and the full array of backgrounds through intensive courses on the most pertinent topics in law, business, and society today. Read more: https://t.co/htVxakbupp

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Distinguished alumni Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw, B.A. '76, J.D. '79, and Bill Wardlaw, J.D. '72, have pledged $2 million to establish @UCLA Law's first endowed chair in constitutional law. Read more: https://t.co/WPgAV1ZcmZ

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JOIN US: Friday April 3 is a free, all-day conference on climate policy and affordability at @UCLA_Law featuring a keynote by CPUC President John Reynolds and 3 panel discussions.
https://t.co/eTq1aBDhom

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The Behind Bars Data Project (@uclaprisondata), a @uclaprisonlaw initiative at @UCLA Law has released the first full dataset on deaths in ICE custody, offering a searchable record spanning more than two decades. Learn more: https://t.co/LM0oUm2rks

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We're thrilled to announce California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu as our keynote speaker for the Class of 2026 commencement ceremony on May 15. Learn more: https://t.co/ej9iZcHZJI

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Join us on April 3 for an all-day conference on the intersection of affordability and climate policy at @UCLA_Law. It's free to attend but you need to reserve a spot: https://t.co/eTq1aBDhom

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.@UCLA Law placed No. 9 nationally in @HeinOnline's new Scholarly Impact Rankings. Professors Kimberlé Crenshaw, Eugene Volokh, Stephen Bainbridge (@PrawfBainbridge), and Joanna Schwartz were among the top-ranked scholars in the country. https://t.co/VdyEuCqjmN