Students in the University of California, Irvine School of Law Civil Rights Litigation Clinic were part of a litigation team representing respondent Terrence Tekoh before the U.S. Supreme Court in Vega v. Tekoh.

Civil Rights Litigation clinic director Paul Hoffman of Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes argued before the Supreme Court on April 20 with University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and attorney John Burton serving as co-counsel.