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We employ discrete dislocation dynamics to resolve the temporal pro les of slip-avalanches and extract the nite-size scaling properties of the slip-avalanche statistics, going beyond gross aggregate statistics of slip avalanche sizes. We provide a comprehensive set of scaling exponents, including the depinning exponent . Our work establishes that the dynamics of plasticity, in the absence of hardening, is consistent with the mean eld interface depinning universality class, even though there is no quenched disorder. We also use dislocation dynamics and scaling arguments in two dimensions to show that the critical stress grows with the square root of the dislocation density (Taylor's relation). Consequently, dislocations jam at any density, in contrast to granular materials, which only jam above a critical density. 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We employ discrete dislocation dynamics to resolve the temporal pro les of slip-avalanches and extract the nite-size scaling properties of the slip-avalanche statistics, going beyond gross aggregate statistics of slip avalanche sizes. We provide a comprehensive set of scaling exponents, including the depinning exponent . Our work establishes that the dynamics of plasticity, in the absence of hardening, is consistent with the mean eld interface depinning universality class, even though there is no quenched disorder. We also use dislocation dynamics and scaling arguments in two dimensions to show that the critical stress grows with the square root of the dislocation density (Taylor's relation). Consequently, dislocations jam at any density, in contrast to granular materials, which only jam above a critical density. 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