Race, Citizenship, and Equality Colloquium – Erwin Chemerinsky
March 3, 2023
Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of UC Berkeley School of Law presents on Affirmative Action and the Erosion of Race-Based Remedies with Faculty Discussant Ming Hsu Chen.
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Celebrating Women’s History Month!
March 3, 2023
March is Women’s History Month and the UC Law SF Library is celebrating by highlighting some of its resources on women and the law. Several of the Library’s subscription databases provide content on women’s history. HeinOnline’s Women & the Law database includes academic articles and government documents on women’s rights. Topics…
Meet Melanie Gorelik Co-President of the Jewish Law Students Association
March 3, 2023
Melanie Gorelik is co-president of the Jewish Law Students Association at UC Law San Francisco. Affinity organizations at UC Law San Francisco unite students from different racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and religious backgrounds. One of these many groups is the Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA). Meet…
Prof. Shu-Yi Oei presents as part of the 2023 Tax Policy Colloquium
February 28, 2023
As part of the 2023 Tax Policy Colloquium hosted by the UC Law SF Center on Tax Law, Prof. Shu-Yi Oei will present on February 28, 2023. The UC Law SF Tax Policy Colloquium features leading academics who present their research on current tax policy issues. Our speaker schedule is…
UC Law SF Joins Cal LAW Pathways Program to Help Diversify Legal Field
February 27, 2023
Ruthe Catolico Ashley of Cal LAW, UC Law SF Assistant Chancellor & Dean Jenny Kwon, and UC Law SF Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mario Lopez celebrated the signing of a new partnership agreement in February. As part of its ongoing efforts to advance diversity in the…
Center for WorkLife Law Hails Legislative Wins for Working Families
February 20, 2023
Research and advocacy by the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Law SF helped inform recent legislation that expands protections for pregnant and breastfeeding workers. After advocating for the rights of pregnant and nursing workers and students for more than two decades, the Center for…
Race, Citizenship, and Equality Colloquium – Tendayi Achiume
February 16, 2023
On Thursday, February 16th, E. Tendayi Achiume, the inaugural Alicia Miñana Professor of Law, and former Faculty Director of the UCLA Law Promise Institute for Human Rights gave a lecture on Race, Migration, and Colonialism with Faculty Discussant Chimene Keitner.
Prof. Jon Choi presents as part of the 2023 Tax Policy Colloquium
February 14, 2023
Prof. Jon Choi presents as part of the 2023 Tax Policy Colloquium As part of the 2023 Tax Policy Colloquium hosted by the UC Law SF Center on Tax Law, Jon Choi Associate Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota, will present Subjective Costs of Taxation on February 14, 2023. The UC Law…
Won’t You Be My Valentine? Couples Who Found Love at Law School
February 14, 2023
Among late-night study sessions and brief writing, some students still manage to find love in law school. In honor of Valentine’s Day, four couples who met as students at UC Law San Francisco shared their love stories. If you would like to be featured in next year’s story – send…
Law Professors from Overseas Visit UC Law SF to Learn About its Clinical Programs
February 9, 2023
Faculty members from law schools in Ghana and Kosovo visited UC Law San Francisco in January to learn more about its educational programs. Faculty visitors from foreign law schools recently flew across oceans to visit the campus of UC Law San Francisco to learn more about its robust…
Race, Citizenship, and Equality Colloquium – David Fitzgerald
February 6, 2023
David Fitzgerald, UC San Diego on Racial Disparities in Refugee Resettlement. Faculty Discussant Karen Musalo.
Visiting Prof. Scott Cummings Talks Role of Cities in Fighting Inequality
February 6, 2023
Visiting Professor Scott Cummings discussed the roles that organizers, lawyers, and local laws play in fighting economic inequality in cities like Los Angeles during a lecture in January. Local laws and lawmaking have been used as effective tools by organizers in Los Angeles to challenge and disrupt structural…