July 22, 2022
The Center on Tax Law is excited to announce that Zach Leonard and Lisa Chen are the co-recipients of the 2L Academic Excellence in Tax Scholarship. This award is provided by the Fung Family Tax Law Scholarship Fund, a program generously funded by Jennifer Fung ’18 and Adrian Fung to support and retain…
June 30, 2022
Ezekiel Gorrocino and Katie Scull are this year’s recipients of the 3L Excellence in Tax Writing Scholarship. This $5,000 scholarship is sponsored by the Fung Family Tax Law Scholarship Fund, a program generously funded by Jennifer Fung ’18 and Adrian Fung to support and retain tax law concentrators at UC…
June 30, 2022
Rosamaria Cavalho ’22 will work with the Transgender Law Center in Oakland, California, helping LGBTQ asylum seekers and immigrants. Rosamaria Cavalho ’22 said she wanted to attend law school so she could support low-income, immigrant communities, like the one in which she was raised. Cavalho, who grew up…
June 28, 2022
Four nationally-renowned scholars – with expertise in areas ranging from restorative justice to pharmaceutical law – are joining the faculty at UC Law SF College of the Law as Professors of Law this fall. The new professors are Hiro Aragaki, who specializes in alternative dispute resolution; Ming Hsu Chen, an…
June 25, 2022
Dear UC Law SF community, Today’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade is devastating on many levels. I, too, feel the pain and shock I see in the faces of colleagues who, though bracing for the blow based on a leaked draft of the opinion, still…
June 24, 2022
Thalia González Professor Thalia González González joins Hastings after working at Georgetown University Law Center as a Senior Scholar in the Center on Poverty and Inequality and as the Madeline N. McKinnie Professor of Politics at Occidental College. She is an expert in restorative and transformative justice, including how restorative…
June 24, 2022
Ming Hsu Chen Professor Ming Chen Chen is a familiar face at Hastings after serving as a visiting professor during the 2021-2022 school year and now joins the permanent faculty. She will become the Professor and Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair and a Professor of Law. Her…
June 24, 2022
Hiro Aragaki Professor Hiro Aragaki Aragaki is a specialist in alternative dispute resolution who is particularly interested in the intersection of contract law and civil procedure. He worked at Hastings as an adjunct professor nearly 20 years ago so, in his words, “the law school has always been…
June 23, 2022
UC Law SF students who did public-interest work during the 2021-’22 academic school year were celebrated at a ceremony in May. UC Law SF law students worked approximately 55,000 unpaid hours over the last year providing more than $7 million in free legal support to nonprofits, public agencies,…
June 22, 2022
The Center on Tax Law is excited to announce that Katie Scull is the recipient of the 3L Academic Excellence in Tax Scholarship. This award is presented to the 3L concentrator with the highest GPA in tax courses. This award is provided by the Fung Family Tax Law Scholarship Fund, a program generously funded…
June 21, 2022
The Center on Tax Law would like to congratulate Sarah Case and Jenny Sui, who are this year’s recipients of the Peter K. Maier Scholarships. These awards are given to 3L tax concentrators with financial need who demonstrate promise for an exceptional career in tax law. These scholarships are provided by the Peter K. Maier Scholarship Fund,…
June 21, 2022
The Center on Tax Law is pleased to announce that Cat Nasi is the winner of the 2L Retention Scholarship, a prize awarded to the top-performing rising 2L intending to concentrate in tax. This $5,000 scholarship is sponsored by the Fung Family Tax Law Scholarship Fund, a program generously…