March 14, 2020
Think of it as feeding those who made the soup that fed your soul. With on-campus activity severely curtailed due to coronavirus-related safety precautions, the beloved Law Café at UC Law SF has closed two months ahead of its normal seasonal schedule, announcing that it made the difficult decision…
March 12, 2020
UC Law SF 1Ls are Semi-Finalists at the International Academy of Dispute Resolution International Mediation Tournament The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) congratulates Kelly Sagaser (1L), Brian Ruben (1L) and Sarah Mojarro (2L) for placing as Semi-Finalists at the International Academy of Dispute Resolution International Mediation Tournament at…
March 2, 2020
UC Law SF La Raza is co-hosting the National Latina/Latino Law Student Conference March 5-7 with students at Berkeley Law La Raza. The national conference draws more than 300 students, attorneys, and academics from around the country. The three-day conference includes a moot court competition, workshops, law firm tabling,…
February 20, 2020
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) at UC Law SF is known internationally for it’s leading ADR courses and programs, but CNDR also keeps its focus on students. Over one-third of Hastings students taking CNDR’s offerings annually, and many go on to find careers in the ADR field,…
February 20, 2020
Hastings Students for Immigrants’ Rights (HSIR) is sending eight law students to Taylor, Texas, in March to support women asylum seekers who are incarcerated at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center. This year’s trip builds on the work of two previous trips to family detention centers. Three students went to…
February 14, 2020
Professor Frank H. Wu William L. Prosser Distinguished Professor Frank H. Wu has been awarded the 2020 John Hope Franklin Award for his longtime contributions to higher education and diversity. Franklin, an American historian best known for his 1947 work From Slavery to Freedom, was awarded the Presidential Medal…
February 13, 2020
Professor Hadar Aviram Professor Hadar Aviram has won the UC Law SF Foundation Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarship. The annual award from the Foundation Board of Trustees recognizes demonstrated scholarly production. And with three books in the last five years, Aviram hits the mark. Aviram is…
January 24, 2020
Criminal Procedure Scholar and Public Defender Jonathan Abel Joins UC Law SF Faculty Professor Jon Abel Public defender and criminal procedure scholar Jonathan Abel will join the UC Law SF faculty as a tenure-track associate professor on July 1. He will teach Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure…
January 5, 2020
Class of 2019 pass rate jumps by 20 points over July 2018, following adoption of innovative teaching methods “We teach differently now,” Ratner said. “From the student vantage point, it’s much more high touch than the traditional Langdellian model of legal education.” -Academic Dean Morris Ratner…
January 2, 2020
Director of Academic Support Laurie Zimet Numerous UC Law SF professors are presenting this week at the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) annual meeting in Washington, D.C., on panels addressing some of the most innovative techniques in legal education and cutting-edge policy issues. The participants:…
January 2, 2020
Dear Hastings Community, David Faigman New Year’s is a time of reflection and resolution. Since becoming Chancellor and Dean, I have taken the opportunity of each new year to reflect on the successes of the past year and to set forth my resolutions for the year ahead, often…
December 17, 2019
“Laurie Zimet was one of the first people to engage with me in an explicit and rigorous way about what it means to be an effective teacher.” Director of Academic Support Laurie Zimet UC Law SF Director of Academic Support Laurie Zimet has been honored by the…