April 21, 2020
Professor Veena Dubal Associate Professor Veena Dubal published an op-ed in The Guardian warning of the dangers of relying on unfettered surveillance to track the spread of COVID-19. “No matter how much we want to return to ‘normal,’ we must be wary of additional for-profit use of…
April 17, 2020
Professor Jaime King UC Law SF professor Jaime King published an opinion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine today calling for sweeping changes in how Americans receive health care and health insurance coverage during the pandemic. More than ever, King argues, we need health care…
April 10, 2020
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution is proud to announce that our Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Team (aka The ADR Team) has been recognized as a leader at UC Law SF! Congrats from CNDR! About the 2020 Leadership Awards This year, in an effort to…
April 7, 2020
Back row, from L-R: Professor Richard Boswell; Nicole Aston (1L);Front row, from L-R: Irvin De La O (1L); Josephine Mendoza (1L); Maria Salinas Mendoza (1L)Not pictured: Aleen Mankerian (1L); Andrew Newcomb (3L) Michelle Trejo-Saldivar (3L) “This trip has reminded me of how resilient the human spirit…
March 19, 2020
UC Law SF’ Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution hosted this year’s NorCal Faculty ADR Conference, an annual gathering to share best teaching practices for ADR and Negotiation. With our co-host, the…
March 1, 2020
Publications Hadar Aviram, Yesterday’s Monsters: The Manson Family Cases and the Illusion of Parole (UC Press 2020) Binyamin Blum, “Man Hath No Preeminence Over the Canine: Forensic Tracking in Mandate Palestine,” 51 Theory & Criticism41 (2019) (first printed in February 2020) Abe Cable, “Does Trados Matter?,” 45 Journal of Corporation Law (2020)…
March 1, 2020
Publications Jaime King et al., “Addressing Health Care Market Consolidation and High Prices” Urban Institute (Jan. 13, 2020) Rick Marcus, “A Common Law Perspective on the Supreme Court and Its Functions,” 81 Studia Iuridica 15 (2019) Rick Marcus, “Treading Water? Current Procedural Issues in America,” 23 ZZPInt 183 (2018) (published in…
March 1, 2020
Publications Scott Dodson, “Accountability and Transparency in U.S. Courts,” in Accountability and Transparency in Civil Justice: A Comparative Perspective(Daniel Mitidiero ed. 2019) Scott Dodson, “Beyond Bias in Diversity Jurisdiction,” 69 Duke Law Journal267 (2019) Chimène Keitner, “Cybersecurity Provisions and Trade Agreements,” 10 Harvard Business Law Review Online1 (with Harry Clark)…
February 27, 2020
Professor Robin Feldman published an op-ed in the Washington Post in response to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar’s comment that he couldn’t promise a coronavirus vaccine would be made available to Americans who couldn’t afford the medicine. The op-ed, “President Trump’s coronavirus response highlights a flawed drug…
February 18, 2020
Left to rights: 2020 ALMA President Anna Pletcher, Catalina Lozano and Marin Superior Court Judge Sheila Lichtblau (courtesy photo) Longtime adjunct professor and civil rights fighter Catalina Lozano ’81 has been awarded the Unity Award by The Minority Bar Coalition, a network of over 40 diverse bar associations…
February 17, 2020
Francis McGovern, portrait at Duke Law UC Law SF and the national litigation community is mourning the sudden death of Visiting Professor Francis McGovern, following a fall at his home in Marin. He was 75, and to many, completely irreplaceable. Professor McGovern taught each spring semester at UC…
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…