October 1, 2018
September was a very active month for UC Law SF faculty scholarship and related activities. Below is the September Roundup, including entries from Aug. 20-31, compiled by Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Research Scott Dodson. Publications George Bisharat published a coauthored contribution…
September 26, 2018
The United States Court of Appeals 10th Circuit recently cited an article from Professor Scott Dodson in a contract assignment decision. The 10th Circuit quoted from Dodson’s, “Dignity: The New Frontier of State Sovereignty,” 56 Okla. L. Rev. 777, 778 (2003), in Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services v. United…
Bruce L. Simon ’80 was named the 2018 Antitrust Lawyer of the Year by the California Lawyers Association (CLA). A principal with Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, he is one of the leading antitrust lawyers in the United States and a past chair of the Board of Directors at UC…
September 19, 2018
From A CEO’s Full Circle In Oakland: Driving Justice At Home And Nationally, by Forbes Contributor Jessica Pliska: “Change agent, policy expert, movement builder, and community leader are all ways to describe Vien Truong, CEO of Dream Corps. Her career has been laser focused on driving policies at the federal,…
An array of academics, policymakers, and activists came together for the eighth annual Baby Markets Roundtable at UC Law SF on May 4 and 5, 2018. The invitation-only event addressed issues in the area of contemporary family-making, which increasingly includes cutting-edge science, international negotiations, and unregulated contracts. Professor Radhika…
On Jan. 11, 2018, UC Law SF Thomas E. Miller Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus Geoffrey Hazard passed away at the age of 88. Geoffrey Hazard Geoffrey will long be remembered as one of the leading minds in the development of the civil procedure and legal ethics fields.
Professor Jennifer Dunn has been on the frontlines – even targeted and threatened by anti-abortion activists. But Dunn is not deterred. She’s even more determined, as she devotes a career to reproductive justice. “It is about more than abortion,” explained Dunn, a 1998 graduate of UC Law SF who has…
September 4, 2018
Professor Jaime S. King and Katherine L. Gudiksen, senior research fellow at the Source on Healthcare Price and Competition, co-authored Commentary on California’s Drug Transparency Law (SB-17) for the September edition of Health Affairs, the leading peer-reviewed journal of health policy thought and research. Along with Timothy T. Brown, associate…
August 16, 2018
Previous Slide Next Slide Rising 2L Chelsea Sachau discusses her experience at UC Law SF and her work for the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project in the following #summergig Q&A: Where are you from? I’m from San Diego, California. What…
August 16, 2018
Each year, Equal Justice Works selects a class of passionate, public interest lawyers who have designed innovative projects in conjunction with nonprofit legal services organizations to respond to unmet legal needs in their communities. Equal Justice Works Fellows have represented thousands of adults, children, and families in need throughout…
August 15, 2018
As a UC Law SF student, Mark Sundahl ’01 wrote an article for the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review about liability for damage caused by unidentifiable space debris. The rather esoteric piece was the first step on a long and winding journey that has resulted in Sundahl becoming one…
Joseph W. Cotchett ’64 understands the value of both education and philanthropy. One of the nation’s leading trial attorneys and a longtime UC Law SF booster, Cotchett recently donated $1.5 million to support the Building UC Law SF Fund and to name the Joseph W. Cotchett Advocacy Center. To be…