UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)

Executive Power, Executive Orders, and the Rule of Law: A Community Conversation with UC Law SF Faculty
2025-02-18 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 200 ARC, Alumni Reception Center, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States

Meet John Burris: “The godfather of police litigation”
2025-02-18 12:30 - 13:30 | 198-213
Professor Little and the Criminal Law Concentration proudly present:

ADR Speaker Series - Spring 2025
2025-02-19 12:30 - 14:30 | 333-501 & Zoom
Join the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) at UC Law San Francisco for a public talk series on a variety of dispute resolution topics.
The Spring 2025 ADR Speaker Series will include six influential thought leaders presenting new ideas and cutting edge research to members of the UC Law SF community and the general public. The ADR Speaker Series is held in conjunction with an Advanced ADR Colloquium course for students, taught in 2025 by CNDR Director, Professor Hiro Aragaki.
Talks will be held from 12:30pm to 1:30pm (PST) on selected Wednesdays. Lunch will be provided for the in-person events.
Moderator
Hiro Aragaki, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR), UC Law San Francisco

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Schedule of Speakers

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from 12:30-1:30pm (PT)
The Dynamics of Infrastructure Dispute Mitigation
Shahla Ali, Professor of Law, Associate Dean (International) and Director of the LLM Program in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at the University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law
In-person and via Zoom

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 from 12:30-1:30pm (PT)
Dealing with International Dispute Resolution; Multiple Parties and Wicked Problems
Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science, University of California, Irvine and A.B. Chettle Jr. Professor of Law, Dispute Resolution and Civil Procedure, Emerita, Georgetown University
Zoom only

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 from 12:30-1:30pm (PT)
Settlementality
Jesse Bregant, Assistant Professor, University of Houston Law Center
Zoom only

Wednesday, February 19 2025, from 12:30-1:30pm (PT)
The Psychology of Lawyers in Litigation and Negotiation
Jean Sternlight, Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Law, Justice & Policy Program at Texas A&M University School of Law
Zoom only

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 from 12:30 – 1:30pm (PT)
How Can Real Practice System Theory Help Attorneys and Mediators Improve Their Performance?
John M. Lande, Isidor Loeb Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri School of Law
In-person and via Zoom

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from 12:30 – 1:30pm (PT)
Joint Session or Caucus? Factors Related to How the Initial Mediation Session Begins
Art Hinshaw, Associate Dean for Experiential Learning, Faculty Director, Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center, Clinical Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
Zoom Only

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Venture Fund Representation: Insights from Leading Counsel
2025-02-27 12:30 - 13:30 | 333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
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Bridging the Gap: Health Justice and Exclusionary School Discipline
2025-02-28 09:00 - 14:30 | 333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
The Consortium invites you to Bridging the Gap: Health Justice and Exclusionary School Discipline on February 28, 2025. The conference will feature researchers, public health practitioners, clinicians, attorneys, and community advocates whose research agendas and practice examine exclusionary school discipline’s implications for health equity. A central goal for the conference is to advance an interdisciplinary research and policy agenda to diminish disparate exposure to exclusionary school discipline and promote positive childhood health and wellbeing. RSVP here. For those who are only able to attend virtually, please complete the RSVP form for more details.

8:30 AM PST / 11:30 AM EST: Light breakfast available

9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST: Welcome

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST / 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM EST: Session 1
The Mechanisms and Harms of Exclusionary School Discipline: A Case Study of Pennsylvania
Panelists: Kathi R. Elliott, DNP, MSW, CRNP, Tawanna Jones, EdD, Ashley Sawyer, JD, Paige Joki, JD, and Daniela Brissett, MD
Moderator: Thalia González, JD; UC Law SF, Co-Director Center for Racial and Economic Justice; Senior Scholar, UCSF-UC Law SF Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy

Break

10:25 AM – 11:25 AM PST /1:25 PM – 2:25 PM EST: Session 2
The Health and Mental Health Harms of Exclusionary School Discipline
Panelists: Charles Bell, PhD, Danielle McBride, MD, Thalia González, JD, Alexia Angton, PhD, and Michael Niño, PhD
Moderator: Camila Cribb Fabersunne, MD, MPH, UCSF Medical Hospital, Department of Pediatrics

Break

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST / 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EST: Session 3
Current Health Justice Collaborations and Identifying New Interventions to Eliminate Exposure to Exclusionary School Discipline
Panelists: Tenaj Moody, Cesar De La Vega, JD, and Crystal Grant, MSW, JD
Moderator: Alexis Etow, Managing Director at ChangeLab Solutions

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM PST / 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST: Lunch (outside, weather permitting)

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM PST / 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST: Working Roundtable and Closing
Facilitator: Thalia González, JD; UC Law SF, Co-Director Center for Racial and Economic Justice; Senior Scholar, UCSF-UC Law SF Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy
End of public portion

Conference Speaker Information

Alexia Angton, PhD
Assistant Professor – Arts & Sciences and Sociology & Criminology Departments at the University of Arkansas

Charles Bell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor – Department of Criminal Justice Studies

Daniela Brissett, MD
Faculty Scholar at PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Camila Cribb Fabersunne, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics – University of California, San Francisco, Hospital Medicine

Cesar De La Vega, JD
Senior Policy Analyst at ChangeLab Solutions

Kathi Elliott, DNP, MSW, CRNP
Chief Executive Officer of Gwen’s Girls

Alexis Etow, JD
Managing Director at ChangeLab Solutions

Thalia Gonzalez
Professor of Law and Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair, Co-Director of the Center for Racial and Economic Justice, UC Law SF

Crystal Grant
Associate Clinical Professor of Law & Director of Children’s Law Clinic

Paige Joki
Staff Attorney at the Education Law Center

Tawanna Jones Morrison
Associate Director of Urban Teaching Apprenticeship Program, Elementary and Middle Years Cohort at Penn Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

Dannielle McBride, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics – School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Tenaj Moody, MS, LBS
Director of Capacity Building & Learning – National Black Women’s Justice Institute

Michael David Niño
Associate Professor – Department of Sociology & Criminology at the Fullbright College of Arts and Sciences, University of Arkansas

Ashley Sawyer
Senior Staff Attorney, Opportunity to Learn

CEALS presents: Compulsory Patent Licensing in Japan
2025-03-11 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-204, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, 94102
In the United States, the patent system is in the constitution and is grounded in the individual’s right to intellectual property. Specifically, we have patents in order to” promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.” Was it a good idea that patent rights be exclusive? In Japan, where the intellectual commitment to individual rights is not as strong as we have here, patents exist to promote the development of industry. Intellectual Property is not referenced in the Constitution and there is nothing indicating that the inventor’s rights should be “exclusive.” In fact, Japan enacted a compulsory licensing statute decades ago, though it was not used much, if at all, until last year. Mr. Makman will discuss the case that arose last year and the policies and debate that surrounds compulsory patent licensing.

David Makman
Founder, Law Offices of David A. Makman
Affiliated Scholar, Center for East Asian Legal Studies
Adjunct Professor, UC Law SF

Light Lunch to be Served
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Spring 2025 UC Law SF Tax Policy Colloquium
2025-03-12 10:30 - 11:00 | CA
We are delighted to announce our spring 2025 speakers for the UC Law SF Tax Policy Colloquium. All talks are on Wednesdays between 10:50a-11a PST. If you are interested in attending, please email tax@uclawsf.edu.

January 22, 2025: Jeesoo Nam, USC Gould School of Law, presents Desert-Based Taxation

February 12, 2025: John Brooks, Fordham School of Law, presents Did the Supreme Court Cause the 1929 Stock Market Crash? The Dark History of Stock Dividends

March 12, 2025: Hayes Holderness, University of Richmond School of Law, presents Multistate Tax Customs

April 2, 2025: Natasha Sarin, Yale Law School, presents [To Be Announced]

2024-2025 William Rutter Award for Teaching Excellence
2025-03-12 12:30 - 13:30 | 200 ARC, Alumni Reception Center, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
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Please join us for an award ceremony and reception in recognition of Professor Emily Murphy, recipient of the 2024-2025 Rutter Award for Teaching Excellence.

You can read more about this award and past recipients here.

ADR Speaker Series - Spring 2025
2025-03-12 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-201 and Zoom
Join the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) at UC Law San Francisco for a public talk series on a variety of dispute resolution topics.
The Spring 2025 ADR Speaker Series will include six influential thought leaders presenting new ideas and cutting edge research to members of the UC Law SF community and the general public. The ADR Speaker Series is held in conjunction with an Advanced ADR Colloquium course for students, taught in 2025 by CNDR Director, Professor Hiro Aragaki.
Talks will be held from 12:30pm to 1:30pm (PST) on selected Wednesdays. Lunch will be provided for the in-person events.
Moderator
Hiro Aragaki, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR), UC Law San Francisco

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Schedule of Speakers

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from 12:30-1:30pm (PT)
The Dynamics of Infrastructure Dispute Mitigation
Shahla Ali, Professor of Law, Associate Dean (International) and Director of the LLM Program in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at the University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law
In-person and via Zoom

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 from 12:30-1:30pm (PT)
Dealing with International Dispute Resolution; Multiple Parties and Wicked Problems
Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science, University of California, Irvine and A.B. Chettle Jr. Professor of Law, Dispute Resolution and Civil Procedure, Emerita, Georgetown University
Zoom only

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 from 12:30-1:30pm (PT)
Settlementality
Jesse Bregant, Assistant Professor, University of Houston Law Center
Zoom only

Wednesday, February 19 2025, from 12:30-1:30pm (PT)
The Psychology of Lawyers in Litigation and Negotiation
Jean Sternlight, Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Law, Justice & Policy Program at Texas A&M University School of Law
Zoom only

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 from 12:30 – 1:30pm (PT)
How Can Real Practice System Theory Help Attorneys and Mediators Improve Their Performance?
John M. Lande, Isidor Loeb Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri School of Law
In-person and via Zoom
In-person location: 333 Golden Gate Ave, 2nd Floor, Room 201

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from 12:30 – 1:30pm (PT)
Joint Session or Caucus? Factors Related to How the Initial Mediation Session Begins
Art Hinshaw, Associate Dean for Experiential Learning, Faculty Director, Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center, Clinical Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
Zoom Only

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Patients, Providers, Pills, and Personhood Post-Dobbs
2025-03-14 10:00 - 16:00 | 333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
This conference will focus on the health-justice impacts of the Dobbs decision repudiating the constitutional right to abortion. RSVP here.
Agenda
9:30 AM: Light breakfast offered

10 AM: Welcome

10:30-11:45 AM: Panel 1: Abortion Pills & Prosecutions
Rachel Rebouche, Ushma Upadhyay, Yvette Lindgren, and Priscilla Ocen (moderated by Kate Weisburd)

11:45 AM-1:15 PM: Lunch and Conversation with Linda Greenhouse (moderated by Radhika Rao)

1:15-2:30 PM: Panel 2: Personhood
Sonia Suter, Dana Sussman, and Jill Wieber Lens (moderated by Radhika Rao)

2:30-3:45 PM: Panel 3: Patients & Providers
Diana Greene Foster, Carole Joffe, and Michelle Oberman (moderated by Sarah Hooper)

3:45-4 PM: Closing

4-5 PM: Reception
Featured speakers
Diana Greene Foster– Professor in Residence, UCSF; Director of Research, ANSIRH
Linda Greenhouse– Senior Research Scholar in Law, Yale Law School
Carole Joffe– Professor of Sociology Emerita, UC Davis; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health; Professor, ANSIRH
Jill Wieber Lens– Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law
Yvette Lindgren– Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Michelle Oberman– Katharine and George Alexander Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law
Priscilla Ocen– Professor of Law, Loyola Law School
Radhika Rao– Professor of Law, UC Law SF
Rachel Rebouché– Dean & James E. Beasley Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law
Dana Sussman– Senior Vice President, Pregnancy Justice
Sonia Suter– Henry St. George Tucker III Dean’s Research Professor of Law; The Kahan Family Research Professor of Law; Founding Director, Health Law Initiative, GW Law
Ushma Upadhyay– Professor in Residence, UCSF
Kate Weisburd– Professor of Law, UC Law SF
Mary Ziegler– Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law

The Ethical Negotiator: Mediation, Confidentiality & Settlement Risks
2025-03-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Zoom, San Francisco, CA, United States
Ethical pitfalls in mediation and settlement negotiations can have lasting consequences for attorneys and their clients. This MCLE webinar brings together retired Judge and mediator Steve Austin, mediator and UC Law adjunct professor Debra Bogaards, and UC Law adjunct professor of negotiation John Dean to explore critical issues in legal ethics. Topics include confidentiality in mediation, ethical drafting of binding settlement agreements (including mediator’s proposals and global settlements), and the risks of coercive tactics. The discussion will also cover the evolving challenges of client confidentiality in the digital age, including cloud storage, AI, and the ethical responsibilities of supervising staff and vendors. Attendees will gain essential insights into navigating ethical obligations while ensuring compliance with professional standards.

This program is co-presented by ADR Services, Inc. and the UC Law Center for Negotiation & Dispute Resolution (CNDR)

Location:
Webinar

Cost:
$0 – Complimentary Program

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The Center for East Asian Legal Studies proudly presents: America’s Legal Gambit to Curb China’s Technological Rise
2025-03-19 12:30 - 13:30 | 333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
e The Center for East Asian Legal Studies (CEALS) proudly presents:

Abstract:
In this talk, I will pose the provocative question of whether America is now acting like China in its attempt to curb China’s technological rise. Amid the escalating Sino-U.S. tech war, the United States has built an unprecedented legal machine aimed at curbing China’s technological advancements. From imposing stringent sanctions on Chinese tech giants to restricting China’s access to advanced semiconductor chips and equipment, the U.S. government has intensified efforts to slow China’s progress in key sectors. In parallel, it has heightened scrutiny over both inbound and outbound investments related to China, passed a law that could lead to a nationwide ban on Tik Tok, and imposed steep tariffs on Chinese high-tech goods such as electric vehicles, batteries, and solar panels. Meanwhile, U.S. agencies have significantly ramped up enforcement against espionage activities, disproportionately targeting ethnic Chinese scientists, which has led to a talent exodus in recent years. Drawing from my newly released book, High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy, I will explore the striking parallels between the U.S. and China’s regulatory governance. Through a deep dive into the structure, processes, and outcomes of U.S. legal strategies, I will unravel the dynamic complexities and unintended consequences of U.S. legal actions against China.

Profile:
Angela Huyue Zhang is a Professor of Law at the USC Gould School of Law. Zhang has broad research interests in the areas of law and economics, particularly in transnational legal issues bearing on businesses. Widely recognized as a leading authority on Chinese tech regulation, she has written extensively on this topic. Her first book, Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation, was named one of the Best Political Economy Books of the Year by ProMarket in 2021. Her second book, High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy, released in March 2024, has been covered in The New York Times, Bloomberg, Wire China, MIT Tech Review and many other international news outlets. Zhang is currently conducting research on the regulation of artificial intelligence, with plans to teach and write on this topic in the coming years. Before joining USC Gould in 2024, Zhang taught at the University of Hong Kong, New York University School of Law, and King’s College London.

Light lunch to be served, RSVP here

ADR Speaker Series - Spring 2025
2025-03-19 12:30 - 13:30 | Zoom, San Francisco, CA, United States

Meet UCLawSF’s Young Criminal Law Faculty!
2025-03-19 16:20 - 18:00 | 198-213

Corporate Disasters Conference
2025-03-21 09:00 - 17:00 | 333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Sponsored by the Office of the Research Dean

To RSVP, please email facultyevents@uclawsf.edu

Teaching and Research in the Era of AI
2025-03-21 11:00 - 12:00 | 333-101 and Zoom

CEALS Presents: US-Japan Cooperation in Trade, Energy, and Environmental Protection and US-Indo Pacific Strategy
2025-03-24 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-640, 200 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA, 94102
This project explores the strengthening of US-Japan cooperation in Eurasia, focusing on three key areas: trade and investment, energy security, and environmental protection. The project takes into account the growing geopolitical tensions in the post-COVID-19 world, especially China’s increasing assertiveness through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the US-Indo Pacific Strategy. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global supply chains, exacerbated protectionist tendencies, and shifted priorities in international trade. The election of Joe Biden in the US brought renewed focus on multilateralism, environmental protection, and free trade, offering a window of opportunity for the US and Japan to assert their influence in shaping global governance frameworks, particularly in Eurasia. President Trump supported the conceptualization of the US-Indo Pacific strategy during his first term. However, his approach during his second term remains unclear. The Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy, led by Japan, serves as a key vehicle for promoting a rules-based international order in the region. FOIP emphasizes the rule of law, free navigation, and open markets, countering China’s BRI, which has been criticized for creating economic dependencies in the region. US-Japan collaboration is critical in reinforcing the liberal international economic order, which is facing challenges due to rising nationalism, authoritarianism, and the declining efficacy of multilateral institutions. This project assesses how the US and Japan can leverage their strategic positions to improve trade, foster sustainable energy cooperation, and lead global environmental initiatives. Japan, a leader in renewable energy technologies, along with the US, which has shifted focus under the Biden administration toward clean energy and environmental restoration, offers a counterbalance to China’s state-driven projects that often neglect sustainability.

Paolo Davide Farah is a Full Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy (with tenure) at West Virginia University, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, John D. Rockefeller IV School of Policy and Politics, having joined the faculty in 2014.
He is Coordinator of the Eberly College Interdisciplinary Research Collaborative on Global Challenges and Local Responses Initiatives and Director of the Energy Justice and Just Transition Lab at Center for Resilient Communities (CRC). He is also Founder, President and Director of gLAWcal – Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development.
Professor Farah’s teaching and research focus on law, public policy and public administration, democratic context of public administration, legal and political foundations, international law, climate change, international trade, business and human rights, social justice, sustainable development, energy and environmental law and policy. He is an expert in the interaction among trade, economic globalization and non-trade concerns, such as sustainable development, energy, environment and human rights. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed and US law review articles or book chapters, 9 books and 6 journal special issues published or forthcoming and 20 additional peer-reviewed publications in Italian, French, Spanish and Chinese including a book published by the Law Press China.
Professor Farah graduated with a Maitrise in International and European Law from Paris Ouest La Defense Nanterre University (France), LLM in European Legal Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium) and a Dual PhD in international law from Aix-Marseille University (France) and University of Milan (Italy).

Light lunch and refreshments to be served.
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Birthright Citizenship: Surviving Through Solidarity
2025-03-25 17:30 - 19:00 | CAA Conference Room, 17 Walter U. Lum Place, San Francisco, 94108, United States
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Venture Fund Representation: Insights from Leading Counsel
2025-03-26 12:30 - 13:30 | 333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Save the date for this Spring’s Speaker Series!
The first date will take place February 27, 2025.
The Second date will take place March 26, 2025.
Lunch will be provided in both.

More information regarding speakers will be shared to all registrants as we near each date!

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Venture Fund Representation: Insights from Leading Counsel
2025-03-26 12:30 - 13:30 | 333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Save the date!
The first date will take place February 27, 2025.
The Second date will take place March 26, 2025.
Lunch will be provided in both.

More information regarding speakers will be shared to all registrants as we near each date!

MARCH RSVP

Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens ('89) Memorial Symposium
2025-04-01 16:00 - 18:00 | Deb Colloquium Room, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Attend Virtually via Zoom

We will gather to hear from some of Ambassador Stevens’ friends and peers, to reflect on Ambassador Stevens’ remarkable career and his dedication to diplomacy, international relations, and the rule of law, and to discuss current events and a path forward in these challenging times. The symposium will feature distinguished speakers and panelists who will discuss relevant topics related to his work and its enduring impact.

This event offers a valuable opportunity to engage with leading experts, scholars, and practitioners in the fields of law and international affairs in the Middle East and North Africa region The program will be moderated by UCLSF professor Moria Paz, and feature brief presentations and dialogue between Prof. Daniel Zoughbie, Associate Project Scientist at the Institute of International Studies at UC Berkeley, and Peter Bartu from the UCB Department of Global Studies, an expert and advisor in Political Transitions and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

We anticipate a thoughtful and informative program, and we hope you will join us in commemorating Ambassador Stevens’ contributions, and channeling his energy and diplomatic skill in focusing on a “people first” mode of advocacy.

Speakers

Moria Paz
Moria Paz is an Associate Professor at UC Law SF. Her research critically investigates the place of minorities, migrants, and refugees within a legal order, international and national, that remains fundamentally rooted in state sovereignty. Her most recent book is The Law of Strangers: Jewish Lawyers and International Law in the Twentieth Century (edited with James Loeffler, Cambridge University Press, 2019). Paz’s articles have won multiple prizes and awards, including the Sakip Sabanci International Research Essay Award, the Law & Humanities Interdisciplinary Writing Competition, and the Laylin Prize for Best Paper in International Law. She was also chosen as a New Voices selection by both the European Journal of International Law and the American Society of International Law. Paz has been a visitor / fellow at Stanford Law School, the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies at UC Berkeley Law School, the Hauser Center for Non-Profit Organizations at Harvard University, the Center on National Security and the Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.

Peter Bartu
Peter Bartu teaches courses at the University of California, Berkeley on the Arab Spring, Israel-Palestine, the Gulf States and the UN and global governance. In 2011 he was a member of the UN’s stand-by mediation team and worked in Benghazi and Tripoli during the Libyan revolution. He had other assignments in Djibouti, Iraq, and Malawi. In 2008-2009 he led a United Nations team that produced a seminal report on the disputed internal boundaries between the Arabs and the Kurds in Iraq. From 2001-2003 he was a political advisor to the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, based in Jerusalem. He has worked as a foreign policy advisor in the Australian Prime Minister’s Department and had other appointments with the UN in East Timor in 1999 and Cambodia from 1991-1993. He has a Ph.D. in history from Monash University.

Daniel E. Zoughbie
Daniel E. Zoughbie is a complex systems scientist, a historian, and an expert on presidential decision-making. He is associate project scientist at the Institute for International Studies (IIS) at UC Berkeley, a faculty affiliate of the UCSF/UCB Center for Global Health Diplomacy, Delivery, and Economics and a faculty affiliate at the New England Complex Systems Institute in Cambridge. He is also principal investigator of the Middle East and North African Diplomacy, Development, and Defense Initiative (MENA-3D). The recipient of numerous honors and awards, Zoughbie has been appointed to positions at Georgetown University, Stanford University, Harvard University, University of Bologna, University College Dublin, University of Athens, and Campus Bio Medico University of Rome. Dr. Zoughbie graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with highest honors from UC Berkeley. He studied at Oxford on a Marshall Scholarship and completed his doctorate in international relations, also at Oxford, as a Weidenfeld Scholar.

Spring 2025 UC Law SF Tax Policy Colloquium
2025-04-02 10:30 - 11:00 | CA
We are delighted to announce our spring 2025 speakers for the UC Law SF Tax Policy Colloquium. All talks are on Wednesdays between 10:50a-11a PST. If you are interested in attending, please email tax@uclawsf.edu.

January 22, 2025: Jeesoo Nam, USC Gould School of Law, presents Desert-Based Taxation

February 12, 2025: John Brooks, Fordham School of Law, presents Did the Supreme Court Cause the 1929 Stock Market Crash? The Dark History of Stock Dividends

March 12, 2025: Hayes Holderness, University of Richmond School of Law, presents Multistate Tax Customs

April 2, 2025: Natasha Sarin, Yale Law School, presents Broken Budgeting

Japan’s 1919 Racial Equality Proposal for the League of Nations Covenant
2025-04-02 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-202
Co-sponsored by the Center for East Asian Legal Studies and the Center for Racial and Economic Justice. Hiroshi Fukurai, Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, and former President of the Asian Law and Society Association, will offer historical insights into Japan’s effort to outlaw racial inequality in international law at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference and examine the impact of this proposal on African American legal scholars and activists such as WEB Dubois, William L. Patterson, and Paul Robeson, who submitted the petition We Charge Genocide to the United Nations in 1951, and related historical links among Japanese, American, and Caribbean political activists.

Hiroshi Fukurai is Professor of Sociology & Legal Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz & President of the Asian Law & Society Association (2018-2019). Professor Fukurai specializes in lay adjudication, Asian law and politics, Original Nation Approaches to Inter-National Law (ONAIL), private international law, and race and law. He is a co-founder of the Collaborative Research Network (CRN) “East Asian Law and Society” and the International Research Collaborative (IRC) “The State and the Corporation as Legal Fictions: Original Nation and Dissent” at the Law and Society Association (LSA). His receht books include: People’s Prosecution Review Commissions & Japan’s Prosecution (2022); Original Nation Approaches to Inter-National Law: The Quest for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Nature in the Age of Anthropocene (2021); Civil Jury Trials will Democratize Japan (2020); East Asia’s Renewed Respect for the Rule of Law in the 21st Century (2015).
Light lunch and refreshments to be served.
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Survival, Healing, and Performance: Formerly Incarcerated Voices on Health Justice Inside & Out
2025-04-03 18:00 - 20:30 | 198 Auditorium
This event features performances by three solo theater performers, Tony Cyprien, Pamela Ann Keane, and Tylon Sizemore, all of whom have all lived through incarceration, to share their personal encounters with the justice and healthcare systems. Through their stories, they will explore life both behind bars and upon reentering society.
In their poignant and necessary narratives, the performers will shed light on the injustices entrenched within the carceral system, including systemic obstacles to adequate healthcare and the poor treatment endured by incarcerated individuals, especially those from marginalized racial backgrounds.
Following these powerful performances, we will delve deeper into the intersections of the justice system, healthcare, and structural racism through a panel discussion and audience Q+A featuring the performers themselves, alongside UCSF academics and community-engaged researchers Dr. Elizabeth Dzeng, whose research focuses on racial health inequities and structural racism in healthcare, and Dr. Jennifer James, whose work lies at the intersections of race, gender, health, and incarceration. Complementing their insights will be the legal expertise of Mark McGoldrick, J.D., a Former Assistant Public Defender with three decades of experience in public criminal defense in California.
We invite you to enjoy these remarkable performances. The performers’ stories will illuminate the necessity for reform and advocacy regarding the health and healthcare of incarcerated individuals, as well as to address overarching systemic injustices within the justice system, including at its intersections with race and racism. We hope you will leave the event with a more profound empathy for those with lived experiences of incarceration and a greater appreciation for the resilience and courage of individuals who have persevered through injustice to survive and heal.
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About FIPPP:
FIPPP features formerly incarcerated performers telling stories about their life experiences and is currently the Company-in-Residence at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. FIPPP believes that sharing the stories of those who have been formerly incarcerated will foster compassion and understanding about the circumstances that may lead to incarceration. For their audiences, the stories at FIPPP are meant to bring hope and shed light on the inhumane conditions prisoners often endure during and after incarceration. Find out more about FIPPP here.
About the RISE Project:
The RISE research team is a group of interdisciplinary researchers based at the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF that aims to understand how structural racism shapes the experiences of older Black adults living with serious illness. Using qualitative and community-based participatory research methods, the RISE team seeks to confront structural racism in healthcare and identify ways to advance health justice for older Black adults in San Francisco and beyond. Find out more about RISE here.
About the Consortium:
Founded in 2008, the Consortium leverages law and policy to address the conditions in health care systems and society that together enable health and well-being. The Consortium envisions a world in which all individuals and communities can attain the highest level of health possible, defined on their own terms. To this end, the Consortium builds multidisciplinary and multistakeholder collaborations among faculty and students of UCSF and UC Law SF and the patients, clients, communities, and organizations we serve alongside. Through these collaborations, we engage in education and training, research, and public service that advances health and health equity. In all areas, the Consortium’s work is guided by core values of empathy, intellectual and academic integrity, and optimism.
This performance is part of the Consortium’s Health Justice Event Series. We invite you to learn more on the Consortium website here, or email consortium@uclawsf.edu for more information.

CREJ & Hand in Hand presents: Legal and Policy Perspectives on Domestic Employment
2025-05-13 18:00 - 21:00 | 333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
A Symposium Recognizing 15 Years of Hand in Hand’s Work & Advocacy

The UC Law SF Center for Racial & Economic Justice (CREJ) invites legal scholars, students, and advocates to examine the legal and policy dimensions of domestic employment and labor justice. Taking place on May 13, 2025, this event will critically engage with the evolving legal landscape shaping the rights and responsibilities of domestic employers and workers, with particular attention to the intersection of labor law, racial justice, and economic equity. The convening will also recognize the 15th anniversary of Hand in Hand, a nonprofit organization that advocates for equitable labor standards and helps shape policy undergirding just employer practices in the domestic work sector. In accordance with CREJ’s mission, discussions will focus on the role of legal frameworks in strengthening protections for domestic workers, promoting public investment in care, and advancing collective solutions that support both workers and employers. Through scholarly dialogue and policy analysis, the event aims to deepen understanding of domestic employment as a critical site of labor rights innovation and economic justice advocacy.

Dinner will be served!
Please RSVP here, no later than May 5th.

3rd VC-Backed Board Academy (VCBA)
2025-05-14 08:30 - 18:00 | Cooley’s San Francisco Office, 3 Embarcadero Ctr 20th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94111
The VC-Backed Board Academy (VCBA) is a one-day executive education program exclusively tailored for directors of venture-backed private companies. The program offers a rare opportunity for investors, founders, senior executives, and independent directors to connect, learn, and grow. Immerse yourself in a curriculum crafted by leading academics and industry experts, designed to sharpen your strategic insights and amplify your board’s impact.

The program is limited to board members of venture-backed companies, including investors, founders, senior management, and independent directors. If you’re an executive at a VC-backed company or a VC firm, and have board-level responsibilities (ie GC, CFO, CCO, Corporate Secretary, etc) you may also qualify for this program. Admission to the program is open to qualified participants as determined by the program directors.

This is an exclusive program with limited space. Qualified participants can apply below.

You can read more about this program in this UC Law SF article.

Please visit the VCBA website for more information.
Apply Here.

For more information on our center, please visit our page here.

CREJ – Logged In, Left Out: Racial Inequality in Remote Work (Zoom Webinar)
2025-08-26 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom, San Francisco, CA, United States
Join us for a 1-hour webinar where experts will discuss changing remote work norms, examine racial disparities in remote work access and provide insight into courts’ views on remote work discrimination.

Please Register Here

Center on Tax Law Panel: "What Does the New Tax Law Mean for You? "
2025-08-28 16:00 - 17:00 | 333-201

FALL 2025 ADR SPEAKER SERIES What Makes People Tick: A Mediator’s Introduction to Internal Family Systems
2025-09-03 12:30 - 13:30 | Zoom, San Francisco, CA, United States
FALL 2025 ADR SPEAKER SERIES
What Makes People Tick: A Mediator’s Introduction to Internal Family Systems
David Hoffman
John H. Watson, Jr. Lecturer on Law
Harvard Law School

Wednesday, September 3, 2025
12:30 – 1:30 P.M. PST
Via Zoom

RSVP Here: https://forms.gle/dLJXnkQTRyxUrgaK8
The Zoom link will be emailed approximately 24 hours prior to the presentation.

David A. Hoffman is the John H. Watson, Jr. Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, where he teaches three courses: Mediation; Legal Profession: Collaborative Law; and Diversity and Dispute Resolution. David includes in each of those courses a discussion of the IFS model. David is also an attorney, mediator, arbitrator, and founding member of Boston Law Collaborative, LLC, where he handles cases involving family, business, employment, and other disputes.
Prior to founding BLC in 2003, David was a litigation partner at the Boston firm Hill & Barlow, where he practiced family law, employment law, and general litigation for 17 years. He is past-chair of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution and a recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the American College of Civil Trial Mediators and the Academy of Professional Family Mediators. David has published three books (including “Bringing Peace into the Room”) and more than 100 articles on law and dispute resolution.
David is a graduate of Princeton University (A.B. 1970, summa cum laude), Cornell University (M.A. 1974, American Studies), and Harvard Law School (J.D. 1984, magna cum laude), where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. David’s TEDx talk about “Lawyers as Peacemakers” can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKXv1_Sqe_4. David lives in a cohousing community in Acton, Massachusetts with his wife, Leslie Warner, who is a career coach. Together they have five adult children, an adolescent cat, and a rescued Golden Retriever from Serbia. Links to his publications can be found here: https://blc.law/team/david-hoffman.

CBL Kick off & Happy Hour
2025-09-03 16:00 - 18:00 | 333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
CLICK HERE TO RSVP
