Certificate in Legal Research Program: Advanced Search Techniques (on Zoom)
2025-01-28 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom, San Francisco, CA, United States
Earn your Certificate in Legal Research – and a notation on your transcript – or just attend to learn advanced search techniques on Westlaw, Lexis, and elsewhere. This session will take place on Zoom: https://uclawsf.zoom.us/j/95340933308
You are free to attend as few or as many classes as you like; however, to complete the program, you must attend a minimum of 5 live classes and earn 100% on 12 online quizzes by the time you graduate. To find out more about the program, go to: https://www.uclawsf.edu/academics/library/legal-research-cert-program.

SDR General Body Meeting
2025-01-28 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-203, San Francisco, CA, United States
Students for Disability Rights will be hosting its first GBM of the spring semester. We will cover upcoming events, talk about upcoming advocacy opportunities, and eat pizza.

Spring 2025 General Body Meeting
2025-01-29 12:00 - 14:00 | 200-640, 200 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA, 94102
Family Law Student Association is hosting their General Body Meeting for the 2025 Spring Semester.

Women Of Color Collective Spring GBM
2025-01-29 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-203, San Francisco, CA, United States

Sikh LSA General Body Meeting
2025-01-29 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-LL04
Our first meeting for the semester to chat, de-brief the Fall semester, and set goals for the Spring.

APALSA Spring General Body Meeting
2025-01-29 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-123

UCLAS General Council Meeting
2025-01-29 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-201
UC Law Associated Students biweekly General Council meeting, open to all students.

HLPS Career Panel
2025-01-29 12:30 - 13:30 | Baxter Courtoom – 198 McAllister, Room 108
Lawyers and JD-advantage professionals will join the Health Law and Policy Society to share about health law career pathways.

ADR Speaker Series - Spring 2025
2025-01-29 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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LIPA x White and Case LLP Headshots
2025-01-29 15:00 - 17:00 | Dobbs Atrium
The law firm, White and Case LLP, is partnering with LIPA to offer headshots and networking to students.

Housing Law Networking Happy Hour
2025-01-29 17:00 - 19:00 | 200 ARC, Alumni Reception Center, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
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Logistical information:
This event will be held in the auditorium in the 198 Academe. This building is located at 198 McAllister Street; San Francisco, CA 94102

The BART stop closest to the law school is Civic Center.

If you drive, parking is available at the UC Law SF Parking Garage located at 376 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102. https://sites.uclawsf.edu/garage/parking-rates/

Korean American Law Association General Board Meeting
2025-01-30 12:00 - 13:00 | 333-203, San Francisco, CA, United States

Rights & Bites: Housing Rights Law with Dean Miguel Zavala
2025-01-30 12:30 - 13:30 | Center for Social Justice (200-105), 200 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States

LIPA Spring GBM
2025-01-30 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-640, 200 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA, 94102
LIPA is hosting it’s Spring GBM to go over our calendar of events for the semester and to notify 1Ls on opportunities they can take advantage of to get involved.

National Lawyers Guild GBM
2025-01-30 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-LL03, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Spring semester general body meeting for the National Lawyer’s Guild

PALS Spring Semester General Body Meeting
2025-01-31 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-122, 200 McAllister, San Francisco, CA, 94102
Hey PALS! Welcome to our General Body Meeting for this semester.

If/When/How Spring General Body Meeting
2025-01-31 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-123

Certificate in Legal Research Program: Business & Company Research
2025-02-04 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-630
Earn your Certificate in Legal Research – and a notation on your transcript – or just attend to learn how to conduct company research. Pizza will be provided to students who RSVP by 5 pm the night before. RSVP at: https://hastingslawlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/r16vbaa51tkwq5v/
You are free to attend as few or as many classes as you like; however, to complete the program, you must attend a minimum of 5 live classes and earn 100% on 12 online quizzes by the time you graduate. To find out more about the program, go to: https://www.uclawsf.edu/academics/library/legal-research-cert-program.

UCLATS Spring 2025 General Body Meeting
2025-02-04 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-123

Lawless: The Miseducation of America's Elites
2025-02-05 12:30 - 13:30 | 200 ARC, Alumni Reception Center, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow and Director of Constitutional Studies at the Manhattan Institute, will join us to discuss his new publication and his perspective on the present-day shortcomings of law schools.

Black Excellence: The History and Impact of Black Lawyers in the Legal Profession
2025-02-05 12:30 - 13:30 | Deb Colloquium Room, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, United States

Al Otro Lado
2025-02-05 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-202
Learn about immigration, international human rights, and the important work done by Al Otro Lado during our chat with Nicole Ramos, Director of the Border Rights Project.

ELA General Body Meeting
2025-02-05 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-605, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, CA, 94102, United States

Racial Justice Act Teach-In
2025-02-05 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-122, 200 McAllister, San Francisco, CA, 94102
RJA teach-in with Mark Iverson.

SLS GBM
2025-02-05 12:30 - 2025-02-12 13:30 | 200-122, 200 McAllister, San Francisco, CA, 94102
General Body Meeting for the Second semester.

How to Start Your Own Criminal Defense Practice
2025-02-05 16:00 - 17:15 | 198-106
How does a recent law grad start their own law practice? Come discuss with two San Francisco lawyers who have done just that; Julia Jayne is a graduate of UC Hastings (now UCLawSF) who also teaches Trial Advocacy here as an adjunct. Edwin Prather has clerked for two federal judges and been an Deputy Public Defender.

ACS Spring GBM + 1L Summer Panel
2025-02-06 12:00 - 13:30 | 333-203, San Francisco, CA, United States
Join the American Constitution Society for our Spring GBM! In addition to talking about our events for the semester, we’ll have a panel of 2Ls to discuss their 1L summer jobs, how they found them, and advice for 1Ls.

Scholarship Panel
2025-02-06 12:30 - 13:30 | Deb Colloquium Room, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, United States
Scholarship panel featuring environmental and environmental adjacent faculty and practitioners, where they discuss their academic and practical advocacy.

Mathew O. Tobriner Lecture featuring Cheryl Harris
2025-02-07 12:00 - 13:00 | 198 Auditorium
UC Law San Francisco presents the annual Mathew O. Tobriner Lecture featuring Professor Cheryl Harris, the Center for Racial and Economic Justice Wiley Manuel Visiting Scholar and Professor.

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Lunar New Year Celebration
2025-02-07 17:30 - 19:30 | 198-213
Hosted by APALSA, we will be celebrating Lunar New Year amongst all the cultural affinity organizations and is open to all!
