UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)

MELS Networking Social Event
2025-02-19 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 333 Skydeck
An event for alumni and lawyers to meet our students and establish connections.

Chronically Online: Social Media Content Moderation's Struggle with the First Amendment
2025-02-20 08:30 - 17:00 | 198 Auditorium
Annual UCLJ symposium in tandem with the 6th Issue of the 76th edition. Focusing on content moderation and First Amendment issues.
Register for the Event

Trial Lawyers Association First General Body Meeting
2025-02-20 12:00 - 13:30 | 333 Skydeck
Join the Trial Lawyers Association for our first general body meeting of the semester! We’ll be gathering for a Zoom watch event featuring a panel discussion hosted by the Asian American Criminal Trial Lawyers Association (AACTLA) on how to land a graduate law clerkship at a public defender’s office. Panelists include speakers from the Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, and Santa Clara County Public Defender Offices, offering invaluable insight for 1Ls, 2Ls, and 3Ls interested in public defense. Come enjoy free food, meet fellow students interested in trial advocacy, and learn about upcoming opportunities with the Trial Lawyers Association. Whether you’re pursuing a career in public defense or just want to connect with like-minded peers, this is a great chance to get involved!

Trial Lawyers Association First General Body Meeting
2025-02-20 12:00 - 13:30 | 333 Skydeck
Join the Trial Lawyers Association for our first general body meeting of the semester! We’ll be gathering for a Zoom watch event featuring a panel discussion hosted by the Asian American Criminal Trial Lawyers Association (AACTLA) on how to land a graduate law clerkship at a public defender’s office. Panelists include speakers from the Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, and Santa Clara County Public Defender Offices, offering invaluable insight for 1Ls, 2Ls, and 3Ls interested in public defense. Come enjoy free food, meet fellow students interested in trial advocacy, and learn about upcoming opportunities with the Trial Lawyers Association. Whether you’re pursuing a career in public defense or just want to connect with like-minded peers, this is a great chance to get involved!
Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Location: Skydeck
Free Food Provided RSVP is encouraged but not required.
See you there!

The Research Lab! Hosted by Law Librarian, Dean Deane
2025-02-20 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-403, San Francisco, CA, United States
Feeling a little lost in the world of legal research? Not sure where to begin with your writing assignment? Getting frustrated and procrasticleaning instead of working on your writing assignment? The Research Lab is here to help!
Join us on Thursday Feb 20th from 12:30-1:30 for a supportive hour of research skill-building. Receive Personalized Support: Bring your specific research questions and receive individualized guidance tailored to your writing assignment. We’ll help you develop the confidence and strategies you need to:

Navigate Legal Resources with Ease: Discover effective ways to explore legal databases and find the information you need.
Find Inspiration for Your Writing: Explore different research avenues and identify engaging topics that resonate with you.
Build a Strong Foundation for Your Arguments: Learn how to find credible and reliable sources to support your ideas and strengthen your writing.

Who Should Attend? All 2Ls working on a writing assignment. Where? 333-403
RSVP: https://forms.office.com/r/hz42rsjbwD For more information email

Sharks on the Quad
2025-02-20 15:30 - 19:00 | 333 Quad, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, 94102
Please join UCLAS for Sharks on the Quad!

UC Law Business Journal Alumni Reunion
2025-02-20 17:00 - 19:00 | 333 Skydeck
UCLBJ reunion event with past and current UC Law Business Journal members.

PALS & VALS Wine and Paint Night
2025-02-21 17:00 - 19:00 | 200-630
Come sip with friends. Food will be provided.

Donuts in Dobbs
2025-02-24 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-03-10 08:30 - 09:30 | Dobbs Atrium
Please join UCLAS in the Dobbs Atrium for Donuts

JREJ Table Talk with Professor Coles
2025-02-24 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-LL01, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, 94102, United States
JREJ Table Talk with Professor Coles regarding the new publication, Taking the Name Brown in Vain: Separate But Equal, Brown and the Harvard Case.

Certificate in Legal Research: Bluebook Made Easy
2025-02-25 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-630
Earn your Certificate in Legal Research – and a notation on your transcript – or just attend for tips on using the Bluebook. Pizza will be provided to students who RSVP by 5 pm the night before. RSVP at: https://hastingslawlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/q1vc275d0dy7x4j/
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.

UC Law Christians Weekly Meeting
2025-02-25 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-03-04 12:30 - 13:30 | 198-205

Law Empowerment and Access Project General Body Meeting
2025-02-25 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-203, San Francisco, CA, United States
LEAP hopes you can join us for our Spring GBM!

SDR Community Discussion
2025-02-25 16:00 - 18:00 | Center for Social Justice (200-105), 200 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
SDR will be hosting a community discussion regarding student health.

Plaintiff-Side Employment Law
2025-02-26 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-122, 200 McAllister, San Francisco, CA, 94102
The Employment and Labor Law Students Association and the Plaintiffs’ Law Association are co-hosting a career panel to provide advice and insight into plaintiff-side employment law. Panelists will include 3 to 4 attorneys who currently practice plaintiff-side employment law. Panelists will provide insight into their work and advice to starting a career in their practice.

UCLAS General Council Meeting
2025-02-26 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-201
UC Law Associated Students biweekly General Council meeting, open to all students.

Introduction to Corporate Law with Gunderson
2025-02-26 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-123
Gunderson will be hosting a panel to introduce students to corporate law, and ECVC in particular! Lunch will be provided.

UC Law Business Journal Alumni Reunion
2025-02-26 17:00 - 19:00 | 333 Quad, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, 94102

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
FEBRUARY RSVP

NLG Immigration Know-Your-Rights Presentation Featuring Hayden Rodarte
2025-02-27 12:30 - 13:30 | 333 – 204
NLG is proud to host Hayden Rodarte, a Senior Attorney with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights SF Asylum Program, who will provide a Know-Your-Rights presentation regarding the changing immigration landscape and how to defend the rights of our immigrant communities.

UC Law Journal 1L Recruitment Event
2025-02-27 16:00 - 18:00 | 333 Quad, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, 94102
Drinks and food available for 1Ls and to interact with current UC Law Journal members and to have their questions answered.

SALSA Spring Mixer
2025-02-27 18:00 - 21:00 | 333 Skydeck
A chance for SALSA members to network with SABA and firms

SALSA Spring Mixer
2025-02-27 18:00 - 21:00
A chance for SALSA members to network with SABA and firms.

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
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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

AAJ Luncheon
2025-03-10 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-202
AAJ Affiliated attorney, Lori Andrus, to come and present information about AAJ (American Association for Justice).

ILR Symposium
2025-03-11 12:00 - 13:00 | 198 Auditorium
The International Law Review will be hosting a symposium with guest speakers regarding international topics.

BLSA Black Judges Panel
2025-03-11 12:30 - 13:30 | 200 ARC, Alumni Reception Center, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
BLSA’s Black Judges Panel allows students to hear the perspective, career, and experiences of fellow judges from the SF/Bay Area!

Career Panel Alumni Event
2025-03-11 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-203, San Francisco, CA, United States
Career panel of environmental and government focused attorneys speaking on their experience.
