UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)

Justice and Professor Joseph Raymond Grodin: A Memorial and Retrospective
2025-10-03 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 198 Auditorium
Join friends, colleagues, and family for a celebration and retrospective on the life and career of Joseph R. Grodin, a unique figure connecting the UC law SF school and the California Supreme Court, as a former California Supreme Court justice and professor of law at UC Law San Francisco. This event will overview his jurisprudence as a justice on the Court of Appeal and California Supreme Court, his legal scholarship, and the historical and legal significance of the 1986 retention election. Open entry without registration, and broadcast on Zoom after Justice Kruger’s opening remarks.

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Agenda:
Opening Remarks: California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger

Justice Grodin’s Jurisprudence and Legal Scholarship
Professor Darien Shanske (UC Davis Law School) Justice Grodin’s annotated California constitution scholarship
Professor David A. Kaiser (UC Law SF) Justice Grodin on the right to happiness in the California constitution

Justice Grodin in California Legal and Political History
Moderator: Sunil “Neil” Gupta (Principal Attorney to the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court)
Professor Reuel Schiller (UC Law SF)
Beth Jay (former Principal Attorney to the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court)
Jake Dear (former Chief Supervising Attorney of the California Supreme Court, former chambers attorney to Justice Grodin)

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Join us for a Book Talk & Signing with UC Law SF alumnus Randy Shaw, featuring the new edition of The Tenderloin: Sex, Crime, and Resistance in the Heart of San Francisco. Lunch will be provided
2025-10-08 12:30 - 14:00 | Deb Colloquium Room, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, United States

AALS Sections on Education Law & Children and the Law Works-in-Progress Conference
2025-10-10 09:00 - 2025-10-11 14:00 | 200 ARC, Alumni Reception Center, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
The AALS Sections on Education Law and Children and the Law invite submissions for a Works-in-Progress (WIP) conference to be held on October 10 and October 11, 2025 in San Francisco, at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (UC Law SF). The purpose of the conference is to provide a collegial and supportive environment for advancing scholarship and promoting cross-fertilization among scholars working in related areas of the law. We invite contributions from all legal scholars writing on issues of education law and/or children’s law. Topics may include any area relating to children and the law, PreK-12 education, or higher education law. Paper proposals may be at any stage in the research and writing process, from early works in progress (detailed outlines) to draft articles to completed articles, as long as changes can still be made to the articles prior to publication. We invite a diverse range of proposals in this moment of significant changes for education law and especially encourage new and pre-tenure faculty to participate.
Register Here and Submit a Work-in-Progress for Consideration

KEY DETAILS

The conference will begin on Friday, October 10 and end on Saturday, October 11 by 2PM to allow for travel.
The conference will be held in-person but accommodations may be made, by request, for virtual presentation.
There is no registration fee to attend the WIP session, but participants, including presenters, must pay their own travel expenses. After you register for the conference, you can also book your hotel reservation for the Proper Hotel San Francisco at a discounted rate using this LINK.
In late August, participants shall submit additional documents that they would like reviewers to see, such as a draft of their article.

QUESTIONS? Please contact –
Thalia González (Section on Education Law) gonzalezt@uclawsf.edu
Nicole Tuchinda (Sections on Children and the Law and Education Law) nptuchin@loyno.edu
Amy Saji (Section on Children and the Law) amy.saji@georgetown.edu
Karen Halverson Cross (Section on Education Law) khcross@uic.edu
Diana Newmark (Section on Education Law) newmark@arizona.edu with questions about the WIP session or the submission process.

We are excited to receive your proposals and see everyone in October in San Francisco!

Police Surveillance and the Perils of Technology - Zoom Webinar
2025-10-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Criminal Justice at UC Law & Beyond with Professor Kate Weisburd
2025-10-17 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-101
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Matthew O. Tobriner Lecture featuring Erwin Chemerinsky
2025-11-14 12:30 - 13:30 | 198 Auditorium
UC Law San Francisco presents the annual Matthew O. Tobriner Lecture featuring Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean & Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law of UC Berkeley Law.

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Housing Law Networking Event
2026-01-21 17:00 - 19:00 | 200 ARC, Alumni Reception Center, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States

CEALS Presents - East Asia in Practice: Student Internship Panel
2026-01-30 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-640, 200 McAllister, San Francisco, CA, 94102
Date/Time: Friday, January 30, 12:30-1:30 PM
Location: 200-640

Please join the Center for East Asian Legal Studies for a panel featuring UC Law SF students who spent their summers engaged in Asia-related legal work. Panelists include Catherine Hu (TSMC); Woozoo Kim (EJE Law); Michelle Kwon (LIN Law, LLC); Midori Matsuura (Teraoka & Partners); and Truong Xe (Asian Law Alliance). Panelists will share their experiences securing internships and navigating legal issues and cross-cultural engagement, and offer insights on how their internships have shaped their career paths. A light lunch will be served.

Light lunch to be served.
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Confronting AI: The Future of AI Regulation and Your Path to a Career in the AI and Tech Legal Fields.
2026-02-03 12:00 - 13:00 | 200-122, 200 McAllister, San Francisco, CA, 94102
Professor Kenneth Rosen of the University of Alabama School of Law will serve as our keynote speaker and will be joined by UC Law SF’s own Professor Robin Feldman. Professor Rosen brings deep expertise in international economic and legal regulatory frameworks, while Professor Feldman specializes in the AI and technology space. Together, they will discuss how AI is likely to regulated, how it should be regulated, and what these developments mean for law students interested in careers in AI and technology law. Both are leading voices in their fields, but from starkly different parts of the country, so you most certainly will want to hear their differing perspectives on this issue that confronts all our future careers!

Startup Exits Explained: IPOs, M&A, and the Lawyer’s Role
2026-02-05 12:30 - 13:30 | Alumni Reception Center, 200 McAllister St, San Francisco, 94102, United States
What does it really mean for a startup to “exit”? From strategic M&A to IPOs and secondary transactions, exits are defining moments for founders, investors, and counsel alike. This lunch-time panel brings together company counsel, investor counsel, and buyer counsel to unpack how exits actually work in practice, with a particular focus on M&A transactions. The discussion will explore how incentives diverge among stakeholders, how the exit market has evolved, and where junior lawyers can add real value early in their careers.
Francesca Crisera Ruiz, M&A Partner at Squire Patton Boggs (Hastings ‘04)
Heidi Walas, Corporate ECVC Partner at Gunderson Dettmer (Hastings ’07)
Jake Winton, Associate General Counsel at 8VC (Hastings ’20)
Moderator: Professor Evan Epstein, UC Law SF

The 2026 Wiley Manuel Lecture - The Big Sort: Reconciling College, Opportunity and Racial Justice in American Society
2026-02-10 12:30 - 13:30 | Deb Colloquium Room, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, United States
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CEALS & CBL Present - Chinese Investment in the United States: Market Entry, Compliance, and Geopolitical Risk
2026-02-25 16:30 - 18:00 | Alumni Reception Center, 200 McAllister St, San Francisco, 94102, United States
For over a decade, China’s annual outbound investment has placed it among the top three sources of outbound investment globally. Prior to the U.S.-China trade war, the U.S. market was a top destination for Chinese investment. As geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China rise, the flow of new Chinese investment to the U.S. is slowing, and Chinese firms are grappling with complex new legal, business, and regulatory challenges. The Center for East Asian Legal Studies and the Center for Business Law are pleased to welcome a distinguished panel of practitioners and advisors to share current insights on the operation and challenges of Chinese firms in the U.S. market.

Panelists include Kevin Cao, Partner at K&L Gates; Darlene Chiu-Bryant, Executive Director of Global SF; Jenny Liu, Partner at Pillsbury, and Keliang (Clay) Zhu, Partner at DeHeng Law Offices.
Sponsors: Center for East Asian Legal Studies and the Center for Business Law

This event is open to the public.

Time: 4:30 to 6:00pm on Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Location: Alumni Reception Center at University of California College of the Law, San Francisco.
A reception will follow the panel.

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