Mastering the Fundamentals of Mediation Certificate Training 2025
2025-07-14 08:30 - 2025-07-18 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Academe at 198 McAllister St.
Registration for the July 2025 training is closed. We will update our website with dates for 2026 when they are confirmed.
A 40-hour basic mediation training program, including certificate of completion and optional MCLE credit.

The UC Law SF Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) presents its’ annual 40-hour comprehensive mediation practitioner training. This program provides a unique blend of mediation theory, hands-on mediation skills training, and an exploration of the sensibilities and personal qualities required to be an effective mediator.
This in-person program is useful for a range of professionals who deal with people in conflict, and any attorney who represents clients in mediation, to understand the process and to be more effective in representing clients in mediation. We also encourage participation of international attorneys, notaries and Hastings LL.M. students. No prior training or experience required.
In this highly interactive and dynamic training, participants from around the world learn the theory and practice of mediation. The methodology consists of a mixture of discussion, skill building exercises and role play. All participants will have the opportunity to practice multiple times in the client, advocate and mediator roles and will receive personalized feedback and coaching from professional mediators.
We start with the psychology and behavior of people in conflict and the different process choices parties can make when seeking to resolve conflict. We examine the different styles or models of mediation and the implications of those models for the client experience. We then explore and practice every phase of a mediation, from opening and setting the stage, to exploration of interests and issues, negotiating agreements, preparation of settlement documents and closure.

Combined with the practice of these phases, participants build critical communication and process management skills including how to:

Maintain neutrality
Balance power
Select appropriate influencing strategies
Decide whether, when and how to use private sessions (“caucus”)
Facilitate the “money dance”
Conduct a methodical alternatives analysis
Employ techniques for overcoming impasse
Convey “difficult” messages
Use active listening
Ask questions to move the clients in helpful directions
Handle difficult behavior and “reframe” problematic statements

Finally, we cover mediator ethics, process confidentiality, working with representatives and co-mediation.
What participants have to say:
“Fantastic! So happy I chose this program, it blew away my expectations. The role playing was especially valuable to measure progress and enforce the teaching.” – BT 2022
“I quit my job as a teacher to work in the Office of Civil Rights doing in-house dispute resolution and mediation. I could not have gotten this position without taking CNDR’s Fundamentals of Mediation Training, and I am so grateful for all of the skills I gained. I re-read Prof. Ford’s Peace at Work and feel even more prepared to take on this next challenge.” – BL, 2024

Format
All 40 hours will take place in-person during a live class, including small group role plays with individualized coaching. Each day includes 1.5 hours of total breaks.
Dates
Monday, July 14 – Friday, July 18, 2025 from 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. each day (PST)
Location
UC Law SF, 198 McAllister, San Francisco, CA 94102 (in-person training only)
MCLE
40 hours of California MCLE credits available, including 1.5 hrs Elimination of Bias and 2 hrs Legal Ethics. Be sure to select the “add on” for MCLE credit at checkout. MCLE Provider #9545.
Registration

Standard Registration Fee – $1,800
Early Bird Registration (ends one month prior) – $1,600
Alumni, Government, and Nonprofit Rate – $1,600

Questions to CNDR@uclawsf.edu.
Instructor

Adjunct Professor John Ford, BA LLB (UCT) is an experienced workplace mediator and soft-skills trainer. John studied law at the University of Cape Town before moving to Namibia, where he practiced from 1988 to 1995. Initially, he focused on representing survivors of human-rights abuses. After Namibian independence in 1990, his focus shifted to labor and employment law. John moved to California in 1996 and trained as a mediator. He has since successfully mediated hundreds of workplace disputes, and has worked with numerous teams to help them deal successfully with conflict.
John has provided training to thousands of employees at all levels in the workplace, across a wide range of industries. His workshops focus on the development of soft skills, such as communication, negotiation, facilitation, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, customer service and mediation. He is a past president of the Association for Dispute Resolution of Northern California (ADRNC), and was the managing editor of www.mediate.com from 2000 to 2011.

Cancellation Policy
For all CNDR events, cancellations on or before 30 days prior to the event will receive a full refund, minus an administrative fee of 7% of ticket price. Cancellations after 30 days prior to the event will receive a 50% refund. Cancellations on or after 5 days prior to the event will not receive a refund.
ADA Accommodations Statement
The University of California College of the Law, San Francisco is committed to making its facilities and events accessible in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need reasonable accommodations, please contact CNDR at 415-581-8941 or CNDR@uclawsf.edu, or the Disability Access Hotline at 415-581-4848 or DAH@uclawsf.edu at least two weeks before the event.
Use of Materials Notice
The UC Law SF Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) hereby irrevocably grants registrants/participants a limited, nonexclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free right and license to use materials provided and distributed by CNDR and/or UC Law SF in the course of the training herein for purposes of participation and personal/internal, non-commercial reference purposes.
Code of Conduct
The UC Law SF Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) is dedicated to ensuring that its events and gatherings are an inclusive, respectful, productive, and harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental ability, color, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, national origin, marital status or partnership status, pregnancy or lactation status, religion or creed, status as a veteran or active military service member or any other basis protected by U.S. federal, state, or local laws.
When participating in or attending a CNDR event, the following behaviors are expected:

Be present, timely, open-minded, and participate actively.
Act with respect and dignity towards everyone you encounter, including participants, staff, instructors, and coaches.
Be considerate and collegial in your speech and actions, valuing a diversity of views and opinions.
To support a participatory learning environment for everyone, be mindful of how much time you use (e.g. in discussions or Q&A sessions).
Behave in accordance with professional standards (such as your employer’s policies, or applicable law).
Alert on-premises security personnel and staff if you notice a dangerous situation or someone clearly in distress, or call 911 in case of an emergency.

Harassment, bullying, non-consensual physical contact, threats, microaggressions, intimidation, and/or insinuations that are hurtful or interfere with any other attendee’s experience or participation are examples of behaviors which are unacceptable and could be cause for removal from a CNDR event.

UC Law SF x Berkeley Law Alumni Mixer Returns August 20!
2025-08-20 17:30 - 19:30 | 333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Join fellow UC Law San Francisco and Berkeley Law alumni for the 2nd Annual Alumni Mixer on Wednesday, August 20, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM on the Sky Deck at 333 Golden Gate Avenue.

Enjoy premium networking, skyline views, and a hosted taco bar as we come together to celebrate our shared alumni community. Last year’s event welcomed more than 75 attendees, and we’re looking forward to an even better evening this time around.

Tickets:
$5 for recent alumni (Class of 2015 to 2024)
$10 for all other alumni

All proceeds support UC Law SF student scholarships.

Hosted in collaboration with the San Francisco Alumni Chapters of UC Law SF and Berkeley Law.

Register 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

Certificate in Legal Research Program: Case Law Research
2025-09-02 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-123
Earn your Certificate in Legal Research – and a notation on your transcript – or just attend to learn more about researching case law. Pizza will be provided to students who RSVP by 5 pm the night before. RSVP at: https://hastingslawlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/r1340b721n428gk.
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.

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

UC Law SF Portland Alumni Mixer – September 4
2025-09-04 17:30 - 19:30 | K&L Gates, 1 SW Columbia St, Portland, Oregon, 97204
Portland Area Alumni, You're Invited!

Thursday, September 4, 2025
5:30 – 7:30 PM
K&L Gates LLP
1 SW Columbia Street, Suite 1900
Portland, OR 97204

We’re excited to invite you to our UC Law SF Portland Alumni Mixer, generously hosted by K&L Gates LLP.

Join fellow alumni for an evening of connection and conversation overlooking downtown Portland. Enjoy hosted appetizers, drinks, and city views from the 19th floor of K&L Gates’ beautiful space.

Tickets
$5 for recent alumni (Class of 2015–2025)
$10 for all other alumni
All proceeds support Student Scholarships

👉 RSVP here: https://give.uclawsf.edu/e/uc-law-sf-portland-alumni-mixer-september-4/

Questions? Contact Charles Wollin at wollincharles@uclawsf.edu

Special thanks to Brittany Vulcan ’17 and the team at K&L Gates for sponsoring this event and making it possible.

Fall 2025 Tax Speaker Series
2025-09-05 08:00 - 17:00
The Center on Tax Law is delighted to announce the lineup for our Fall 2025 Tax Speaker Series. Please email tax@uclawsf.edu if you would like to attend.

Date
Presenter
Paper

Friday, September 5, 2025
Amanda Parsons, Univ. of Colorado

Taxing Social Data

Friday, October 3, 2025
Alex Zhang, Emory University

The Forgotten Attribution Power

Friday, October 31, 2025
Miranda Fleischer, Univ. of San Diego

Equality of Opportunity and a Universal Child Allowance

International Mediation Development & Leadership Institute (IMDLI)
2025-09-08 08:00 - 2025-09-12 17:00 | 333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) at the University of California College of Law, San Francisco, in partnership with the JAMS Foundation, is proud to present International Mediation Development & Leadership Institute (IMDLI) – How to Design and Implement Tomorrow’s Mediation Systems.

This international training program is intended for lawyers, judges, court administrators, and others interested in learning how to cultivate a robust mediation ecosystem in their home countries through the establishment of effective mediation centers. Top-level U.S. and international experts drawn from the court system, private ADR institutions, and universities will share best practices and lessons learned from decades of ADR reform experience—information that is rarely available to the public.
Anticipated topics covered:

How mediation can promote access to justice and help reduce court backlogs
How to design and operate mediation centers (public/court annexed and private)
How to build capacity and ensure that such centers are sustainable into the future
How to draft mediation legislation and rules
The advantages and disadvantages of voluntary, mandatory, and judicial referral models
How to convince mediation skeptics and secure their buy-in
The social, political, economic, and legal ingredients and interventions necessary for a mediation center to thrive and for an ADR ecosystem or culture to take root
The importance of data collection and analysis
What empirical research on ADR tells us about the who, what, where, when, and how of mediation, including what works and what does not
Factors that have helped drive the success of mediation in the U.S. and other key jurisdictions
The Singapore Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation

Location: UC Law SF, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Dates: September 8-12, 2025
Tuition:
Regular Tuition: $2,000 (Deadline: September 3, 2025)
Discounted Tuition: $1,749 (Deadline: August 1, 2025)
Early Bird Tuition: $1,199 (Deadline: March 28, 2025)
If you are in need of a visa letter, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/eFgHDTfaFAzKTzmC
CNDR will assist interested parties in securing visas to enter the U.S. Space is limited, so please contact Professor Hiro Aragaki, Faculty Director of CNDR (cndr@uclawsf.edu) as soon as possible if you would like to reserve a place or if you have any questions. Further details about the training will be posted in the coming weeks.
More Information on CNDR’s Website

Certificate in Legal Research Program: Researching Statutes
2025-09-09 12:30 - 13:30 | Zoom, San Francisco, CA, United States
Earn your Certificate in Legal Research – and a notation on your transcript – or just attend to learn more about researching statutes. This session will take place on Zoom: https://uclawsf.zoom.us/j/95669231691.
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 (in person or on Zoom) 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.

International Mediation Development and Leadership Institute (IMDLI) Wine & Appetizer Reception
2025-09-11 18:15 - 19:45 | 333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR)
International Mediation Development and Leadership Institute (IMDLI)
Wine & Appetizer Reception

Join us for a reception with the participants of CNDR’s annual training program, organized in collaboration with the JAMS Foundation and the Weinstein JAMS International Fellowship Program.

Thursday, Sept 11, 2025
6:15 – 7:45 PM

UC Law San Francisco
Deb Colloquium Room & Skydeck
Cotchett Law Center
333 Golden Gate Ave, 5th Floor

RSVP Here: https://forms.gle/WTJWUVp4uW7BgzTS6

Certificate in Legal Research Program: Using Citators to Update Your Case Law Research
2025-09-16 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-123
Earn your Certificate in Legal Research – and a notation on your transcript – or just attend to learn more about using citator tools such as Shepard’s and KeyCite to update your case law research. Pizza will be provided to students who RSVP by 5 pm the night before. RSVP at: https://hastingslawlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/r1340b721n428gk.
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 (in person or on Zoom) 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.

FALL 2025 ADR SPEAKER SERIES The Practical Realities of Seeking Disability Accommodations: Burdens, Backlashes, and Conflict Resolution Breakthroughs
2025-09-17 12:30 - 13:30 | Zoom, San Francisco, CA, United States
FALL 2025 ADR SPEAKER SERIES
The Practical Realities of Seeking Disability Accommodations: Burdens, Backlashes, and Conflict Resolution Breakthroughs
Dan Berstein, MHS
MH Mediate

Wednesday, September 17, 2025
12:30 – 1:30 P.M. PST
Via Zoom

RSVP Here: https://forms.gle/29h6gbfNh7HsHUvC9
The Zoom link will be emailed approximately 24 hours prior to the presentation.

Dan Berstein is a mediator living with bipolar disorder working to empower all mental health stakeholders using conflict resolution best practices that promote mental health empowerment and prevent mental illness discrimination. Dan’s book, Mental Health and Conflicts: A Handbook for Empowerment, was originally published by the ABA in 2022 and is being republished this year by DRI Press. Through Dan’s company, MH Mediate, Dan has helped thousands of organizations become more accessible, trauma-informed, and consistent when responding to challenges. In 2023, the AAA-ICDR foundation funded BiasResistantCourts.org, a free platform Dan developed in collaboration with the CUNY Dispute Resolution Center and court systems around the country, teaching court-connected professionals twelve core skills for becoming bias-resistant and trauma-informed. In 2024, Dan led the “Demystifying Distress” event co-sponsored by Mediate.com, ACR, APFM, NAFCM, and CPR. The free resources from this event have helped dispute resolution professionals to manage their own distress while reducing distress for the parties they serve. In 2025, Dan launched free resources to help people living with mental health conditions use conflict resolution best practices when seeking support, reorienting from rejection, and pursuing disability accommodations, all as part of projects funded by the New York State Office of Mental Health’s statewide stigma reduction efforts and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Office of Consumer Affairs. Recently, Dan has been celebrating twenty years since his first hospitalization and diagnosis of bipolar disorder as part of his 20 Years Embracing Bipolar project accessible at www.danberstein.com/20years

Cookies and Constitutions for Constitution Day
2025-09-17 12:30 - 13:30
Cookies and Constitutions for Constitution Day
Stop by the ARC for cookies and a pocket Constitution! Available while they last!
We’ll also be commemorating the launch of the new Center for Constitutional Democracy – with some creative activities and opportunity to sign up to get involved with the Center’s work going forward!
Wednesday, September 17
12:30-1:30 p.m.
ARC

CNDR Fall 2025 Student Lunch Social
2025-09-18 12:30 - 13:30 | Dobbs Atrium
Students: Please join us for a pizza lunch to get to know one another and learn about CNDR programs and scholarship opportunities. We’ll also acknowledge our 2025 McGovern Scholarship recipient, Ron Kinan (’26).

RSVP here: https://forms.gle/ZNDi2Qd6U4Uqnpq

OASIS Academic Support
2025-09-18 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-09-25 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-10-02 12:30 - 13:30

Sacramento Alumni Chapter Launch!
2025-09-18 17:30 - 19:30 | Alaro Craft Brewery, 2004 Capitol Ave, Sacramento, 95811, United States
We’re thrilled to officially launch the UC Law SF Sacramento Alumni Chapter — and we’re celebrating in style
on Thursday, September 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at Alaro Craft Brewery in Midtown Sacramento!

Join Chancellor and Dean David Faigman and chapter leaders Niki (Anderson) Roman ’09, Erica Connolly ’12, and Steven Ward ’22
for a fun and meaningful evening of connection, community, and conversation.

🍻 First drink and appetizers hosted🎟 $5 for recent alumni (2015–2025)🎟 $10 for alumni from 2014 and earlier✨ All proceeds support student scholarships

We can’t wait to see you there and build this next chapter together.👉 RSVP here

Questions? Reach out directly to alumni@uclawsf.edu

Everyone Belongs Here Symposium
2025-09-19 09:00 - 17:00 | 198 Auditorium
Medicolegal Partnerships in Immigration Law for Health Justice
SAN FRANCISCO (198 McAllister Street SF CA 94102)

This symposium will be structured to facilitate medicolegal collaboration around immigration to advance health justice. The event is a part of a community-based strategy to ensure our adaptability under rapidly changing federal policy to mitigate the health impacts of systemic discrimination on immigrant health.

RSVP here. For any registration issues, please contact cecilia.lipp@ucsf.edu

Agenda

9:00 – Registration, Breakfast

9:30 – Opening Remarks

9:45 – Interdisciplinary Panel: National, State and Local Immigration Policy Updates
Karen Musalo – Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS)
Tanya Broder – National Immigration Law Center (NILC)

10:30– Break

10:45 – Advocacy and Support System Priorities Workshops
– Persuasive Framing: Advocating for Immigration Justice
– Forensic Medical and Mental Health Evaluation for Asylum Seekers (Track)
– Coalition/Collaborative Initiatives
– Legislative Advocacy

11:45 – Community Building Lunch & Collaborative Art Project

12:45 – Afternoon Workshops: Round 1
– Protecting Privacy and Safety: Principles for enforcement, documenting, and trust
– Support Letters for Patients: What they are and best practices
– Family Preparedness: A tool for caretakers
– Immigration: Accessing Public Benefits
– Forensic Medical and Mental Health Evaluation for Asylum Seekers (Track)
– Community Mental Health

13:45 – Afternoon Workshops: Round 2
– Protecting Privacy and Safety: Principles for enforcement, documenting, and trust
– Support Letters for Patients: What they are and best practices
– Family Preparedness: A tool for caretakers
– Immigration: Accessing Public Benefits
– Forensic Medical and Mental Health Evaluation for Asylum Seekers (Track)
– Community Mental Health

14:45 – Healing, Art, Networking Break

15:15 – Panel: Health, Wellbeing, and Access: What have we learned?

16:15 – The Power of Action: Applying the Wisdom of Social Justice Movements
Speaker: Dr. Mamphela Ramphele (https://www.mamphela-ramphele.com/)

16:45 – Reception

Please email blanchardrachel@uclawsf.edu with any questions!

2025 Japanese Law Symposium: Rights and Reparations of the Ainu and Settler Colonialism
2025-09-19 12:30 - 16:30 | 333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
This year’s Japanese Law Symposium will assess the rights of the Ainu people and examine broader issues of settler colonialism from a comparative perspective.

The Ainu are an Indigenous people who live in Hokkaido and the northern part of Honshu, as well as in southern Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. After the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate, the new Meiji government established the Kaitakushi (Hokkaido Development Commission) in 1869. The purpose the Kaitakushi was to defend against the rapidly advancing Russians and develop the resources of Hokkaido. In order to achieve this, the Kaitakushi encouraged immigration from the mainland south of Honshu and allocated these immigrants land where the Ainu people lived. In 1899, the Former Aborigines Protection Law was enacted. Although a small amount of land was allocated to the Ainu, the Law promoted forced assimilation and prohibited use of the Ainu language and religious ceremonies. From this perspective, the Meiji government’s Hokkaido colonization policy is an example of what is known today as settler colonialism.

Pursuant to such policies, the Japanese government denied the existence of Indigenous peoples. However, after the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, there was a growing movement in Japan to recognize the Ainu as an Indigenous people. In 2019, the so-called “New Ainu Law” was enacted, recognizing the Ainu as an Indigenous people and requiring national and local governments to raise awareness of Ainu culture and traditions. In addition, it has become easier to obtain permission to carry out traditional events such as salmon ﬁshing. Even so, compensation for past damages is still inadequate, and the collective right to carry out traditional events has not been recognized. Litigation over these issues continues to this day.

Symposium Schedule
12:00 Light lunch
12:30 Welcome Remarks: Senior Professor Emeritus Setsuo Miyazawa and Center Director Keith Hand
1:00 Keynote Speech: Professor Kunihiko Yoshida
1:45 Break
2:00 Commentary: Professor Jo Carrillo and Professor Natsu Taylor Saito
2:45 Break
3:00 Discussion and Q&A
4:00 Closing Remarks: Senior Professor Emeritus Setsuo Miyazawa

Symposium Participants

Keynote Speaker

Professor Kunihiko Yoshida, Ph.D. is Yunshan Professor of Law at the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in China.

Professor Yoshida earned a Ph.D. in Civil Law from Tokyo University, Japan, and has visited numerous law schools in the United States, including Northwestern Law School (1989-1991), Stanford Law School (1994-1995), Harvard Law School /Harvard Yenching Institute (2002-2003), the University of Miami Law School (2012-2013), and the University of Colorado Law School (2018-2019). He has written more than 100 articles and case reports and has published ten monographs on a wide range of topics, including contracts, torts, health law, critical legal studies, and critical race theory. His recent publications have focused on property theories, specifically housing, city making, environment, immigration, and reparations. The relational perspective developed by the late Professor Ian Macneil at Northwestern is the common thread across these fields.

Professor Yoshida has visited numerous East Asian countries in recent years to conduct collaborative work on reparations issues related to “comfort women” for the Japanese Army, the Nanjing massacre, the Chongqing bombings, and the Jeju tragedies. He has held visiting appointments at universities in Korea, Taiwan, China, Thailand and Cambodia. Since retiring from Hokkaido University, he has served as the distinguished Yunshan Professor of Law at the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.

Professor Yoshida is an expert on reparations for the Ainu people, the indigenous people in Hokkaido, from a civil law perspective. His current research focuses on repatriation, environmental injustice, and traditional Indigenous knowledge to support the pressing agenda of Ainu reparations. In advancing this research, he draws on 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other Indigenous peoples’ practices across the globe. For example, he has recently been working on the Brazilian Minamata disease affecting on Indigenous peoples along the Amazon and taken a great interest in the social solidarity economy in the Global South.

Moderator

Setsuo Miyazawa, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus at Kobe University and Senior Director Emeritus and Senior Affiliated Scholar at the Center for East Asian Legal Studies (CEALS) at UC Law San Francisco. He is a legal sociologist who holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Law from Hokkaido University. He served as a full professor at four universities in Japan until his mandatory retirement in 2016. Since 1995, he taught as a visiting professor at ten law schools in North America, including Harvard, NYU, and UC Berkeley, before beginning his long-term association with UC Law San Francisco in 2008. He taught at UC Law San Francisco nearly every fall semester from 2008 to 2023 and served as Senior Director of CEALS from 2015 to 2023. He has organized an annual symposium on Japanese law almost every fall since 2012. Professor Miyazawa’s research interests are remarkably broad, encompassing police, criminal justice, legal education, the legal profession, and corporate legal behavior. He has been highly active in international academic organizations. He received the Distinguished Book Award from the Division of International Criminology of the American Society of Criminology, as well as the International Scholarship Prize, the Stanton Wheeler Mentorship Award, and the Legacy Award from the Law and Society Association. He was the Founding President of the Asian Law and Society Association and also served as the President of the Asian Society of Criminology.

Discussants

Jo Carrillo J.D./J.S.D. is Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Indigenous Law Center (ILC) at UC Law San Francisco. For over three decades, Professor Carrillo has taught and written extensively in property and property-related subjects, including Federal Indian Law. She earned her B.A. from Stanford University, her J.D. from the University of New Mexico, and her J.S.D. from Stanford Law School. As Faculty Director of the UC Law Indigenous Law Center, Professor Carrillo facilitates a seminar series called Law &. This series brings lawyers, students, and California Tribal leaders into the law school classroom to discuss land back and land stewardship issues. To date, Law & Seminars have covered such topics as Tribal Law, International Indigenous Peoples Rights Law (a seminar that includes instructors from all common law countries), Indigenous Land Acknowledgments (with Jonathan Cordero, Metush (Chair) of the Ramaytush Tribe and Executive Director of the Association of Ramaytush Oholone) and Enhancing Access to Land and Stewardship (with Curtis Berkey of Berkey Williams and supported by a grant from the Resources Legacy Fund). Recently, again with assistance from the Resources Legacy Fund, Professor Carrillo has undertaken to study land back transfer documents.

As a faculty member, Professor Carrillo has served on the UC Law SF Legacy Committee. She now serves on the UC Law SF Restorative Justice Advisory Board, which counsels UC Law SF Chancellor and Dean David Faigman on decanal-initiated restorative justice efforts for Indigenous communities in California. As a long-term project, Professor Carrillo is co-editing a volume, with UCLA Professor of History Benjamin Madley, on redressing 19th century state sponsored harms against California Indigenous Peoples.

Natsu Taylor Saito, J.D. is a Regents’ Professor Emerita at Georgia State University’s College of Law in Atlanta, Georgia, where she taught courses on race, indigeneity, immigration, international law, and human rights for almost 30 years. A graduate of Yale Law School and an activist attorney, she remains involved in efforts to defend Indigenous rights, contest police and prosecutorial misconduct, and protect academic freedom. Professor Saito is the author of several dozen law review articles as well as three books: From Chinese Exclusion to Guantánamo Bay: Plenary Power and the Prerogative State (University of Colorado Press, 2006), Meeting the Enemy: American Exceptionalism and International Law (New York University Press, 2010), and Settler Colonialism, Race and the Law: Why Structural Racism Persists (New York University Press, 2020)

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Certificate in Legal Research Program: Using Secondary Sources
2025-09-23 12:30 - 13:30 | Zoom, San Francisco, CA, United States
Earn your Certificate in Legal Research – and a notation on your transcript – or just attend to learn more about using secondary sources such as treatises and practice guides to jumpstart your research. This session will take place on Zoom: https://uclawsf.zoom.us/j/93501956543
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 (in person or on Zoom) 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.

Annual U.S. Supreme Court Review and Preview
2025-09-24 12:30 - 14:00 | 198 Auditorium
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Crypto, Compliance & Governance: A Conversation with Candace Kelly
2025-09-25 12:30 - 13:30 | 200 ARC, Alumni Reception Center, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Join us for this CBL Lunch Speaker Series event featuring Candace Kelly ‘97, Chief Legal and Policy Officer at the Stellar Development Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports the development and growth of Stellar, an open-source network that connects the world’s financial infrastructure. With extensive experience at the intersection of law, technology, and policy—including her leadership roles at the U.S. Department of Justice and Uber—Candace will discuss the rapidly evolving world of crypto and digital assets.

This program will explore the legal, regulatory, and governance challenges facing blockchain and fintech companies, offering insights into compliance strategies, policy developments, and the broader implications for corporate governance in Silicon Valley and beyond.

The discussion will be moderated by Professor Evan Epstein, Executive Director of the UC Center for Business Law SF. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear directly from a leader shaping the future of crypto regulation and governance, and to network with peers over lunch.

Lunch will be provided.

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6th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Fall Race & Tech Symposium – Regulating the Machine: Centering Racial Justice in AI Policy-Making
2025-09-29 12:30 - 13:30 | Virtual Event
Center for Constitutional Democracy Executive Director Nicole Ozer is presenting at the Berkeley Technology Law Journal Fall Race & Tech Symposium – focused on exploring the intersection of AI, racial justice, and regulatory and legal frameworks. Panel 3 – 12:30 – 1:30.

Certificate in Legal Research Program: Federal Administrative Law Research
2025-09-30 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-123
Earn your Certificate in Legal Research – and a notation on your transcript – or just attend to learn more about researching case law. 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 (in person or on Zoom) 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.

Justice and Professor Joseph Raymond Grodin: A Memorial and Retrospective
2025-10-03 09:00 - 12:00 | 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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Certificate in Legal Research Program: Low-Cost & Free Alternatives to Westlaw & Lexis
2025-10-07 12:30 - 13:30 | Zoom, San Francisco, CA, United States
Earn your Certificate in Legal Research – and a notation on your transcript – or just attend to learn more about low-cost and free alternatives to Westlaw and Lexis. This session will take place on Zoom: https://uclawsf.zoom.us/j/92198709168
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 (in person or on Zoom) 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.

Haiti Justice Partnership Fall GBM
2025-10-08 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-309
