UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)

Community Shabbat
2025-03-21 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Quad

ILSA Nowruz
2025-03-21 18:00 - 21:30 | 198 Auditorium
ILSA’s Celebration of the Persian New Year.

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

STLJ x BLJ Symposium - Data Privacy in Digital Advertising
2025-03-24 12:00 - 20:00

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, 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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Indigenous Sovereignty and Dam Removal
2025-03-24 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-123
Join ELA, NLG, INALSA, the Center for Social Justice, and Craig Tucker from Suits and Signs for a discussion on the impact of dams on indigenous sovereignty, the legal fight for water rights, and the ongoing struggle to decolonize environmental law. Lunch will be provided.

VITA Tax Clinic
2025-03-24 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-03-31 17:00 - 19:00
During the 2024 tax filing season, the UC Law SF Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) clinic provide free tax assistance to people who generally make $67,000 or less annually, or people with disabilities who need assistance in preparing their own CA and Federal tax returns. The assistance sessions will be in-person, located at 200 McAllister Street at Hyde in San Francisco. The clinic will run on Mondays from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, beginning February 3, 2025, through April 14, 2025, excluding February 17 and March 3. The VITA clinic is drop-in only and does not take appointments.
Please bring with you:

Photo ID & Social Security Card or ITIN for each person on your tax return
W-2 for all jobs
All 1099s, 1098s, and any other tax forms
Your household’s health coverage information, including Forms 1095-A, B, or C, if applicable
If you received the Advanced Child Tax Credit in 2023, Letter 6419
Last year’s tax return
Savings/ checking account and routing numbers for direct deposit
Clients are encouraged to wear a well-fitting mask (N95, KN95, or equivalent) on site

For more information about the VITA clinic, including what to bring with you to have your taxes prepared, please see this flyer. If you have questions, you can email us at vita@uclawsf.edu or call us at 628-207-1956.

UC Law Christians Weekly Meeting
2025-03-25 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-04-01 12:30 - 13:30 | 198-205

Rights & Bites: Health Law and Policy with Professor Yvonne Troya and Professor Sarah Hooper
2025-03-25 12:30 - 13:30 | Center for Social Justice (200-105), 200 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
RSVP LINK HERE

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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Attorney Student Networking Event
2025-03-25 18:00 - 20:00 | 333 Quad, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, 94102
Black tie networking event with open bar for attorneys and students on the skydeck.

Attorney Student Networking Event
2025-03-25 18:00 - 20:00 | 333 Quad, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, 94102
Black tie networking event with open bar for attorneys and students.

UCLAS General Council Meeting
2025-03-26 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-202
UC Law Associated Students biweekly General Council meeting, open to all students.

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!

FEBRUARY RSVP
MARCH RSVP

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

FLSA's Career Panel
2025-03-26 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-122, 200 McAllister, San Francisco, CA, 94102
UC Law SF’s Family Law Student Association is hosting an Alumni Career Panel

Clinic Talks: Building Real-World Skills
2025-03-26 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-403, San Francisco, CA, United States
Are you interested in gaining hands-on legal experience while making a real impact? Join us for Clinic Talks, where professors from the Workers’ Rights Clinic and Individual Representation Clinic will share insights into their clinics, the types of cases students work on, and how these experiences help build essential litigation and advocacy skills.

APO Film Screening
2025-03-27 18:30 - 21:00 | 333-204, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, 94102
We will be screening a documentary made by Jeff Adachi for our members.

Careers in Federal Courts
2025-03-31 12:00 - 13:00 | 200-122, 200 McAllister, San Francisco, CA, 94102
Panel o fjudges, magistrates, career clerks, and other answering questions about their career in the federal court system.

Federal Clerkship Panel and Mixer
2025-03-31 17:30 - 19:00 | Deb Colloquium Room, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, United States
Current and past federal clerks and Professor and Faculty Supervisor Professor Dodson are going to answer questions about their time as federal clerks. Mixer to follow.

Surviving 2L Panel
2025-04-01 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-202
The board will be giving tips and tricks to 1Ls to make the most out of their 2L year.

If/When/How X WLS X CARE - Reproductive Justice Career Panel
2025-04-01 12:30 - 13:30 | 198-106

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
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

Narcan Overdose Training
2025-04-02 12:00 - 13:30 | 333-101, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, United States
HLS and DPH will be hosting an overdose prevention and narcan training.

OUTLaw Wellness Event
2025-04-02 12:30 - 13:30 | 200-122, 200 McAllister, San Francisco, CA, 94102
Please join OUTLaw for a Wellness event.

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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UC Law Journal 1L Mixer
2025-04-02 17:00 - 19:00 | 333 Skydeck
UC Law Journal annual pre-write-on competition mixer with 1Ls
