UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)

Center for Social Justice - Dependency Law
2026-03-25 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 200-640, 200 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA, 94102
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From DC to the Bay: Making Political Progress in Challenging Times
2026-03-24 16:00 - 17:00 | 200 ARC, Alumni Reception Center, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
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** This is open only to current UC Law SF students, faculty, staff and alumni. This event is closed to the public audience or folks not affiliated with UC Law SF. **

VITA Tax Clinic
2026-03-23 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-03-16 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-03-09 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-02-23 17:00 - 19:00 | UC Law SF, 200 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA 94102, 200 McAllister, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
During the 2025 tax filing season, the UC Law SF Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) clinic 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 9, 2026, through April 13, 2026, excluding February 16 and March 2. 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.

Breaking Into Transactional Law: Building a Corporate Legal Career
2026-03-19 12:30 - 13:30 | 198 – 240, 198 McAllister Street, Room 240, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Join LexLab for lunch and a panel discussion about building a corporate legal career. Our panelists will be:

Lindsey Mignano, Co-Founding Partner of SSM
Will Newsom, Partner at Cooley
Ali Alemozafar, Partner at WSGR
Daniel Lopez, Partner at Willkie Farr

Here’s the direct registration page for the lunch talk: https://forms.gle/ysQ5PEhJ68CGgQiNA

All of our events and registration links can be found at: https://lexlab.uclawsf.edu/events

Open House for Center for Racial and Economic Justice
2026-03-18 12:30 - 13:30 | 333 Skydeck
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The State of Health Policy in America: A Town Hall
2026-03-17 12:30 - 14:00 | Deb Colloquium Room, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, United States
Join us to hear from experts about current events in health policy and law. Lunch will be provided for those that RSVP by Tuesday, March 10th.
Program Schedule

Time
Program

12:30 pm

Welcome

12:35 pm

Coverage and Affordability

12:55 pm

Public Health

1:15 pm

Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity

1:35 pm

What can you do?

1:50 pm

Q&A

Featured Speakers

Ben Barsky, Associate Professor of Law, UC Law SF

Janet Coffman, Professor, UCSF

Thalia González, Professor of Law, UC Law SF

Katie Gudiksen, Executive Editor, The Source

Sarah Hooper, Professor of Practice, UC Law SF

George Horvath, Associate Professor of Law, UC Law SF

Dorit Reiss, Professor of Law, UC Law SF

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Expanding Economic Justice: State and Local Innovations in Worker Protection
2026-03-13 09:30 - 14:30 | 333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
As the Federal government continues to dismantle critical economic protections—gutting collective bargaining rights for public workers, weakening anti-discrimination safeguards, and rolling back hard-fought worker protections—state and local governments are emerging as critical arenas for defending and reimagining economic justice. This symposium convenes lawyers, policymakers, and movement organizers to examine how state and local actors can advance transformative labor policy from below—countering federal retrenchment, developing new frameworks for worker power and inclusion, and identifying the legal, institutional, and organizing tools needed to promote long-term economic justice and democratic stability.

Program Schedule

Time
Program

9:30 am – 9:45 am

Welcoming Remarks

9:45 am – 11:00 am

Panel #1 – State and Local Interventions: Legal Strategies for Worker Protections
This panel will explore how state and local governments are responding to federal rollbacks of labor protections and advancing new models for economic justice.
Panelists:

Branden Butler, Director, San Diego County Office of Ethics, Compliance, & Labor Standards
Matthew Goldberg, Chief Attorney, Worker Protection Team, S.F. City Attorney’s Office
Ellen Love, Policy & Project Analyst, Low-Wage Work Program, UC Berkeley Labor Center
Satoshi Yanai, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Worker Rights and Fair Labor Section at California Department of Justice

Moderator:

Seema N. Patel, Associate Professor of Law, UC Law SF

11:00 am – 11:15 am

Break

11:15 am – 12:30 pm

Panel #2 – Movement Lawyering in Action: Building Worker
Power Through Community-State Collaboration
This panel brings together movement lawyers, worker advocates and organizers, and state and local advocates to examine how communities and state agencies can work innovatively and collaboratively to advance worker protections. Panelists will explore how lawyers inside and outside government, alongside movement leaders, are co-creating strategies that make public institutions more responsive, accountable, and aligned with worker-led demands.
Panelists:

Rachel Deutsch, Local Progress
Winnie Kao, Senior Counsel, Impact Litigation, Asian Law Caucus
Minsu Longiaru, Senior Staff Attorney, Worker Power, PowerSwitch Action
Nayantara Mehta, [Former] Director, Worker Power Program, National Employment Law Project (NELP)

Moderator:

Brenda Muñoz, Executive Director, UC Berkeley Labor Center

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch and Keynote Address
Speaker:

Betty Hung, Assistant Deputy Chief of the California Labor Commissioner’s Office

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Networking Session

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Speaker Biographies

Branden Butler

Branden Butler is the Director of the County’s Office of Ethics, Compliance, and Labor Standards. He oversees two Offices, Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC) and Office of Labor Standards and Enforcement (OLSE). During his leadership at OLSE, Branden has developed the innovative Workplace Justice Fund to help workers collect unpaid wage theft judgments, created the Good Faith Restaurant Owners Program requiring the suspension of food permits for unpaid wage theft judgments, and led the development of the San Diego wage theft dashboard that identifies employers with wage theft judgments. Additionally, Branden led the creation of a new policy to protect county contracted janitors from wage theft.

Prior to joining the County, Branden was the first Assistant Deputy Director of Outreach and Education for the California Civil Rights Department (CRD). During his state service at the California Civil Rights Department (CRD), Branden was involved in developing education, outreach, and enforcement programs regarding discrimination in the workplace. Branden co-created the Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for CRD which has been taken by millions of employees and supervisors in California.

Branden also led the state campaign to educate employers, community organizations, and law enforcement about the rights of the formerly incarcerated under the Fair Chance Act, a pioneering state law that seeks to reduce barriers to employment for justice involved individuals. Branden worked with community-based reentry organizations and employers to develop the Fair Chance Act Toolkit to assist both employees and employers follow the law. Additionally, Branden worked with the California Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections to develop an informational video on the Fair Chance Act that airs in all state prisons on Inmate TV. Branden’s Fair Chance Act work included leading an enforcement initiative using pioneering technology to conduct mass searches of online job advertisements for violations of the Act.

Prior to joining CRD, Branden was the Senior Attorney of the Fair Housing Center of the Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. (LASSD), where for nine years he was instrumental in creating the first fair housing services program at LASSD that provides education, outreach, testing, and enforcement/ litigation. Branden graduated cum laude from Thomas Jefferson School of Law and received the Charles T. Bumer Civil Libertarian Award. Branden earned his B.A. graduating magna cum laude from California State University, Chico. Branden recently received the 2023 County of San Diego Excellence in Leadership Award. Branden also published an article in the California Bar Real Property Journal entitled, “40 Acres and a Mule. Broken Promises, Black Wealth Inequality, Persistence of Housing Segregation and Exclusion, and How to Right (Some of) These Wrongs.”

Rachel Deutsch

Rachel Deutsch is Legal Director at Local Progress and Local Progress Impact Lab. Before joining Local Progress, Rachel led successful campaigns with the California Coalition for Worker Power to strengthen California’s labor standards and align worker organizations across the state. Previously, at Popular Democracy, Rachel anchored passage and implementation of Fair Workweek policies; advanced innovative policy for collective enforcement of workplace rights; and in 2020 launched Unemployed Action, a digital organizing initiative, leading a national coalition to win extension of federal pandemic unemployment benefits for 14 million workers. Rachel also spent five years litigating cases involving labor and employment, environmental standards, and consumer protection. Before law school, Rachel organized hospital workers with the Service Employees International Union. Rachel graduated from Columbia Law School and Yale College, and lives in Los Angeles.

Matthew Goldberg

Matthew Goldberg is currently the Chief Attorney of the Worker Protection Team at the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office. Prior to their current role, Matthew served as a Special Assistant Attorney General at the California Department of Justice. With a background in employment law and public policy, Matthew has held roles such as Deputy City Attorney at the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office and Director of the Unemployment & Wage Claims Project at the Legal Aid Society Employment Law Center. Matthew holds a Juris Doctor from the University of California, College of the Law, a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of San Francisco.

Betty Hung

Betty Hung is the Assistant Deputy Chief of the California Labor Commissioner’s O;ice (LCO) where she oversees the LCO’s legislative and policy portfolio and promotes crossprogram collaborative enforcement initiatives. Before joining the LCO, Betty was Senior Counselor to the Secretary of Labor at the U.S. Department of Labor, where she focused on good jobs, equity, and worker safety net issues. A longtime advocate for workers’ rights and responsible business practices, Betty’s previous leadership roles included serving as Policy Director at Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles; Sta; Director at the UCLA Labor Center; and Directing Attorney of the Employment Law Unit at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles.

Betty has worked on a spectrum of social and economic justice campaigns and initiatives in the areas of workers’ rights, racial justice, immigrant rights, education equity, workforce development, and gender justice. Betty began her career representing workers in low-wage industries with wage claims in Labor Commissioner proceedings and has extensive experience in law and organizing. She served on the legal team that litigated the El Monte Thai and Latina garment worker case, as well as the legal team supporting the leadership of Dream Team LA in the successful campaign to win Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). On the policy and legislative front, Betty played an integral role in several successful campaigns, including securing $10 million in the California state budget for the state labor agency’s SEED Initiative supporting immigrant entrepreneurship and worker cooperatives; enacting landmark state legislation allocating $240 million to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the K-to-University of California graduation pipeline; establishing protections for immigrant students in K-12 schools throughout California; defeating proposed legislation that would have required the equivalent English-only business signs in a predominantly immigrant municipality; winning $22 million in additional annual income for Los Angeles taxi workers; obtaining reauthorization of the Car Wash Worker Law; and passing state legislation to address racial and identity profiling by law enforcement.

Betty has extensive experience in coalition building and fostering government-communitylabor partnerships, including helping to co-found the Coalition of Low Wage and Immigrant Worker Advocates (CLIWA). She has a long history of community engagement and previously served on the boards of the LA Black Worker Center, CLEAN Carwash Worker Center, Worksafe, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, and ACLU of Southern California. Betty is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School.

Winnie Kao

Winnie Kao is Senior Counsel for impact litigation at the Asian Law Caucus (ALC). Winnie served as ALC’s Litigation Director from 2012 – 2020. She also directed ALC’s Workers’ Rights Program from 2011 – 2024. Prior to joining ALC, Winnie worked at a union-side labor and employment law firm where she primarily represented hotel, restaurant, and food and commercial workers and unions in a wide variety of labor, employment, constitutional, and class-action cases. Winnie was previously a trial attorney for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division where she litigated housing and public accommodation discrimination cases, and has worked as a community organizer for labor and civil rights groups. She has won commendations and awards for her work from numerous organizations including the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the University of Michigan Law School.

Minsu Longiaru

Minsu provides legal support and strategic thought partnership to organizing and policy campaigns in the PowerSwitch Action Network that build worker power through the interaction of organizing, comprehensive campaigning, direct representation, impact litigation, and policy and administrative strategies.

Minsu has dedicated her career to learning to be—what lawyer, legal scholar, and advocate Amanda Alexander calls— an “organizer with legal skills,” who can provide wide-ranging support to movements, social justice groups, and organizers. After graduating from law school, Minsu spent ten years directly supporting workers centers and worker-led movements. During this time she served as a Skadden fellow and staff attorney in legal aid and clinical law programs, a Fulbright Garcſa-Robles fellow researching transnational advocacy networks, and held local and national leadership positions at Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, in which she was responsible for weaving together workplace justice, research, and policy campaigns.

Minsu devoted the next ten years of her career to honing her skills as a seasoned workers’ rights attorney with experience in investigations, litigation, and policy. This included four years representing workers and labor organizations at a union-side law firm, and nearly six years working in government enforcing workers’ rights laws. Most recently she served as a Deputy Attorney General with the State of California’s Worker Rights and Fair Labor Section, addressing systemic business practices that undermine the working conditions of app-based workers, warehouse workers, and others. For their work, Minsu and her colleagues were awarded the Attorney General Team Award in 2021 and 2022 for demonstrating the highest professional work standards.

But whatever Minsu has done pales in comparison to what she has seen workers and communities do time and time again: put everything on the line to stand up for transformative justice. Whenever a challenge seems daunting, she thinks of their call to all of us to dwell in and act from a place of hope and radical possibility.

Minsu holds a BA and JD from Harvard University. Outside of work, Minsu enjoys spending time with her family, and playing the cello, which she does mostly in her basement but occasionally elsewhere.

Ellen Love

Ellen Love focuses on strengthening local and state labor law enforcement, working directly with labor enforcement agencies as well as their community-based partners. Ellen has 10 years of hands-on experience implementing local labor laws with the San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement. Ellen facilitated outreach on new labor laws, led data collection and analysis, managed contracts with community groups, and conducted investigations. She has also assisted state and local governments with socially responsible public procurement at the Responsible Purchasing Network and supported the start-up of worker-owned businesses with Prospera in Oakland, California. Ellen holds a master’s degree in public policy from the Goldman School at the University of California, Berkeley and a BA from Brown University.

Nayantara Mehta

Nayantara Mehta was most recently the Director of the Worker Power Program at the National Employment Law Project (NELP). She worked on a range of economic justice policy issues, such as improving conditions and identifying pathways to build power for workers in precarious and underpaid jobs, from “gig work” to issues affecting workers with arrest and conviction records. She represented NELP in various roles in the California Strategic Enforcement Partnership (CSEP), the California Coalition for Worker Power (CCWP), and the Coalition for Low-Wage and Immigrant Worker Advocates (CLIWA). During her 10 years at NELP, Nayantara was a proud member of the NELP Staff Association, NOLSW, UAW, LOCAL 2320.

Before working at NELP, Nayantara spent almost nine years with the Alliance for Justice’s Bolder Advocacy program, where she advised organizations and coalitions on the legal issues related to their campaigns for economic justice, immigrants’ rights, environmental justice, reproductive justice, and more.

Nayantara has a JD from Berkeley Law, an MA from the University of Chicago, and a BA from the College of William and Mary.

Brenda Muñoz

Brenda Muñoz has over 20 years of experience working with labor unions and organizations in the nonprofit, public, and private sectors to improve the lives and well-being of working people. She has diverse skills as an organizer, strategic researcher, policy analyst, and manager.

Prior to joining the Labor Center, Brenda led the strategic and programmatic direction of the Kaiser Permanente Labor Management Partnership’s Labor Liaison Program. She served as a bridge between public and private sector union leaders and Kaiser Permanente leaders on health benefit and worker well-being issues. Earlier, Brenda worked as a policy analyst at the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO), and, as a graduate student, with the San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement researching and analyzing employer compliance with the historic San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance. As a staff member at the Berkeley-based nonprofit Labor Project for Working Families, Brenda conducted outreach and education among union members around work and family balance issues. She also worked at AFSCME in several states, including California, Maryland, and New Mexico, as both an organizer and a strategic researcher. Brenda has a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of California, Berkeley. She enjoys hiking, crafting, and photography.
Satoshi Yanai

Satoshi Yanai is the Senior Assistant Attorney General of the Worker Rights and Fair Labor Section at the California Department of Justice. The mission of the Worker Rights and Fair Labor Section is to utilize the broad legal powers of the Office of the Attorney General to conduct investigations, litigation, and policy advocacy in order to combat systemic business practices that undermine the economic security, health and safety, and dignity of California workers, and to maintain a level playing field for legitimate businesses operating in the State. Prior to joining the California Department of Justice in 2007, Satoshi advocated on behalf of workers at the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor; at the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (now the California Civil Rights Department); and in private practice at a firm representing labor unions and multiemployer employee benefit plans.

Constitutional Democracy and Cookies
2026-03-12 12:30 - 13:30 | Dining Commons
Professor David Levine will be tabling this session. Please stop by!

VC and PE: From Law School to the Deal Table
2026-03-12 12:30 - 13:30 | Alumni Reception Center, 200 McAllister St, San Francisco, 94102, United States
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UC Law Constitutional Quarterly Annual Symposium
2026-03-12 09:00 - 13:00 | 200 ARC, Alumni Reception Center, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Half-day symposium focused on Voting and Election Law. Three panels which will have guest attorneys and moderators. Lunch to be served after.

Arbitration in Asia: Growth, Dynamism, and Innovation
2026-03-11 12:30 - 13:30 | Deb Colloquium Room, 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, United States
Arbitration in Asia: Growth, Dynamism, and Innovation

A distinguished panel of representatives from arbitration institutions in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore will share insights on the growth and operations of four leading Asian arbitration institutions.

The Center for East Asian Legal Studies and the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution are pleased to welcome a distinguished panel of practitioners and representatives to share current insights on the operations and growth of four leading Asian arbitration institutions. Panelists will introduce key distinguishing features of their respective institutions, highlight arbitral innovations that are driving growth, and provide insights on career opportunities. Panelists include Miriam Pereira, Counsel and Co-Head of the International Dispute Resolution Practice Group (Tokyo), Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners, and Public Relations Officer and Advisory Board Member, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA); Adriana Uson, Director & Head (Americas), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC); Meg Utterback, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons and Former Council Member, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) (Proceedings Committee, Appointments Committee); and Patrick Zheng, Partner, Kingland Partners (Beijing & Irvine), Arbitrator of Shanghai Arbitration Commission and formerly, Deputy Dept Director/Case Manager for CIETAC in Beijing.

Moderator: Sally Harpole, International Arbitrator, CEALS Affiliated Scholar, JCAA Advisory Board Member, and former HKIAC Council Member.

Date: Wednesday, March 11, 12:30-1:30
Place: University of California Law, San Francisco, Deb Colloquium Room, 333 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, CA

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Light lunch served

2026 Rutter Award Ceremony for Teaching Excellence
2026-03-11 12:30 | 200 ARC, Alumni Reception Center, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
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** This is open only to current UC Law SF students, faculty, staff and alumni. This event is closed to the public audience or folks not affiliated with UC Law SF. **

Certificate in Legal Research Program: Using Generative AI for Legal Research (Zoom)
2026-03-10 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 about using generative AI for legal research. This session will take place on Zoom: https://uclawsf.zoom.us/j/91075557644 (passcode on Canvas).
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.

March 3 Lecture–A History of Immigration Law: How We Got Here
2026-03-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Edith Stone Room, 1249 Marin Ave, Albany, 94706, United States
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This is an off-campus event.

LAIC: Law & Artificial Intelligence Certificate
2026-03-02 12:00 - 2026-03-06 17:00 | 198 McAllister St., 198 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
2026 Spring Program (March 2-6, 2026)

Join LexLab at the Epicenter of AI Innovation – UC Law SF Spring Program

With more than half of all global venture funding for AI startups flowing to companies headquartered in the Bay Area, San Francisco has become the global capital of AI innovation. UC Law San Francisco and LexLab invite you to the heart of “Cerebral Valley” for an intensive, in-person, weeklong course: Law & Artificial Intelligence.

The UC Law SF Law & Artificial Intelligence Certificate (LAIC) is offering a comprehensive, internationally focused training in this groundbreaking field, providing legal and compliance professionals with essential, globally relevant domain knowledge and practical skills.

Executive Director Nicole Ozer will be presenting on the AI privacy laws section on March 5.

If you are interested, learn more here: https://lexlab.uclawsf.edu/law-and-ai-certificate and visit here to learn more about the full schedule, faculty, application: https://www.uclawsf.edu/event/law-ai-certificate-program/

Fundamentals of Mediation
2026-03-02 08:30 - 2026-03-06 18:00 | 198-213
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, March 2 – Friday, March 6, 2026 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 – $2,295
Alumni, Government, and Nonprofit Rate – $2,095

REGISTER HERE

Registration closes one week prior to the training, or when enrollments have reached maximum capacity, whichever comes first.
Another training will be offered August 31 – September 4, 2026. See more information here.
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.

Law & AI Certificate Program
2026-03-02 08:00 - 2026-03-06 17:00 | 198 – 240, 198 McAllister Street, Room 240, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Law & AI Certificate Program
Monday, March 2 – Friday, March 6
198 McAllister, LexLab(Room 240)

Schedule: https://lexlab.uclawsf.edu/laic-program

Speakers: https://lexlab.uclawsf.edu/laic-faculty

Application page: https://lexlab.uclawsf.edu/laic-application-form

Who Controls Data in the Age of AI? ​Portability, Platforms, and Power
2026-02-27 14:00 - 17:00 | 198 – 108
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About the Event
​Jointly hosted by DTI, LexLab at UC Law San Francisco, and GitHub, this summit explores how law, platform governance, and artificial intelligence are reshaping who controls data—and how data can move—across the digital ecosystem.
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The afternoon features two panel discussions bringing together scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to examine how portability is implemented on the ground, how platforms and regulation shape real‑world outcomes, and how AI is altering incentives, capabilities, and control over data.

Information & Registration page: https://luma.com/kpf2voda

Constitutional Democracy and Cookies
2026-02-27 12:30 - 13:30, 2026-02-19 12:30 - 13:30 | Dining Commons
Link to Schedule.

Pedagogy in Tumultuous Times
2026-02-27 09:00 - 18:00
Background
Higher education and legal education are facing profound challenges that can impact all student learning, particularly across a wide range of learning styles and backgrounds. Added to this is the uncertainty currently surrounding the California Bar Examination and the national shift to the NextGen Bar Exam.
These present a unique opportunity for the West Coast Academic Support and Bar Professionals, and broader law school community to come together, share resources, build community, and strengthen our pedagogy. This conference will center on how we are adapting to an evolving landscape to best support student success.
For a decade, Academic Support/Bar Professionals on the West Coast gathered annually for a regional conference, and given these challenging times, it is the perfect moment to also revive this important tradition.
Co-Sponsors
We are honored to have this conference sponsored by AccessLex Institute and UC Law San Francisco.

Conference Schedule

TimeTopicPresenters

9:00-9:30 AMIntroduction

9:30-10:30 AMFood for Thought: A Recipe for Responding to California and NextGen Bar Exam ChangesNydia Johnson, Southwestern Law School, Associate Dean for Academic Success & Bar Preparation; Jessica Barclay-Strobel, Associate Professor of Academic Success and Bar Preparation Southwestern Law School; Mary Basick, Assistant Dean for Academic Skills, UC Irvine Law School; Katie Moran, Associate Professor, Co-Director of Academic and Bar Exam Success program, University of San Francisco School of Law

10:30-10:45 AMBREAK

10:45-11:30 AMAccommodating Justice: The Fragmented Path to Legal Licensure for Students with DisabilitiesToni Miceli, Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Professor of Practice; Director, Bar Exam Success

11:30-11:45 AMBREAK

11:45-12:15 PMLeast Common Denominator: Finding the right focus for early bar support in times of transitionChris Fromm, Themis Bar Review/UC Law San Francisco/Santa Clara University School of Law School/University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Executive Director of Curriculum and Assessment; Adjunct Professor of Law; Lecturer

12:15-1:30 PMLUNCH

1:30-2:30 PMThe Evolving Landscape of Academic Success and Professional Licensure in the Pacific NorthwestAngela Ruocco, University of Oregon School of Law, Director of Bar & Licensure;
Carrie Sanford, University of Washington School of Law, Associate Teaching Professor, Director of Academic Success

2:30-2:45 PMBREAK

2:45-3:30 PMMindset Mastery for the Bar Exam & Law PracticeRaef Granger, William S. Boyd School of Law at Univ. of Nevada Las Vegas, Assistant Professor in Residence and Assistant Director of the Academic Success Program

3:30-3:45 PMBREAK

3:45-4:45 PMMetacognitive Mirror: Teaching Students How to Learn in an AI WorldTori Timmons, UC Law SF (formerly UC Hastings) Professor of Practice

4:45-5:00 PMFinal Remarks

5:00 PMJoin Attendees and Presenters for Bites & Collaboration

Hotel Accommodations
There is no registration fee to attend this conference. However, all participants, including presenters are responsible for covering their own travel expenses.
After registering for the conference, you can reserve accommodations at one of the partner hotels below, which are offering discounted rates for UC Law SF attendees:

The Proper Hotel San Francisco
📍 45 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA 94102🔗 Booking Link – Special Rate for UC Law SF
InterContinental Hotel San Francisco
📍 888 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103
🔗 Booking Link – Special Rate for UC Law SF
The Marker Union Square San Francisco Hotel
📍 501 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94102
🔗 Booking Link – Special Rate for UC Law SF
Corporate Code: NEGUCLS

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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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Markets and Machines Symposium
2026-02-25 10:45 - 18:30 | 333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
UC Law Science and Technology Journal + Business Law Journal 2026 Symposium
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 – Deb Colloquium, 333 Golden Gate Ave. San Francisco, CA 94102
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM – Opening Remarks

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Panel 1: Institutionalizing Digital Assets
Structuring and Governing Digital Asset Markets
■ Troy Foster, Firmwide Co-Chair, Perkins Coie
■ Joseph Cutler, Firmwide Chair, Perkins Coie
■ Sarah Shtylam, Partner, Perkins Coie
■ Zeeve Rose, Counsel, Perkins Coie

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – Panel 2: Business Judgment in Practice
Legal Judgment in Real-World Business Contexts
■ Charles Tait Graves, Partner, Wilson Sonsini
■ Kimberly Booher, Partner, Pierson Ferdinand
■ Kimberly Culp, Counsel, Fenwick
■ Evan Epstein, Executive Director, Business Law Center, UC Law SF

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM – Lunch Break

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Panel 3: Technology Operations and Risk
Operational Perspectives on Innovation and Risk
■ Vineet Shahani, General Counsel, Mill; former Legal Director, Google
■ Sergio VeLarde, Senior Legal Corporate Counsel, Visa
■ Neal Jagtap, General Counsel, aiXplain

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Panel 4: Emerging Technology Perspectives
Enterprise Approaches to New Technologies
■ Carol Hee, VP Real Estate Legal and Compliance, SEPHORA
■ Emilie Lavirotte, Senior Advisor, Intellectual Property, SEPHORA
■ Léo Murgel, SVP and Head of Operations, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Salesforce
■ Nelson Pineda Lam, Senior Counsel, Uber

4:00 PM – 4:15 PM – Closing Remarks

4:15 PM – 6:30 PM – Networking Happy Hour

Creating Justice: What Works and New Will
2026-02-25 10:00 - 23:30 | Online event
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Certificate in Legal Research Program: International Law Research (Zoom)
2026-02-24 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 how to research international law. This session will take place on Zoom: https://uclawsf.zoom.us/j/96511676078 (passcode on Canvas).
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.

Expanding the Circle
2026-02-20 09:30 - 17:00 | 200 ARC, Alumni Reception Center, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
A Convening to Support Justice-Involved People with Substance Use Disorder amidst Uncertainty

This conference will bring together stakeholders with lived experience and experts from across the public health, healthcare, and criminal-legal systems. Participants will gather to discuss strategies to improve health outcomes for justice-involved people who use drugs in the wake of federal and state changes to Medicaid and CalAIM. This convening will be an opportunity for renewed reflection on progress, lessons learned, and a dedicated space to collaboratively imagine a better future of health and social care for this population.

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Please email blanchardrachel@uclawsf.edu with any questions about this event. You may also reach out to that email if travel costs are prohibitive for your attendance, as we have a modest allotment for travel funds.

Agenda
9:30 AM Check in; coffee and light breakfast
10 AM Welcome remarks
10:20 AM Orientation to constructive dialogue
10:50 AM Break
11 AM The current state of CalAIM Justice-Involved Initiative
11:30 AM Stakeholder perspectives on the Justice-Involved Initiative and leading through uncertainty
12:15 PM Lunch
1 PM Breakout session 1: The reality today (Policy and Practice tracks)
2:30 PM Break
2:40 PM Breakout session 2: Envisioning a better future (Policy and Practice tracks)
4 PM Break
4:15 Plenary discussion and closing remarks
5 PM Adjourn

UC Law Journal 2026 Symposium
2026-02-20 09:00 - 17:00 | Skydeck and Deb Colloquium Room, 333 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
The UC Law Journal’s annual Symposium will feature speeches and panel discussions on an area of current interest and development in the law. Articles from speakers will also be featured in Issue 6 of the Journal.
