News - UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)

UC Law SF Professor Richard Marcus speaking at the Reconciliation and Procedural Law Colloquium in Bogota

UC Law SF Professors Witness History in Bogota, Colombia

October 24, 2016

As the world was focused on Colombia, UC Law SF Professors Naomi Roht-Arriaza and Richard Marcus were there to witness history.

Innovative gift from tech startup accelerator Hackers/Founders supports UC Law SF Startup Legal Garage

October 21, 2016

"Being able to face these issues with a law school that's doing cutting-edge work is invaluable." - Hackers/Founders CEO Jonathan Nelson

A lot of people take a negative view of the Tenderloin, but I really like my community, Stevens said.

Tenderloin Community Benefit District Appoints UC Law SF 3L to Board of Directors

October 18, 2016

Improving the sidewalks means more than cleaning services, says 3L Peter Stevens, tenants rights advocate and proud Tenderloin resident.

2L Briana Desch spearheads new Tenderloin Community Outreach Board for ASUCH

October 10, 2016

Student task force dedicated to establishing relationships with the Tenderloin community.

Manuel v. City of Joliet: Don’t forget “unreasonable” in the Fourth Amendment

October 10, 2016

Analysis by Professor Rory Little

Lawyers for America Fellow Kevin King (L) with Jonathan Soglin (R)

Kevin King ’15 finds his voice arguing before the First District Court of Appeal, Outcomes, Alumni

October 7, 2016

"I came to law school to become a social justice advocate and now I'm armed to build a better tomorrow." - Lawyers for America Fellow Kevin King, Class of 2015

UC Law SF Visiting Scholar Professor Chen Taihe Fights for Human Rights and the Jury System

September 28, 2016

After suffering detention in his homeland of China during the infamous "709 Crackdown," Professor Chen hopes to start anew in the U.S. and prove that the American jury system is one of the best in the world.

New Faculty: Welcoming Nationally-Renowned Health Law Scholar Tim Greaney

September 26, 2016

Greaney is co-author of the nation's leading health law casebook, as well as a treatise and hornbook on health law. He has also published over 60 articles and chapters concerning antitrust law and health care law and policy, is regularly cited in the media, and has testified as an authority in these areas before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives, the Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. Senate.

Mascot Tryouts?

September 22, 2016

After 138 years of teaching law and producing first-class legal scholarship, we began to wonder if perhaps we are just a little too focused. Maybe we should look a little more like other institutions, with athletics programs and school mascots?

Race and Policing Panel at UC Law SF

September 22, 2016

Panel includes San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, SFPD Interim Chief Toney Chaplin, UC Berkeley Prof. Nikki Jones, Former Director of the DOJ's Community Service Relations Service Grande Lum, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley, and UC Law SF Prof. Hadar Aviram.

Why Mozilla’s Head of Social Strategy Is Getting a Law Degree at UC Law SF

September 21, 2016

Maura Tuohy enrolled in the MSL for Business and Technology Professionals to help forge an ethical future for tech.

Selected Faculty Publications Since 2015

September 21, 2016

UC Law SF faculty consistently produce high-profile, diverse, and influential scholarship.