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UC Law SF and the Pandemic Podcast

March 26, 2021

CNDR Holds Advanced Mediation Training on Managing Emotions

March 25, 2021

The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) is in the midst of an Advanced Practitioner Mediation Training Certificate which runs through 2022. In February’s session, Handling Emotions Productively, we explored the impact of emotions. Human emotions are vital in mediation: They let us know what matters, they help us…

Business Scholar Program Molds New Generation of Leaders

March 24, 2021

The Center for Business Law has launched a new scholarship program aimed at giving students from disadvantaged backgrounds an opportunity to flourish in the world of business law. The CBL Scholars Program provides full tuition plus mentorship and support from the alumni and law firms who brought the idea…

CNDR Hosts Healthy Conflict Certificate for Student Leaders

March 21, 2021

The shift to online learning has impacted how we communicate with each other. Much is lost when we are not face to face – we are less connected as humans and misunderstandings can happen easily. Law school is an opportunity to practice bringing differing viewpoints together, instead of diverging.

Students Pitch Innovative Ideas in Legal Tech Startup Course

March 19, 2021

As technology revolutionizes the legal industry—a trend that has gathered steam during the pandemic—an innovative UC Law SF collaboration is connecting students with Silicon Valley companies at the forefront. Professor and Director of Applied Innovation Alice Armitage offers “Building a Legal Tech Startup,” a course in which upper-level students…

Difficult and Challenging Times

March 17, 2021

The news from Atlanta last night that eight people were killed, in a rampage directed at Asian and Asian American women and employees of massage and spa businesses, brings to the fore once again the depressingly significant part that hate plays in our society. When I teach constitutional law, it…

Practicing Razor Writing at Creative Commons

March 12, 2021

In the latest Creative Commons workshop on February 24, 2021, Razor Writing, Gabriel Bellman, ’05 (Director of Graduate Advising, CDO), and Mattie Robertson, ’10 (Deputy Director, CNDR) led students in an interactive writing practice. A key skill for lawyers is being able to distill complex…

New Frontiers in ADR: Restorative Justice and Juvenile Justice

March 10, 2021

UC Law SF’ Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) hosted the final speakers of this series for a one-hour “lunch and learn” virtual event. The series featured different speakers over the course of the 2020-21 school year at UC Law SF, and was open to the public.

NorCal ADR Faculty Conference 2021: Virtual Learning and Inclusion

March 10, 2021

For almost 20 years, the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) and our co-host, the Martin Daniel Gould Center for Conflict Resolution at Stanford Law School, have gathered law, business school, and undergrad ADR and Negotiation faculty from throughout Northern California to explore new topics and innovations in pedagogy…

ADR Team Wins for 2020-21

March 10, 2021

The UC Law SF Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) is proud to announce the 2020-21 school year results for the Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Team (The ADR Team)! The Team has consistently been ranked # 1 both nationally and internationally for two decades.

Student Homelessness Project Competes in Statewide Finals

March 10, 2021

A proposal for protecting the belongings and dignity of people who are homeless, developed by seven UC Law SF students, has reached the finals of a statewide contest. After being ranked among the top 8% of 354 entries in the University of California’s Big Ideas Contest, the team is…

Veena Dubal’s Gig Economy Work Earns UC Law SF Foundation Award

March 9, 2021

Professor Veena Dubal has won the UC Law SF Foundation Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarship. The award from the Foundation Board of Trustees is given annually to a faculty member who has demonstrated scholarly excellence and promise. Dubal’s work intersects law, technology, and precarious employment. She uses empirical research and critical…