August 16, 2018
Each year, Equal Justice Works selects a class of passionate, public interest lawyers who have designed innovative projects in conjunction with nonprofit legal services organizations to respond to unmet legal needs in their communities. Equal Justice Works Fellows have represented thousands of adults, children, and families in need throughout…
August 15, 2018
As a UC Law SF student, Mark Sundahl ’01 wrote an article for the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review about liability for damage caused by unidentifiable space debris. The rather esoteric piece was the first step on a long and winding journey that has resulted in Sundahl becoming one…
UC Law SF plunged into the deep end of conversations that matter — in a big way. Partnering with the World Affairs Council, the College this fall launched the Democracy, Technology and Security Series, a four-part colloquium that brought together professionals in the fields of national security law, cybersecurity,…
August 15, 2018
The first edition, published in 2017, was dubbed “important and welcome” by Judge MARSHA S. BERZON of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. “It has become commonplace for judges to complain that the articles published in law reviews are abstract, abstruse, and self-absorbed,” she wrote. “The articles…
August 15, 2018
Previous Slide Next Slide On April 26, UC Law SF launched its Southern California Kickoff Event Series with an exclusive art gallery and book-signing event featuring Professor Joel Paul, author of the best-selling book Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and…
August 14, 2018
When members of the class of ’92 celebrated their 25th reunion last fall, many of them had not seen each other in decades. The gathering was an opportunity for them to recall shared experiences and memories of departed friends, one of whom still held a deeply special place in their…
August 14, 2018
Elizabeth McGriff ’96 was a young single mother when she enrolled at UC Law SF through the Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP), which admits students from adverse backgrounds and supports them to succeed. Now, as the program approaches its 50th anniversary, McGriff has returned to take the helm as…
Part litigator and part policy guru, the counselor on international law is an outside expert who serves in the U.S. State Department’s Office of the Legal Adviser (L), typically with expertise in litigation involving international and foreign relations law. When UC Law SF Professor Chimène Keitner assumed that position…
Joseph W. Cotchett ’64 understands the value of both education and philanthropy. One of the nation’s leading trial attorneys and a longtime UC Law SF booster, Cotchett recently donated $1.5 million to support the Building UC Law SF Fund and to name the Joseph W. Cotchett Advocacy Center. To be…
August 11, 2018
Look out for how law will be shaped in the 21st century. Look out for the next wave of lawyers. Look out for UC Law SF.
August 10, 2018
Rising 2L Erin Sclar discusses her experience at UC Law SF, her love of the San Francisco wine scene, and her work at the Harvard Law School’s Center for Health Law Policy and Innovation (CHLPI) in Boston this summer. Where are you from? Tinley Park, IL. Why did you choose…
August 10, 2018
UC Law SF student Arturo Reyes ’19 contributes to the #summergig series with a Q&A about working at Earthjustice in New York City. Where are you from? I am from Oxnard, California. What did you want to be when you grew up? I always thought I wanted…