Over a six-month period, the Law Library’s Technical Services staff, led by Stephanie Schmitt, accomplished the herculean task of migrating our library records to a new library management and discovery solution. The new system, Ex Libris’ Alma/Primo, replaces the catalog used for the past decade. As an open-source platform, …
June 15, 2018
Recent graduate Samuel "Sammy" Chang '18 identified many problems facing UC Law SF law students and facilitated the change needed to fix them throughout his law school career.
June 7, 2018
The UC Law SF alumna founded Fund Her after the 2016 election to achieve gender parity in the California State Legislature.
May 18, 2018
Members of the Hastings Human Rights and International Law Organization attended the 37th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to meet diplomats, engage in discussions on human rights issues, and deliver advocacy statements during proceedings.
May 15, 2018
Professor Veena Dubal’s work, Wage Slave or Entrepreneur?: Contesting the Dualism of Legal Worker Identities (2017) 10 5 Cal.L.Rev. 65, 72, was cited in the California Supreme Court’s decision in the pivotal “gig economy” case of Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County. In a…
May 14, 2018
"The Dynamex Decision" creates a major change in the landscape for California's gig economy and follows the path of Professor Dubal's analysis from her scholarly work.
May 12, 2018
“I’m going to give you some advice that may implicitly or explicitly contradict what we have been telling you since you first arrived here at Hastings. That’s right, you just spent three years and untold thousands of dollars learning a bunch of information and skills, and in the last five…
May 4, 2018
The innovative street artist is taking to the streets with works throughout San Francisco to promote a rare North American exhibition.
May 2, 2018
La Raza honored three individuals who exemplify the organization's mission and officially launched the Jeanette M. Acosta Memorial Scholarship.
April 30, 2018
As a child, 2L Jessica Valadez spent a lot of time taking care of her younger siblings. While her parents, who had immigrated to Los Angeles from El Salvador, were busy working multiple jobs, six days a week, she cooked, cleaned and kept a watchful eye. Shouldering those immense responsibilities…
April 30, 2018
The UC Law SF student's numerous accolades include the Bergstrom Child Welfare Fellowship, a Hastings Public Interest Law Foundation Grant, and an Equal Justice Works Public Interest Award.
April 25, 2018
From a Startup Legal Garage track to welcoming a Global Programs Advisor see the latest from UC Law SF College of the Law's LL.M. program