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Raba (right) teaches a consumer law seminar at UC Law SF with Juliana Fredman '11 (left) that focuses on minorities

Fighting Unjust Driver’s License Suspensions

September 20, 2016

As a consumer protection attorney at Bay Area Legal Aid, Claire Johnson Raba '10 upholds the rights of low-income consumers and drivers in California.

Coach Feldman

SAN FRANCISCO (UC Law SF) – After 140 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……

Mascot Tryouts

September 19, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO (UC Law SF) – After 140 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……

3L Alyssa Coley taking a selfie with Jack Dorsey

3L Alyssa Coley, at the Forefront of Data Privacy @Twitter HQ

September 16, 2016

As an intern in the Trust & Safety department at Twitter, Coley is at the forefront of protecting privacy rights on the internet.

Photo credit to: 1942 UCLA Yearbook 'Southern Campus'

UC Law SF to Bestow Betty Falk, 98, with Honorary Degree

September 15, 2016

A lifelong UC loyalist, Betty began her college career at UC Berkeley (commuting from San Francisco by street car, ferry, and train while the Bay Bridge was being constructed) and graduated from UCLA in 1942. While her husband was serving in the Army overseas during World War II, she attended UC Law SF, completing her second year toward the degree. She would have graduated in the class of 1946.

For decades, UC Law SF has brought stellar public figures to campus as part of our distinguished lecture series. - Acting Chancellor and Dean David Faigman

Meeting Of The Minds: Endowed lectures bring eminent speakers to UC Law SF

September 14, 2016

Enhancing the intellectual life of the campus and community.

Seventeen measures will be put before voters at the election on November 8

California Ballot Measures 2016 Analyzed by UC Law SF Professors

September 13, 2016

From a Repeal of the Death Penalty, to Tax Extension to Fund Education and Healthcare, to the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, to Condoms in Pornographic Films and beyond.

UC Law SF JD/MBA Program Ranked Among Best in California

September 9, 2016

"In our interconnected world, people can no longer survive in a vacuum. It's incumbent on us to provide the skills our students need to thrive in life, in law and in business and we believe the JD/MBA program does just that," says Professor Morris Ratner.

Learning the Art of Impartiality at the San Francisco Human Rights Commission

September 7, 2016

The Mediation Clinic's partnership with the San Francisco Human Rights Commission offers UC Law SF students interested in social justice issues the opportunity to explore the world of mediation, where focused impartiality, rather than zealous advocacy, reigns supreme.

How can technology facilitate a country’s near immediate entry onto the world stage?

September 2, 2016

Prof. Jill Bronfman, Director of the Privacy and Technology Project, discusses legal and regulatory compliance in developing world telecom with Bob McDonald '94, Legal and Regulatory Advisor at Ooredoo Myanmar.

A Criminal Law Focus to Begin the U.S. Supreme Court’s New Term, by Prof. Rory Little

August 30, 2016

Almost all of the Court's October arguments will be in criminal cases.

3L Tiffany Ku Leverages San Francisco Tech Background at U.S. Department of Homeland Security

August 23, 2016

As part of the Technology Programs Division within the Office of the General Counsel at DHS, Ku worked on government contracts, trademark issues, and cybersecurity policy.