When Claude Stern ’80 was five years old, his grandmother told him the Almighty gives each person a single box of energy to use during their lifetime. And at the rate he was going, she said his would be all used up before he was an old man. “I hope…
Vien Truong ’06 loves her community, and it seems the feeling is mutual. In 2017, Assemblyman Rob Bonta of Oakland told San Francisco Magazine, “In Oakland, it’s essentially unanimous. She’s a legend.” Among Truong’s most celebrated accomplishments in the fight against poverty and pollution, the passage and implementation of California’s…
Khaldoun Baghdadi ’97 has had a keen sense of justice as long as he can remember. At age 16, while working as an usher at a movie theater, he tried to start a union to address the issue of insufficient overtime pay. “I thought if we had some sort of…
Martha Mendizabal grew up during the rapid proliferation of PC and mobile-phone technology in the 1990s, but she had no access to those types of devices as a poor child in Tijuana. It forced her to play catch-up as an undergraduate at UCLA. Mendizabal is now working to ensure the…
Previous Slide Next Slide A Who’s Who list of state tax law experts, students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered on Thursday, Feb. 28 to formally welcome UC Law SF’s Center on Tax Law during the center’s inaugural reception. Attendees gathered at…
Previous Slide Next Slide Marshall Whitney ‘78 received the Fresno Alumnus of the Year award for his contributions to the legal field and service to the community. The award was presented last month at the Fresno Alumni Association’s annual reception. This year’s…
February 23, 2019
UC Law SF College of the Law Chancellor and Dean David Faigman issued the following message on the passing of San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi ‘85: Dear UC Law SF Community, Like everyone who knew him, or knew about him, I was devastated to learn that our good friend…
Nearly 20 alums from UC Law SF College of the Law are among a group of more than 170 general counsels and corporate lawyers who signed an open letter urging the legal industry to commit to improving diversity and inclusion in new partner classes. The letter includes signatures from Leah…
The five-block walk up Leavenworth Street between McAllister and O’Farrell streets in the Tenderloin neighborhood isn’t as dark as it once was. Along those once dimly lit streets now stand dozens of new streetlights. Throughout the Tenderloin, city officials have erected a total of 97 new streetlights meant to make…
January 14, 2019
Writing is crucial to the practice of law. It is our chance as attorneys to advocate for our clients by knitting together the story of their case with the history of precedential case law, enacted statutes, and constitutional rights. Writing is a quiet, unglamorous task that we do in seclusion,…
SAN FRANCISCO – Michael A. Kelly ‘76, Richard H. Schoenberger ‘85, and Matthew Davis ‘89 are giants of the personal injury bar. Each has brought countless claims on behalf of plaintiffs injured in traffic collisions, by defective products, on dangerous property, and through government negligence. Their work inside the courtroom…
December 18, 2018
For Elyse Whitehead, Keesal Young & Logan is all about “the people” – the unique collegial environment that makes the firm a great place to build a career. Within her practice, the San Francisco-based attorney enjoys the ongoing challenge of helping clients piece together the “puzzle” of their employment needs, whether responding…