November 6, 2026
Ahead of the midterm election, the Center worked with Democracy Rising and dozens of retired judges to create this video in support of election workers. These judges spent their careers upholding the rule of law. Now these retired judges are standing with election officials across the state who were…
November 2, 2026
Throughout October, The Center for Constitutional Democracy teamed up with Democracy Rising Collaborative, two retired Supreme Court Justices from Ohio, and other legal luminaries such as Michelle Behnke, Immediate Past President of the American Bar Association and Zuzanna Rudzinska-Bluszcz, former Deputy Minister of Justice of Poland, for the Paul…
October 26, 2026
Executive Director Melissa Hooper joined the Guardrails of Democracy Conference at Harvard’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation on October 12. The event brought together academics and practitioners focused on democratic resilience to share strategies and discuss thorny issues of building support for rule of law among constituencies…
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September 14, 2026
Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Democracy Melissa Hooper published a policy White Paper with the Berkeley Law Edley Center on Law and Democracy this August. The paper, Subverting the Judiciary: A Guide to Autocratic Attacks on Judicial Independence, examines how autocratic leaders attempt to capture judiciaries, dismantle judicial…
August 13, 2026
Melissa Hooper previously worked with lawyers and advocates in Russia, Ukraine, Hungary and other nations to strengthen human rights protections and democratic institutions. Melissa Hooper brings global lessons and experiences to her new role as executive director of UC Law SF’s Center for Constitutional Democracy. She has defended…
March 16, 2026
This month, UC Law Journal announced the launch of UC Law Justitia, a new online forum developed in collaboration with the Center for Constitutional Democracy at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. The initiative is designed to provide a timely,…
March 4, 2026
A conversation about American democracy and the rule of law on Feb. 6 includes Center for Constitutional Democracy Executive Director Nicole Ozer, UC Law SF Chancellor & Dean David Faigman, NYU Law Professor Emeritus Burt Neuborne, and UC Law SF Professor Reuel Schiller. Leading scholars and practitioners came…
January 22, 2026
Pablo Manga meets with UC Law San Francisco community members during an Open House for the Center for Constitutional Democracy. The Center for Constitutional Democracy hosted an afternoon of inspirational art, connection, and conversation about rights and justice at its Open House on Tuesday, Jan.
November 25, 2025
California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks with UC Law SF Chancellor & Dean David Faigman about states’ constitutional authority and lawsuits filed by his office over efforts to cut research funding, restrict mail-in voting, end birthright citizenship, and more. UC Law San Francisco faculty held an all-day symposium…
November 6, 2025
Students filled the room to listen to timely advice on defending and advancing rights, justice, and democracy. UC Law San Francisco convened an important conversation focused on critical democracy issues and ways that lawyers are working across sectors to stand up for the rule of law and…
October 10, 2025
UC Law SF’s Center for Constitutional Democracy joined the ACLU of Northern California and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (brief was also written by Stanford Law School’s Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic) in submitting an amicus brief in Mata v. Digital Recognition Network. This privacy case, related to the…