April 22, 2025
UC Law SF Professors Matt Coles, Rory Little, and Natalia Ramírez Lee discuss the legal and constitutional implications of the Trump administration’s early actions in a panel discussion at the San Francisco Public Library in April. Three UC Law San Francisco professors reflected on the first 100…
April 10, 2025
Professors Peter Bartu, Moria Paz, and Daniel Zoughbie discuss lessons from past conflicts—including Libya, Gaza, and postwar Europe—and how international law and diplomacy can shape a more stable future for the Middle East. Three international law and diplomacy scholars gathered at UC Law San Francisco in April…
April 9, 2025
Former California Supreme Court Justice Joseph R. Grodin (1930-2025) spent nearly five decades teaching at UC Law SF and preparing future attorneys for practice. He helped strengthen the College’s labor and employment law courses and clinics. He also helped modernize curriculum for first-year law students. UC Law SF…
April 2, 2025
Professor Emily Murphy, the 2025 Rutter Award for Teaching Excellence winner, strives to bring empathy, authenticity, and intellectual rigor to her teaching. While spending over a decade earning advanced degrees in science and law, Professor Emily Murphy encountered a full spectrum of educators and took note of what…
March 28, 2025
Professor and renowned legal scholar Cheryl Harris unpacks the historical connections between racial discrimination, economic inequality, and the law in her speech, “On Race, Capitalism, and (Im)possible Futures,” during the Racial Capitalism Symposium at UC Law San Francisco in February. Ten years ago, while on a road trip…
Co-sponsored by the Center for East Asian Legal Studies and the Center for Racial and Economic Justice. Hiroshi Fukurai, Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, and former President of the Asian Law and Society Association, will offer historical insights into Japan’s effort to outlaw…
March 7, 2025
UC Law San Francisco faculty are adding important legal context and meaning to issues at the center of the national debate, including San Francisco’s Presidio, the future of Medicaid, and international asylum seekers fleeing abuse. Some publications may require registration or a subscription. Executive Power San Francisco Chronicle …
February 28, 2025
Professors Rory Little, Dave Owen, Jodi Short, Matt Coles, and Radhika Rao analyze the constitutional limits of presidential power and legal questions surrounding new executive orders during a recent panel discussion at UC Law San Francisco. Freezing federal funding. Shutting down government agencies. Laying off masses of federal…
February 24, 2025
Judge David Tatel speaks with Professor Zachary Price about his career, blindness, and the future of the judiciary at UC Law San Francisco. Judge David Tatel, who retired in 2023 after three decades on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, visited UC Law San Francisco…
February 21, 2025
From the current administration’s federal funding freeze to the ongoing debate about vaccines and healthcare reform, UC Law San Francisco faculty are adding important legal context to issues at the center of the national debate. Executive Power The Conversation Professor Zachary Price writes about Congresses’ power of the purse…
RSVP Here Please join us for an award ceremony and reception in recognition of Professor Emily Murphy, recipient of the 2024-2025 Rutter Award for Teaching Excellence. You can read more about this award and past recipients here.
February 6, 2025
UC Law San Francisco faculty are speaking about key national issues such as constitutional rights, immigration and refugee rights, presidential powers, vaccines, and workplace equality. Immigration and Citizenship The Guardian Professor Ming Hsu Chen says the Trump administration’s challenges to…