November 23, 2020
Jared Ellias Jared Ellias has been named to the American Bankruptcy Institute’s “40 Under 40” list for his study of the epic PG&E bankruptcy in California and leadership in how Congress should respond to the pandemic-induced economic crisis. Ellias, the Bion M. Gregory Chair in…
November 16, 2020
Former Hastings Institute Student and Interviewer Idil Elveris CNDR Director Sheila Purcell was interviewed on the conflict resolution podcast We Can Find a Way, produced by Idil Elveris of Istanbul, Turkey who currently lives in London. She is a former student of Professor Purcell’s…
November 12, 2020
Continuing a long tradition of attracting prominent members of the judiciary to its teaching ranks, UC Law SF has added two new accomplished jurists as faculty for the Spring 2021 term – Chief Judge of the U.S. Tax Court Judge Maurice Foley and California Court of Appeal Justice Therese Stewart.
November 10, 2020
Prof. Hadar Aviram has received the Western Society of Criminology’s June Morrison-Tom Gitchoff Founders Award for 2021, which honors a person who, through scholarship and/or activism, has significantly improved the quality of justice in the United States. The award acknowledges Aviram’s “profound influence on criminology and criminal justice.” Aviram has been…
November 10, 2020
Prof. Robin Feldman has been honored with the 2020 Leon I. Goldberg Memorial Lecture Award by the University of Chicago’s Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics for her work in pharmaceutical policy and law. She is the first person from outside the field of medicine to receive the award,…
October 6, 2020
UC Law SF held its annual U.S. Supreme Court review and preview, packed with analysis from Professors Radhika Rao, Jodi Short, Matt Coles and Rory Little on what was an unprecedented 2019 term and what is predicted as a riveting session that began Oct. 5. Last…
September 24, 2020
AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson and Gilead lead a crowded field of drug makers who excessively extend patent protections to limit the market entry of competing products in an anti-competitive practice called “evergreening,” a primary driver of high drug prices. This is one finding of many according to a public…
September 2, 2020
Prof. Karen Musalo testified Tuesday at a virtual public briefing open to congressional staff and others about the impact of the recent Canadian Federal Court ruling that the United States is not a safe country for people seeking asylum. The court determined that the longstanding “Safe Third Country Agreement” between…
August 28, 2020
Colleagues and friends of former California Supreme Court Justice Joseph R. Grodin, who taught full time at UC Law SF from 1972 to 2005, recalled his legacy in celebration of his upcoming 90th birthday on Aug. 30. They praised the thoughtful and gregarious scholar for leaving an indelible mark not…
August 17, 2020
Professor Hadar Aviram Eighteen prominent criminal justice and corrections scholars, including UC Law SF Professors Hadar Aviram, Rory Little and Mai Linh Spencer, as well as the ACLU of Northern California, are joining litigation as amici curiae brought on behalf of San Quentin prisoners facing danger…
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August 3, 2020
UC Law SF’ Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ) has launched Black Hastings Speaks, a six-episode podcast series designed to preserve and present authentic stories of Black experiences within the UC Law SF community. The series of one-on-one conversations between students, faculty, staff, and alumni…