November 21, 2023
Dozens of international law students joined faculty and staff members for a pre-Thanksgiving Day potluck to celebrate the many different cultures of LLM and foreign exchange students at UC Law SF. Piles of French crepes and Norwegian waffles, a Japanese beef rice bowl called Gyūdon, and Indian rice…
November 16, 2023
Joined by UC Law SF leaders, Chief Diversity Officer Mario Ernesto Lopez ’15 discussed efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across the campus at a DEI Forum in November. From campus departments and enrollment initiatives to student and alumni affinity groups, UC Law SF is working…
November 14, 2023
After graduating from UC Law SF in May, Jillian MacLeod ’23 is spending the next year fighting to expand access to reproductive health care for people with disabilities. For people with disabilities, barriers to accessing abortion care can limit one’s control over an important life decision: whether and…
November 6, 2023
Members of the UC Law SF graduating Class of 1966 gathered for a special luncheon at the Saint Francis Yacht Club in September. Clockwise from bottom-left are Donald Mitchell, Peter L. Sanford, Judge William C. Harrison (Ret.), William J. McLean, Assistant Chancellor & Dean Jenny Kwon, Judge Leslie…
November 1, 2023
Emerita Chancellor & Dean Mary Kay Kane [UC Law San Francisco Provost and Academic Dean Morris Ratner sent the following message to the law school community on October 30, 2023.] Dear UC Law SF Community, As part of her estate, Emerita Chancellor & Dean…
November 1, 2023
Professor Rory Little moderated a panel with U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson, Professor Ming Hsu Chen, and Associate Dean of Research Dave Owen (left to right). Affirmative action in college admissions, the First Amendment freedom to discriminate against LGBTQ+ customers, and the regulatory power of federal agencies were…
October 30, 2023
Professor Setsuo Miyazawa was honored with a resolution of appreciation, unanimously approved by UC Law SF faculty members, recognizing his many contributions to UC Law SF and its Center for East Asian Legal Studies. Professor Setsuo Miyazawa has for the last 15 years helped build UC Law…
October 25, 2023
UC Law SF Chief Diversity Officer Mario E. Lopez (left) and Chancellor & Dean David Faigman (right) met with Moorehouse College Professor Adrienne Jones (center left) and Provost Kendrick Brown (center right) in Atlanta. To help further bolster the law school’s already diverse student body, two UC Law…
October 23, 2023
Students and professors past and present were among those who gathered to celebrate the 30th anniversary of UC Law SF’s Community Justice Clinics on Sept. 28. Over the last 30 years, UC Law SF’s top-rated community justice clinics have trained well over 1,000 future attorneys,…
October 18, 2023
UC Law SF students Gloria Cenizo Ledon ’25, Marco Tueros del Barco ‘25, and Mareena Haseeb ’25 (left to right) volunteered to help permanent residents apply for U.S. citizenship. UC Law SF student Gloria Cenizo Ledon ’25 understands how hard it can be to navigate a complex bureaucracy…
October 16, 2023
UC Law SF Chancellor & Dean David Faigman, flanked by the law school’s leaders, partners and supporters, sliced a ceremonial ribbon to celebrate the new building at 198 McAllister St. Throngs gathered in the heart of San Francisco for a ribbon cutting ceremony on…
October 11, 2023
From drafting memos for a tribal court judge to helping people fight evictions and stay in their homes, four UC Law SF students spent the summer providing free legal assistance to Indigenous and rural communities in Northern California. The work was part of a Summer Fellowship Program,…