April 6, 2022
Nikayla Johnson participated in the California Scholars program at UC Law SF and plans to work as an advocate for youth in the future. Growing up in Oakland, there were two things that inspired Nikayla Johnson to go to law school—the first was when members of her…
April 6, 2021
UC Law SF took its mock interview training program to a new level this year, thanks to growing alumni engagement and a new collaboration with Airbnb’s legal department targeting students from diverse backgrounds. Forty students from the school’s Legal Education Opportunity Program, which aims to make legal education accessible…
February 20, 2020
Elizabeth McGriff “For 50 years, UC Law SF’ Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP) has been at the vanguard of access, equity and achievement for students who have overcome significant adversity to access a legal education,” says Elizabeth McGriff. Elizabeth is intimately familiar with LEOP. In addition to serving as…
August 14, 2018
Elizabeth McGriff ’96 was a young single mother when she enrolled at UC Law SF through the Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP), which admits students from adverse backgrounds and supports them to succeed. Now, as the program approaches its 50th anniversary, McGriff has returned to take the helm as…
August 7, 2018
The Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc. (CLEO) announced the winners of its inaugural CLEO EDGE Awards in Education and selected both UC Law SF and Jan Jemison, retired Director of UC Law SF LEOP, as awardees. CLEO, widely renowned for its mission to increase the number of lawyers…
December 19, 2017
Elizabeth McGriff '96 is a proud LEOP alumna and will continue to develop the program's tradition of almost 50 years of greatness at UC Law SF.