February 29, 2024
Professor Heather Field presented her paper Tax Enforcement by the Private Sector: Deputizing Tax Insurers, 99 Ind. L.J. __ (forthcoming 2024) at Duke as part of its Duke Tax Policy Seminar hosted by Larry Zelenak. The abstract is as follows: The IRS is outgunned when trying to ensure compliance…
February 29, 2024
First-year law students Joanna Chen, Malik Jefferson, and Veronica Louise Mendoza will receive financial scholarships and mentorship opportunities after being chosen as the fourth cohort of CBL Scholars. The CBL Scholars Program is made possible by generous donations from individuals and corporate sponsors, including Orrick, Freshfields, Gibson Dunn…
February 20, 2024
UC Law SF Chief Diversity Officer Mario E. Lopez ’15 spoke with California Attorney Genera Rob Bonta during a Feb. 7 event in the lower-level auditorium of UC Law SF’s new 198 McAllister St. building. Speaking to a packed auditorium at UC Law SF, California Attorney General…
February 16, 2024
Jenna Smith is a second-year law student and vice president of finance for the Black Law Students Association at UC Law SF. Affinity organizations at UC Law San Francisco unite students from different racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and religious backgrounds. One of these many groups is the Black…
February 14, 2024
There’s more to law school than learning doctrine and case law. It’s also the place where some students find their soul mates. In honor of Valentine’s Day, meet four couples who fell in love as students at UC Law San Francisco. If you would like to be featured in next…
February 12, 2024
Professor Alina Ball, co-director of the Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ) at UC Law SF, moderated a panel on “Limits on Citizenship from Schools to the Workplace” with fellow CREJ Co-Director and UC Law SF Professor Thalia González, UCLA Law Professor Ahilan Arulanantham, and Shannon Gleeson,…
February 7, 2024
Sophie Ganion is a second-year law student and president of the Entertainment Law Society at UC Law SF. UC Law San Francisco is home to dozens of student organizations that help law students connect with like-minded peers and network for their future careers. One of these many…
February 6, 2024
Professors Emily Murphy and Matt Coles served as counsel for 22 evidence law professors in an amicus brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court case Diaz v. United States. Professor Emily Murphy, joined by more than 20 other Evidence law professors including Chancellor & Dean…
January 31, 2024
Recent UC Law SF graduate Margaret Von Rotz ’23 plans to become an advocate for environmental justice and Indigenous rights in Washington D.C. Margaret Palaghicon Von Rotz ’23 started law school with one goal in mind: to gain deep expertise in environmental law and Indigenous rights — knowledge that…
January 24, 2024
New Institute to Focus on the “DNA” of Legal Practices. Professor Robin Feldman is Director of C4i, the Arthur J. Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Law, and the Albert Abramson ’54 Distinguished Professor of Law Chair UC Law SF is excited to announce the formation of the…
January 18, 2024
The Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic partnered with the ABA Section of Taxation to hold a one-day problem solving day at Morgan Lewis in San Francisco in January 2024. During that day, pro bono volunteers met with 16 different taxpayers to provide advice about various tax controversies.
January 18, 2024
Professor Heather Field spoke on a panel entitled “Lessons Learned from the Cross Refined Coal Case” as part of a program on “Leveraging Tax Incentives for the Common Good” at the ABA Tax Section Mid-Year Meeting in San Francisco, CA.