September 2, 2022
Professor Ming Hsu Chen — an expert on race, immigration, and citizenship – has launched a new center at UC Law SF this fall that will pursue groundbreaking research on equality issues and collaborate with other scholars and academic institutions. Chen, who previously founded the Immigration and…
August 31, 2022
Apple executive and UC Law SF alumna Adelmise Warner ’01 spoke to the incoming class of JD students during a convocation ceremony in August. The incoming JD class of UC Law SF got a special welcome from one of the school’s noteworthy alumni – Adelmise…
August 29, 2022
UC Law SF Professor Emeritus John Leshy is author of the book, “Our Common Ground.” UC Law SF Emeritus Professor of Law John Leshy is the author of “Our Common Ground,” published this year by Yale University Press. In his book,…
August 24, 2022
The podcast Contraindicated is now available on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. A new podcast launched by UC Law SF looks at issues of health inequity – from the Britney Spears conservatorship to trauma at the border, to how implicit bias can affect mortality in Black mothers.
August 22, 2022
David Faigman is Chancellor and Dean of UC Law SF College of the Law. Welcome, and welcome back, to campus! I am extraordinarily excited to start the new year. Despite COVID’s ever-continuing presence, now distressingly joined by monkeypox as a health concern, we have resumed normal…
August 22, 2022
UC Law SF 1L JD students took the pledge of professionalism during a convocation ceremony in August. UC Law SF welcomed students back for the fall semester Monday, and its strong incoming class included 393 new JD students — one of the most diverse in the law school’s…
August 19, 2022
An accomplished group of center-affiliated visiting scholars and professors will join UC Law SF this fall, teaching and researching in the areas of criminal law, health law, Indigenous Law, tax law, and racial and economic justice. UC Law SF welcomes U.S. Tax Court Judge Maurice Foley, who will serve as…
August 15, 2022
Jesse Honig, J.D. ’23, is interning this summer with a U.S. Department of Justice office that helps protect tribal land. UC Law SF student Jesse Honig, J.D. ’23, is spending this summer on the frontlines of environmental and American Indian law. Honig, a rising 3L student from Santa…
August 11, 2022
Binyamin Blum, who joined UC Law SF faculty in 2018, will serve as associate dean of Global Programs. UC Law SF students can jet across oceans and study the law in Madrid, Tokyo or Tel Aviv. They can spend summers working at humanitarian aid agencies in Rome or…
August 9, 2022
UC Law SF Moot Court Team continues to win first place in national competitions. UC Law SF’ Moot Court Team has been ranked No. 1 nationally four semesters in a row. It’s not just one of the most prestigious student organizations on campus, students say…
August 5, 2022
Mary Ruiz, J.D. ’23, is working as an advocate for unaccompanied immigrant children through a public-interest internship in New York City this summer. UC Law SF student Mary Ruiz De La O is spending this summer helping unaccompanied immigrant children navigate the complicated U.S. immigration system. Ruiz, a…
August 3, 2022
David Casarrubias ’18 teaches appellate advocacy at UC Law SF and works as an associate at Hanson Bridgett LLP. Less than five years out of law school, David Casarrubias ’18 has successfully represented a diverse mix of clients – from asylum seekers to cannabis companies, to public transportation…