August 5, 2026
As interim provost & academic dean, Professor Manoj Viswanathan will lead UC Law SF’s academic program, including its faculty, curriculum, centers, and support for a rich student experience. Professor Manoj Viswanathan will serve as UC Law SF’s interim provost & academic dean starting in January 2027. An award-winning…
July 27, 2026
Steven Bazley, Aimee J. Carlisle, Mary Hoopes, and Shaun Ossei-Owusu join UC Law SF this year with backgrounds spanning entrepreneurship, criminal defense, judicial research, and interdisciplinary legal scholarship. They will teach courses including criminal procedure, civil procedure, ethics and remedies, as well as seminars on American legal education and race…
July 22, 2026
Students display their certificates of completion after presenting AI-focused capstone projects in the last session of the inaugural AI-enabled lawyering lab in April 2026, joined by Adjunct Professors Luis Villa and Zoe Dolan (left). UC Law SF is making its AI-enabled lawyering lab mandatory for all JD students,…
July 9, 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed two UC Law San Francisco alumni to serve as judges in California’s superior courts. Thomas Fay ’12 was appointed to the Orange County Superior Court. Fay served as senior and then lead appellate attorney at…
July 8, 2026
From left: UC Law SF CFO David Seward, Round Valley High School graduates and scholarship recipients Perla Carmona and Camryn Mitchell, and former UC Law SF board chair Tom Gede. Camryn Mitchell and Perla Carmona, co-valedictorians of the Round Valley High School Class of 2026, are…
July 2, 2026
Roger Park taught at UC Law SF from 1994 to 2025. UC Law SF Chancellor & Dean David Faigman issued the following statement on the recent passing of Professor Roger Park, who taught at UC Law SF from 1994 to 2025. Dear Colleagues, I write with the very…
June 25, 2026
Professor Hadar Aviram explores biblical stories of imprisonment and what they reveal about the history of confinement in new book. Prof. Hadar Aviram investigates narratives of incarceration in the Hebrew Bible as part of a broader inquiry into the history of confinement. Her research identifies carceral themes…
June 17, 2026
Farzad Tabatabai ’95 has developed a national reputation in the highly specialized field of boxing law. Farzad Tabatabai ’95 entered the National Boxing Hall of Fame without ever stepping into the ring as a boxer. His legal bouts have involved championship fights, athletic commissions, and international law. He…
June 4, 2026
In UC Law SF’s AI Bootcamp, Susmita Nanda LLM ’26 built GroundCheck, an AI tool that checks whether legal citations hold up under scrutiny. Susmita Nanda LLM ’26 learned how to critically evaluate and create legal technology tools in UC Law SF’s AI-Enabled Lawyers Bootcamp. She built GroundCheck,…
May 26, 2026
Winners of the UC Law SF Social Justice Awards for 2026 at a celebration event on May 8, 2026. UC Law SF students and alumni who have devoted thousands of hours to working with disadvantaged people who lack access to legal services were honored by peers,…
May 18, 2026
First-year law student Sarahi Flores, recipient of the 2026 Jeanette M. Acosta Scholarship, plans to become a social movement lawyer after law school. 1L student Sarahi Flores has been awarded the Jeanette M. Acosta Scholarship, which honors a UC Law SF alumna who championed the rights…
May 14, 2026
2L Marilyn Aguilar-Portillo designed a program that uncovers bias in legal cases, gaining practical experience in applying technology to enhance legal analysis and advocacy. 2L Marilyn Aguilar-Portillo built an AI tool in UC Law SF’s AI-Enabled Lawyers Bootcamp to detect patterns of bias in legal cases.