July 7, 2022
Karissa Provenza ’22 is using her law degree to help reduce long prison sentences and improve access to education thanks to two post-graduate fellowship awards. This summer, Karissa Provenza ’22 is putting her new UC Law SF law degree to work at the nonprofit For…
June 23, 2022
UC Law SF students who did public-interest work during the 2021-’22 academic school year were celebrated at a ceremony in May. UC Law SF law students worked approximately 55,000 unpaid hours over the last year providing more than $7 million in free legal support to nonprofits, public agencies,…
June 16, 2022
Jen Manger, a corporate executive at Wells Fargo, said she gained a new level of legal expertise through the MSL degree program at UC Law SF. After more than two decades of a successful business career, Jen Manger was ready for a new challenge. Working as vice president…
June 2, 2022
Yasmine Hajjaji will work for Jones Day, a law firm with a renowned Global Disputes practice. Originally from Tripoli, Libya, Yasmine Hajjaji ’22 came to law school knowing she wanted to litigate cross-border disputes because of her international background. Three years later, she graduated from UC Law SF…
May 6, 2022
Graduating law students who are the first generation in their families to go to law school were celebrated at a luncheon this spring. UC Law SF held its first-ever First Generation graduation celebration, where students heard from law school administrators and new UC Law SF Board of…
June 14, 2021
Collaboration with leading academic health centers, a strong clinical offering, and a stellar faculty focused on addressing society’s health inequities are some of the qualities that likely secured UC Law SF its #13 ranking for health law programs in U.S. News and World Report. Sarah M. Hooper,…
May 26, 2021
A unique tax law concentration, a broad offering of clinical and doctrinal courses, and a distinguished faculty are likely some of the reasons why UC Law SF’ tax program rose seven spots in the most recent U.S. News and World Report rankings, breaking into the Top 20 for the first…
July 29, 2020
UC Law SF has a legacy of training students for public-interest careers. To support that effort, the college awards deserving graduates with the Nancy Stuart Public Interest Award to help fund their bar preparation studies. The $4,000 award, for students committed to careers devoted to closing the access-to-justice gap for…
July 8, 2020
Each month, the alumni newsletter features a Q&A with a student. Meet rising 3L CJ Connolly. Q: What led you to pursue a law degree? A: I have known I wanted to be a lawyer since the fourth grade. Prior to that, I wanted to be a teacher. But then,…
November 26, 2019
Professionals from all over the world come to UC Law SF to study alternative dispute resolution (ADR), citing the wide selection of dispute resolution courses and the college’s international reputation among practitioners. Photo: left to right, Prof. Sheila Purcell, Director, CNDR; Mr. Hakan Öztatar, Head of…