October 7, 2021
In our Engaged Scholarship series, we speak with members of the UC Law SF faculty who are influential scholars, advocates, and thought leaders. Our latest conversation is with Professor Karen Musalo. Karen Musalo is a prominent scholar known for her groundbreaking approach to refugee and human rights law. She…
October 4, 2021
After six Asian women were murdered in Atlanta in March 2021, there was a wave of public outcry that resulted in awareness-raising solidarity campaigns, bystander trainings, and even federal legislation to address the issue of anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) violence. Meanwhile, UC Law SF professors Alina Ball…
September 24, 2021
UC Law SF has been alive with activity over the past few weeks after some 18 months of remote teaching and learning. The once-quiet halls of the college’s new Cotchett Law Center are now bustling, as students shuffle between classes and gather for group work (masked, of course); its…
September 17, 2021
Wednesday, September 15, 2021, marked the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, also known as Latinx Heritage Month. This month is a nationally recognized commemorative month that celebrates all the accomplishments and contributions of Americans of Latinx descent. As we celebrate this month here in the Library, we would like…
September 9, 2021
UC Law SF students interested in shaking up the delivery of legal services may now pursue a concentration in Technology and Innovation in the Practice of Law. The offering represents the latest creation of LexLab, the school’s hub for collaboration among faculty, students, and alumni interested in legal tech…
September 3, 2021
In our Engaged Scholarship series, we speak with members of the UC Law SF faculty who are influential scholars, advocates, and thought leaders. Our first conversation is with Thomas Miller Professor of Law Hadar Aviram. Hadar Aviram is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work is…
August 25, 2021
UC Law SF today officially launches its new Center for Litigation and Courts, a nonpartisan effort to expand knowledge of civil litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and the courts. The impetus for creating the center was to fill a gap in the study of civil litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and…
August 23, 2021
Need a break from law books? Borrow a book from the library’s small, but growing Popular Fiction collection! You’ll find the collection of 80+ titles in the Fourth Floor Reading Room, next to the popular magazines and newspapers. The collection includes NY Times bestsellers such as The Last Thing He…
August 20, 2021
Karen Musalo is a law professor and the founding director of the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at UC Law SF. The following op-ed was originally published in the Los Angeles Times on Aug. 20, 2021. In the past week we have seen…
August 2, 2021
The University of California Hastings College of the Law (“UC Law SF) in San Francisco is conducting an open-rank search to hire three entry-level, lateral tenure-track, or lateral tenured faculty members to begin the 2022-2023 academic year, i.e., July 1, 2022. We seek innovative and productive scholars and devoted…
July 21, 2021
From June 21-29, 2021, the UC Law SF Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) virtually hosted this advanced training for the second time. The training focused on helping family mediators to spot potential issues that require additional discussion and consideration between the parents,…
July 14, 2021
Late Monday evening, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed budget legislation that makes historic investments in public education. The 2021-22 state budget includes a $4.5 million renewal of UC Law SF’s California Scholars Program, a unique scholarship opportunity for students who graduated…