Robin Feldman UC Law SF Professor Robin Feldman’s op-ed, “Why the cancer ‘moonshot’ has been so disappointing,” was published in The Washington Post. In the op-ed, Feldman argues pharmaceutical companies pour resources into “orphan drugs” rather than making a concerted effort to cure cancer. The result, she…
Dubal. UC Law SF Professor Veena Dubal’s op-ed, “Let’s follow California’s lead and regulate companies like Uber,” was published in the Guardian. “AB5, however, does not reflect a stark legal shift, as its detractors have argued. Rather, the law standardizes the legal test for…
September 19, 2019
On September 17, 2019, the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution hosted the eighth Annual “ADR Around the World” in collaboration with the JAMS Foundation. We were honored to have five Weinstein JAMS International Fellows. This Fellowship Program provides opportunities for qualified individuals from outside the United States to…
September 19, 2019
Hastings’ Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution’s Director, Professor Sheila Purcell, hosted a lunch on September 16th as part of a larger visit by a high level delegation of legal educators and lawyers visiting from the Republic of Uzbekistan. As an international leader in ADR education, CNDR continues to…
September 19, 2019
UC Law SF Emeritus Lecturer Richard Zitrin is set to receive the California Lawyers Association’s 2019 Harry B. Sondheim Professional Responsibility Award for his contributions to the field of legal ethics. Zitrin is only the fourth lawyer to receive the award. Established in 2010, the…
UC Law SF Professor Veena Dubal spoke with the New York Times about Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), a landmark bill that will require gig economy companies like Uber and Lyft to treat workers as employees, not like independent contractors. When asked about potential actions taken by…
UC Law SF Professor Jared A. Ellias was quoted extensively in a Sept. 5 Wall Street Journal article titled, “PG&E, Insys Bankruptcies Stumble in Bids for Bonuses, Severance.” “In both of these decisions, bankruptcy judges are policing the edges of what debtors are allowed to do…
Publications Luke A. Boso, “Rural Resentment and LGBTQ Equality,” 71 Florida Law Review 919 (2019) Ben Depoorter, editor, Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property (Edward Elgar 2019) (with Peter Menell) Ben Depoorter, Copyright Law (2019) Ben Depoorter, The Property Multivitamin (2019) (with Seven Balogh) Ben…
August 23, 2019
LexLab at UC Law SF, an innovation hub for emerging legal technologies, today announced its second cohort of legal tech startups. Following the success of its first cohort earlier this year, LexLab has accepted five legal tech startups to participate in its accelerator program. From machine learning and natural…
July 22, 2019
The Law Library now subscribes to the Wolters Kluwer Online Study Aid Library, providing UC Law SF students with online access to hundreds of WK study aids, including the Emanuel CrunchTime series, Emanual Law Outlines, Examples & Explanations, Glannon Guides, and more. Go to http://uchastings.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebooks.aspenlaw.com to access the collection,…
July 12, 2019
Historical newspaper content is among researchers’ most sought-after primary source material. The Law Library recently purchased two online collections of historical newspapers: the Washington Post (1877-2002) and the Wall Street Journal (1889-2001). Both can be accessed from the Library’s A-Z Databases page. Both collections are fully searchable and indexed…
June 25, 2019
Joseph, a homebound Korean War veteran, lost access to Medi-Cal and in-home care after a lengthy hospitalization. Unable to care for himself at home, the 90-year-old’s health further declined until he was referred by his physician to the Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors (MLPS) at UC Law SF. MLPS advocates…