June 11, 2020
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has introduced legislation that expands protections for family caregivers from discrimination by their employers, consulting with and drawing heavily on research from the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Law SF that shows that caregivers have long faced discrimination in the workplace, which data confirm…
May 27, 2020
The Center for WorkLife Law is offering free tools for workers who need to take leave from their jobs due to the coronavirus. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act provided paid leave for workers who need it for certain caregiving and health reasons, but applying for leave can be complicated.
May 21, 2020
As the health care community faces unprecedented challenges in delivering care, the American Health Law Association (AHLA) has produced a Public Service Announcement (PSA) video series to heighten awareness of the ever-shifting legal landscape in light of the coronavirus. The video series features some of the top scholars of…
May 17, 2020
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution‘s own Mattie Robertson (Deputy Director of CNDR) spent the past month training Shelter Client Advocates from the Eviction Defense Collaborative (EDC). The EDC is based here in the Tenderloin near UC Law SF, so CNDR was proud to support our…
May 14, 2020
Starting May 4, the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing oral argument by phone, and released livestream audio, in 10 important cases. This is unprecedented. The decisions, expected in June, could dramatically affect the November presidential election, as well as other major issues. Join Professor Rory Little as he discusses…
May 14, 2020
UC Law SF has launched a short-form podcast series, “Law and the Pandemic,” to share insights relating to some of the most pressing legal issues arising from the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. In each episode, faculty tackle some of the thorniest questions of the moment, from whether the…
May 13, 2020
UC Law SF Professor Jared Ellias and leading bankruptcy scholars from around the country have asked Congress to consider enlarging the nation’s bankruptcy system to cope with an expected flood of corporate bankruptcies. The Large Corporate Bankruptcy Scholars COVID-19 Committee is one of four committees that make up a…
May 11, 2020
UC Law SF Professor Joan C. Williams argues in a new Harvard Business Review article that the pandemic is blowing up our notion of the “ideal worker,” rooted in the breadwinner-homemaker model, and could provide an opportunity to reshape attitudes about working parents and the benefits of…
May 1, 2020
On April 9, 2020, the very first virtual Creative Commons event was hosted by Gabriel Bellman from the Career Development Office, and co-hosted by Mattie Robertson from the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR). We held the workshop on Microsoft Teams, which the whole…
April 27, 2020
Professor Karen Musalo The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has overturned a lower court decision denying asylum to a domestic violence survivor, reaffirming that refugee women are deserving of protection under U.S. law. UC Law SF’s Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), which…
April 24, 2020
The UC Law SF Center for Innovation has launched a COVID-19 research project to study how information, especially regarding health care, flows during times of pandemic, and how access to health care and information varies. The research project is led by Professor Robin Feldman, Arthur J. Goldberg Distinguished Professor…
April 17, 2020
Professor Jaime King UC Law SF professor Jaime King published an opinion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine today calling for sweeping changes in how Americans receive health care and health insurance coverage during the pandemic. More than ever, King argues, we need health care…