UC Law SF faculty voted in June to promote Associate Professor Binyamin Blum, an expert in legal history, to the role of full professor with tenure. “The vote of confidence is reassuring,” Blum said. “This makes it possible to engage in more daring projects.” Blum joined the UC Law SF…
Experts from UC Law SF are increasingly invited to spend time overseas, engaging in dynamic exchanges with their counterparts at prestigious international institutions of higher learning. In so doing, faculty, alumni, and students not only bring their expertise to conferences and classrooms throughout the world but also gain invaluable exposure…
November 20, 2019
Everything in the life of Viviana Waisman ’95—from her Her True Calling to her family history to her education and early work experiences—pointed in the same direction. “I’m one of those people who was born to work on social justice issues,” she said. As a young lawyer in Madrid in…
November 20, 2019
The ancient trade route between Europe and China known as the Silk Road allowed for the exchange of goods (jade, horses, cotton and wool, glass, weapons, and, yes, silk), but, just as importantly, things like religion, language, traditions, and other products of the mind: ideas. In Tashkent, one of the…
August 8, 2019
John Malone, a beloved and longtime adjunct professor, died on July 27 in Santa Ana, Calif. of natural causes. He was 93. Malone’s career at UC Law SF began in 1979 when he joined the faculty as an adjunct. He quickly earned a reputation as a warm and kind colleague…
This past June, ten UC Law SF alumni were unanimously elected to the Foundation Board of Trustees. The UC Law SF Foundation generates private funds to support UC Law SF College of the Law. Faculty development and student financial assistance are top funding priorities, adopted in consultation with the Chancellor…
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr. ’58 gave the inspiring keynote address, urging the new graduates to turn their legal education into positive action in the service of the greater good. Other Commencement speakers included Professor Radhika Rao and student representative Melina Hettiaratchi ’19.
Accountability and transparency have been hot-button issues of late, with individual and corporations increasingly facing up to offenses past and present. Universities have not been exempt from such culpability. Recognizing this, the class of 2019 made a gift to establish the Annual Native Law and Policy Symposium, a lecture series…
Scholarly Books Scott Dodson, editor, The Judges’ Book Vol. 2 (UC Law SF 2018) John Leshy, Debunking Creation Myths About America’s Public Lands (University of Utah Press 2018) Ugo Mattei, general series editor, The Common Core of European Private Law (Cambridge 2018) (with Mauro Bussani) Ugo Mattei, The Turning…
May 28, 2019
The Global Justice Center has had tremendous success in recent years ensuring women and girls raped in war have access to abortion services, and UC Law SF alumna Akila Radhakrishnan ‘09 is a major reason why. Radhakrishnan, who now serves as president of the New York-based nonprofit, helped conceptualize the…
The event, emceed by Joe Cotchett ’64, was attended by distinguished faculty members and graduates who have made lasting contributions in diverse fields such as the judiciary, technology, public interest law, public service, and entertainment law. Previous Slide Next Slide…
It took roughly two decades, but earlier this spring the implementation of the settlement of Holocaust-era class actions against Swiss banks was completed. The final step was the issuance of the special master’s final report on the settlement process. The voluminous document highlights the significant role…