November 10, 2022
CREJ has anxiously watched as Iranians have taken to the streets to protest the senseless death of Mahsa Amini. As educators, we are dismayed by the violent crackdown by Iran’s security forces on students and faculty protesting at universities across Iran including Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology. We write to acknowledge…
November 3, 2022
Dear Hastings Law Community (soon to be UC Law SF Community!), I write to offer you an update on the lawsuit filed against our law school in early October. Per my October 4th message, a small group of Hastings’ alumni and some descendants of Serranus Hastings sued…
October 27, 2022
Natalie Alameddine ’13 is a partner at the firm Blank Rome in Los Angeles specializing in employment and labor law. A partner at the firm Blank Rome in Los Angeles, Natalie Alameddine ‘13 traces her success as an attorney specializing in…
October 25, 2022
As part of the 2022 Tax Speaker Series hosted by the UC Law SF Center on Tax Law, Steven Dean, Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, will present on October 25, 2022, 5:10-6:10pm PDT (Zoom link available). The UC Las SF Tax Speaker Series features leading academics who…
October 25, 2022
Professors Brittany Glidden and Gail Silverstein are co-directors of the new Center for Social Justice at UC Law SF. Most UC Law SF student applicants list wanting “to make a difference in the world” as their primary motives for attending law school, according to recent student surveys. A…
October 20, 2022
Construction project manager Julie Parker earned a Certificate of Studies in Law (CSL) at UC Law SF last spring. Working as a successful construction project manager, Julie Parker encounters legal issues in her job almost every day — from complying with building codes to reviewing contracts to following…
October 17, 2022
UC Law SF lecturer emeritus Richard Zitrin has written a new book on his decades of experience as a trial lawyer and inherent biases in the legal system. Lecturer Emeritus Richard Zitrin has taught Legal Ethics since 1994 at UC Law SF, and…
October 12, 2022
UC Law SF Lecturer Betsy Candler and Associate Dean Gail Silverstein joined international development expert Bob Dean in Kosovo to plan out an upcoming two-year grant project that will support Kosovar law faculties as they shift to a more analytical skills-based curriculum. Over the last five years, UC…
October 6, 2022
The UC Law SF tax law concentration class of 2022 gathered for a graduation and awards ceremony in May. By the time they finish law school, most UC Law SF tax law concentration students already have jobs lined up. Emma Li, JD ’22, was offered a…
October 4, 2022
Dear UC Law SF Community, I am following up on my last message to you, in which I announced that the Governor had signed Assembly Bill 1936 into law, allowing us to move forward with our name change in 2023. We continue to consider the best…
October 3, 2022
UC Law SF alumnus Michelangelo Macchiarella ’18 works as an associate attorney with the firm Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld LLP in New York City. Michelangelo Macchiarella ’18 has joined the UC Law SF Alumni Association Board of Governors, which serves as a liaison between…
October 1, 2022
“Stephanie” Lucia Kanter St. Amour ’98 is a UC Law SF alumna and longtime adjunct professor at the law school. “Stephanie” Lucia Kanter St. Amour ’98 is a UC Law SF alumna, longtime adjunct professor in the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR), and…