August 22, 2022
UC Law SF 1L JD students took the pledge of professionalism during a convocation ceremony in August. UC Law SF welcomed students back for the fall semester Monday, and its strong incoming class included 393 new JD students — one of the most diverse in the law school’s…
August 11, 2022
Binyamin Blum, who joined UC Law SF faculty in 2018, will serve as associate dean of Global Programs. UC Law SF students can jet across oceans and study the law in Madrid, Tokyo or Tel Aviv. They can spend summers working at humanitarian aid agencies in Rome or…
August 9, 2022
UC Law SF Moot Court Team continues to win first place in national competitions. UC Law SF’ Moot Court Team has been ranked No. 1 nationally four semesters in a row. It’s not just one of the most prestigious student organizations on campus, students say…
August 5, 2022
Mary Ruiz, J.D. ’23, is working as an advocate for unaccompanied immigrant children through a public-interest internship in New York City this summer. UC Law SF student Mary Ruiz De La O is spending this summer helping unaccompanied immigrant children navigate the complicated U.S. immigration system. Ruiz, a…
August 3, 2022
David Casarrubias ’18 teaches appellate advocacy at UC Law SF and works as an associate at Hanson Bridgett LLP. Less than five years out of law school, David Casarrubias ’18 has successfully represented a diverse mix of clients – from asylum seekers to cannabis companies, to public transportation…
August 1, 2022
UC Law SF students Ashley Johnson ’24 (left) and Iris Wagner ’24 (right) are interning at public defender’s offices this summer. After their first year of law school, two UC Law SF students – Ashley Johnson and Iris Wagner — are preparing strategies for upcoming homicide and fraud…
July 27, 2022
Dear UC Law SF Community, I write to offer an update on our path towards a new name for the College. Today, the UC Law SF Board of Directors voted unanimously on a resolution to remove “Hastings” from our name in the California Education Code and replace it with San…
July 22, 2022
The Center on Tax Law is excited to announce that Zach Leonard and Lisa Chen are the co-recipients of the 2L Academic Excellence in Tax Scholarship. This award is provided by the Fung Family Tax Law Scholarship Fund, a program generously funded by Jennifer Fung ’18 and Adrian Fung to support and retain…
July 7, 2022
Karissa Provenza ’22 is using her law degree to help reduce long prison sentences and improve access to education thanks to two post-graduate fellowship awards. This summer, Karissa Provenza ’22 is putting her new UC Law SF law degree to work at the nonprofit For…
June 30, 2022
Ezekiel Gorrocino and Katie Scull are this year’s recipients of the 3L Excellence in Tax Writing Scholarship. This $5,000 scholarship is sponsored by the Fung Family Tax Law Scholarship Fund, a program generously funded by Jennifer Fung ’18 and Adrian Fung to support and retain tax law concentrators at UC…
June 30, 2022
Rosamaria Cavalho ’22 will work with the Transgender Law Center in Oakland, California, helping LGBTQ asylum seekers and immigrants. Rosamaria Cavalho ’22 said she wanted to attend law school so she could support low-income, immigrant communities, like the one in which she was raised. Cavalho, who grew up…
June 28, 2022
Four nationally-renowned scholars – with expertise in areas ranging from restorative justice to pharmaceutical law – are joining the faculty at UC Law SF College of the Law as Professors of Law this fall. The new professors are Hiro Aragaki, who specializes in alternative dispute resolution; Ming Hsu Chen, an…