March 29, 2022
Kathryn Cunningham, UC Law SF’ Sustainability Manager, adds a LEED sticker to one of the rooms at 333 Golden Gate Ave. UC Law SF is ramping up its sustainability efforts. So far, the law school has started energy and water conservation projects, waste reduction initiatives across campus, earned…
March 23, 2022
UC Law SF OUTlaw has been recognized as the Law Student Association of the Year by the BALIF Foundation. BALIF is the nation’s oldest and largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender LGBTQ+ persons in the legal field. Each year, the award is given to…
March 18, 2022
Professor Joan Williams, left, and Emtrain CEO Janine Yancey ’92, right. Want to lower incidences of bias and harassment in the workplace? It all starts with respect. Those were some of the findings of a research report conducted in partnership between the UC Law SF Center for…
March 14, 2022
Tax Law Professor Peter Maier There was a time when, if a UC Law SF student considered tax law as a concentration, that student would peruse the course catalog and see a class called Basic Income Tax. But if it had Peter K. Maier’s name…
March 1, 2022
Justice Wiley W. Manuel ’53 UC College of the Law, San Francisco is proud to announce that its new Center for Scholarly Publications will be named in honor of Justice Wiley W. Manuel ‘53, the first African American Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of California. This announcement…
February 28, 2022
On Monday, February 28, the Center on Tax Law is hosting a (virtual) conference titled, “Tax Lawmaking During Times of Uncertainty.” The speakers include a fantastic mix of academics, current and former government officials, and folks in private practice. The conference is entirely on Zoom, and the program is below.
February 28, 2022
On Monday, February 28, 2022, the UC Law SF Center on Tax Law will (virtually) host a conference on tax lawmaking. Our keynote speaker will be Rebecca Kysar, counselor to the assistant secretary of tax policy. Panel titles include “The Tax Legislative Process: Reconciliation, Budgeting, and More,” “Tax Practice Perspectives…
February 25, 2022
When she was growing up, Debra Bogaards ‘81 remembers her family’s Friday night Shabbat dinners included donating to a favorite charity each week. The Jewish idea of Tzedakah, a Hebrew word that is used to refer to charity or philanthropy, stuck with her as she grew up. She said, “It…
February 25, 2022
Students in UC Law SF’s First Gen program celebrate the program’s kickoff in February. UC Law SF kicked off its First Generation Program – which celebrates and supports law students who are the first in their families to go to college and now attend law…
February 4, 2022
Stop by the library to borrow the latest additions to our Popular Fiction collection: A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham Anthem by Noah Hawley Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho How High We Go…
Evergreening is a strategy used by pharmaceutical companies to extend the life of their drug patents and monopoly periods by obtaining additional protections, often based on minor modifications. This searchable drug patent database reports patent extensions by pharmaceutical companies from 2005 to 2018 on brand-name drugs, listed in the…
February 1, 2022
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) says goodbye to it’s longtime Director. Emerita Clinical Professor and Former CNDR Director Sheila Purcell Emerita Clinical Professor, and now former Director of CNDR, Sheila Purcell retired on January 31, 2022, after almost 10…