August 18, 2021
In early March 2020, Lauren Lofton was at a conference in Tennessee, where the mood was dire. The state had just been devastated by 10 tornadoes. By the time Lofton arrived home in California, UC Law SF’s campus was moving into pandemic lockdown, where it would remain for more than…
August 5, 2021
Just a year after the Supreme Court decided in favor of gay marriage, its justices decided in favor of gay families. In the latter case—decided in summary disposition—the Supreme Court overturned an Alabama decision to affirm the rights of nonbiological parents. Cathy Sakimura (’06), who represented the nonbiological parent…
August 2, 2021
The University of California Hastings College of the Law (“UC Law SF) in San Francisco is conducting an open-rank search to hire three entry-level, lateral tenure-track, or lateral tenured faculty members to begin the 2022-2023 academic year, i.e., July 1, 2022. We seek innovative and productive scholars and devoted…
July 26, 2021
A recent analysis shows that UC Law SF moved up from #23 to #18 in the nation when it comes to the reputation and quality of fields of study – or “specialty programs” – ranked by U.S. News & World Report. The analysis, which gives equal weight to each…
July 14, 2021
Late Monday evening, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed budget legislation that makes historic investments in public education. The 2021-22 state budget includes a $4.5 million renewal of UC Law SF’s California Scholars Program, a unique scholarship opportunity for students who graduated…
July 11, 2021
The National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals (NALSAP) hosted its Fifth Annual Conference, bringing together professionals from around the country. NALSAP serves as the professional home for those who support law students by providing leadership, professional development, and student affairs resources.
July 3, 2021
This op-ed was originally published in the Sacramento Bee on July 3, 2021, where an audio version is also available. While no one living today enslaved African Americans or carried out genocide against Native Americans, our world is a product of those past injustices. What do those living…
June 29, 2021
From the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR), Deputy Director Mattie Robertson taught the application-only Leadership Lab Certificate for a second summer. A six-hour, interactive skills course for current UC Law SF students held in June 2021, Leadership Lab was designed to help students…
June 27, 2021
Mary Kay Kane’s death earlier this month from complications of cancer came as a shock to her UC Law SF family, who recalled her unfailing contributions to the school—such as organizing the school’s first alumni network and defending its values in court—and her role as a trailblazer for women in…
June 23, 2021
Recent work by the UC Law SF’ Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) helped reverse U.S. immigration policies harmful to domestic violence victims and influence the outcome of a related Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals case. CGRS lawyers pushed the U.S. Justice Department to restore asylum for people…
June 6, 2021
Publications Veena Dubal, “The Time Politics of Digital Piecework,” translated and re-published in TEORIA JURÍDICA CONTEMPORÂNEA V. 6 (2021) David Levine, “Book Review of B. Meyler, Theaters of Pardoning” (May 2021) (with Budd N. Shenkin). Dave Owen, “Law, Land Use, and…
June 3, 2021
Dear UC Law SF Community, Mary Kay Kane is presented with a medal of honor from the Kozminski University in Warsaw, Poland. It is with deep and profound sadness that I write to tell you that Emerita Chancellor & Dean and Distinguished Professor Mary Kay Kane died today…