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CNDR’s Leadership Lab Certificate Comes to an End
August 5, 2020
CNDR’s Deputy Director Mattie Robertson Teaching Leadership Lab Online The first ever Leadership Lab Certificate was held this summer by the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) from June 23 – July 28, 2020. Free to current UC Law SF students during…
New Podcast Highlights Black Voices at Hastings
August 3, 2020
UC Law SF’ Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ) has launched Black Hastings Speaks, a six-episode podcast series designed to preserve and present authentic stories of Black experiences within the UC Law SF community. The series of one-on-one conversations between students, faculty, staff, and alumni…
UC Law SF Academic Village Narrated Fly-through
August 3, 2020
Public Interest Grads Win Bar Study Stipends
July 29, 2020
UC Law SF has a legacy of training students for public-interest careers. To support that effort, the college awards deserving graduates with the Nancy Stuart Public Interest Award to help fund their bar preparation studies. The $4,000 award, for students committed to careers devoted to closing the access-to-justice gap for…
Student Q&A: Rising 2L Marcus Grimes
July 28, 2020
Rising 2L Marcus Grimes was recently featured in the UC Law SF Alumni Newsletter. Grimes is co-president of the Black Law Student Association (BLSA) at Hastings, and is one of the first recipients of the California Scholars scholarship, a three-year full-ride scholarship for Californians who attend a HBCU…
Clinic Secures Unemployment Benefits for Low-Wage Workers
July 28, 2020
The UC Law SF Workers’ Rights Clinic – COVID 19 Response, retooled to help low-wage workers secure unemployment insurance benefits, has helped dozens of individuals who have lost vital income and given students their first practical experience of employment law. “The clinic has met the twin goals of helping workers…
California Law Deans Ask for Retroactive Cut in Bar Score
July 24, 2020
Chancellor and Dean David Faigman is one of 19 California law school deans asking the California Supreme Court to retroactively apply the lowered 139 cut score to graduates who took the February 2020 bar exam. The July 23 letter asks the court to grant bar admission to those who scored…
Evelyn Rangel-Medina Joins Faculty as CREJ Visiting Professor
July 23, 2020
Evelyn Rangel-Medina has joined the UC Law SF Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ) as its inaugural Visiting Assistant Professor. Her July 1 appointment marks an important expansion for CREJ, led by professors Alina Ball and Shauna Marshall. Over the past decade and a half, Rangel-Medina…
Report Card on the Diversity of California’s Legal Profession
July 22, 2020
The State Bar of California’s Report Card on the Diversity of California’s Legal Profession…
Community Update on CA Bar Exam and Scoring
July 19, 2020
The California Supreme Court just announced its decision regarding this fall’s bar exam. It’s a huge decision, and includes lowering of the cut score. The court’s announcement follows: The California Supreme Court on Thursday July 16 announced it will permanently lower the passing score for the California Bar Exam and…
Joint Statement of CA Deans on the Bar Exam
July 19, 2020
Dean Presentations on Behalf of CA ABA Law Schools Meeting of California Deans and the California Supreme Court and California State Bar July 2, 2020 Presentation of Dean Song Richardson, UC Irvine School of Law: We speak with one voice when we recommend that the Court adopt an emergency…