In the News – August 17, 2020
August 17, 2020
Media Highlights Joe Biden and the Great Leaders of 2020 Are Part of a Club New York Times – August 13, 2020 Kamala Harris: So many of the elected officials who…
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UC Law SF Magazine featuring Sen. Kamala Harris ’89
August 13, 2020
Wendy Hernandez ’20 Wins Public Law Writing Award
August 12, 2020
Wendy M. Hernandez ’20 has won the California Lawyers Association Public Law Section’s annual Public Law Writing Competition. Her piece on equitable cannabis regulation, published in the Public Law Journal: Spring 2020, Vol. 43, No. 2 of the California Lawyers Association, earned her a $2,000 prize. Hernandez…
20 Students Win Pro Bono Achievement Awards
August 11, 2020
UC Law SF students have access to a rich array of pro bono opportunities: professional work, such as helping clients through clinics and providing legal counsel at a homeless shelter with the Bar Association of San Francisco, as well as non-legal volunteer services, such as serving food at St. Anthony’s…
Students Gain Vital ‘Soft Skills’ in CNDR Certificate Program
August 11, 2020
More than 50 UC Law SF students participated in this summer’s first Leadership Lab Certificate program, a six-week series featuring interactive learning in a virtual environment focused on practical skills-building in the dispute resolution field. Organized by the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR), the program imparted…
UC Law SF Scores Key Victory in Immigration Battle
August 10, 2020
In a win for the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS) and the Hastings Appellate Project, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision Aug. 7 denying asylum to an indigenous Guatemalan woman seeking refuge in the U.S. from domestic violence. Sontos Diaz-Reynoso was represented…
In the News – August 10, 2020
August 10, 2020
Media Highlights Real Life Horror Stories From the World of Pandemic Motherhood New York Times – August 6, 2020 Joan Williams: Employers are using the pandemic to get rid of mothers, and our attempts to protect them are failing. Legal Scholars Dispute Trump’s Claim to…
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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…