November 27, 2018
Dear UC Law SF Community, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am writing with news and a few thoughts about the California Bar exam results from this past July. This year, the news is mixed: UC Law SF Class of 2018 continued a two-year trajectory of steadily improving…
UC Law SF College of the Law inaugurated a handful of new programmatic centers this fall, each designed to provide innovative educational opportunities as well as promote the school’s thought leadership across a vast legal academic landscape. The new centers—the Center on Business Law, the Center on Tax Law, the…
November 8, 2018
Continuing the College’s winning streak after being named the top trial team program in the U.S. by the interscholastic law school trial competitions, the Hastings mock-trial team took home another first place at the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (SFTLA) Mock Trial Competition on Saturday, Nov. 3. “It feels…
November 4, 2018
Professor Joel Paul’s previous book, Unlikely Allies (Riverhead, 2009), featured an unassuming shopkeeper, a mysterious cross-dressing spy, and a famous French playwright who changed the course of the American Revolution. His newest book, Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times (Riverhead, 2018), focuses on a self-taught man who…
There are plenty of great places to grab a bite just a short walk from campus in the Tenderloin. That’s why each month, UC Law SF students and staffers sample a local eatery and share our review of it with the Hastings and Tenderloin communities. In October, we decided to…
November 2, 2018
Below is the October 2018 Roundup, compiled by Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Research Scott Dodson. Publications Scott Dodson published “Jurisdiction in the Trump Era” in Fordham Law Review. Dave Owen published “Cooperative Subfederalism” in Irvine Law Review. John Leshy…
THE FACULTY BUZZ: Professor Rory Little (@rorylittle) produced two articles on the SCOTUS Blog this month. The first entitled, “Argument preview: Do ‘slight force’ robberies count for enhancing Armed Career Criminal Act sentences?” (http://bit.ly/2RmJs4l) and the second, entitled “Argument preview: What vehicle burglaries, if any, count for enhancing Armed…
October 26, 2018
The New York Times featured UC Law SF alumna Julia Olson ’97 on October 23rd, noting that: “If all goes as planned, Ms. Olson will deliver her opening argument on Monday in a landmark federal lawsuit against the Trump administration on behalf of 21 plaintiffs, ages 11 to 22, who…
October 16, 2018
With the Nov. 6 election right around the corner and absentee voting underway, our faculty experts break down some of the measures that appear on the 2018 ballot, including the rent control and gas tax repeal measures. Watch the short videos below to learn more about the measures.
October 5, 2018
US Ambassador to Haiti Michele J. Sison (center) Photo courtesy U.S. Embassy in Haiti In a milestone move that is intended to invigorate clinical legal education in Haiti, the US Embassy has awarded twin grants, one to UC Law SF College of the Law and the other to…
October 2, 2018
WHEREAS, pursuant to Education Code Section 92204, the business of the University of California Hastings College of the Law shall be managed by the Hastings Board of Directors (“Board”); and, WHEREAS, Hastings By-Law 5.2, provides that vacancies occurring on the Board, except for the heir or representative of S.C. Hastings,…
October 1, 2018
September was a very active month for UC Law SF faculty scholarship and related activities. Below is the September Roundup, including entries from Aug. 20-31, compiled by Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Research Scott Dodson. Publications George Bisharat published a coauthored contribution…