October 1, 2018
THE FACULTY BUZZ: “It is a bit strange for a judge who claims to follow the literal text of the Constitution to insist that the president has a privilege that does not appear anywhere in the Constitution,” said Professor Joel Paul (@JoelRichardPaul) in an article for Tufts Now on…
Professor Abraham Cable and Glen Van Ligten ’91 have been co-teaching the corporate classroom component of the Startup Legal Garage—a program offered by the UC Law SF Institute for Innovation Law—for the past three years. The class is intended to help students who are working with early-stage technology companies…
September 24, 2018
2016 Katelyn Phillips formed the trusts and estates law firm of Phillips & Phillips, A Professional Corporation, in Pleasanton with her father, James J. Phillips ’80, a certified specialist in probate, estate planning, and trust law. 2014 Scott J. Kalter joined Klinedinst PC’s Santa Ana office as an associate. Scott…
Bruce L. Simon ’80 was named the 2018 Antitrust Lawyer of the Year by the California Lawyers Association (CLA). A principal with Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, he is one of the leading antitrust lawyers in the United States and a past chair of the Board of Directors at UC…
September 19, 2018
From A CEO’s Full Circle In Oakland: Driving Justice At Home And Nationally, by Forbes Contributor Jessica Pliska: “Change agent, policy expert, movement builder, and community leader are all ways to describe Vien Truong, CEO of Dream Corps. Her career has been laser focused on driving policies at the federal,…
Previous Slide Next Slide Norene Lew ’96, senior corporate counsel at Salesforce, and Todd Machtmes ’95, Salesforce’s executive vice president for commercial legal, hosted an enthusiastic group of UC Law SF students at the Salesforce Experience in January. A panel of alumni…
An array of academics, policymakers, and activists came together for the eighth annual Baby Markets Roundtable at UC Law SF on May 4 and 5, 2018. The invitation-only event addressed issues in the area of contemporary family-making, which increasingly includes cutting-edge science, international negotiations, and unregulated contracts. Professor Radhika…
On Jan. 11, 2018, UC Law SF Thomas E. Miller Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus Geoffrey Hazard passed away at the age of 88. Geoffrey Hazard Geoffrey will long be remembered as one of the leading minds in the development of the civil procedure and legal ethics fields.
What can we do to protect democratic discourse and decision-making in the age of “dangerous speech” and digitally altered photos and videos known as “deep fakes?” That was the fundamental question posed in an in-depth conversation moderated by Professor Chimène Keitner for World Affairs Council of…
September 18, 2018
Updated October 11 to include links and video from the Jeanette M. Acosta Memorial Scholarship Event. Jeanette Acosta ’16 demonstrated her fighting spirit in both her professional and personal life. Detailing her chemotherapy routine in a story she wrote for the health website mindbodygreen, she likened each session to a…
September 4, 2018
THE FACULTY BUZZ: Professor Veena Dubal (@veenadubal) discussed “Gig Economy 101,” everything from the May 2018 California Supreme Court ruling in Dynamex v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County to the astounding fact that she has never used an Uber or Lyft, in a live interview with ARS…