April 15, 2025
A standout litigator and respected leader in the profession, Kelly Matayoshi ’12 of Farella Braun + Martel LLP was named UC Law SF’s 2025 Alum of the Year in recognition of her remarkable career accomplishments and enduring commitment to the College. Kelly Matayoshi ’12, a partner at Farella…
April 15, 2025
Through the Startup Legal Garage, second-year law student Kyle Geffon worked with clients specializing in AI and biotech and learned the skills to help startups navigate the challenges of launching a new company. 2L Kyle Geffon gained experience advising AI and biotech startups through UC Law SF’s Startup…
April 15, 2025
UC Law San Francisco is proud to announce the businesses and organizations participating in the Fall 2025 Corporate Counsel Externship Program. The competitive program leverages UC Law SF’s connections to the Bay Area business and non-profit communities by placing 2L and 3L students in top legal…
April 11, 2025
Generations of UC Law SF alumni connected with former classmates and professors in the iconic Beaux-Arts setting of San Francisco City Hall, celebrating the law school that has produced more California bar admittees than any other. Some 400 alumni returned to UC Law San Francisco in…
April 11, 2025
Third-year law student Dorsa Gohardoust applied conflict resolution strategies to mediate favorable outcomes for clients at the San Francisco and San Mateo County superior courts. 3L student Dorsa Gohardoust reflects on her experience in the Mediation Clinic, where students help resolve real disputes at local courts and agencies…
April 10, 2025
Professors Peter Bartu, Moria Paz, and Daniel Zoughbie discuss lessons from past conflicts—including Libya, Gaza, and postwar Europe—and how international law and diplomacy can shape a more stable future for the Middle East. Three international law and diplomacy scholars gathered at UC Law San Francisco in April…
April 9, 2025
Former California Supreme Court Justice Joseph R. Grodin (1930-2025) spent nearly five decades teaching at UC Law SF and preparing future attorneys for practice. He helped strengthen the College’s labor and employment law courses and clinics. He also helped modernize curriculum for first-year law students. UC Law SF…
April 4, 2025
Through the human rights fact-finding track of the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic, third-year law student David Imhoff visited Honduras and undertook complex field research in Spanish to help climate-impacted refugees. 3L student David Imhoff discusses his work gathering evidence in Honduras to support the claims of asylum…
April 4, 2025
Second-year law student Angelynn Nguyen followed her passion for science, technology, and law by researching and advising an entrepreneur client about patent law through UC Law SF’s Startup Legal Garage. 2L Angelynn Nguyen helped biotech companies assess legal risks through her work with UC Law SF’s Startup Legal…
April 4, 2025
Kelly Matayoshi ’12, a highly regarded business and employment litigator, and Rachel Proffitt ’02, a trailblazer in venture capital law, are being recognized for supporting their alma mater and advancing the legal profession. With more than 23,000 alumni making their mark across the legal field and beyond, UC…
April 2, 2025
Professor Emily Murphy, the 2025 Rutter Award for Teaching Excellence winner, strives to bring empathy, authenticity, and intellectual rigor to her teaching. While spending over a decade earning advanced degrees in science and law, Professor Emily Murphy encountered a full spectrum of educators and took note of what…
March 28, 2025
Professor and renowned legal scholar Cheryl Harris unpacks the historical connections between racial discrimination, economic inequality, and the law in her speech, “On Race, Capitalism, and (Im)possible Futures,” during the Racial Capitalism Symposium at UC Law San Francisco in February. Ten years ago, while on a road trip…