January 18, 2020
Hallinan, a distinctive and often divisive figure in San Francisco politics, died Jan. 17, 2020. He was 83. Terence Hallinan, 2003, Photo by Nancy Wong San Francisco is known for its iconic political figures, but it was always hard to beat Terence “Kayo” Hallinan ’64, who died…
December 6, 2019
2013 JACQUELINE TOKOS LENTZ passed away on July 25, 2018. She worked for several years as a U.S. congressional aide in the 10th Congressional District and practiced political law as an attorney with the law firm of Nielsen Merksamer in San Rafael. 1989 WILLIAM (BILL) MITCHELL ANDREWS passed away at…
November 25, 2019
May 2019 graduates in the top quartile by law school GPA had a first-time pass rate of 100%. The first-time bar passage rate for 2019 UC Law SF graduates was 80.5% and the overall first-time pass rate of UC Law SF graduates, including prior-year grads who took the California bar…
November 21, 2019
Jackson has taught Trial Advocacy at UC Law SF Since 2006 Governor Gavin Newsom has nominated San Francisco Superior Court Judge Teri L. Jackson as associate justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Three. If confirmed, Judge Jackson will be the first African-American woman justice in the court’s…
Sina Alavi ’14 For a tiny country, the European principality of Liechtenstein—population 38,000—has an outsized influence on international criminal law, according to Sina Alavi ’14. Sina has served as a senior legal and political adviser at Liechtenstein’s mission to the United Nations for three years.
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Mieke Eoyang ’02 Mieke Eoyang ’02, who spent years working as a legislative aide specializing in national security issues on Capitol Hill, is currently the vice president for the national security program at Third Way, a think tank in Washington, D.C. In this role, she…
Experts from UC Law SF are increasingly invited to spend time overseas, engaging in dynamic exchanges with their counterparts at prestigious international institutions of higher learning. In so doing, faculty, alumni, and students not only bring their expertise to conferences and classrooms throughout the world but also gain invaluable exposure…
November 20, 2019
Everything in the life of Viviana Waisman ’95—from her Her True Calling to her family history to her education and early work experiences—pointed in the same direction. “I’m one of those people who was born to work on social justice issues,” she said. As a young lawyer in Madrid in…
November 19, 2019
“When I compete in these races, I can’t see a single sign or aid station without thinking about the sponsorship agreement we drafted to go along with that.” Jennifer Gottschalk ’16 began the 2019 IRONMAN® 70.3® World Championships…
November 1, 2019
UC Law SF joins San Francisco in mourning the passing of Burk “Buck” Delventhal ’69, a scholar, professor, city servant and one of the sharpest legal minds in California. Called the “heart and soul of the governmental side of the city,” Delventhal, who spent 49 years in the San Francisco…
Phil Ginsburg ’93 has one of the more enviable – and difficult – positions in the City and County of San Francisco. As general manager of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, Ginsburg manages roughly 15 percent of the city’s total land. It’s a job…