A major new reference guide was just published on domestic violence, Domestic Violence Law, by Professor D. Kelly Weisberg, UC Law SF. The book is published by West Academic Press in its Hornbook Series. The Hornbook Series is a collection of treatises on specific areas of the…
Previous Slide Next Slide A Who’s Who list of state tax law experts, students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered on Thursday, Feb. 28 to formally welcome UC Law SF’s Center on Tax Law during the center’s inaugural reception. Attendees gathered at…
“Work hard and be your authentic self.” That short, simple sentence echoed in the ears of UC Law SF College of the Law’s 2018 graduating class. The inspirational line was delivered by Clinical Professor Mai Linh Spencer, whose commitment to teaching and inspiring students has been recognized with the…
Compiled by Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Research Scott Dodson. Publications George Bisharat, “Law Against the People,” 42 AntroPolitica 296 (2018). Veena Dubal (with coauthors), “Disrupting Regulation, Regulating Disruption: The Politics of Uber in the US,” 16 Perspectives on Politics 919…
December 10, 2018
The faculty at UC Law SF has voted to grant tenure to three outstanding professors. Associate professors Alina Ball, a nationally-recognized expert within the transactional clinical community, Jared Ellias, an expert in the realm of bankruptcy law, and Zachary Price, an expert on constitutional structure, will officially…
December 7, 2018
Professor Eumi Lee was appointed today by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. to a judgeship in Alameda Superior Court. Lee has been a clinical professor at UC Law SF since 2005, where she served as co-founder and co-director of the Hastings Institute for Criminal Justice from 2010 to 2012.
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…
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…
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 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…
September 26, 2018
The United States Court of Appeals 10th Circuit recently cited an article from Professor Scott Dodson in a contract assignment decision. The 10th Circuit quoted from Dodson’s, “Dignity: The New Frontier of State Sovereignty,” 56 Okla. L. Rev. 777, 778 (2003), in Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services v. United…