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…
Professor Jennifer Dunn has been on the frontlines – even targeted and threatened by anti-abortion activists. But Dunn is not deterred. She’s even more determined, as she devotes a career to reproductive justice. “It is about more than abortion,” explained Dunn, a 1998 graduate of UC Law SF who has…
September 4, 2018
Professor Jaime S. King and Katherine L. Gudiksen, senior research fellow at the Source on Healthcare Price and Competition, co-authored Commentary on California’s Drug Transparency Law (SB-17) for the September edition of Health Affairs, the leading peer-reviewed journal of health policy thought and research. Along with Timothy T. Brown, associate…
August 7, 2018
Professor Evan Lee’s scholarly article for the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, entitled “Why California’s Second-Degree Felony-Murder Rule is Now Void for Vagueness,” was cited by Ninth Circuit Judge Ronald M. Gould in his opinion in the case of Henry v. Spearman. The matter involved a California state prisoner’s…
August 7, 2018
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg referenced Professor Scott Dodson’s amicus brief during oral argument in the case of Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Serv. of Chicago. The matter was before the Court on appeal from the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to resolve the question: Does…
August 3, 2018
Host Cyrus Farivar from ARS Technica kicked off the live event on Gig Economy 101 by asking Professor Veena Dubal, “I came to this bar in a Lyft, should I feel guilty about that?” Thus began the more than hour-long interview of Professor Dubal where she “delivered” on educating…
July 31, 2018
Professor Shanin Specter appeared on CNN, with host Michael Smerconish, to discuss the legal ramifications of the tape of Michael Cohen speaking with then-candidate Trump about making a payment to a Playmate. “It is a new level. It’s shocking that the President would suggest that his former lawyer…
July 26, 2018
UC Law SF is pleased to announce and celebrate Chancellor & Dean David Faigman’s recent funded chair awards and those faculty members elevated to “Distinguished Faculty” status. These awards are based on the faculty member’s accomplishments and promise, and take effect as of July 1, 2018. The following faculty…
July 22, 2018
Judge S. Jay Plager of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit cited Professor Jeffrey A. Lefstin’s work on the history of the patent-eligible subject matter doctrine, in his decision for Interval Licensing LLC v. AOL, Inc., (Fed. Cir. 2018). In his opinion, concurring-in-part and dissenting-in-part…
July 20, 2018
Professor Jaime King testified on the subject of “Examining State Efforts to Improve Transparency in Healthcare Costs for Consumers” before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. “The cost of healthcare in the United States currently threatens the economic stability of our citizens, our businesses, our state and…