May 4, 2021
Faculty Achievements: November 2020 Publications Dorit Reiss, “Digging the Rabbit Hole, COVID-19 Edition: Anti-Vaccine Themes and the Discourse Around COVID-19,” Microbes and Infection (November 2020) (with Tara C. Smith). Jessica Vapnek, “Agricultural Legislation” in International Legislative Drafting Handbook, Carolina Academic Press (2020). Manoj Viswanathan, “The Unintended Consequences of California’s…
May 4, 2021
Faculty Achievements: October 2020 Publications Hadar Aviram, “Progressive Punitivism: Notes on the Use of Punitive Social Control to Advance Social Justice Ends,” The Judges’ Book (2020). Binyamin Blum, “From Bedouin Trackers to Doberman Pinschers: The Rise of Dog Tracking as Forensic Evidence in Palestine,” in Global Forensic Cultures…
May 4, 2021
Faculty Achievements: September 2020 Publications Scott Dodson, “Personal Jurisdiction in Comparative Context,” American Journal of Comparative Law (2020). Works Accepted Chimène Keitner, “Prosecuting Foreign States,” Virginia Journal of International Law (forthcoming 2021) Chimène Keitner, “Congressional testimony on China, COVID-19, and Foreign Sovereign Immunity,” Harvard National Security Journal Online…
May 4, 2021
Faculty Achievements: August 2020 Publications Hadar Aviram, “California’s COVID-19 Prison Disaster and the Trap of Palatable Reform,” BOOM California, August 10, 2020. Dana Beldiman, “Spare Parts and Design Protection – Different Approaches to a Common Problem,” in Recent Developments from the EU and US Perspective, Oxford University Press, GRUR…
May 4, 2021
Faculty Achievements: Summer 2020 Publications Scott Dodson, “A Critique of Jurisdictionality,” 39 Review of Litigation 355 (2020). Scott Dodson, Book Review (The Conservative Case for Class Actions, by Brian Fitzpatrick), 54 Law & Society Review 522 (June 2020). Veena Dubal, “AB5 to Democracy: Economic Security & the Regulation…
May 3, 2021
UC Law SF Moot Court held on to its coveted #1 ranking this semester, capping off a school year that saw alumni coaches participate in greater numbers than ever. The 90-plus student team members were dubbed “Covid National Champions” in a recent Zoom awards ceremony to celebrate the achievement.
May 3, 2021
It was only supposed to be an educational exercise. But for Justin MacFayden (’20) and Karolina Dziadosz (’21), a Spring 2020 project leapt from the classroom into the marketplace. 3L Karolina Dziadosz For their course on how to build a legal-tech startup, MacFayden and Dziadosz…
April 28, 2021
UC Law SF Professor Kelly Weisberg received the Hope Rising Journalism Award at the International Family Justice Center Conference earlier this month in recognition of her work as editor of the leading legal newsletter on domestic violence. Professor Kelly Weisberg “It’s not journalism in the…
April 22, 2021
An update from the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR), on the Mediation going virtual for Spring 2021: “Designing the car while driving it” is the way Associate Dean for Experiential Learning and Clinical Professor of Law Gail Silverstein described the Mediation Clinic’s new Small Claims virtual mediation…
April 1, 2021
Proposed federal legislation to boost lifesaving cancer screening for women of color has been named in memory of a 2016 UC Law SF graduate who died of cervical cancer at age 32. The Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act would provide funding for preventative health care services such…
March 30, 2021
David Faigman, Hastings College of the Law With the publication today of US News & World Report’s (USNWR) annual rankings of law schools, it is a propitious time to take stock of the state of UC Law SF. As detailed below, the news is good. However, before getting…
March 24, 2021
The Center for Business Law has launched a new scholarship program aimed at giving students from disadvantaged backgrounds an opportunity to flourish in the world of business law. The CBL Scholars Program provides full tuition plus mentorship and support from the alumni and law firms who brought the idea…