March 12, 2020
UC Law SF 1Ls are Semi-Finalists at the International Academy of Dispute Resolution International Mediation Tournament The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) congratulates Kelly Sagaser (1L), Brian Ruben (1L) and Sarah Mojarro (2L) for placing as Semi-Finalists at the International Academy of Dispute Resolution International Mediation Tournament at…
March 12, 2020
UC Law SF CNDR’s Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Team Wins the Lowell Milken Institute for Law and Business Policy Transactional Law Meet at UCLA School of Law The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) congratulates Joseph Dell (3L), Ryan Snyder (3L) and Kenny Gutierrez (3L) for taking 1st…
March 2, 2020
UC Law SF La Raza is co-hosting the National Latina/Latino Law Student Conference March 5-7 with students at Berkeley Law La Raza. The national conference draws more than 300 students, attorneys, and academics from around the country. The three-day conference includes a moot court competition, workshops, law firm tabling,…
March 1, 2020
Publications Hadar Aviram, Yesterday’s Monsters: The Manson Family Cases and the Illusion of Parole (UC Press 2020) Binyamin Blum, “Man Hath No Preeminence Over the Canine: Forensic Tracking in Mandate Palestine,” 51 Theory & Criticism41 (2019) (first printed in February 2020) Abe Cable, “Does Trados Matter?,” 45 Journal of Corporation Law (2020)…
March 1, 2020
Publications Jaime King et al., “Addressing Health Care Market Consolidation and High Prices” Urban Institute (Jan. 13, 2020) Rick Marcus, “A Common Law Perspective on the Supreme Court and Its Functions,” 81 Studia Iuridica 15 (2019) Rick Marcus, “Treading Water? Current Procedural Issues in America,” 23 ZZPInt 183 (2018) (published in…
March 1, 2020
Publications Scott Dodson, “Accountability and Transparency in U.S. Courts,” in Accountability and Transparency in Civil Justice: A Comparative Perspective(Daniel Mitidiero ed. 2019) Scott Dodson, “Beyond Bias in Diversity Jurisdiction,” 69 Duke Law Journal267 (2019) Chimène Keitner, “Cybersecurity Provisions and Trade Agreements,” 10 Harvard Business Law Review Online1 (with Harry Clark)…
February 27, 2020
Professor Robin Feldman published an op-ed in the Washington Post in response to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar’s comment that he couldn’t promise a coronavirus vaccine would be made available to Americans who couldn’t afford the medicine. The op-ed, “President Trump’s coronavirus response highlights a flawed drug…
February 20, 2020
Elizabeth McGriff “For 50 years, UC Law SF’ Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP) has been at the vanguard of access, equity and achievement for students who have overcome significant adversity to access a legal education,” says Elizabeth McGriff. Elizabeth is intimately familiar with LEOP. In addition to serving as…
February 20, 2020
Hastings Students for Immigrants’ Rights (HSIR) is sending eight law students to Taylor, Texas, in March to support women asylum seekers who are incarcerated at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center. This year’s trip builds on the work of two previous trips to family detention centers. Three students went to…
February 18, 2020
Left to rights: 2020 ALMA President Anna Pletcher, Catalina Lozano and Marin Superior Court Judge Sheila Lichtblau (courtesy photo) Longtime adjunct professor and civil rights fighter Catalina Lozano ’81 has been awarded the Unity Award by The Minority Bar Coalition, a network of over 40 diverse bar associations…
February 17, 2020
Francis McGovern, portrait at Duke Law UC Law SF and the national litigation community is mourning the sudden death of Visiting Professor Francis McGovern, following a fall at his home in Marin. He was 75, and to many, completely irreplaceable. Professor McGovern taught each spring semester at UC…
February 14, 2020
Professor Frank H. Wu William L. Prosser Distinguished Professor Frank H. Wu has been awarded the 2020 John Hope Franklin Award for his longtime contributions to higher education and diversity. Franklin, an American historian best known for his 1947 work From Slavery to Freedom, was awarded the Presidential Medal…