May 11, 2020
UC Law SF Professor Joan C. Williams argues in a new Harvard Business Review article that the pandemic is blowing up our notion of the “ideal worker,” rooted in the breadwinner-homemaker model, and could provide an opportunity to reshape attitudes about working parents and the benefits of…
May 1, 2020
On April 9, 2020, the very first virtual Creative Commons event was hosted by Gabriel Bellman from the Career Development Office, and co-hosted by Mattie Robertson from the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR). We held the workshop on Microsoft Teams, which the whole…
April 27, 2020
Professor Karen Musalo The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has overturned a lower court decision denying asylum to a domestic violence survivor, reaffirming that refugee women are deserving of protection under U.S. law. UC Law SF’s Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), which…
April 24, 2020
The UC Law SF Center for Innovation has launched a COVID-19 research project to study how information, especially regarding health care, flows during times of pandemic, and how access to health care and information varies. The research project is led by Professor Robin Feldman, Arthur J. Goldberg Distinguished Professor…
April 23, 2020
It is, perhaps, one of the most uniquely American solutions to nearly every imaginable problem: the modern lawsuit. But it won’t cure the pandemic. Chimène Keitner, Alfred & Hanna Fromm Professor of International Law at UC Law SF, has been fielding media calls from around the globe as individuals and governments, including the…
April 21, 2020
Professor Veena Dubal Associate Professor Veena Dubal published an op-ed in The Guardian warning of the dangers of relying on unfettered surveillance to track the spread of COVID-19. “No matter how much we want to return to ‘normal,’ we must be wary of additional for-profit use of…
April 17, 2020
Professor Jaime King UC Law SF professor Jaime King published an opinion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine today calling for sweeping changes in how Americans receive health care and health insurance coverage during the pandemic. More than ever, King argues, we need health care…
April 16, 2020
Randy Sue Pollock, Photo credit: The Recorder Randy Sue Pollock ’74 is one of the few lawyers in the country in trial at the moment. A top-rated criminal defense attorney based in Oakland, she has been in Lexington, Kentucky, trying a case on behalf of her client Nader…
April 14, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an increased and urgent need for advance care planning, a process through which people document the treatment they want to receive if they become unable to make medical decisions for themselves. This is an area where medical-legal partnerships, such as the Medical-Legal Partnership for…
April 13, 2020
Evan Epstein UC Law SF announced the appointment of Evan Epstein as the inaugural Executive Director for the Center for Business Law and Adjunct Professor of Law. Epstein is a corporate governance expert who has advised founders, executives, directors, and investors for over 15 years in Silicon Valley…
April 10, 2020
1L Gabby Sergi UC Law SF La Raza Law Student Association (LRLSA) announced that 1L Gabby Sergi has been named the first recipient of the annual Jeanette M. Acosta Memorial Scholarship. “We received several compelling applications and Gabby’s stood out above the rest,” the scholarship selection committee noted.
April 10, 2020
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution is proud to announce that our Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Team (aka The ADR Team) has been recognized as a leader at UC Law SF! Congrats from CNDR! About the 2020 Leadership Awards This year, in an effort to…