July 9, 2018
University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco is pleased to announce the creation of a new outreach and diversity program that will support a pipeline to recruit, enroll, and financially support California residents who graduate from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and the American…
July 5, 2018
Including an overview of the College, highlights of financial operations, and contributions made to UC Law SF between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017.
June 7, 2018
The UC Law SF alumna founded Fund Her after the 2016 election to achieve gender parity in the California State Legislature.
May 15, 2018
Professor Veena Dubal’s work, Wage Slave or Entrepreneur?: Contesting the Dualism of Legal Worker Identities (2017) 10 5 Cal.L.Rev. 65, 72, was cited in the California Supreme Court’s decision in the pivotal “gig economy” case of Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County. In a…
May 14, 2018
"The Dynamex Decision" creates a major change in the landscape for California's gig economy and follows the path of Professor Dubal's analysis from her scholarly work.
April 30, 2018
As a child, 2L Jessica Valadez spent a lot of time taking care of her younger siblings. While her parents, who had immigrated to Los Angeles from El Salvador, were busy working multiple jobs, six days a week, she cooked, cleaned and kept a watchful eye. Shouldering those immense responsibilities…
April 30, 2018
The UC Law SF student's numerous accolades include the Bergstrom Child Welfare Fellowship, a Hastings Public Interest Law Foundation Grant, and an Equal Justice Works Public Interest Award.
April 20, 2018
As the Demonstration Gardens makes room for a new LEED Platinum academic building at 333 Golden Gate Avenue, it remains a part of the UC Law SF community and fortifies the tradition of sustainability for the Long Range Campus Plan.
April 19, 2018
A groundbreaking ruling in the lawsuits he filed on behalf of California cities and counties may allow climate liability cases to be heard in state courts.
April 18, 2018
During last month’s spring break, UC Law SF students Elizabeth Lincoln ’18, Griffin Estes ’18, Nathalie Camarena ’19, and Maria “Lupita” López Segoviano ’19 skipped the beachside resort and headed to Texas to participate as volunteers with the Karnes Pro Bono Project. This program, conducted through the 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency…
April 16, 2018
Students share their experience volunteering with the Karnes Pro Bono Project to help provide free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant women and children at the Karnes County Residential Center near San Antonio, Texas.
March 16, 2018
Professor Zachary Price’s SCOTUSblog post was cited by Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis in a footnote of a Memorandum & Order in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) case of Vidal v. Nielsen pending in the Eastern District of New York. As part of his preliminary injunction…