August 7, 2023
Professor Dave Owen will mentor, support and promote other faculty members engaged in scholarly work as Associate Dean for Research at UC Law SF. Professor Dave Owen, one of the country’s leading environmental law scholars, is assuming a new role at UC Law San Francisco…
August 4, 2023
Rowena Brown advanced her career in public service with a Master of Studies in Law (MSL) degree from UC Law San Francisco. After changing careers to pursue a future in public service, Rowena Brown of Oakland, California, decided to advance her skills in law and policymaking by enrolling…
August 2, 2023
Justin Pedroso ’25 and Natalie Dybeck ’25 spent their summers working on issues related to environmental law and state prisons in their internships with the California Department of Justice. With one year of law school under their belts, UC Law SF students Natalie Dybeck ’25 and Justin Pedroso…
July 31, 2023
The MEND Project California has passed a new law (SB464) that requires hospital-based perinatal clinicians to receive implicit bias training, with the goal of improving care and outcomes for Black birthing people in particular. This project has engaged Black birthing people, perinatal clinicians,…
July 31, 2023
Bench to School Initiative The California Bench to School Initiative (B2S) was established by the California Legislature in June of 2021 as a collaboration between UC Law SF, UCSF, and the UCLA School of Education. This initiative aims to disrupt the school to…
July 31, 2023
Statewide Medical-Legal Learning Collaborative The Dementia Care Aware Medical-Legal Learning Collaborative is a new statewide initiative that aims to improve care for underserved Californians with cognitive impairment. This Collaborative is embedded within a broader effort known as Dementia Care Aware (dementiacareaware.org), led…
July 31, 2023
Professor Christina Koningisor plans to continue researching issues related to government secrecy and media law at UC Law San Francisco. UC Law San Francisco welcomes Professor Christina Koningisor, an expert in constitutional law, media law and government secrecy, as one of two…
July 26, 2023
Jorryn Tovera is helping young people get access to legal benefits and opportunities in his internship with Legal Services for Children this summer. UC Law SF student Jorryn Tovera ’25 is spending this summer…
July 24, 2023
Joseph Creitz ’92 has been named Director of Legal Research and Writing & Moot Court at UC Law San Francisco. Joseph Creitz, a longtime adjunct professor in the UC Law SF legal writing program and an accomplished practitioner, was recently promoted to Professor of Practice…
July 19, 2023
Gabby Olk ’25 has been working this summer with the USDA’s Natural Resources and Environment Division, which represents the U.S. Forest Service. UC Law SF student Gabby Olk ’25 is helping represent the nation’s forests through an internship with the U.S. Department of…
July 17, 2023
Professor Emily Strauss is joining the UC Law SF faculty this year and will teach courses on Corporate Law, Securities Regulation, and Financial Regulation. UC Law San Francisco welcomes Associate Professor of Law Emily Strauss, an expert in corporate law and securities and financial regulation, as one…
July 13, 2023
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) has a longstanding relationship with the ADR Program at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), having trained numerous administrative law judges through CNDR’s mediation trainings. In 2023, the CPUC took on its first dispute resolution-focused…