September 24, 2021
UC Law SF has been alive with activity over the past few weeks after some 18 months of remote teaching and learning. The once-quiet halls of the college’s new Cotchett Law Center are now bustling, as students shuffle between classes and gather for group work (masked, of course); its…
September 21, 2021
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September 17, 2021
Wednesday, September 15, 2021, marked the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, also known as Latinx Heritage Month. This month is a nationally recognized commemorative month that celebrates all the accomplishments and contributions of Americans of Latinx descent. As we celebrate this month here in the Library, we would like…
September 9, 2021
UC Law SF students interested in shaking up the delivery of legal services may now pursue a concentration in Technology and Innovation in the Practice of Law. The offering represents the latest creation of LexLab, the school’s hub for collaboration among faculty, students, and alumni interested in legal tech…
September 3, 2021
In our Engaged Scholarship series, we speak with members of the UC Law SF faculty who are influential scholars, advocates, and thought leaders. Our first conversation is with Thomas Miller Professor of Law Hadar Aviram. Hadar Aviram is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work is…
August 25, 2021
UC Law SF today officially launches its new Center for Litigation and Courts, a nonpartisan effort to expand knowledge of civil litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and the courts. The impetus for creating the center was to fill a gap in the study of civil litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and…
August 23, 2021
Need a break from law books? Borrow a book from the library’s small, but growing Popular Fiction collection! You’ll find the collection of 80+ titles in the Fourth Floor Reading Room, next to the popular magazines and newspapers. The collection includes NY Times bestsellers such as The Last Thing He…
August 20, 2021
Karen Musalo is a law professor and the founding director of the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at UC Law SF. The following op-ed was originally published in the Los Angeles Times on Aug. 20, 2021. In the past week we have seen…
August 18, 2021
Ming Hsu Chen—an expert on race, immigration, and citizenship—has joined the UC Law SF faculty as a visiting professor for the 2021-22 academic year. While at UC Law SF, she will teach Legislation and Administrative Regulation plus the seminar Citizenship and Equality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in the fall semester and Constitutional…
August 18, 2021
In early March 2020, Lauren Lofton was at a conference in Tennessee, where the mood was dire. The state had just been devastated by 10 tornadoes. By the time Lofton arrived home in California, UC Law SF’s campus was moving into pandemic lockdown, where it would remain for more than…
August 5, 2021
Just a year after the Supreme Court decided in favor of gay marriage, its justices decided in favor of gay families. In the latter case—decided in summary disposition—the Supreme Court overturned an Alabama decision to affirm the rights of nonbiological parents. Cathy Sakimura (’06), who represented the nonbiological parent…