November 2, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabeth Moore Chief Communications Officer, UC Law SF mooreelizabeth@uclawsf.edu SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Nov. 2, 2021—The University of California Hastings College of the Law Board of Directors voted today to authorize UC Law SF leadership to work with state legislators and other stakeholders to change the…
October 27, 2021
Dear UC Law SF Community, As many of you have likely already seen, the NY Times today published a story online about the school and its namesake, “A California Law School Reckons With the Shame of Native Massacres.” It will be in…
October 22, 2021
For the past year, UC Law SF’s Center for Advocacy, Resources and Education (CARE) and the Disability Resource Program (DRP) have led workshops on how to cover sensitive topics in the classroom. “Each semester, students would come to us because they were triggered in their classes,” says DRP Director Lisa…
October 21, 2021
Professor Manoj Viswanathan presented Retheorizing Progressive Taxation as part of NYU Tax Policy Colloquium.
October 21, 2021
On Oct. 19, UC Law SF Professor Robin Feldman testified before Congress in support of greater patent transparency. “To put it simply, shell games and hide-and-seek rarely make for an efficiently functioning market,” Feldman told the panel. The current patent system lacks the transparency needed to ensure…
October 15, 2021
Four UC Law SF professors rank among the most-cited scholars in their fields over the past five years. One of them—UC Law SF Chancellor and Dean David Faigman—topped the list of evidence scholars at #1. Two—Richard Marcus and Scott Dodson—made the top-10 civil procedure list alongside scholars from Yale, NYU,…
October 12, 2021
In partnership with the Nevada Supreme Court, the State Bar of Nevada, and the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law, UC Law SF’ Chancellor and Dean David Faigman and Assistant Chancellor and Dean Jenny Kwon are collaborating with the AccessLex Institute on a research study surveying…
October 11, 2021
October 9, 2021
Publications Scott Dodson, The Orange Book of Civil Procedure: A Student Guide (2021). Scott Dodson, The Red Book of Civil Procedure (2021). Robin Feldman, “The Devil in the…
October 7, 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 latest conversation is with Professor Karen Musalo. Karen Musalo is a prominent scholar known for her groundbreaking approach to refugee and human rights law. She…
October 5, 2021
As part of the 2021 Tax Speaker Series hosted by the Center on Tax Law, Andrew Hayashi, Professor of Scholarly Research in Law and Director of the Virginia Center for Tax Law at University of Virginia School of Law, will present on October 5 from 4:55-5:55pm PDT. Learn more about Professor Hayashi on…
October 4, 2021
After six Asian women were murdered in Atlanta in March 2021, there was a wave of public outcry that resulted in awareness-raising solidarity campaigns, bystander trainings, and even federal legislation to address the issue of anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) violence. Meanwhile, UC Law SF professors Alina Ball…