UC Law SF LGBTQ+ Alumni Affinity Group
August 21, 2020
LGBTQ+ Alumni Affinity Group form Name* First Last Email* Class Year* Phone Number* Check box if you would like to serve on the committee…
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Letters of Support for the Black Community from UC Law SF
August 19, 2020
UC Law SF is committed to creating an anti-racist culture on our campus. As part of this ongoing effort, please see the public statements of support for the Black community from various individuals and campus organizations below: UC Law SF Black Law Students Association…
Student Q&A: 2L Yasmine Hajjaji
August 18, 2020
Each month, the alumni newsletter features a Q&A with a student. Meet 2L Yasmine Hajjaji. She’s a member of the top-ranked Hastings Moot Court team and will compete this spring in the UC Davis Asylum & Refugee Law National Moot Court Competition. Q: What led you to pursue a…
Prof. Aviram Leads Amicus on Behalf of San Quentin Prisoners
August 17, 2020
Professor Hadar Aviram Eighteen prominent criminal justice and corrections scholars, including UC Law SF Professors Hadar Aviram, Rory Little and Mai Linh Spencer, as well as the ACLU of Northern California, are joining litigation as amici curiae brought on behalf of San Quentin prisoners facing danger…
In the News – August 17, 2020
August 17, 2020
Media Highlights Joe Biden and the Great Leaders of 2020 Are Part of a Club New York Times – August 13, 2020 Kamala Harris: So many of the elected officials who…
UC Law SF Magazine featuring Sen. Kamala Harris ’89
August 13, 2020
Wendy Hernandez ’20 Wins Public Law Writing Award
August 12, 2020
Wendy M. Hernandez ’20 has won the California Lawyers Association Public Law Section’s annual Public Law Writing Competition. Her piece on equitable cannabis regulation, published in the Public Law Journal: Spring 2020, Vol. 43, No. 2 of the California Lawyers Association, earned her a $2,000 prize. Hernandez…
20 Students Win Pro Bono Achievement Awards
August 11, 2020
UC Law SF students have access to a rich array of pro bono opportunities: professional work, such as helping clients through clinics and providing legal counsel at a homeless shelter with the Bar Association of San Francisco, as well as non-legal volunteer services, such as serving food at St. Anthony’s…
Students Gain Vital ‘Soft Skills’ in CNDR Certificate Program
August 11, 2020
More than 50 UC Law SF students participated in this summer’s first Leadership Lab Certificate program, a six-week series featuring interactive learning in a virtual environment focused on practical skills-building in the dispute resolution field. Organized by the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR), the program imparted…
UC Law SF Scores Key Victory in Immigration Battle
August 10, 2020
In a win for the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS) and the Hastings Appellate Project, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision Aug. 7 denying asylum to an indigenous Guatemalan woman seeking refuge in the U.S. from domestic violence. Sontos Diaz-Reynoso was represented…
In the News – August 10, 2020
August 10, 2020
Media Highlights Real Life Horror Stories From the World of Pandemic Motherhood New York Times – August 6, 2020 Joan Williams: Employers are using the pandemic to get rid of mothers, and our attempts to protect them are failing. Legal Scholars Dispute Trump’s Claim to…
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