October 26, 2020
Media Highlights How Should We Use Public Lands? Voters Will Help Decide Aspen Public Radio—October 23, 2020 John Leshy: “I think it’s fair to say the Trump administration’s policies aim at nothing less than a complete upending of many decades of bipartisan policy making concerning public lands.”…
October 22, 2020
The 2020 Election is likely to be different from recent elections. Complications arising as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have challenged the way many people vote. To help ease people through these difficult times, the Library has compiled a list of nonpartisan voting guides. Please contact the Reference…
October 22, 2020
Don’t miss this AHLA docuseries “Health Law Disruption: 2030 and Beyond” featuring the UCSF/UC Law SF Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy. In the Consortium’s segment, “Preparing Future Health Law Leaders,” Executive Director Sarah Hooper discusses the importance for understanding workforce demands and linking health law curriculum to changing…
October 19, 2020
The Supreme Court has agreed to review a Ninth Circuit decision that held illegal a Trump administration policy that forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico in dangerous conditions as their claims for protection in the United States are considered. The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Gender…
October 13, 2020
The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office welcomes some of the brightest law students from across the country into its ranks every semester. Interns work closely with deputy city attorneys, receive mentoring, and build skills as they contribute to legal projects in an office known for pioneering municipal impact litigation and…
October 12, 2020
Media Highlights Uber and Gig Companies Spend Nearly $200 Million to Knock Down an Employment Law They Don’t Like—and it Might Work Washington Post—October 9, 2020 Veena Dubal: The gig companies are following a long…
October 11, 2020
The year was 2012. Few if any specialists outside of scientific labs knew what CRISPR stood for, let alone what the technology could do. But a small, select group of UC Law SF students, working with UC Law SF’ Startup Legal Garage under…
October 8, 2020
UC Law SF has launched a six-month pilot program with Urban Alchemy to provide enhanced safety on campus sidewalks and streets. The move comes at a time when many cities and organizations are looking at alternatives to traditional policing. “There’s been a very important conversation nationally about the appropriate…
October 6, 2020
“This is a great time to be in law school and become a lawyer. You see it every day in the headlines. We need more people to speak out about what’s right, and be advocates for equity, for so many different causes and so many different people.” That’s how Dean…
October 6, 2020
UC Law SF held its annual U.S. Supreme Court review and preview, packed with analysis from Professors Radhika Rao, Jodi Short, Matt Coles and Rory Little on what was an unprecedented 2019 term and what is predicted as a riveting session that began Oct. 5. Last…
October 5, 2020
Media Highlights A Rush to Confirm Justice Nominee Can Hurt Supreme Court for Years The Hill—October 2, 2020 James Wagstaffe: Hurriedly replacing the leading lioness of liberalism with a dogmatic conservative could threaten the critical dynamism of the Supreme Court for a generation to come. So,…
October 2, 2020