May 6, 2020
Pedestrians walk to the edge of the sidewalk to avoid stepping on people in tents and sleeping bags on Monday, April 13, 2020, in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco. Local governments have begun moving large numbers of homeless into hotels as part of Operation Roomkey. Among the…
May 4, 2020
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Elizabeth Moore, Chief Communications Officer, mooreelizabeth@uclawsf.edu, 415-703-8266 UC Law SF and Five Tenderloin Co-Plaintiffs Sue City and County of San Francisco to End Dangerous and Illegal Conditions in the Tenderloin Neighborhood Suit brought to protect the civil rights, health, and safety of Tenderloin residents and…
May 1, 2020
On April 9, 2020, the very first virtual Creative Commons event was hosted by Gabriel Bellman from the Career Development Office, and co-hosted by Mattie Robertson from the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR). We held the workshop on Microsoft Teams, which the whole…
April 27, 2020
Professor Karen Musalo The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has overturned a lower court decision denying asylum to a domestic violence survivor, reaffirming that refugee women are deserving of protection under U.S. law. UC Law SF’s Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), which…
April 24, 2020
The UC Law SF Center for Innovation has launched a COVID-19 research project to study how information, especially regarding health care, flows during times of pandemic, and how access to health care and information varies. The research project is led by Professor Robin Feldman, Arthur J. Goldberg Distinguished Professor…
April 23, 2020
It is, perhaps, one of the most uniquely American solutions to nearly every imaginable problem: the modern lawsuit. But it won’t cure the pandemic. Chimène Keitner, Alfred & Hanna Fromm Professor of International Law at UC Law SF, has been fielding media calls from around the globe as individuals and governments, including the…
April 21, 2020
Professor Veena Dubal Associate Professor Veena Dubal published an op-ed in The Guardian warning of the dangers of relying on unfettered surveillance to track the spread of COVID-19. “No matter how much we want to return to ‘normal,’ we must be wary of additional for-profit use of…
April 20, 2020
Joseph Tobener Tenant rights attorney Joseph Tobener ’99 says he’s been getting about 100 calls a week from people who’ve lost their jobs and won’t be able to pay rent. Tobener’s efforts to help Bay Area tenants was featured recently by KQED. Tobener’s firm, Tobener Ravenscroft LLP…
April 17, 2020
Professor Jaime King UC Law SF professor Jaime King published an opinion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine today calling for sweeping changes in how Americans receive health care and health insurance coverage during the pandemic. More than ever, King argues, we need health care…
Since commencement is delayed, we encourage the Hastings community to send the graduating Class of 2020 messages to wish them luck on their new chapter! We will post these on a virtual yearbook. Thanks for your participation!…
April 16, 2020
Randy Sue Pollock, Photo credit: The Recorder Randy Sue Pollock ’74 is one of the few lawyers in the country in trial at the moment. A top-rated criminal defense attorney based in Oakland, she has been in Lexington, Kentucky, trying a case on behalf of her client Nader…
April 15, 2020
The Law Library has many resources to help you ace your exams – online study aids, a database of past exams, interactive tutorials, and more. Find out how to access them by watching this short video. Feel free to email us at libref@uclawsf.edu if you have any questions. Good…