February 11, 2020
Date: February 2020* To: 2020 Presidential Campaigns From: Robin Feldman, Arthur J. Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Law and Director, Center for Innovation (C4i) Health care policy is one of the most pressing issues facing Americans today. According to a January 2020 Gallup poll, 81% of Americans cited…
January 25, 2020
Media Highlights Grim Prospects for Drilling on Arctic Leases Despite Trump Push Bloomberg Law—January 21, 2021 John Leshy: “As I read it, Interior needs to pause all activities in connection with the leases for the duration of the moratorium.” The Problem With Trump’s Odious Pardon of Steve Bannon…
January 24, 2020
Criminal Procedure Scholar and Public Defender Jonathan Abel Joins UC Law SF Faculty Professor Jon Abel Public defender and criminal procedure scholar Jonathan Abel will join the UC Law SF faculty as a tenure-track associate professor on July 1. He will teach Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure…
January 18, 2020
Media Highlights Why being anti-racist is not enough ABA Journal—January 14, 2021 Richard Zitrin: “For us white progressives, deep self-examination is also not enough unless it’s abiding. There’s always more to understand.” The COVID-19 Vaccine Debate: How Employer Decisions Could Help Or Hurt Businesses for Years to Come…
January 18, 2020
Hallinan, a distinctive and often divisive figure in San Francisco politics, died Jan. 17, 2020. He was 83. Terence Hallinan, 2003, Photo by Nancy Wong San Francisco is known for its iconic political figures, but it was always hard to beat Terence “Kayo” Hallinan ’64, who died…
January 12, 2020
Hastings Journal of Crime and Punishment & Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal Present: Progressive Prosecution and the Carceral State Symposium View the full webcast of the symposium. Previous Slide Next Slide February 7,…
January 5, 2020
Class of 2019 pass rate jumps by 20 points over July 2018, following adoption of innovative teaching methods “We teach differently now,” Ratner said. “From the student vantage point, it’s much more high touch than the traditional Langdellian model of legal education.” -Academic Dean Morris Ratner…
January 2, 2020
Director of Academic Support Laurie Zimet Numerous UC Law SF professors are presenting this week at the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) annual meeting in Washington, D.C., on panels addressing some of the most innovative techniques in legal education and cutting-edge policy issues. The participants:…
January 2, 2020
Dear Hastings Community, David Faigman New Year’s is a time of reflection and resolution. Since becoming Chancellor and Dean, I have taken the opportunity of each new year to reflect on the successes of the past year and to set forth my resolutions for the year ahead, often…
December 17, 2019
“Laurie Zimet was one of the first people to engage with me in an explicit and rigorous way about what it means to be an effective teacher.” Director of Academic Support Laurie Zimet UC Law SF Director of Academic Support Laurie Zimet has been honored by the…
December 15, 2019
Helping renters keep their homes is key to maintaining the fabric of a neighborhood. An innovative housing clinic in the Lower Polk District of San Francisco designed to prevent homelessness has won the prestigious Downtown Achievement Pinnacle Award from the International Downtown Association (IDA). And partial thanks goes to…
December 12, 2019
The journal staff will host a symposium on “progressive prosecution” Feb. 7, 2020, featuring, among other speakers, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin. The editors and staff of the Hastings Journal of Crime and Punishment. UC Law SF adds a tenth title to its suite of…