Chancellor and Dean David Faigman on CNN Discussing Tenderloin Lawsuit
May 9, 2020
See the full interview: Chancellor and Dean David Faigman on CNN’s Smerconish…
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New UCH Clinic Aids Workers Impacted by the Pandemic
May 8, 2020
UC Law SF has launched a clinic to help low-wage workers with state unemployment insurance appeals in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The faculty have redesigned the law school’s Workers’ Rights Clinic for summer 2020 to help those who have lost jobs during the pandemic file appeals if they…
UC Law SF Responds to SF’s Plan for Tenderloin
May 8, 2020
Press Advisory—UC Law SF Response to San Francisco’s Tenderloin Neighborhood Safety Assessment and Plan for COVID-19: “Entirely Inadequate” (San Francisco) May 8, 2020 On May 4, 2020, UC Law SF and five co-plaintiffs filed suit against the City and County of San Francisco in federal court, demanding that the City…
Coronavirus: It will take court action to provide relief to Tenderloin
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…
UC Law SF and Five Co-Plaintiffs Sue SF City and County over Conditions in the Tenderloin
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…
CNDR and CDO Host 1st Virtual Creative Commons
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…
CGRS Win for Domestic Violence Survivors Seeking Asylum
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…
Robin Feldman Launches Pandemic Research Project
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…
Chimène Keitner: “Don’t Bother Suing China for Coronavirus”
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…
Veena Dubal Op-Ed on Concerns About ‘Contact Tracing’
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…
Joseph Tobener ’99 Creates Pandemic Tenant Toolkit
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…
Jaime King Calls for Critical Health Care Reform Amid COVID-19
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…
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