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Ben Bartlett: Be About It

March 3, 2017

"Only crazy people change the world and it's my duty to change the world." A day in the life with Ben Bartlett '14.

Comparing Middle Eastern Autocrats and American Populists for the Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens ’89 Memorial Lecture Series

March 3, 2017

Furthering the discussion of cutting-edge topics in law, diplomacy, and international relations with guest speaker Leila Fadel.

Thinkers & Doers: February 2017

March 1, 2017

THE TRAVEL BAN -- Rainbow Unicorn Cupcakes -- "Is it safe to eat that?" -- Testimony before the California Assembly -- "Swab as many people as possible" -- American Spies -- 100 years after the TL shutdown -- #LawValentine -- and much more

Always look for the helpers’: Meet 1L Michelle Human, AKA Miss Honey, Professional Faerie

February 22, 2017

This little girl looked at me and she said, you're a flower fairy right? I said yes, I'm a flower fairy. She said, okay I have a wish, I wish that the garden in front of my house in Syria, I wish that the flowers could grow there again because right now there's fire and the ground is ash. I wish that we lived in a world where there's no bombs or bullets or fires, and that the earth was reminded how to grow flowers again.

Civil Rights Lawyer Zahra Billoo ’09 Is Fighting President Trump’s “Travel Ban”

February 7, 2017

As leader of a Council on American-Islamic Relations chapter, she is standing up for the rights of Muslim Americans in court and in the media.

Hadar Aviram assumes the presidency of the Western Society of Criminology

February 6, 2017

Congratulations to UC Law SF Professor Hadar Aviram, who is set to begin her term as the president of the Western Society of Criminology.

Statement from Dean Faigman: Deans Letter to California Supreme Court re California Bar Exam

February 1, 2017

Today a group of 20 deans of ABA-accredited California law schools submitted a letter to the California Supreme Court, calling upon it to "exercise its legal jurisdiction over the California State Bar to adjust its scoring methods to bring them in line with the nation's at large."

Thinkers & Doers: January 2017

February 1, 2017

THE RESISTANCE -- Haiku for Law Students -- Judge Gorsuch's jurisprudence -- A Populist Crusade Against Corporate Greed -- THE MOST READ HBR ARTICLE OF ALL TIME -- Mom bias at work -- Will Trump's refugee "ban" survive? -- Alumni recording artists -- and much more

Statement from Dean Faigman: President Trump’s Executive Order re Travel

January 30, 2017

The UC Law SF' seal carries the words fiat justitia -- Let Justice Be Done. This motto is not a hollow promise; it is who we are and what we do.

Zero Hour: Adjunct Prof John Mills represents Texas inmate Terry Edwards, set to be executed 1/26/17.

January 25, 2017

"Is Texas About to Execute an Innocent Man?" asks Slate.

A Class Above: Professor David Takacs receives 2016 Rutter Award for Teaching Excellence

January 23, 2017

Friends, colleagues, alumni, students, and other members of the UC Law SF community gathered to celebrate Professor Takacs as the winner of the 2016 Rutter Award for Teaching Excellence.

Professor Leo Martinez Elected Fellow of American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel

January 17, 2017

One of only five academics in elite organization focused on the creative, ethical, and efficient adjudication of insurance coverage and extra-contractual disputes, peer-provided scholarship, professional coordination and the improvement of the relationship between and among its diverse members.