News - UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)

3L Paul Jones in front of Borough Hall in Brooklyn

UC Law SF Courtside: 3L Paul Jones works with Brooklyn Legal Services in New York City

May 1, 2017

Paul Jones experiences real-life practice in Brooklyn, New York and the Kings County Housing Court through the Pro Bono Scholars Program.

Aaron Herzberg '95 walking through the Bud and Bloom marijuana dispensary in Santa Ana before its grand opening. (Photo by Ana Venegas

Legalized: Aaron Herzberg ’95 is at the forefront of California’s budding cannabis industry.

April 20, 2017

Aaron Herzberg ’95 is a partner at CalCann Holdings, LLC, a California medical marijuana real estate company with a portfolio of licensed medical marijuana businesses and properties in California. Herzberg is also a strategist, corporate lawyer, cannabis policy expert, and entrepreneur specializing in California’s nascent legal cannabis industry. Aaron’s expertise…

3L Tom Lin in chambers with Justice Ming W. Chin and Justice Goodwin H. Liu.

UC Law SF Courtside: 3L Tom Lin Externs at the Supreme Court of California

April 18, 2017

With the goal of becoming a first-generation attorney, Tom served as a judicial extern to the Hon. Goodwin H. Liu and Hon. Ming W. Chin, Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of California.

Healing and Trust: Students Organize Public Hearing for the San Francisco Human Rights Commission

April 10, 2017

The "rebellious" Community Group Advocacy and Social Justice Lawyering Group Clinic students strive to create dialogue around the current state of community-police relations and take steps toward building a safer community.

Judge Jed S. Rakoff to Keynote 136th UC Law SF Commencement

April 7, 2017

Prominent legal thinker and scholar hailed as "a legal hero of our time" by Rolling Stone, and among "The World's 50 Greatest Leaders" by Fortune.

Thinkers & Doers: March 2017

April 6, 2017

The Californian who tried to fix Washington -- TRIAL TEAM IS #1 -- Clean Water Regulation Rollbacks -- Big Whistle-Blower Lawsuit Win -- "Defender" Documentary -- Boutique Suing Ivanka Trump -- The Endangered Antiquities Act -- and much more

Janine Small '91 getting the album cover treatment (photo by Tracy Ketcher).

The Long Strange Trip of Janine Small ’91 Entertainment Attorney

April 5, 2017

"The parachutist completely missed his mark and almost took me out-- the lawyer who was so intent on protecting the audience!"

From left to right: Sarah Huchel '05- Senior Consultant for the Senate Committee on Business

California State Senate Uses Students’ Research for Oversight Hearing

April 4, 2017

UC Law SF students attended the California State Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development's Oversight Hearing where their paper on Pharmacy Benefit Managers was cited and used as background research.

Ben Bartlett ’14: “Be About It”

April 1, 2017

An attorney at the California Clean Energy Fund by day and a Berkeley City Council member by night, Ben Bartlett ’14 is working hard to encourage positive change and continue his father’s legacy in Berkeley and beyond. Full story on the UC Law SF alumnus.

Pictured from left to right: 1L Rachel Lydon

UC Law SF Negotiation and Mediation Team Places First at International Mediation Tournament

March 29, 2017

We are proud to be known nationally as "the Team to beat"- says Professor Sheila Purcell, Director of the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution.

We’re #1: UC Law SF Trial Team Wins National Ethics Trial Competition

March 22, 2017

The UC Law SF Trial Team keeps bringing home the gold with another first place finish.

Tracking the Future of the Affordable Care Act

March 22, 2017

UCSF/UC Law SF Consortium on Law, Science and Health Policy launches Health Reform Tracker website.