May 30, 2022
After a two year hiatus, this year’s Public Interest Celebration took place on May 20, 2022 on the UC Law SF campus, with some attending virtually. Faculty, staff, students, and their friends and family, joined together to recognize students who made tremendous impacts on the community through their work in…
May 2, 2022
The UC Law SF Dispute Resolution program was ranked 9th nationwide by U.S. News and World Report. It provides advanced in-depth training to students, judges, lawyers, and professionals, along with offering an Advanced Practitioner Mediation Certificate Training. The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution is frequently sought out…
April 20, 2022
On April 16, 2022, the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) hosted a hybrid mock negotiation competition event for students here on our campus. In order to give 1L and 2L students a sneak peak into joining the ADR Team, the Team Board and it’s…
April 12, 2022
In this month’s Creative Commons on April 7, 2022, we created grounding tools in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Regular hosts, the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) and the Career Development Office (CDO), worked in collaboration with The Center for Advocacy,…
March 25, 2022
On March 17, 2022, the UC Law SF Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) and the Career Development office (CDO) held a career panel for students entitled “Beyond Mediation: Careers in Dispute Resolution.” This panel highlighted a couple lesser well-known dispute resolution professions, giving students the…
February 1, 2022
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) says goodbye to it’s longtime Director. Emerita Clinical Professor and Former CNDR Director Sheila Purcell Emerita Clinical Professor, and now former Director of CNDR, Sheila Purcell retired on January 31, 2022, after almost 10…
January 18, 2022
Black Californians constitute 6.5% of California’s total population but make up nearly 40% of its homeless population. This disparity exists in San Francisco and it exists in Santa Cruz. It’s an issue in Chico, as it is in Los Angeles. Brandon Greene, affiliated scholar at UC Law SF’ Center for…
December 13, 2021
Drawing on four decades of research, Distinguished Professor Joan Williams published her twelfth book in November 2021, Bias Interrupted: Creating Inclusion for Real and for Good (Harvard Business Review Press), a comprehensive guide for company executives. The book outlines evidence-based techniques developed in Williams’…
November 19, 2021
Earlier this fall, UC Law SF welcomed 16 affiliated and visiting scholars from around the world. This talented group of practitioners, professors, and subject matter experts contribute to the college’s vibrant intellectual community and enhance the work of its centers of excellence. “Affiliated and visiting scholars associated with our centers…
November 10, 2021
The UC Law SF Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution is training 227 members of the California Labor Commissioner’s Office on techniques to help the agency resolve disputes between California wage-earners and their employers more quickly and efficiently. In one of the largest projects of its kind CNDR has…
October 22, 2021
For the past year, UC Law SF’s Center for Advocacy, Resources and Education (CARE) and the Disability Resource Program (DRP) have led workshops on how to cover sensitive topics in the classroom. “Each semester, students would come to us because they were triggered in their classes,” says DRP Director Lisa…
October 4, 2021
After six Asian women were murdered in Atlanta in March 2021, there was a wave of public outcry that resulted in awareness-raising solidarity campaigns, bystander trainings, and even federal legislation to address the issue of anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) violence. Meanwhile, UC Law SF professors Alina Ball…