November 14, 2022
Dear UC Law SF Community, It’s been a busy fall regarding our upcoming name change to UC Law San Francisco. I want to thank all of my colleagues for the immense amount of preparatory work that has gone into the logistics of the name change. I am also grateful to our legal team that is counseling…
October 15, 2021
Four UC Law SF professors rank among the most-cited scholars in their fields over the past five years. One of them—UC Law SF Chancellor and Dean David Faigman—topped the list of evidence scholars at #1. Two—Richard Marcus and Scott Dodson—made the top-10 civil procedure list alongside scholars from Yale, NYU,…
October 12, 2021
In partnership with the Nevada Supreme Court, the State Bar of Nevada, and the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law, UC Law SF’ Chancellor and Dean David Faigman and Assistant Chancellor and Dean Jenny Kwon are collaborating with the AccessLex Institute on a research study surveying…
September 29, 2021
Previous Slide Next Slide UC Law SF hosted an open house on Sept. 17 to welcome community members and friends back to campus after a long pandemic-forced absence. Dozens of students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends, partners, and neighbors attended the celebratory event.
September 9, 2021
UC Law SF students interested in shaking up the delivery of legal services may now pursue a concentration in Technology and Innovation in the Practice of Law. The offering represents the latest creation of LexLab, the school’s hub for collaboration among faculty, students, and alumni interested in legal tech…
March 30, 2021
David Faigman, Hastings College of the Law With the publication today of US News & World Report’s (USNWR) annual rankings of law schools, it is a propitious time to take stock of the state of UC Law SF. As detailed below, the news is good. However, before getting…
February 12, 2021
A message from David Faigman and Jenny Kwon: Dear UC Law SF Community, As many of you know, Lunar New Year is traditionally a time for many of Asian descent to leave behind the challenges of a year gone by and turn their focus to new beginnings with family and…
November 13, 2020
UC Law SF held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new building at 198 McAllister Street, which will provide 650 units of below-market housing to students of UC Law SF and UCSF, and said goodbye to Snodgrass Hall, home to lecture halls and the college’s celebrated Moot Court courtroom, now coming…
August 27, 2020
“The Cotchett Law Center is the first new building in UC Law SF’s Academic Village, which will transform our campus, animate our educational experience, help revitalize San Francisco’s Tenderloin and Civic Center neighborhoods, and serve as a model for urban universities across the country.” —Chancellor and Dean David…
July 24, 2020
Chancellor and Dean David Faigman is one of 19 California law school deans asking the California Supreme Court to retroactively apply the lowered 139 cut score to graduates who took the February 2020 bar exam. The July 23 letter asks the court to grant bar admission to those who scored…
July 19, 2020
The California Supreme Court just announced its decision regarding this fall’s bar exam. It’s a huge decision, and includes lowering of the cut score. The court’s announcement follows: The California Supreme Court on Thursday July 16 announced it will permanently lower the passing score for the California Bar Exam and…
July 19, 2020
Dean Presentations on Behalf of CA ABA Law Schools Meeting of California Deans and the California Supreme Court and California State Bar July 2, 2020 Presentation of Dean Song Richardson, UC Irvine School of Law: We speak with one voice when we recommend that the Court adopt an emergency…