Though Alexis Lazzeri entered UC Law SF with an interest in the burgeoning cannabis industry, she didn’t think there were many opportunities for lawyers to work in the field and decided to instead explore other potential career paths. But Lazzeri says attending the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Cannabis Conference…
THE FACULTY BUZZ: “Is building a wall military work? There’s lots of room for debate,” Professor Rory Little (@RoryLittle) said in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle titled “An emergency declaration for Trump’s wall? Not so fast, say experts.” http://bit.ly/2MJiKSh –Professor Little appeared on KQEDForum…
January 4, 2019
THE FACULTY BUZZ: Professor Veena Dubal (@veenadubal) appeared in the KCET and Link TV documentary series “City Rising: The Informal Economy.” An article about the acclaimed series appeared in Boyle Heights Beat. http://bit.ly/2Ts3uvx – “There’s hypersurveillance. All the corporate entities are super vigilant (and) weary of…
THE FACULTY BUZZ: Karen Musalo, the director of Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, provided commentary for an article in The Nation that looks at an immigration case that has resulted in a major impact on asylum claims.http://bit.ly/2FO0yHx Musalo was quoted in an article from NPR entitled “Trump Escalates…
November 8, 2018
Continuing the College’s winning streak after being named the top trial team program in the U.S. by the interscholastic law school trial competitions, the Hastings mock-trial team took home another first place at the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (SFTLA) Mock Trial Competition on Saturday, Nov. 3. “It feels…
THE FACULTY BUZZ: Professor Rory Little (@rorylittle) produced two articles on the SCOTUS Blog this month. The first entitled, “Argument preview: Do ‘slight force’ robberies count for enhancing Armed Career Criminal Act sentences?” (http://bit.ly/2RmJs4l) and the second, entitled “Argument preview: What vehicle burglaries, if any, count for enhancing Armed…
October 10, 2018
For the second consecutive year, UC Law SF College of the Law has been named the top trial team program in the U.S., according to the latest rankings of interscholastic law school trial competitions. AAJ National Champions Pablo Wudka-Robles, Maryam Ahmad, Jon Davidi, and Ellie Barczak “We are…
October 1, 2018
THE FACULTY BUZZ: “It is a bit strange for a judge who claims to follow the literal text of the Constitution to insist that the president has a privilege that does not appear anywhere in the Constitution,” said Professor Joel Paul (@JoelRichardPaul) in an article for Tufts Now on…
September 4, 2018
THE FACULTY BUZZ: Professor Veena Dubal (@veenadubal) discussed “Gig Economy 101,” everything from the May 2018 California Supreme Court ruling in Dynamex v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County to the astounding fact that she has never used an Uber or Lyft, in a live interview with ARS…
August 16, 2018
Previous Slide Next Slide Rising 2L Chelsea Sachau discusses her experience at UC Law SF and her work for the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project in the following #summergig Q&A: Where are you from? I’m from San Diego, California. What…
August 14, 2018
Elizabeth McGriff ’96 was a young single mother when she enrolled at UC Law SF through the Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP), which admits students from adverse backgrounds and supports them to succeed. Now, as the program approaches its 50th anniversary, McGriff has returned to take the helm as…
August 11, 2018
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