October 2, 2023
Provost & Academic Dean Morris Ratner presented Professor Alina Ball with the Rutter Award for Teaching Excellence at a ceremony on Sept. 20. If turning dense legal subjects into fun and engaging lessons is an art, then many UC Law SF students agree that Professor…
September 25, 2023
Professor Amy Spivey ’13 is director of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic at UC Law SF. For the last three years, Professor Amy Spivey ’13 has helped students gain hands-on practice assisting single parents, seniors, non-native English speakers, and others in her role as director…
September 12, 2023
Susan Morse (Texas) will present Old Regs, via Zoom at UC Law San Francisco on Tuesday 9/12 as part of the 2023 Tax Speaker Series hosted by Heather Field. Prof. Morse’s abstract is as follows: Old regs should not be subject indefinitely to administrative procedure challenge. Instead, we…
September 11, 2023
Benjamin Madley is working on a major research collaboration this year in his role as the Indigenous Law Center’s Visiting Professor of Law. UCLA History Professor Benjamin Madley has earned numerous awards and distinctions for his work detailing the history of government-sanctioned genocide and land…
August 28, 2023
Prof. Heather Field authored a chapter entitled Tax Aspects of Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions in the Research Handbook on Corporate Taxation (edited by Reuven Avi-Yonah), which was published in August 2023.
August 28, 2023
Four UC Law San Francisco professors were recently awarded new titles as faculty chairs, achieving one of the law school’s highest honors. Alina Ball, Emily Murphy, Jodi Short, and Manoj Viswanathan were elevated to new positions as endowed chairs or named professors. Established by gifts from generous alumni, the titles…
August 14, 2023
Visiting Professor Jerry López will speak about transforming law schools in a lecture this fall and a seminar in the spring. For over four decades, Jerry López has championed transforming lawyering and legal education, while training law clinic students to serve clients from low-income communities…
August 7, 2023
Professor Dave Owen will mentor, support and promote other faculty members engaged in scholarly work as Associate Dean for Research at UC Law SF. Professor Dave Owen, one of the country’s leading environmental law scholars, is assuming a new role at UC Law San Francisco…
July 31, 2023
Professor Christina Koningisor plans to continue researching issues related to government secrecy and media law at UC Law San Francisco. UC Law San Francisco welcomes Professor Christina Koningisor, an expert in constitutional law, media law and government secrecy, as one of two…
July 24, 2023
Joseph Creitz ’92 has been named Director of Legal Research and Writing & Moot Court at UC Law San Francisco. Joseph Creitz, a longtime adjunct professor in the UC Law SF legal writing program and an accomplished practitioner, was recently promoted to Professor of Practice…
July 17, 2023
Professor Emily Strauss is joining the UC Law SF faculty this year and will teach courses on Corporate Law, Securities Regulation, and Financial Regulation. UC Law San Francisco welcomes Associate Professor of Law Emily Strauss, an expert in corporate law and securities and financial regulation, as one…
July 10, 2023
Professor George Bisharat has been recognized with numerous award nominations for the original blues songs that he writes and perform under his stage name, “Big Harp George. For over 30 years, Professor George Bisharat has earned high praise for helping law students understand complex issues…