October 30, 2023
Professor Setsuo Miyazawa was honored with a resolution of appreciation, unanimously approved by UC Law SF faculty members, recognizing his many contributions to UC Law SF and its Center for East Asian Legal Studies. Professor Setsuo Miyazawa has for the last 15 years helped build UC Law…
October 15, 2023
On October 12 and 13, Professor Thalia González, affiliated faculty with the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) and Co-Director of the Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ) at UC Law San Francisco hosted a working conference supported by the Spencer Foundation with collaborators from…
October 2, 2023
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) is proud to welcome three new, pre-eminent ADR academics to the faculty. As a group, they help strengthen UC Law SF’s national and international reputation in arbitration, mediation, and negotiation. Catherine Rogers Catherine Rogers, Full Professor of Law at Bocconi…
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…