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New Podcast Highlights Black Voices at Hastings
August 3, 2020
UC Law SF’ Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ) has launched Black Hastings Speaks, a six-episode podcast series designed to preserve and present authentic stories of Black experiences within the UC Law SF community. The series of one-on-one conversations between students, faculty, staff, and alumni…
Evelyn Rangel-Medina Joins Faculty as CREJ Visiting Professor
July 23, 2020
Evelyn Rangel-Medina has joined the UC Law SF Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ) as its inaugural Visiting Assistant Professor. Her July 1 appointment marks an important expansion for CREJ, led by professors Alina Ball and Shauna Marshall. Over the past decade and a half, Rangel-Medina…
CNDR Celebrates Release of New Dispute System Design Text
July 13, 2020
On July 8, 2020, UC Law SF’ Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) hosted an online book party to celebrate the release of Dispute System Design: Preventing, Managing, and Resolving Conflict by Lisa Blomgren, Janet K. Martinez, and Stephanie E. Smith. Participants from around the…
Letter: The Prison COVID Crisis is Newsom’s to Solve
July 7, 2020
July 10 UPDATE: Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to announce that he will release approximately 8,000 people incarcerated inside California’s prison system, in a move that comes amid devastating coronavirus outbreaks at several facilities and pressure from lawmakers and advocates. Also, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation…
Fundraising Campaign for Center for Racial and Economic Justice
June 11, 2020
UC Law SF has launched a major fundraising campaign to expand the work of its Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ). “As a public institution, we have the responsibility to oppose racial injustice in all its forms; as a law school, we have the skillset to address those…
WorkLife Law Research Leads to Groundbreaking Legislation
June 11, 2020
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has introduced legislation that expands protections for family caregivers from discrimination by their employers, consulting with and drawing heavily on research from the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Law SF that shows that caregivers have long faced discrimination in the workplace, which data confirm…
Rory Little Discusses Historic Supreme Court Term
May 14, 2020
Starting May 4, the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing oral argument by phone, and released livestream audio, in 10 important cases. This is unprecedented. The decisions, expected in June, could dramatically affect the November presidential election, as well as other major issues. Join Professor Rory Little as he discusses…
UC Law SF Launches ‘Law and the Pandemic’ Podcast
May 14, 2020
UC Law SF has launched a short-form podcast series, “Law and the Pandemic,” to share insights relating to some of the most pressing legal issues arising from the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. In each episode, faculty tackle some of the thorniest questions of the moment, from whether the…
Jared Ellias Leads Call for More Bankruptcy Judges
May 13, 2020
UC Law SF Professor Jared Ellias and leading bankruptcy scholars from around the country have asked Congress to consider enlarging the nation’s bankruptcy system to cope with an expected flood of corporate bankruptcies. The Large Corporate Bankruptcy Scholars COVID-19 Committee is one of four committees that make up a…
Joan Williams: Telework As Possible Pandemic Silver Lining
May 11, 2020
UC Law SF Professor Joan C. Williams argues in a new Harvard Business Review article that the pandemic is blowing up our notion of the “ideal worker,” rooted in the breadwinner-homemaker model, and could provide an opportunity to reshape attitudes about working parents and the benefits of…
CGRS Win for Domestic Violence Survivors Seeking Asylum
April 27, 2020
Professor Karen Musalo The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has overturned a lower court decision denying asylum to a domestic violence survivor, reaffirming that refugee women are deserving of protection under U.S. law. UC Law SF’s Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), which…