September 12, 2022
UC Law SF 1L student Victor Torres spent five years working in Sacramento politics before entering law school this year. UC Law SF student Victor Torres, JD ’25, spent five years working in Sacramento and helping to pass state legislation, including significant reforms to California’s criminal justice and…
September 8, 2022
Professors Stephen Tollafield, Angie Gius, and Teresa Wall-Cyb help UC Law SF law students master the art of legal research and writing. At UC Law SF, three dedicated professors— Angie Gius, Stephen Tollafield, and Teresa Wall-Cyb—bring nearly five decades…
September 6, 2022
UC Law SF student Miranda Lockman, JD ’25, has a background in environmental sustainability and previously worked as a law firm case manager. Incoming UC Law SF student Miranda Lockman ’25 once helped turn a barren, strip-mined piece of land into a biodiversity hotspot full of native plants,…
September 2, 2022
Professor Ming Hsu Chen — an expert on race, immigration, and citizenship – has launched a new center at UC Law SF this fall that will pursue groundbreaking research on equality issues and collaborate with other scholars and academic institutions. Chen, who previously founded the Immigration and…
August 31, 2022
Apple executive and UC Law SF alumna Adelmise Warner ’01 spoke to the incoming class of JD students during a convocation ceremony in August. The incoming JD class of UC Law SF got a special welcome from one of the school’s noteworthy alumni – Adelmise…
August 29, 2022
UC Law SF Professor Emeritus John Leshy is author of the book, “Our Common Ground.” UC Law SF Emeritus Professor of Law John Leshy is the author of “Our Common Ground,” published this year by Yale University Press. In his book,…
August 24, 2022
The podcast Contraindicated is now available on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. A new podcast launched by UC Law SF looks at issues of health inequity – from the Britney Spears conservatorship to trauma at the border, to how implicit bias can affect mortality in Black mothers.
August 22, 2022
David Faigman is Chancellor and Dean of UC Law SF College of the Law. Welcome, and welcome back, to campus! I am extraordinarily excited to start the new year. Despite COVID’s ever-continuing presence, now distressingly joined by monkeypox as a health concern, we have resumed normal…
August 22, 2022
UC Law SF 1L JD students took the pledge of professionalism during a convocation ceremony in August. UC Law SF welcomed students back for the fall semester Monday, and its strong incoming class included 393 new JD students — one of the most diverse in the law school’s…
August 19, 2022
An accomplished group of center-affiliated visiting scholars and professors will join UC Law SF this fall, teaching and researching in the areas of criminal law, health law, Indigenous Law, tax law, and racial and economic justice. UC Law SF welcomes U.S. Tax Court Judge Maurice Foley, who will serve as…
August 17, 2022
UC Law SF CNDR Director HIro Aragaki wants to expand the center’s global reach and broaden its connections with legal scholars and real-world practitioners. For nearly two decades, UC Law SF has been home to a top-rated dispute resolution program that offers cutting-edge classes, hosts an award-winning negotiation…
August 15, 2022
Jesse Honig, J.D. ’23, is interning this summer with a U.S. Department of Justice office that helps protect tribal land. UC Law SF student Jesse Honig, J.D. ’23, is spending this summer on the frontlines of environmental and American Indian law. Honig, a rising 3L student from Santa…