April 25, 2022
Anne Gyemant Paris, center, flanked by her mother, Judge Ina Gyemant, left, and grandmother Mildred Levin, right. All three women graduated from UC Law SF. Trailblazing attorney Mildred Levin ‘34, who died in 1997, entered law school at the age of 19 and graduated in the top 10…
April 20, 2022
Shashikala “Shashi” Deb ’94, left, and Andrew Houston ’07, right, joined the UC Law SF Board of Directors. UC Law SF welcomed two new members to its Board of Directors — Shashikala “Shashi” Deb ‘94 and Andrew Houston ‘07, who were appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Both…
April 15, 2022
UC Law SF alumni are invited back to campus this spring – for the first time in two years – for a week of celebration and class reunions during the college’s inaugural Spring Week taking place May 9-14. “Our new Spring Week initiative is designed to offer something…
April 14, 2022
Former ASUCH President Myell Mergaert, left, and former 3L Class President Victoria Ayeni, right, spoke at the Class of 2020 celebration. Leaders of the UC Law SF Class of 2020 chose to postpone commencement because of the pandemic and hoped they could get together for a celebration at…
April 13, 2022
Student volunteers include, clockwise, from left: Joe Martin, Patrick Micu, Megan Gregory, Rosamaria Cavalho, and Anastasia Gomez. As April’s national filing tax deadline grows closer, UC Law SF law students are doing their part to assist low-income taxpayers. From greeting clients, answering questions, and helping them fill out…
April 6, 2022
Nikayla Johnson participated in the California Scholars program at UC Law SF and plans to work as an advocate for youth in the future. Growing up in Oakland, there were two things that inspired Nikayla Johnson to go to law school—the first was when members of her…
April 5, 2022
Some law students got hands-on experience helping asylum seekers at the border during spring break. Seven UC Law SF law students spent their spring break at the US-Mexico border, visiting shelters for migrants and assisted Haitian asylum seekers by sharing information about asylum laws and processing steps. The…
April 4, 2022
UC Law SF’ specialty programs are ranked highly nationwide. UC Law SF College of the Law continues to be recognized by its peers as having top-ranked programs in law – including its Dispute Resolution program, ranked 9th in the nation; Health Law at 12th in the nation, Tax…
March 29, 2022
Kathryn Cunningham, UC Law SF’ Sustainability Manager, adds a LEED sticker to one of the rooms at 333 Golden Gate Ave. UC Law SF is ramping up its sustainability efforts. So far, the law school has started energy and water conservation projects, waste reduction initiatives across campus, earned…
March 29, 2022
UC Law SF Professor Scott Dodson Every 1L student in law school has to take a course on Civil Procedure. And many say it’s dense and complicated, and, for some students, even boring—unless it happens to be taught by UC Law SF Professor Scott Dodson. Dodson, who was…
March 23, 2022
UC Law SF OUTlaw has been recognized as the Law Student Association of the Year by the BALIF Foundation. BALIF is the nation’s oldest and largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender LGBTQ+ persons in the legal field. Each year, the award is given to…
March 18, 2022
Professor Joan Williams, left, and Emtrain CEO Janine Yancey ’92, right. Want to lower incidences of bias and harassment in the workplace? It all starts with respect. Those were some of the findings of a research report conducted in partnership between the UC Law SF Center for…