November 1, 2023
Professor Rory Little moderated a panel with U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson, Professor Ming Hsu Chen, and Associate Dean of Research Dave Owen (left to right). Affirmative action in college admissions, the First Amendment freedom to discriminate against LGBTQ+ customers, and the regulatory power of federal agencies were…
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 25, 2023
UC Law SF Chief Diversity Officer Mario E. Lopez (left) and Chancellor & Dean David Faigman (right) met with Moorehouse College Professor Adrienne Jones (center left) and Provost Kendrick Brown (center right) in Atlanta. To help further bolster the law school’s already diverse student body, two UC Law…
October 23, 2023
Students and professors past and present were among those who gathered to celebrate the 30th anniversary of UC Law SF’s Community Justice Clinics on Sept. 28. Over the last 30 years, UC Law SF’s top-rated community justice clinics have trained well over 1,000 future attorneys,…
October 18, 2023
UC Law SF students Gloria Cenizo Ledon ’25, Marco Tueros del Barco ‘25, and Mareena Haseeb ’25 (left to right) volunteered to help permanent residents apply for U.S. citizenship. UC Law SF student Gloria Cenizo Ledon ’25 understands how hard it can be to navigate a complex bureaucracy…
October 16, 2023
UC Law SF Chancellor & Dean David Faigman, flanked by the law school’s leaders, partners and supporters, sliced a ceremonial ribbon to celebrate the new building at 198 McAllister St. Throngs gathered in the heart of San Francisco for a ribbon cutting ceremony on…
October 11, 2023
From drafting memos for a tribal court judge to helping people fight evictions and stay in their homes, four UC Law SF students spent the summer providing free legal assistance to Indigenous and rural communities in Northern California. The work was part of a Summer Fellowship Program,…
October 9, 2023
Artist and photographer Christopher Dydyk spent 18 months creating “Proceeding,” a 110-foot long mural that was recently installed on the seventh-floor Social Commons of the 198 McAllister St. building at UC Law SF. To capture all the beauty, vibrancy and diversity of San Francisco in one image might…
October 4, 2023
Michele Canny ’26 spent most of the last year researching assistance and services available to migrant women in Sicily as a Fulbright Scholar. This story is part of a series of profiles on members of the incoming JD class of 2026 at UC Law San Francisco. Michele…
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 27, 2023
Sachin Sharma ’26 plans to explore multiple fields of law — including civil rights and immigration — before using his degree to make a positive impact. This story is part of a series of profiles on members of the incoming JD class of 2026 at UC Law…
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…