February 11, 2021
Despite pandemic-related challenges and delays, a novel bar exam format and unusual testing conditions, and delays in exam administration, UC Law SF graduates posted an overall first-time pass rate of 86% on the October 2020 California Bar Exam, the highest pass rate for Hastings graduates in more than a decade.
January 5, 2020
Class of 2019 pass rate jumps by 20 points over July 2018, following adoption of innovative teaching methods “We teach differently now,” Ratner said. “From the student vantage point, it’s much more high touch than the traditional Langdellian model of legal education.” -Academic Dean Morris Ratner…
Recent UC Law SF graduates Ayana Faison, Sarah Doan-Minh, Claudia Cesena and Elsa-Marie Medeiros recently received the Legal Services for Children (LSC) Certificate in Child Advocacy. The four were honored at an event on May 9th by LSC Executive Director Abigail Trillin, who is also an adjunct professor at…
January 14, 2019
Writing is crucial to the practice of law. It is our chance as attorneys to advocate for our clients by knitting together the story of their case with the history of precedential case law, enacted statutes, and constitutional rights. Writing is a quiet, unglamorous task that we do in seclusion,…
Dena Sharp ’06 was recently made a name partner at a prominent plaintiff’s class action firm in San Francisco. With founder Daniel Girard and others, the aptly named Sharp helped grow a successful practice that challenges antitrust violations and other corporate wrongdoing, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry. Sharp joined the…
June 15, 2018
Recent graduate Samuel "Sammy" Chang '18 identified many problems facing UC Law SF law students and facilitated the change needed to fix them throughout his law school career.
June 7, 2018
The UC Law SF alumna founded Fund Her after the 2016 election to achieve gender parity in the California State Legislature.
April 30, 2018
The UC Law SF student's numerous accolades include the Bergstrom Child Welfare Fellowship, a Hastings Public Interest Law Foundation Grant, and an Equal Justice Works Public Interest Award.
April 19, 2018
A groundbreaking ruling in the lawsuits he filed on behalf of California cities and counties may allow climate liability cases to be heard in state courts.
March 14, 2018
3L Samantha Ricci is heading to Washington, DC after graduation to join the DOJ at the Environment and Natural Resources Division through its Honors Program.
February 16, 2018
The cloud-based eDiscovery software company brings Barry back to business as a tech executive after a two-year sabbatical.
January 29, 2018
She is taking a "people-centric" approach as the first openly gay justice to serve on the Nevada Supreme Court.