July 28, 2020
The UC Law SF Workers’ Rights Clinic – COVID 19 Response, retooled to help low-wage workers secure unemployment insurance benefits, has helped dozens of individuals who have lost vital income and given students their first practical experience of employment law. “The clinic has met the twin goals of helping workers…
July 16, 2020
The panel, moderated by Research Dean Jodi Short, includes brief presentations by: Dorit Reiss on the dilemmas involved in the rush to create a COVID-19 vaccine; Robin Feldman on health care access and trust in health care information during COVID-19; Hadar Aviram on why…
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…
April 23, 2020
It is, perhaps, one of the most uniquely American solutions to nearly every imaginable problem: the modern lawsuit. But it won’t cure the pandemic. Chimène Keitner, Alfred & Hanna Fromm Professor of International Law at UC Law SF, has been fielding media calls from around the globe as individuals and governments, including the…
April 9, 2020
Thanks to a $25,000 grant from AccessLex and gifts from faculty, staff, and alumni totaling $88,000, UC Law SF students in financial need can take advantage of a new Student Emergency Fund. The fund provides individual grants of up to $750 per academic year for students facing emergency needs, including…