March 24, 2021
The Center for Business Law has launched a new scholarship program aimed at giving students from disadvantaged backgrounds an opportunity to flourish in the world of business law. The CBL Scholars Program provides full tuition plus mentorship and support from the alumni and law firms who brought the idea…
March 19, 2021
As technology revolutionizes the legal industry—a trend that has gathered steam during the pandemic—an innovative UC Law SF collaboration is connecting students with Silicon Valley companies at the forefront. Professor and Director of Applied Innovation Alice Armitage offers “Building a Legal Tech Startup,” a course in which upper-level students…
March 10, 2021
A proposal for protecting the belongings and dignity of people who are homeless, developed by seven UC Law SF students, has reached the finals of a statewide contest. After being ranked among the top 8% of 354 entries in the University of California’s Big Ideas Contest, the team is…
November 10, 2020
UC Law SF’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Working Group, in partnership with the Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ), hosted an event on Oct. 16 featuring Adjunct Professor and CREJ Affiliated Scholar T. Anansi Wilson. Wilson presented two papers, “Furtive Blackness: On Blackness and Being” and “…
THE FACULTY BUZZ: “The truth is that it upends this tech model that venture capitalists have poured so much money into,” said Professor Venna Dubal in an NBC News article on Assembly Bill 5, which codifies into law a 2018 California Supreme Court ruling that defined independent contractor status.
THE FACULTY BUZZ: “Everybody wants to point to someone else as the bad guy. But to be fair, each of the parties is contributing to what is driving the prices up,” said Professor Robin Feldman in a piece on non-profit news organization Marketplace. http://bit.ly/30WWb3t – Professor Robin Feldman…
THE FACULTY BUZZ: Professor David Levine shed light on a number of interesting legal questions this month. First: Is it legal to pick a roommate based on astrological sign? Professor Levine spoke to The Guardian about the question in response to a housing inquiry that went viral after an…
THE FACULTY BUZZ: “You have this one man right there in Sonoma, and by luck of the draw his case has the potential to move the needle,” said Professor David Levine in an article from the Press Democrat on the weed killer Roundup case. (http://bit.ly/2VkFU5c) – Professor Levine…
THE FACULTY BUZZ: “This is the most complicated and difficult decision environment I’ve ever seen for a bankruptcy case,” said Professor Jared Ellias (@jared_ellias) in a New York Times article on Pacific Gas & Electric’s bankruptcy filing. https://nyti.ms/2S4Dd52 Professor Ellias was quoted again in an Associated Press article…
“Work hard and be your authentic self.” That short, simple sentence echoed in the ears of UC Law SF College of the Law’s 2018 graduating class. The inspirational line was delivered by Clinical Professor Mai Linh Spencer, whose commitment to teaching and inspiring students has been recognized with the…
THE FACULTY BUZZ: “Is building a wall military work? There’s lots of room for debate,” Professor Rory Little (@RoryLittle) said in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle titled “An emergency declaration for Trump’s wall? Not so fast, say experts.” http://bit.ly/2MJiKSh –Professor Little appeared on KQEDForum…
An enthralled crowd watched on from the tables in the Louis Brown Mayer auditorium at UC Law SF as actors traded lines and shared powerful oral histories of the Tenderloin neighborhood. The documentary-style production was a free performance of CuttingBall Theater’s “The Tenderloin,” originally performed in 2012. CuttingBall, which typically…