Jeanette Acosta 鈥16 demonstrated her fighting spirit in both her professional and personal life. Detailing her chemotherapy routine in a story she wrote for the health website mindbodygreen, she likened each session to a round in a boxing match. 鈥淲e are stronger than we think,鈥 Jeanette concluded. 鈥淚f you are…
Professor Jennifer Dunn聽has been on the frontlines 鈥 even targeted and threatened by anti-abortion activists. But Dunn is not deterred. She鈥檚 even more determined, as she devotes a career to reproductive justice. 鈥淚t is about more than abortion,鈥 explained Dunn, a 1998 graduate of UC Law SF who has…
September 4, 2018
Professor Jaime S. King聽and聽Katherine L. Gudiksen, senior research fellow at the聽Source on Healthcare Price and Competition, co-authored Commentary on California鈥檚 Drug Transparency Law (SB-17) for the September edition of聽Health Affairs, the leading peer-reviewed journal of health policy thought and research. Along with Timothy T. Brown, associate…
August 28, 2018
The Ninth Circuit ADR Committee announced that UC Law SF is the winner of the 2018 Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Education Award for its instruction in mediation, negotiation and arbitration. Established in 2005 by the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit, the award recognizes institutions that have advanced ADR scholarship…
August 16, 2018
Previous Slide Next Slide Rising 2L Chelsea Sachau discusses her experience at UC Law SF and her work for the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project in the following #summergig Q&A: Where are you from? I鈥檓 from San Diego, California. What…
August 16, 2018
Each year, Equal Justice Works selects a class of passionate, public interest lawyers who have designed innovative projects in conjunction with nonprofit legal services organizations to respond to unmet legal needs in their communities. Equal Justice Works Fellows have represented thousands of adults, children, and families in need throughout…
August 15, 2018
As a UC Law SF student, Mark Sundahl 鈥01 wrote an article for the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review about liability for damage caused by unidentifiable space debris. The rather esoteric piece was the first step on a long and winding journey that has resulted in Sundahl becoming one…
UC Law SF plunged into the deep end of conversations that matter 鈥 in a big way. Partnering with the World Affairs Council, the College this fall launched the Democracy, Technology and Security Series, a four-part colloquium that brought together professionals in the fields of national security law, cybersecurity,…
August 15, 2018
The first edition, published in 2017, was dubbed 鈥渋mportant and welcome鈥 by Judge MARSHA S. BERZON of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 鈥淚t has become commonplace for judges to complain that the articles published in law reviews are abstract, abstruse, and self-absorbed,鈥 she wrote. 鈥淭he articles…
August 15, 2018
Previous Slide Next Slide On April 26, UC Law SF launched its Southern California Kickoff Event Series with an exclusive art gallery and book-signing event featuring Professor Joel Paul, author of the best-selling book Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and…
August 14, 2018
When members of the class of 鈥92 celebrated their 25th reunion last fall, many of them had not seen each other in decades. The gathering was an opportunity for them to recall shared experiences and memories of departed friends, one of whom still held a deeply special place in their…
August 14, 2018
Elizabeth McGriff 鈥96 was a young single mother when she enrolled at UC Law SF through the Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP), which admits students from adverse backgrounds and supports them to succeed. Now, as the program approaches its 50th anniversary, McGriff has returned to take the helm as…