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Legal-Tech Startup Class Sparks Entrepreneurial Leap

Jenny Kwon — Mon, 03 May 2021 12:54:59 +0000

It was only supposed to be an educational exercise. But for Justin MacFayden (’20) and Karolina Dziadosz (’21), a Spring 2020 project leapt from the classroom into the marketplace. For […]

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Students Travel Virtually to Provide Immigration Legal Aid

Jenny Kwon — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:15:14 +0000

Even with the COVID-19 pandemic preventing travel, UC Law SF students continued their work to help people seeking asylum. For the past three years, students have gone to T. Don […]

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Alumna’s Cancer Journey Inspires Legislation

Jenny Kwon — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 18:56:50 +0000

Proposed federal legislation to boost lifesaving cancer screening for women of color has been named in memory of a 2016 UC Law SF graduate who died of cervical cancer at […]

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Students Pitch Innovative Ideas in Legal Tech Startup Course

Jenny Kwon — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:12:33 +0000

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 […]

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Student Homelessness Project Competes in Statewide Finals

Jenny Kwon — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:52:23 +0000

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 […]

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Veena Dubal’s Gig Economy Work Earns UC Law SF Foundation Award

Jenny Kwon — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:33:31 +0000

Professor Veena Dubal has won the UC Law SF Foundation Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarship. The award from the Foundation Board of Trustees is given annually to a faculty member who has […]

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Mieke Eoyang (’02) Appointed Cybersecurity Adviser for Biden Defense Department

Jenny Kwon — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:06:31 +0000

UC Law SF congratulates Mieke Eoyang, Class of 2002, on her recent appointment as deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy. Eoyang will lead the Department of Defense’s cyberspace […]

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Alumnus Steps Up to the Plate for Giants, ��Ӱҵ

Jenny Kwon — Fri, 31 May 2019 23:25:03 +0000

Matt Valdez ’13 lives six blocks from the house he grew up in, the house where his mother still lives. While this may be common in some cities, it’s less […]

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Akila Radhakrishnan ‘09: Relentless Advocate for International Justice, Human Rights

Jenny Kwon — Tue, 28 May 2019 17:01:09 +0000

The Global Justice Center has had tremendous success in recent years ensuring women and girls raped in war have access to abortion services, and UC Law SF alumna Akila Radhakrishnan […]

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UC Law SF Event Celebrates Alumni Who Have ‘Changed the Game’

Jenny Kwon — Wed, 22 May 2019 00:46:51 +0000

UC Law SF earlier this month celebrated the accomplishments of its alumni at “GAMECHANGER,” a gala-style event acknowledging the impact of its graduates and the law school’s role in training […]

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PHOTOS: UC Law SF Gamechanger Event

Jenny Kwon — Thu, 16 May 2019 21:10:14 +0000

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45 Years and Counting: Buck Delventhal’s Commitment to Public Law

Jenny Kwon — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 00:15:34 +0000

Burk “Buck” Delventhal ’69 may have Herman Melville to thank for his long, productive career in the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office. “I remember reading ‘Billy Budd’ as a high […]

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Communications Strategist Nathan Ballard ’99 was Primed for Politics

Jenny Kwon — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 22:19:50 +0000

Nathan Ballard ’99 has no question about what he wants to do for the rest of his life. “I’ve made it my life’s work to serve as an advisor to […]

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Maximum Impact at the Forefront for Eric Casher ’06

Jenny Kwon — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 19:10:38 +0000

Eric Casher’s gratitude for his gifts and opportunities goes hand-in-hand with a feeling of responsibility to those whose lives have turned out different than his own. “I feel really fortunate […]

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The Far-Reaching Impact of Mentorship

Jenny Kwon — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 22:42:37 +0000

When Claude Stern ’80 was five years old, his grandmother told him the Almighty gives each person a single box of energy to use during their lifetime. And at the […]

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Love Leads the Way for Gamechanging Alumna

Jenny Kwon — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 22:21:54 +0000

Vien Truong ’06 loves her community, and it seems the feeling is mutual. In 2017, Assemblyman Rob Bonta of Oakland told San Francisco Magazine, “In Oakland, it’s essentially unanimous. She’s […]

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Khaldoun Baghdadi – A Case For Sincerity in the Courtroom

Jenny Kwon — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:13:27 +0000

Khaldoun Baghdadi ’97 has had a keen sense of justice as long as he can remember. At age 16, while working as an usher at a movie theater, he tried […]

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UC Law SF Alumna on a Mission to Prepare, Empower Underserved Communities

Jenny Kwon — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 22:33:40 +0000

Martha Mendizabal grew up during the rapid proliferation of PC and mobile-phone technology in the 1990s, but she had no access to those types of devices as a poor child […]

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UC Law SF Mourns Passing of San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi ’85

Jenny Kwon — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 18:12:11 +0000

UC Law SF College of the Law Chancellor and Dean David Faigman issued the following message on the passing of San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi ‘85: Dear UC Law […]

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2L Victoria Ayeni is Committed to Diversifying the Legal Profession

Jenny Kwon — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:30:28 +0000

When she was a junior at UC Irvine, Victoria Ayeni read An Expendable Man in a course called “Miscarriages of Justice.” The book tells the story of Earl Washington, Jr., […]

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