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This Giving Tuesday: Support the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law San Francisco Community!

November 28, 2023

International Law Students Celebrate Diverse Cultures with Global Foods Potluck

November 21, 2023

Dozens of international law students joined faculty and staff members for a pre-Thanksgiving Day potluck to celebrate the many different cultures of LLM and foreign exchange students at Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF. Piles of French crepes and Norwegian waffles, a Japanese beef rice bowl called GyÅ«don, and Indian rice…

Efforts to Boost Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF Reach Far and Wide

November 16, 2023

Joined by Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF leaders, Chief Diversity Officer Mario Ernesto Lopez ’15 discussed efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across the campus at a DEI Forum in November. From campus departments and enrollment initiatives to student and alumni affinity groups, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF is working…

Jillian MacLeod ’23 Works to Make Reproductive Health Care Accessible to People with Disabilities

November 14, 2023

After graduating from Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF in May, Jillian MacLeod ’23 is spending the next year fighting to expand access to reproductive health care for people with disabilities. For people with disabilities, barriers to accessing abortion care can limit one’s control over an important life decision: whether and…

ADR Team Updates for 2023-24

November 11, 2023

Fall 2023 Updates: In November, the ADR Team attended two competitions: Regionals for the ABA Negotiation Competition, and the ICC Bucerius Mediation Competition in Germany. Announcing the Board: From the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) at…

Professor Clark Freshman Presents LGBTQ Equality Project at Works-In-Progress Conference

November 7, 2023

Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) Professor Clark Freshman presented a part of his larger project on Re-Negotiating LGBTQ Equality in an Age of Counter-Reformation at the 2023 AALS ADR Works-in-Progress Conference (WIP) in October 2023. Quinnipiac University School of Law and Yale Law School co-hosted…

Class of ’66 Alumni Reconnect with Fellow Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF Grads

November 6, 2023

Members of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF graduating Class of 1966 gathered for a special luncheon at the Saint Francis Yacht Club in September. Clockwise from bottom-left are Donald Mitchell, Peter L. Sanford, Judge William C. Harrison (Ret.), William J. McLean, Assistant Chancellor & Dean Jenny Kwon, Judge Leslie…

Prof. Field presents Tax Enforcement by the Private Sector at San Diego

November 2, 2023

Professor Heather Field presented her paper Tax Enforcement by the Private Sector: Deputizing Tax Insurers, 99 Ind. L.J. __ (forthcoming 2024) at the San Diego as part of its Tax Law Speaker Series hosted by Miranda Fleischer. The abstract is as follows: The IRS is outgunned when trying to…

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month

November 1, 2023

Join the Law Library in celebrating National Native American Heritage Month!  Read one of the many Native American histories in the library’s collection, including Visiting Professor Benjamin Madley’s book, An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873, Damon B. Akins and William J. Bauer Jr.’s…

Inaugural Emerita Chancellor & Dean Mary Kay Kane Excellence Awards

November 1, 2023

Emerita Chancellor & Dean Mary Kay Kane [Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law San Francisco Provost and Academic Dean Morris Ratner sent the following message to the law school community on October 30, 2023.] Dear Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF Community, As part of her estate, Emerita Chancellor & Dean…

Experts Dissect Major Supreme Court Cases in Annual Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law Panel Talk

November 1, 2023

Professor Rory Little moderated a panel with U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson, Professor Ming Hsu Chen, and Associate Dean of Research Dave Owen (left to right). Affirmative action in college admissions, the First Amendment freedom to discriminate against LGBTQ+ customers, and the regulatory power of federal agencies were…

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF Honors Retiring Professor Setsuo Miyazawa

October 30, 2023

Professor Setsuo Miyazawa was honored with a resolution of appreciation, unanimously approved by Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF faculty members, recognizing his many contributions to Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF and its Center for East Asian Legal Studies. Professor Setsuo Miyazawa has for the last 15 years helped build Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law…