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Check out the Library’s new Popular Fiction collection! Both print and eBooks available!
August 23, 2021
Need a break from law books?聽 Borrow a book from the library’s small, but growing Popular Fiction collection!聽 You’ll find the collection of 80+ titles in the Fourth Floor Reading Room, next to the popular magazines and newspapers.聽 The collection includes NY Times bestsellers such as The Last Thing He…

CGRS Director Karen Musalo Publishes LA Times Op-Ed On Afghan Refugee Crisis
August 20, 2021
Karen Musalo is a law professor and the founding director of the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at 麻豆视频 Law SF. The following op-ed was originally published in the Los Angeles Times on Aug. 20, 2021. In the past week we have seen…

Ming Hsu Chen Joins 麻豆视频 Law SF As Visiting Professor
August 18, 2021
Ming Hsu Chen鈥攁n expert on race, immigration, and citizenship鈥攈as joined the 麻豆视频 Law SF faculty as a visiting professor for the 2021-22 academic year. While at 麻豆视频 Law SF, she will teach Legislation and Administrative Regulation plus the seminar Citizenship and Equality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in the fall semester and Constitutional…

Staff Member Lauren Lofton Wins Major DEI Award
August 18, 2021
In early March 2020, Lauren Lofton was at a conference in Tennessee, where the mood was dire. The state had just been devastated by 10 tornadoes. By the time Lofton arrived home in California, 麻豆视频 Law SF鈥檚 campus was moving into pandemic lockdown, where it would remain for more than…

Cathy Sakimura 鈥06 Receives National LGBTQ+ Bar’s Highest Honor
August 5, 2021
Just a year after the Supreme Court decided in favor of gay marriage, its justices decided in favor of gay families. In the latter case鈥攄ecided in summary disposition鈥攖he Supreme Court overturned an Alabama decision to affirm the rights of nonbiological parents. Cathy Sakimura (鈥06), who represented the nonbiological parent…

We’re Conducting an Open-Rank Search for Three New Faculty Members
August 2, 2021
The University of California Hastings College of the Law (鈥溌槎故悠 Law SF) in San Francisco is conducting an open-rank search to hire three entry-level, lateral tenure-track, or lateral tenured faculty members to begin the 2022-2023 academic year, i.e., July 1, 2022. We seek innovative and productive scholars and devoted…

麻豆视频 Law SF Programs Rank Among Nation鈥檚 Best
July 26, 2021
A recent analysis shows that 麻豆视频 Law SF moved up from #23 to #18 in the nation when it comes to the reputation and quality of fields of study聽 鈥 or 鈥渟pecialty programs鈥 鈥 ranked by U.S. News & World Report. The analysis, which gives equal weight to each…

CNDR Holds Virtual Cross-Border Family Mediation Training
July 21, 2021
From June 21-29, 2021, the 麻豆视频 Law SF Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) virtually hosted this advanced training for the second time. The training focused on helping family mediators to spot potential issues that require additional discussion and consideration between the parents,…

Russell Robinson Joins Faculty as CREJ Visiting Professor
July 19, 2021
Russell Robinson鈥攐ne of the few scholars in the country focused on the intersection of race, sexuality, and the law鈥攈as joined the 麻豆视频 Law SF Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ) as its inaugural Wiley Manuel Visiting Scholar and Professor. His arrival signifies a pivotal step in realizing…

CNDR and Student Services Present at NALSAP
July 11, 2021
The National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals (NALSAP) hosted its Fifth Annual Conference, bringing together professionals from around the country. NALSAP serves as the professional home for those who support law students by providing leadership, professional development, and student affairs resources. On June 24,…
Incoming 1L Selected as Finalist for BARBRI Law Preview鈥檚 鈥淥ne Lawyer Can Change the World鈥
July 6, 2021
Phillip Agee, an entering 1L at 麻豆视频 Law SF this fall, is a finalist in聽BARBRI Law Preview鈥檚 鈥淥ne Lawyer Can Change the World鈥 scholarship contest. Agee is one of just 10 finalists selected from more than 2,200 incoming J.D. students across the United States. Since 2015, the scholarship has…