July 3, 2021
This op-ed was originally published in the Sacramento Bee on July 3, 2021, where an audio version is also available. While no one living today enslaved African Americans or carried out genocide against Native Americans, our world is a product of those past injustices. What do those living…
June 29, 2021
From the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR), Deputy Director Mattie Robertson taught the application-only Leadership Lab Certificate for a second summer. A six-hour, interactive skills course for current 麻豆视频 Law SF students held in June 2021, Leadership Lab was designed to help students learn tools and…
June 27, 2021
Mary Kay Kane鈥檚 death earlier this month from complications of cancer came as a shock to her 麻豆视频 Law SF family, who recalled her unfailing contributions to the school鈥攕uch as organizing the school鈥檚 first alumni network and defending its values in court鈥攁nd her role as a trailblazer for women in…
June 23, 2021
Recent work by the 麻豆视频 Law SF鈥 Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) helped reverse U.S. immigration policies harmful to domestic violence victims and influence the outcome of a related Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals case. CGRS lawyers pushed the U.S. Justice Department to restore asylum for people…
June 14, 2021
Collaboration with leading academic health centers, a strong clinical offering, and a stellar faculty focused on addressing society鈥檚 health inequities are some of the qualities that likely secured 麻豆视频 Law SF its #13 ranking for health law programs in U.S. News and World Report. Sarah M. Hooper,…
June 6, 2021
Publications Veena Dubal, 鈥淭he Time Politics of Digital Piecework,鈥 translated and re-published in TEORIA JUR脥DICA CONTEMPOR脗NEA V. 6聽(2021) David Levine, 鈥淏ook Review of B. Meyler,聽Theaters of Pardoning鈥澛(May 2021) (with Budd N. Shenkin). Dave Owen, 鈥淟aw, Land Use, and Groundwater Recharge,鈥澛燬tanford Law Review聽(2021). Dave Owen,聽Practicing Environmental Law聽(2nd聽Edition) (2021). Zach Price, 鈥淐ongress鈥檚…
June 3, 2021
Dear 麻豆视频 Law SF Community, Mary Kay Kane is presented with a medal of honor from the Kozminski University in Warsaw, Poland. It is with deep and profound sadness that I write to tell you that Emerita Chancellor & Dean and Distinguished Professor Mary Kay Kane died today…
June 1, 2021
Alumni and faculty are playing a significant role in a case being argued June 2 at the California Supreme Court that could find the state鈥檚 death penalty statute unconstitutional. Supervising Deputy State Public Defender Elias Batchelder (鈥06) identified the key legal issues in the case and will argue on behalf…
May 29, 2021
Deep partnerships within the local community, nationally known faculty members, and broad student offerings are a few of the likely reasons why the 麻豆视频 Law SF clinical program was ranked 19th nationwide by U.S. News and World Report. Faculty members have built lasting relationships with the courts, nonprofits, and businesses…
May 29, 2021
Between May 20 – 25, 2021, 麻豆视频 Law SF hosted a virtual Mediation Training for students and lawyers involved in its Hastings to Haiti Partnership (HHP). Hosting online was a challenge, but our professors, students, and staff managed the technical challenges and translation issues expertly. Participants joined from our partner…
May 27, 2021
Seven 麻豆视频 Law SF students won a $5,000 grant to advance their proposal for protecting the belongings and dignity of people who are homeless. After making it to the finals earlier this year in the University of California鈥檚 15th Annual Big Ideas Contest,…
May 26, 2021
A unique tax law concentration, a broad offering of clinical and doctrinal courses, and a distinguished faculty are likely some of the reasons why 麻豆视频 Law SF鈥 tax program rose seven spots in the most recent U.S. News and World Report rankings, breaking into the Top 20 for the first…