February 12, 2021
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF congratulates Mieke Eoyang, Class of 2002, on her recent appointment as deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy. Mieke Eyoang ’02, featured in the 2019 Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF magazine Eoyang will lead the Department of Defense’s cyberspace policy and strategy,…
February 11, 2021
Despite pandemic-related challenges and delays, a novel bar exam format and unusual testing conditions, and delays in exam administration, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF graduates posted an overall first-time pass rate of 86% on the October 2020 California Bar Exam, the highest pass rate for Hastings graduates in more than a decade.
February 9, 2021
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF’s Indigenous Law Center kicks off its important work Feb. 10 with a panel discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on Native American and Indigenous communities. The panel features leading figures including Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez. The center was established in September 2020 to celebrate, study,…
January 21, 2021
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January 15, 2021
Can hospitals sell the COVID-19 vaccine for a profit? Can you sue if you get sick from the COVID vaccine? Can hospital workers be fired for refusing to vaccinate? As a leading vaccine law scholar, Prof. Dorit Reiss answers these questions and more in a series of three succinct…
January 12, 2021
For Immediate Release Today, 157 Law School Deans from schools across the country published a statement addressing the 2020 election and the events that took place in the United States Capitol last week. The statement marks a rare occasion. It is unusual for such a…
January 12, 2021
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR)’s Director and Professor Sheila Purcell, along with Adjunct Professor John Dean, spoke on ethics in negotiation at the Practicing Law Institute (PLI) Negotiation Training held on January 6, 2021. Adjuncts Kavya Mohankumar and Shirish Gupta also spoke on ADR choices at…
January 8, 2021
Professor D. Kelly Weisberg poses with one of the books in her Hornbook Series, a collection of treatises on specific areas of the law. As a national expert on domestic violence law, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF Professor D. Kelly Weisberg observed with concern…
January 6, 2021
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Among my family and friends, I am known as an eternal optimist, sometimes against all odds. I have been fortunate that this optimism has usually been vindicated. Despite its manifest difficulties, 2020 gave me more reasons than ever to be hopeful, not least of which was the…
December 16, 2020
Students at Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF’ new Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic drew on their own experiences this year to help educate disadvantaged taxpayers about their rights and responsibilities. Ezekiel Gorrocino, 2L, had noticed that some clinic clients were in the dark about whether they qualified for tax credits such as the…
December 14, 2020
We are proud to share that alumnus David A. Pereda ’05 has been appointed to serve as a judge on the Alameda County Superior Court. David A. Pereda ’05 From Governor Newsom’s press release: Since 2018, Pereda has served as Special Counsel at the…
December 10, 2020
On December 8, 2020, Professor Veena Dubal appeared on Democracy Now. She spoke about a potential wave of new anti-worker laws alongside Cherri Murphy, who is a Lyft driver and an organizer with Gig Workers Rising. The full segment, “After Prop 22 Win for Uber & Lyft, Advocates…