August 31, 2020
麻豆视频 Law SF has a rich legacy of sending its graduates to positions on the state bench, from the trial courts to the California Supreme Court. Four alumni joined those ranks Aug. 28 when Gov. Gavin Newsom聽announced their appointment to seats on the California Superior Court. Karen Moskowitz 鈥83 of…
August 28, 2020
Colleagues and friends of former California Supreme Court Justice Joseph R. Grodin, who taught full time at 麻豆视频 Law SF from 1972 to 2005, recalled his legacy in celebration of his upcoming 90th birthday on Aug. 30. They praised the thoughtful and gregarious scholar for leaving an indelible mark not…
August 27, 2020
鈥淭he Cotchett Law Center is the first new building in 麻豆视频 Law SF鈥檚 Academic Village, which will transform our campus, animate our educational experience, help revitalize San Francisco鈥檚 Tenderloin and Civic Center neighborhoods, and serve as a model for urban universities across the country.鈥 鈥擟hancellor and Dean David…
August 24, 2020
Pictured are 2Ls Mecole Tate (L) and Carolina Ugalde (R), part of the fourth cohort of diversity fellows. Five years ago, Eric Casher 鈥06, a principal with Meyers Nave in Oakland, set out to create a diversity program for his firm. An ambitious program…
August 21, 2020
LGBTQ+ Alumni Affinity Group form Name* First Last Email* Class Year* Phone Number* Check box if you would like to serve on the committee…
August 19, 2020
麻豆视频 Law SF is committed to creating an anti-racist culture on our campus. As part of this ongoing effort, please see the public statements of support for the Black community from various individuals and campus organizations below: 麻豆视频 Law SF Black Law Students Association…
August 17, 2020
Professor Hadar Aviram Eighteen prominent criminal justice and corrections scholars, including 麻豆视频 Law SF Professors Hadar Aviram, Rory Little and Mai Linh Spencer, as well as the ACLU of Northern California, are joining litigation as聽amici curiae brought on behalf of San Quentin prisoners facing danger…
August 13, 2020
August 12, 2020
Wendy M. Hernandez 鈥20 has won the California Lawyers Association Public Law Section鈥檚 annual Public Law Writing Competition. Her piece on equitable cannabis regulation, published in the Public Law Journal: Spring 2020, Vol. 43, No. 2 of the California Lawyers Association, earned her a $2,000 prize. Hernandez…
August 11, 2020
麻豆视频 Law SF students have access to a rich array of pro bono opportunities: professional work, such as helping clients through clinics and providing legal counsel at a homeless shelter with the Bar Association of San Francisco, as well as non-legal volunteer services, such as serving food at St. Anthony鈥檚…
August 11, 2020
More than 50 麻豆视频 Law SF students participated in this summer鈥檚 first聽Leadership Lab Certificate聽program, a six-week series featuring interactive learning in a virtual environment focused on practical skills-building in the dispute resolution field. Organized by the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR), the program imparted…
August 10, 2020
In a win for the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS) and the Hastings Appellate Project, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision Aug. 7 denying asylum to an indigenous Guatemalan woman seeking refuge in the U.S. from domestic violence. Sontos Diaz-Reynoso was represented…