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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF LGBTQ+ Alumni Affinity Group

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…

Letters of Support for the Black Community from Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF

August 19, 2020

Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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: Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF Black Law Students Association…

Prof. Aviram Leads Amicus on Behalf of San Quentin Prisoners

August 17, 2020

Professor Hadar Aviram Eighteen prominent criminal justice and corrections scholars, including Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF Professors Hadar Aviram, Rory Little and Mai Linh Spencer, as well as the ACLU of Northern California, are joining litigation as amici curiae brought on behalf of San Quentin prisoners facing danger…

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF Magazine featuring Sen. Kamala Harris ’89

August 13, 2020

Wendy Hernandez ’20 Wins Public Law Writing Award      

August 12, 2020

Wendy M. Hernandez ’20 has won the California Lawyers Association Public Law Section’s 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…

20 Students Win Pro Bono Achievement Awards

August 11, 2020

Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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’s…

Students Gain Vital ‘Soft Skills’ in CNDR Certificate Program

August 11, 2020

More than 50 Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF students participated in this summer’s first Leadership Lab Certificate 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…

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF Scores Key Victory in Immigration Battle

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…

CNDR’s Leadership Lab Certificate Comes to an End

August 5, 2020

CNDR’s Deputy Director Mattie Robertson Teaching Leadership Lab Online The first ever Leadership Lab Certificate was held this summer by the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) from June 23 – July 28, 2020. Free to current Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF students during…

New Podcast Highlights Black Voices at Hastings

August 3, 2020

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF’ Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ) has launched Black Hastings Speaks, a six-episode podcast series designed to preserve and present authentic stories of Black experiences within the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF community. The series of one-on-one conversations between students, faculty, staff, and alumni…

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF Academic Village Narrated Fly-through

August 3, 2020

Public Interest Grads Win Bar Study Stipends

July 29, 2020

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF has a legacy of training students for public-interest careers. To support that effort, the college awards deserving graduates with the Nancy Stuart Public Interest Award to help fund their bar preparation studies. The $4,000 award, for students committed to careers devoted to closing the access-to-justice gap for…