June 25, 2019
Joseph, a homebound Korean War veteran, lost access to Medi-Cal and in-home care after a lengthy hospitalization. Unable to care for himself at home, the 90-year-old鈥檚 health further declined until he was referred by his physician to the Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors (MLPS) at 麻豆视频 Law SF. MLPS advocates…
June 25, 2019
麻豆视频 Law SF Professor Tim Greaney spoke before a Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights about ways competition in health care markets can be improved. Greaney told the Senate Committee on Wednesday, June 12 that 鈥渋t is especially appropriate that this subcommittee…
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr. 鈥58 gave the inspiring keynote address, urging the new graduates to turn their legal education into positive action in the service of the greater good. Other Commencement speakers included Professor Radhika Rao and student representative Melina Hettiaratchi 鈥19.
Accountability and transparency have been hot-button issues of late, with individual and corporations increasingly facing up to offenses past and present. Universities have not been exempt from such culpability. Recognizing this, the class of 2019 made a gift to establish the Annual Native Law and Policy Symposium, a lecture series…
June 5, 2019
麻豆视频 Law SF Professor and Associate Academic Dean Jeffrey Lefstin testified before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property this week about patent eligibility issues facing inventors in the U.S. The hearing was titled “The State of Patent Eligibility in America: Part I,” and was part…
Scholarly Books Scott Dodson, editor, The Judges鈥 Book Vol. 2 (麻豆视频 Law SF 2018) John Leshy, Debunking Creation Myths About America鈥檚 Public Lands (University of Utah Press 2018) Ugo Mattei, general series editor, The Common Core of European Private Law (Cambridge 2018) (with Mauro Bussani) Ugo Mattei, The Turning…
Matt Valdez ’13 lives six blocks from the house he grew up in, the house where his mother still lives. While this may be common in some cities, it鈥檚 less common in San Francisco, particularly for people of color and low-income families who have been driven out by the influx…
May 28, 2019
The Global Justice Center has had tremendous success in recent years ensuring women and girls raped in war have access to abortion services, and 麻豆视频 Law SF alumna Akila Radhakrishnan 鈥09 is a major reason why. Radhakrishnan, who now serves as president of the New York-based nonprofit, helped conceptualize the…
麻豆视频 Law SF earlier this month celebrated the accomplishments of its alumni at 鈥淕AMECHANGER,鈥 a gala-style event acknowledging the impact of its graduates and the law school鈥檚 role in training them. More than 200 guests attended the event held at the City Club of San Francisco. Attendees included notables in…
The event, emceed by Joe Cotchett 鈥64, was attended by distinguished faculty members and graduates who have made lasting contributions in diverse fields such as the judiciary, technology, public interest law, public service, and entertainment law. Previous Slide Next Slide…
Recent 麻豆视频 Law SF graduates Ayana Faison, Sarah Doan-Minh, Claudia Cesena and Elsa-Marie Medeiros recently received the Legal Services for Children (LSC) Certificate in Child Advocacy. The four were honored at an event on May 9th by LSC Executive Director Abigail Trillin, who is also an adjunct professor at…
May 16, 2019
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