August 8, 2019
John Malone, a beloved and longtime adjunct professor, died on July 27 in Santa Ana, Calif. of natural causes. He was 93. Malone’s career at Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF began in 1979 when he joined the faculty as an adjunct. He quickly earned a reputation as a warm and kind colleague…
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF students will have the opportunity this fall to study the evolving interplay between the law and new technologies, such as automated driving systems, blockchain, commercial drones and 3D printing. The course offered through the law school’s LexLab will be co-taught by Allison Drutchas and Shane Glynn, leading…
July 22, 2019
The Law Library now subscribes to the Wolters Kluwer Online Study Aid Library, providing Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF students with online access to hundreds of WK study aids, including the Emanuel CrunchTime series, Emanual Law Outlines, Examples & Explanations, Glannon Guides, and more. Go to http://uclawsf.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebooks.aspenlaw.com to access the…
July 12, 2019
Historical newspaper content is among researchers’ most sought-after primary source material. The Law Library recently purchased two online collections of historical newspapers: the Washington Post (1877-2002) and the Wall Street Journal (1889-2001). Both can be accessed from the Library’s A-Z Databases page. Both collections are fully searchable and indexed…
This past June, ten Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF alumni were unanimously elected to the Foundation Board of Trustees. The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF Foundation generates private funds to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF College of the Law.  Faculty development and student financial assistance are top funding priorities, adopted in consultation with the Chancellor…
July 2, 2019
In June 2019, eight new members were unanimously elected by their peers to join the Alumni Association Board of Governors at Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF. This cohort of passionate and engaged individuals are committed to advancing the goals of the association by fostering a supportive and energized alumni community. Every member…
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’s health further declined until he was referred by his physician to the Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors (MLPS) at Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF. MLPS advocates…
June 25, 2019
Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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 “it is especially appropriate that this subcommittee…
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr. ’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 ’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
Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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’ Book Vol. 2 (Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF 2018) John Leshy, Debunking Creation Myths About America’s 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…