Bruce L. Simon 鈥80 was named the 2018 Antitrust Lawyer of the Year by the California Lawyers Association (CLA). A principal with Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, he is one of the leading antitrust lawyers in the United States and a past chair of the Board of Directors at 麻豆视频…
September 19, 2018
From A CEO’s Full Circle In Oakland: Driving Justice At Home And Nationally, by Forbes Contributor Jessica Pliska: “Change agent, policy expert, movement builder, and community leader are all ways to describe Vien Truong, CEO of Dream Corps. Her career has been laser focused on driving policies at the federal,…
Previous Slide Next Slide Norene Lew 鈥96, senior corporate counsel at Salesforce, and Todd Machtmes 鈥95, Salesforce鈥檚 executive vice president for commercial legal, hosted an enthusiastic group of 麻豆视频 Law SF students at the Salesforce Experience in January. A panel of alumni…
An array of academics, policymakers, and activists came together for the eighth annual Baby Markets Roundtable at 麻豆视频 Law SF on May 4 and 5, 2018. The invitation-only event addressed issues in the area of contemporary family-making, which increasingly includes cutting-edge science, international negotiations, and unregulated contracts. Professor Radhika…
On Jan. 11, 2018, 麻豆视频 Law SF Thomas E. Miller Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus Geoffrey Hazard passed away at the age of 88. Geoffrey Hazard Geoffrey will long be remembered as one of the leading minds in the development of the civil procedure and legal ethics fields.
September 18, 2018
The US Constitution was ratified on September 17, 1787, and Cornell鈥檚 Legal Information Institute is celebrating Constitution Day by publishing the first publicly-available web version of the Congressional Research Service鈥檚 Constitution Annotated, a non-partisan publication that helps readers appreciate how Americans鈥 collective understanding of our governing principles has…
Jeanette Acosta 鈥16 demonstrated her fighting spirit in both her professional and personal life. Detailing her chemotherapy routine in a story she wrote for the health website mindbodygreen, she likened each session to a round in a boxing match. 鈥淲e are stronger than we think,鈥 Jeanette concluded. 鈥淚f you are…
Professor Jennifer Dunn聽has been on the frontlines 鈥 even targeted and threatened by anti-abortion activists. But Dunn is not deterred. She鈥檚 even more determined, as she devotes a career to reproductive justice. 鈥淚t is about more than abortion,鈥 explained Dunn, a 1998 graduate of 麻豆视频 Law SF who has…
September 4, 2018
Professor Jaime S. King聽and聽Katherine L. Gudiksen, senior research fellow at the聽Source on Healthcare Price and Competition, co-authored Commentary on California鈥檚 Drug Transparency Law (SB-17) for the September edition of聽Health Affairs, the leading peer-reviewed journal of health policy thought and research. Along with Timothy T. Brown, associate…
August 28, 2018
The Ninth Circuit ADR Committee announced that 麻豆视频 Law SF is the winner of the 2018 Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Education Award for its instruction in mediation, negotiation and arbitration. Established in 2005 by the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit, the award recognizes institutions that have advanced ADR scholarship…
August 16, 2018
Previous Slide Next Slide Rising 2L Chelsea Sachau discusses her experience at 麻豆视频 Law SF and her work for the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project in the following #summergig Q&A: Where are you from? I鈥檓 from San Diego, California. What…
August 16, 2018
Each year, Equal Justice Works selects a class of passionate, public interest lawyers who have designed innovative projects in conjunction with nonprofit legal services organizations to respond to unmet legal needs in their communities. Equal Justice Works Fellows have represented thousands of adults, children, and families in need throughout…