Student Q&A: 2L Yasmine Hajjaji
Each month, the alumni newsletter features a Q&A with a student. Meet 2L Yasmine Hajjaji. She’s a member of the top-ranked Hastings Moot Court team…
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Wendy Hernandez ’20 Wins Public Law Writing Award
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…
20 Students Win Pro Bono Achievement Awards
UC Hastings Law students have access to a rich array of pro bono opportunities: professional work, such as helping clients through clinics and providing legal…
UC Hastings Scores Key Victory in Immigration Battle
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…
Clinic Secures Unemployment Benefits for Low-Wage Workers
The UC Hastings Workers’ Rights Clinic – COVID 19 Response, retooled to help low-wage workers secure unemployment insurance benefits, has helped dozens of individuals who…
CGRS Affirms that Black Lives Matter, Calls for End to Systemic Police Violence
San Francisco, CA (June 2, 2020) – The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) stands in solidarity with Black communities and allies around the country…
Black Lives Matter @ UC Hastings Clinical Programs
Our hearts ache and we are outraged as we mourn the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, the latest publicized instances of…
New UCH Clinic Aids Workers Impacted by the Pandemic
UC Hastings has launched a clinic to help low-wage workers with state unemployment insurance appeals in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The faculty have…
CGRS Win for Domestic Violence Survivors Seeking Asylum
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has overturned a lower court decision denying asylum to a domestic violence survivor, reaffirming that refugee…
Students Help Women Asylum Seekers
Hastings Students for Immigrants’ Rights (HSIR) is sending eight law students to Taylor, Texas, in March to support women asylum seekers who are incarcerated at…
Tenant Landlord Clinic Wins Prestigious Award
Helping renters keep their homes is key to maintaining the fabric of a neighborhood. An innovative housing clinic in the Lower Polk District of San…
CNDR Hosts High-Level Ministry of Justice Delegation from Turkey
Professionals from all over the world come to UC Hastings to study alternative dispute resolution (ADR), citing the wide selection of dispute resolution courses and…