June 30, 2020
Visiting Assistant Professor and Clinic Director Amy Spivey Wondering where your tax refund is or why you haven’t received your economic impact payment yet? You’re not alone. And now, thanks to the UC Law SF Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, some taxpayers aren’t alone either, but are receiving help from…
June 12, 2020
Dear Consortium Colleagues, Students, Alumni, and Friends: America is at a crossroads. We stand in the midst of two public health crises, one that came upon us suddenly and another that America has created and recreated for four centuries. Police brutality and COVID-19 have both claimed and are claiming black…
June 12, 2020
San Francisco, CA (June 2, 2020) – The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) stands in solidarity with Black communities and allies around the country rising up to seek justice for victims of antiblack police violence. We mourn the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna…
May 8, 2020
UC Law SF 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 redesigned the law school’s Workers’ Rights Clinic for summer 2020 to help those who have lost jobs during the pandemic file appeals if they…
April 10, 2020
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution is proud to announce that our Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Team (aka The ADR Team) has been recognized as a leader at UC Law SF! Congrats from CNDR! About the 2020 Leadership Awards This year, in an effort to…
April 7, 2020
Back row, from L-R: Professor Richard Boswell; Nicole Aston (1L);Front row, from L-R: Irvin De La O (1L); Josephine Mendoza (1L); Maria Salinas Mendoza (1L)Not pictured: Aleen Mankerian (1L); Andrew Newcomb (3L) Michelle Trejo-Saldivar (3L) “This trip has reminded me of how resilient the human spirit…
March 12, 2020
UC Law SF 1Ls are Semi-Finalists at the International Academy of Dispute Resolution International Mediation Tournament The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) congratulates Kelly Sagaser (1L), Brian Ruben (1L) and Sarah Mojarro (2L) for placing as Semi-Finalists at the International Academy of Dispute Resolution International Mediation Tournament at…
March 12, 2020
UC Law SF CNDR’s Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Team Wins the Lowell Milken Institute for Law and Business Policy Transactional Law Meet at UCLA School of Law The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) congratulates Joseph Dell (3L), Ryan Snyder (3L) and Kenny Gutierrez (3L) for taking 1st…
February 20, 2020
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 the T. Don Hutto Residential Center. This year’s trip builds on the work of two previous trips to family detention centers. Three students went to…
February 13, 2020
L to R: Paige Shatola 1L, Leisa Boswell 1L, Skyler Sugimoto ’17, Katie Hekstra 1L, and Thomas Maloney 1L The UC Law SF Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Team had a very successful weekend at the American Bar Association Representation in Mediation Competition, where Leisa Boswell and Paige…
November 26, 2019
Professionals from all over the world come to UC Law SF to study alternative dispute resolution (ADR), citing the wide selection of dispute resolution courses and the college’s international reputation among practitioners. Photo: left to right, Prof. Sheila Purcell, Director, CNDR; Mr. Hakan Öztatar, Head of…
November 23, 2019
UC Law SF Clinical Professor Carol Izumi has been named the winner of this year’s Rutter Award. Founded by law-guide publisher William Rutter in 1979, the Rutter Award honors outstanding professors at California’s top law schools. The Rutter Endowment provides UC Law SF an annual award of $10,000…