August 28, 2023
Prof. Heather Field authored a chapter entitled Tax Aspects of Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions in the Research Handbook on Corporate Taxation (edited by Reuven Avi-Yonah), which was published in August 2023.
August 28, 2023
Four Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law San Francisco professors were recently awarded new titles as faculty chairs, achieving one of the law school’s highest honors. Alina Ball, Emily Murphy, Jodi Short, and Manoj Viswanathan were elevated to new positions as endowed chairs or named professors. Established by gifts from generous alumni, the titles…
August 24, 2023
CEALS is honored to welcome current 2L Bianca Villao as a Student Fellow for the 23-24 academic year.  Bianca holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Affairs, as well as a minor in Chinese Language and Literature, from the George Washington University. During her time at GWU, Bianca focused…
August 24, 2023
Associate Judge of the D.C. Superior Court Robert Rigsby ’86 spoke to the incoming JD class of 2026 during a convocation ceremony in August. Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF’s incoming JD class got a special welcome from one of the school’s noteworthy alumni — Associate Judge of the Superior Court…
August 22, 2023
After a three-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Senior Professor Setsuo Miyazawa returned to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF campus to resume teaching his well-known course on the Japanese legal system. The course presents students with insights on the “role of law, lawyers, and the judicial system in Japanese…
August 22, 2023
David Faigman is Chancellor & Dean of Â鶹ÊÓƵ College of the Law San Francisco. Dear Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF Community, Welcome, and welcome back, to Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law San Francisco. I hope that you have had a safe, productive, and rewarding summer. You come to, or return to, the College…
August 21, 2023
Students from the new JD class of 2026 took the pledge of professionalism during a convocation ceremony in August. Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF students have much to look forward to this fall: a brand-new high-rise campus building, cutting-edge classes on the most pressing legal issues, and accomplished professors joining…
August 16, 2023
Valeria Vera did extensive legal research, writing, and advocacy work in her summer internship with the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office. Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF student Valeria Vera ’25 helped represent immigrants facing deportation and those held in detention centers, in her summer internship with the Immigration Unit of…
August 15, 2023
CEALS is honored to announce the appointment of Sally A. Harpole as an Affiliated Scholar. Ms. Harpole is a leading international arbitrator, mediator, and attorney-at-law whose practice has emphasized investment, trade, technology and disputes in the People’s Republic of China and other Asian locations since the 1970’s. She is a…
August 14, 2023
Visiting Professor Jerry López will speak about transforming law schools in a lecture this fall and a seminar in the spring. For over four decades, Jerry López has championed transforming lawyering and legal education, while training law clinic students to serve clients from low-income communities…
August 9, 2023
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF student Sasha Nasir ’24 did legal research and writing, community organizing, and advocacy work with ACLU NorCal this summer. Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law SF student Sasha Nasir ’24 spent the summer helping people who face discrimination in her internship with the American Civil Liberties…
August 8, 2023
On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, the upper chamber of the Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha) passed the Mediation Bill, 2023 that had been pending for about two years. The text of the Mediation Bill may be found on this page. It is awaiting signature by the President of India, at which…