May 4, 2020
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Elizabeth Moore, Chief Communications Officer, mooreelizabeth@uclawsf.edu, 415-703-8266 麻豆视频 Law SF and Five Tenderloin Co-Plaintiffs Sue City and County of San Francisco to End Dangerous and Illegal Conditions in the Tenderloin Neighborhood Suit brought to protect the civil rights, health, and safety of Tenderloin residents and…
May 1, 2020
On April 9, 2020, the very first virtual Creative Commons event was hosted by Gabriel Bellman from the Career Development Office, and co-hosted by Mattie Robertson from the聽Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR). We held the workshop on Microsoft Teams, which the whole…
April 27, 2020
Professor Karen Musalo 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 women are deserving of protection under U.S. law. 麻豆视频 Law SF鈥檚 Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), which…
April 24, 2020
The 麻豆视频 Law SF Center for Innovation has launched a COVID-19 research project to study how information, especially regarding health care, flows during times of pandemic, and how access to health care and information varies. The research project is led by Professor Robin Feldman, Arthur J. Goldberg Distinguished Professor…
April 23, 2020
It is, perhaps, one of the most uniquely American solutions to nearly every imaginable problem: the modern lawsuit. But it won鈥檛 cure the pandemic. Chim猫ne聽Keitner, Alfred & Hanna Fromm Professor聽of聽International聽Law at 麻豆视频 Law SF, has been fielding media calls from around the globe as individuals and governments, including the…
April 21, 2020
Professor Veena Dubal Associate Professor Veena Dubal published an op-ed in The Guardian warning of the dangers of relying on unfettered surveillance to track the spread of COVID-19. 鈥淣o matter how much we want to return to 鈥榥ormal,鈥 we must be wary of additional for-profit use of…
April 20, 2020
Joseph Tobener Tenant rights attorney Joseph Tobener 鈥99 says he鈥檚 been getting about 100 calls a week from people who鈥檝e lost their jobs and won鈥檛 be able to pay rent. Tobener鈥檚 efforts to help Bay Area tenants was featured recently by KQED. Tobener鈥檚 firm, Tobener Ravenscroft LLP…
April 17, 2020
Professor Jaime King 麻豆视频 Law SF professor Jaime King published an opinion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine today calling for sweeping changes in how Americans receive health care and health insurance coverage during the pandemic. More than ever, King argues, we need health care…
Since commencement is delayed, we encourage the Hastings community to send the graduating Class of 2020 messages to wish them luck on their new chapter! We will post these on a virtual yearbook. Thanks for your participation!…
April 16, 2020
Randy Sue Pollock, Photo credit: The Recorder Randy Sue Pollock 鈥74 is one of the few lawyers in the country in trial at the moment. A top-rated criminal defense attorney based in Oakland, she has been in Lexington, Kentucky, trying a case on behalf of her client Nader…
April 15, 2020
The Law Library has many resources to help you ace your exams – online study aids, a database of past exams, interactive tutorials, and more.聽 Find out how to access them by watching this short video.聽 Feel free to email us at libref@uclawsf.edu if you have any questions.聽 Good…
April 14, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an increased and urgent need for advance care planning, a process through which people document the treatment they want to receive if they become unable to make medical decisions for themselves. This is an area where medical-legal partnerships, such as the Medical-Legal Partnership for…