UC Law SF Alumni Return to Campus for First-Ever Spring Week
Alumni mixed and mingled at a Spring Week reunion jazz brunch on May 14.
For the first time in over two years, alumni were welcomed back to the UC Law SF campus to celebrate Spring Week – a first-ever weeklong celebration for law school alumni.
More than 200 alumni cheered on the Giants at Oracle Park, mentored recent grads at a mixer on the Sky Deck at the Cotchett Law Center, and mingled with former classmates at a reunion jazz brunch.
鈥淪pring week is about bringing alumni together,鈥 said Meredith Jaggard, executive director of the UC Law SF Alumni Association. 鈥淚t鈥檚 an ode to, 鈥楲et鈥檚 just have a good time and engage with law school graduates in a way that creates community.鈥欌
UC Law SF Dean and Chancellor David Faigman spoke to alumni during the May 14 reunion jazz brunch.
The week kicked off on May 9 with a virtual town hall discussion with Chancellor and Dean David Faigman. The dean updated alumni on the school鈥檚 campus expansion plan. He also spoke about the college鈥檚 expected name change and curriculum offered by more than a dozen specially focused education hubs, including the Center for Innovation and Indigenous Law Center.
鈥淥ne of the great things about being a law school as big as UC Law SF is the depth and the breadth we can offer our students,鈥 Faigman said. 鈥淚f you鈥檙e interested in being a public defender or district attorney, doing corporate work or politics and legislative opportunities, we have it all. We really are a big tent.鈥
On the first-ever on May 10, people generously donated more than $132,000 to support scholarships, alumni reunions, student organizations and other school resources.
UC Law SF alumni watched a San Francisco Giants game at Oracle Park in San Francisco.
Also on May 10, more than 100 alumni and community members shared in the fun at as the Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 9-2. After enjoying dinner and drinks in Triples Alley, UC Law SF faculty, staff, and alumni cheered on San Francisco’s baseball team while getting a shoutout on the jumbotron.
On May 12, alumni delved into the legal issues surrounding the – a new frontier of online technology where users immerse themselves in interactive, virtual worlds. Partnering with , the UC Law SF Alumni Association offered the cutting-edge seminar. It explored issues of privacy, content moderation and intellectual property, among others, in a future version of the internet championed by Silicon Valley heavyweights like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Alumni earned CLE credit for attending the one-hour lecture via Zoom.
Alumni hobnobbed on the Sky Deck during a May 13 Spring Week happy-hour celebration.
Rounding out the week, alumni got a firsthand peek at UC Law SF鈥 Platinum LEED-certified Cotchett Law Center building during campus tours on Friday, May 13. That evening, they sipped drinks and snacked on hors d鈥檕euvres during an on the fifth-floor Sky Deck with a view of City Hall鈥檚 gold-trimmed dome in the background.
Nicholas Keats, class of 2017, said he hadn鈥檛 been back in years and was impressed with new on-campus spaces like the Quad where students can meet up, study and have fun.
鈥淚t鈥檚 nice that there鈥檚 a place for students to get together,鈥 Keats said.
Saint Gabriel’s Celestial Brass Band played jazz music during a May 14 alumni reunion brunch.
On Saturday, alumni returned to the Sky Deck for a , where they sipped mimosas, nibbled breakfast treats, and took in the sounds of a New Orleans-style brass band.
鈥淲e are thrilled to welcome alumni into this space,鈥 said UC Law SF Chief Development Officer Eric Dumbleton. 鈥淭his is exactly what we envisioned when we built this space 鈥 having a place for students, alumni and faculty to gather for events.鈥