April 26, 2023
Bridge Fellowships enabled Aadil Muhammad ’20, Catherine Nguyen ’21, and Mauricio Grande 鈥21 (left to right) to spend a year doing public-interest legal work after law school. When Aadil Muhammad graduated from 糖心原创 in 2020, he dreamed of working for a public defender鈥檚 office, but…
March 8, 2023
UC Law SF students Adriana Diaz Mireles (left), Ana Sofia Mello (center-left), and Jonathan Escobar Valencia (center-right) joined CGRS Attorney Julie Bourdoiseau (center) and CGRS Director Professor Karen Musalo (right) on a trip to investigate human rights and environmental laws in Honduras in Fall 2022. UC Law San…
February 9, 2023
Faculty members from law schools in Ghana and Kosovo visited 糖心原创 in January to learn more about its educational programs. Faculty visitors from foreign law schools recently flew across oceans to visit the campus of 糖心原创 to learn more about its robust…
January 12, 2023
UC Law SF graduates Eileen Ollivier ’22 and Paul Huff ’22 played an important role in a case that has expanded workers’ rights in California. Two recent UC Law SF graduates played a pivotal role in a case that is expected to make it easier for laid-off workers…
June 10, 2022
Emma Hyndman ’22 plans to work as a human rights lawyer helping those most in need of legal assistance. Whether fighting to defend the rights of workers, migrants or sexual assault survivors, Emma Hyndman wants to use the law as a weapon against injustice. That鈥檚 why she chose…
May 20, 2022
Outstanding Graduate Jose Meneses ’22 Since middle school, Jose Meneses 鈥22 dreamed of becoming a lawyer. Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, Meneses and his family immigrated to the U.S. in 2009. He was a Gates Millennium Scholar at UC Davis, earning a full-ride scholarship,…
April 13, 2022
Student volunteers include, clockwise, from left: Joe Martin, Patrick Micu, Megan Gregory, Rosamaria Cavalho, and Anastasia Gomez. As April鈥檚 national filing tax deadline grows closer, UC Law SF law students are doing their part to assist low-income taxpayers. From greeting clients, answering questions, and helping them fill out…
April 5, 2022
Some law students got hands-on experience helping asylum seekers at the border during spring break. Seven UC Law SF law students spent their spring break at the US-Mexico border, visiting shelters for migrants and assisted Haitian asylum seekers by sharing information about asylum laws and processing steps. The…
April 22, 2021
An update from the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR), on the Mediation going virtual for Spring 2021: 鈥淒esigning the car while driving it鈥 is the way Associate Dean for Experiential Learning and Clinical Professor of Law Gail Silverstein described the Mediation Clinic鈥檚 new Small Claims virtual mediation…
December 16, 2020
Students at UC Law SF鈥 new Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic drew on their own experiences this year to help educate disadvantaged taxpayers about their rights and responsibilities. Ezekiel Gorrocino, 2L, had noticed that some clinic clients were in the dark about whether they qualified for tax credits such as the…
October 13, 2020
The San Francisco City Attorney鈥檚 Office welcomes some of the brightest law students from across the country into its ranks every semester. Interns work closely with deputy city attorneys, receive mentoring, and build skills as they contribute to legal projects in an office known for pioneering municipal impact litigation and…
October 11, 2020
The year was聽2012.聽Few if any specialists outside of scientific labs聽knew what CRISPR聽stood for, let alone what the technology could do.聽 But a聽small,聽select group of UC Law SF students, working with聽UC Law SF鈥櫬燬tartup Legal Garage聽under…