February 20, 2021
So many of us are relying on virtual and electronic platforms to keep connected with others during these challenging times, yet few of us know how to effectively disagree online, and there鈥檚 so much to disagree about! In response, UC Law SF鈥 Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR)…
February 17, 2021
NASA鈥檚 Perseverance rover will complete its 300 million mile journey to Mars this Thursday, February 18.聽 You can watch the rover鈥檚 final descent live online at approximately 12:55 p.m. PST.聽 After 鈥渟even minutes of harrowing descent,鈥 the rover will land in the Jezero Crater, an ancient lake-delta system.聽 If…
February 12, 2021
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) hosted a three-part training for this year’s 2020 JAMS Weinstein Fellows. Participants from all over the world – judges, lawyers, and ADR professionals – came to UC Law SF to learn about court ADR programs.
February 9, 2021
UC Law SF鈥檚 Indigenous Law Center kicks off its important work Feb. 10 with a panel discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on Native American and Indigenous communities. The panel features leading figures including Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez. The center was established in September 2020 to celebrate, study,…
January 12, 2021
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR)’s Director and Professor Sheila Purcell, along with Adjunct Professor John Dean, spoke on ethics in negotiation at the Practicing Law Institute (PLI) Negotiation Training held on January 6, 2021. Adjuncts Kavya Mohankumar and Shirish Gupta also spoke on ADR choices at…
January 8, 2021
Professor D. Kelly Weisberg poses with one of the books in her Hornbook Series, a collection of treatises on specific areas of the law. As a national expert on domestic violence law, UC Law SF Professor D. Kelly Weisberg聽observed with concern…
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…
November 16, 2020
Former Hastings Institute Student and Interviewer Idil Elveris CNDR Director Sheila Purcell was interviewed on the conflict resolution podcast We Can Find a Way, produced by Idil Elveris of Istanbul, Turkey who currently lives in London. She is a former student of Professor Purcell’s…
November 10, 2020
UC Law SF鈥 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Working Group, in partnership with the聽Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ), hosted an event on Oct. 16 featuring Adjunct Professor and CREJ Affiliated Scholar聽T. Anansi Wilson. Wilson presented two papers, 鈥淔urtive Blackness: On Blackness and Being鈥 and 鈥…
November 4, 2020
On October 28, 2020, Mattie Robertson, ’10 (Deputy Director, CNDR) and co-host Gabriel Bellman, ’05 (Director of Graduate Advising, CDO), led students in a Creative Commons workshop focused on using Improv techniques to learn adaptability and reacting in the moment. Staying focused and being able to…
November 3, 2020
UC Law SF’ Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) hosted the series’ first two speakers in October. This one-hour virtual, “lunch and learn” series will feature different speakers over the course of the 2020-21 school year at UC Law SF. This event is open to the public.
October 22, 2020
The 2020 Election is likely to be different from recent elections. Complications arising as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have challenged the way many people vote. To help ease people through these difficult times, the Library has compiled a list of nonpartisan voting guides. Please contact the Reference…