September 4, 2018
Professor Jaime S. King聽and聽Katherine L. Gudiksen, senior research fellow at the聽Source on Healthcare Price and Competition, co-authored Commentary on California鈥檚 Drug Transparency Law (SB-17) for the September edition of聽Health Affairs, the leading peer-reviewed journal of health policy thought and research. Along with Timothy T. Brown, associate…
August 16, 2018
Previous Slide Next Slide Rising 2L Chelsea Sachau discusses her experience at UC Law SF and her work for the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project in the following #summergig Q&A: Where are you from? I鈥檓 from San Diego, California. What…
August 16, 2018
Each year, Equal Justice Works selects a class of passionate, public interest lawyers who have designed innovative projects in conjunction with nonprofit legal services organizations to respond to unmet legal needs in their communities. Equal Justice Works Fellows have represented thousands of adults, children, and families in need throughout…
August 15, 2018
As a UC Law SF student, Mark Sundahl 鈥01 wrote an article for the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review about liability for damage caused by unidentifiable space debris. The rather esoteric piece was the first step on a long and winding journey that has resulted in Sundahl becoming one…
Joseph W. Cotchett 鈥64 understands the value of both education and philanthropy. One of the nation鈥檚 leading trial attorneys and a longtime UC Law SF booster, Cotchett recently donated $1.5 million to support the Building UC Law SF Fund and to name the Joseph W. Cotchett Advocacy Center. To be…
August 11, 2018
Look out for how law will be shaped in the 21st century. Look out for the next wave of lawyers. Look out for UC Law SF.
August 10, 2018
Rising 2L Erin Sclar discusses her experience at UC Law SF, her love of the San Francisco wine scene, and her work at the Harvard Law School鈥檚 Center for Health Law Policy and Innovation (CHLPI) in Boston this summer. Where are you from? Tinley Park, IL. Why did you choose…
August 10, 2018
UC Law SF student Arturo Reyes ’19 contributes to the #summergig series with a Q&A about working at Earthjustice in New York City. Where are you from? I am from Oxnard, California. What did you want to be when you grew up? I always thought I wanted…
August 7, 2018
Federal appellate clerkships are among the most coveted opportunities for newly minted lawyers, with only a small percentage of candidates accepted. This year, two remarkable students, 3Ls Nina Gliozzo and Alyxandra Vernon, have secured highly competitive clerkships at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals headquartered in San Francisco. 鈥淎lyx and…
August 7, 2018
Professor Evan Lee鈥檚 scholarly article for the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, entitled 鈥淲hy California鈥檚 Second-Degree Felony-Murder Rule is Now Void for Vagueness,鈥 was cited by Ninth Circuit Judge Ronald M. Gould in his opinion in the case of Henry v. Spearman. The matter involved a California state prisoner鈥檚…
August 7, 2018
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg referenced Professor Scott Dodson鈥檚 amicus brief during oral argument in the case of Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Serv. of Chicago. The matter was before the Court on appeal from the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to resolve the question:聽 Does…
Augie Rakow 鈥07 was a partner representing startups at Orrick when a Facebook post changed his career. In January 2017, he saw that Justin Kan, an entrepreneur who had sold his live-streaming video company Twitch.tv to Amazon for nearly $1 billion, had posted a poll about the cost of venture…