November 4, 2018
Professor Joel Paul鈥檚 previous book, Unlikely Allies (Riverhead, 2009), featured an unassuming shopkeeper, a mysterious cross-dressing spy, and a famous French playwright who changed the course of the American Revolution. His newest book, Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times (Riverhead, 2018), focuses on a self-taught man who…
Professor Abraham Cable and Glen Van Ligten 鈥91 have been co-teaching the corporate classroom component of the Startup Legal Garage鈥攁 program offered by the UC Law SF Institute for Innovation Law鈥攆or the past three years. The class is intended to help students who are working with early-stage technology companies…
September 24, 2018
2016 Katelyn Phillips formed the trusts and estates law firm of Phillips & Phillips, A Professional Corporation, in Pleasanton with her father, James J. Phillips 鈥80, a certified specialist in probate, estate planning, and trust law. 2014 Scott J. Kalter joined Klinedinst PC鈥檚 Santa Ana office as an associate. Scott…
Jeanette Acosta 鈥16 demonstrated her fighting spirit in both her professional and personal life. Detailing her chemotherapy routine in a story she wrote for the health website mindbodygreen, she likened each session to a round in a boxing match. 鈥淲e are stronger than we think,鈥 Jeanette concluded. 鈥淚f you are…
UC Law SF plunged into the deep end of conversations that matter 鈥 in a big way. Partnering with the World Affairs Council, the College this fall launched the Democracy, Technology and Security Series, a four-part colloquium that brought together professionals in the fields of national security law, cybersecurity,…
August 15, 2018
The first edition, published in 2017, was dubbed 鈥渋mportant and welcome鈥 by Judge MARSHA S. BERZON of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 鈥淚t has become commonplace for judges to complain that the articles published in law reviews are abstract, abstruse, and self-absorbed,鈥 she wrote. 鈥淭he articles…
August 15, 2018
Previous Slide Next Slide On April 26, UC Law SF launched its Southern California Kickoff Event Series with an exclusive art gallery and book-signing event featuring Professor Joel Paul, author of the best-selling book Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and…
August 14, 2018
When members of the class of 鈥92 celebrated their 25th reunion last fall, many of them had not seen each other in decades. The gathering was an opportunity for them to recall shared experiences and memories of departed friends, one of whom still held a deeply special place in their…
August 14, 2018
Elizabeth McGriff 鈥96 was a young single mother when she enrolled at UC Law SF through the Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP), which admits students from adverse backgrounds and supports them to succeed. Now, as the program approaches its 50th anniversary, McGriff has returned to take the helm as…
Part litigator and part policy guru, the counselor on international law is an outside expert who serves in the U.S. State Department鈥檚 Office of the Legal Adviser (L), typically with expertise in litigation involving international and foreign relations law. When UC Law SF Professor Chim猫ne Keitner assumed that position…
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…
Perhaps there is no area of law more affected by technological innovation than the litigation practice. Consider how the field has changed in the past 80 years: In 1938, when the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were first adopted by the courts, there were no direct-dial long-distance calls, no electric…