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…
April 7, 2021
Even with the COVID-19 pandemic preventing travel, UC Law SF students continued their work to help people seeking asylum. For the past three years, students have gone to T. Don Hutto Residential Center, a facility outside Austin, Texas, where people awaiting decisions on their immigration status are detained. This spring,…
March 30, 2021
David Faigman, Hastings College of the Law With the publication today of US News & World Report鈥檚 (USNWR) annual rankings of law schools, it is a propitious time to take stock of the state of UC Law SF. As detailed below, the news is good. However, before getting…
March 24, 2021
The Center for Business Law has launched a new scholarship program aimed at giving students from disadvantaged backgrounds an opportunity to flourish in the world of business law. The CBL Scholars Program provides full tuition plus mentorship and support from the alumni and law firms who brought the idea…
March 21, 2021
The shift to online learning has impacted how we communicate with each other. Much is lost when we are not face to face – we are less connected as humans and misunderstandings can happen easily. Law school is an opportunity to practice bringing differing viewpoints together, instead of diverging.
March 19, 2021
As technology revolutionizes the legal industry鈥攁 trend that has gathered steam during the pandemic鈥攁n innovative UC Law SF collaboration is connecting students with Silicon Valley companies at the forefront. Professor and Director of Applied Innovation Alice Armitage offers 鈥淏uilding a Legal Tech Startup,鈥 a course in which upper-level students…
March 12, 2021
In the latest Creative Commons workshop on February 24, 2021, Razor Writing, Gabriel Bellman, ’05 (Director of Graduate Advising, CDO), and Mattie Robertson, ’10 (Deputy Director, CNDR) led students in an interactive writing practice. A key skill for lawyers is being able to distill complex…
March 10, 2021
The UC Law SF Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) is proud to announce the 2020-21 school year results for the Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Team (The ADR Team)! The Team has consistently been ranked # 1 both nationally and internationally for two decades.
March 10, 2021
A proposal for protecting the belongings and dignity of people who are homeless, developed by seven UC Law SF students, has reached the finals of a statewide contest. After being ranked among the top 8% of 354 entries in the University of California鈥檚 Big Ideas Contest, the team is…
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 20, 2020
The UC Law SF Moot Court is once again the highest ranked moot court team in the nation. It is not unfamiliar territory. In 2017, UC Law SF was named the No. 2 Moot Court Team of the Decade, having placed first or second many times in the last…
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…