This page highlights notable accomplishments and activities of current students – including clinic cases, honors, awards, student events, media mentions, books published, fellowships received, and community service. If you are a current student, we encourage you to submit story ideas and photos for inclusion on this page. If you have recently published an op-ed, were cited or quoted in the media, or published a paper, please tell us about it here. Student prizes are awarded annually.
News
Clinic Issues Report Confirming Guam Veterans’ Exposure to Dioxin Herbicides Like Agent Orange
A new white paper released by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic says veterans who served on Guam from 1962 to 1975 satisfy the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) legal standard for exposure to Agent Orange and other dioxin-containing herbicides.
Vets Clinic Petitions Court for Emergency Release of Disabled Veteran with PTSD
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at the Law School represents a a 51-year-old disabled veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder who is petitioning for a writ of habeas corpus and emergency relief in U.S. District Court.
SFALP Clinic Files Suit Against Uber and Lyft
The San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) and the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office (SFCAO) have filed suit against Uber and Lyft for misclassifying workers and denying them their legal rights as employees.
U.S. Territories and Health Care Disparities During COVID-19
Visiting Lecturer in Law Neil Weare ’08 and Law School students Mary Charlotte Carroll ’20, and Rosa Hayes ’20 have published an article on the American Constitutional Society’s “Expert Forum” blog.
Brendan Bernicker ’22 Starts Nonprofit to Distribute Face Masks
Brendan Bernicker ’22 and two friends from college have founded the COVID Response Network, a nonprofit dedicated to donating 100,000 non-medical grade face masks to hospitals, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, retirement homes, and jails and prisons during the coronavirus pandemic.