• Bay Cruise (Optional Excursion)

    Pier 39

    Blue & Gold Fleet offers a 60-minute Bay Cruise departing from Pier 39 at 4:15 PM (boarding at 4:00 PM). Anyone interested can book directly through the company's website.

  • Arrivals Reception (sponsored by MF Digital)

    Abacá 2700 Jones Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Thank you to our Platinum sponsor, MF Digital, for supporting this reception! We are thrilled to host our 2026 conference arrivals reception at Abacá, a celebrated contemporary Filipino-Californian restaurant. Under the direction of Chef Francis Ang, Abacá honors family recipes through a sophisticated, seasonal lens. Our private venue buyout provides the perfect backdrop for networking...

  • Registration

    200 McAllister 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    200 McAllister, Lobby

  • Breakfast (sponsored by Everspring)

    Dining Commons 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Thank you to our Gold sponsor, Everspring, for supporting this event!

  • UC Law SF Chancellor & Dean David L. Faigman’s Welcome Address

    Alumni Reception Center (ARC) 2nd Floor 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    David L. Faigman, Chancellor & Dean, William B. Lockhart Professor of Law and the John F. Digardi Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, College of Law, San Francisco Alumni Reception Center (ARC), 2nd Floor

  • Plenary Session – Dean’s Panel

    Alumni Reception Center (ARC) 2nd Floor 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Moderated by Catharine Restrepo (University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School) David L. Faigman, Chancellor & Dean, William B. Lockhart Professor of Law and the John F. Digardi Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, College of Law, San Francisco Lonnie T. Brown, Jr., Dean, Elvin E. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law & Haslam Family Professor,...

  • Refreshment Break

    200 McAllister 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Dining Commons

  • Plenary Session – “The Way Forward for Legal Education”

    200 McAllister - Room 122 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Featured Author: David I.C. Thomson, Professor of the Practice of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law Moderator/Interviewer: Rebecca Purdom, Affiliate Faculty, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce Law School This plenary session interview will focus on Professor Thomson’s 2023 book, The Way Forward for Legal Education, published by Carolina Academic Press. While we...

  • Lunch (sponsored by LSAC) and AALS Section Update

    Dining Commons 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Thank you to our Silver sponsor, LSAC, for supporting this event! AALS Legal Masters Section Introduction and Update on Programming Opportunities David Dye, Assistant Vice President for Professional Schools & Programs, Texas A&M University School of Law Tiffany Garner, Director of Graduate Programs and Executive Education, University of Tennessee Winston College of Law  

  • Breakout Session 1 – Branching Out: Concurrently Growing Your Master’s Program Portfolio and Your Connection to Your School

    333 Golden Gate - Room 201 333 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Daniel Guertin, Director of the Graduate Tax Program, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law At many law schools, there can be literal and figurative divisions between JD and masters programs. In this session, you will hear how one law school’s graduate programs office sought to bridge that gap and build relationships through growing and...