Surjit Sadhra ’26 spent last summer working under a federal judge who has overseen major cases on drinking water safety, pharmaceutical business practices, and the right to scrape public data from social media sites.

Sadhra researched novel legal issues, drafted bench memos, and observed live court hearings during a 10-week internship with U.S. District Judge Edward Chen at the federal courthouse half a block away from UC Law San Francisco’s campus.

“We would meet with Judge Chen after every hearing and every Monday to discuss not only the pending cases for the week but also the larger legal world and current events,” Sadhra said. “The fact that we had a lot of face time with Judge Chen speaks to his great mentorship.”

Influential legal experiences for students are a hallmark of a UC Law SF education.

Sadhra is one of 30 UC Law SF students who worked with state and federal judges across the country last summer through the American Bar Association’s Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (JIOP). The program provides opportunities for law students from groups underrepresented in the legal field. They include students from minority racial and ethnic groups, students with disabilities, veterans, students who are economically disadvantaged, students who identify as LGBTQ+, women, and others.

UC Law SF dominated the program this year, sending more students to participate than any other law school by a wide margin. Thirty UC Law SF students worked at 15 different courts in...

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