Note from the Executive Director

The 2025-2026 year was an active and meaningful one for the UC Center for Business Law San Francisco.

We welcomed our sixth cohort of CBL Scholars, strengthened our student programming, and brought practitioners, alumni, faculty, and students together around the issues shaping business law today. Through our Lunch Speaker Series, students heard from leaders across fields including digital assets, venture capital, startup exits, private equity, and global business careers, gaining practical insight into the many paths a business law career can take.

CBL also continued to serve as a convening forum for the broader business law community. Our 7th Roundtable on Financial Policy & Regulation brought together leaders from law, policy, business, and academia to examine stablecoins, tokenized stocks, and artificial intelligence in finance. In New York, our fourth VC-Backed Board Academy gathered directors, investors, founders and executives for a timely discussion of governance in venture-backed companies.

These programs reflect what remains at the heart of CBL’s work: preparing students for the business law profession while creating a space for serious, practical engagement with the legal and regulatory questions facing companies, markets, investors, and boards.

This year also marks a meaningful transition for me, as I conclude my service as Founding Executive Director of the Center for Business Law. It has been a privilege to help build and lead CBL, and I am deeply grateful to the students, faculty, alumni, advisory board members, sponsors, speakers, and friends whose energy and support have made this work possible. Although I am stepping down as Executive Director, I am pleased to continue my connection to UC Law SF as an Affiliated Scholar and Adjunct Professor of Law.

Thank you for your continued support of CBL and for helping make this community so strong. I look forward to seeing the Center continue to serve students, foster dialogue, and contribute to the business law profession in the years ahead.

Sincerely,

Evan Epstein
Executive Director
UC Center for Business Law SF
https://cbl.uclawsf.edu