Research Dean's February Roundup of Scholarly Activities

Publications

• Hadar Aviram, “Book Review,” 53 Law & Society Review 313 (2019)
• Ben Depoorter, “The Promises and Pitfalls of a Copyright Small Claims Process,” 33 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 711 (2019)
• Ben Depoorter, “Who’s Afraid of 3D Napster?,” Journal of Science & Technology Law (2019)
• Robin Feldman & Prianka Misra, “The Fatal Attraction of Pay-for-Delay,” 18 Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property 249 (2019)
• Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Editorial, “The Law and Vaccine Resistance,” 363 Science 795 (Feb. 2019)
• Frank Wu, “The New Chinese Diaspora,” Chinese America: History & Perspectives 99 (2018)

Works Accepted

• Hadar Aviram, “Structural Inequality and Individual Intent in Criminal Justice Reform,” Law & Social Inquiry
• Hadar Aviram, “Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Hearing and the Perils of Progressive Punitivism,” Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development
• Scott Dodson, “Beyond Bias in Diversity Jurisdiction,” Duke Law Journal
• Jared Ellias, “Bankruptcy Hardball,” California Law Review (with Robert Stark)
• Robin Feldman, et al., “Artificial Intelligence in the Health Care Space,” Stanford Law & Policy Review
• Dave Owen, et al., “California Groundwater Management, Science-Policy Interfaces, and the Legacies of Artificial Legal Distinctions,” Environmental Research Letters (peer reviewed)
• Dorit Rubinstein Reiss & John Diamond, “Can There be Liability for Anti-Vaccine Misinformation that Causes Bodily Harm?,” San Diego Law Review

Significant Blogs, Op-Eds, and Online Essays

• Robin Feldman, “One-and-done for new drugs,” Stat (Jan. 11, 2019)
• Chimène Keitner, “World Court Rules on Iran Challenge to US Suits for Acts of Terrorism,” JustSecurity.org (Feb. 19, 2019)
• Chimène Keitner, “Corporate Responsibility for International Crimes,” JamesGStewart.com (Feb. 6, 2019)
• Zach Price reviewed an article by Scott Dodson on the UC Law SF Scholarship Blog on Feb. 16.
• Dorit Rubinstein Reiss & David Levine, “Let Teenagers Themselves Choose to Vaccinate,” Seattle Times (Feb. 18, 2019)
• Reuel Schiller reviewed an article by Jodi Short on the UC Law SF Scholarship Blog on Feb. 1.
• Jodi Short reviewed an article by Reuel Schiller on the UC Law SF Scholarship Blog on Feb. 5.
• Frank Wu, “Why I Teach Procedure,” Daily Journal (Feb. 13, 2019)
• Frank Wu, “Analyze Rather than Assert,” Daily Journal (Feb. 5, 2019)

Other Scholarly Activities and Awards

• Hadar Aviram was selected by St. John’s Law’s Journal of Civil Rights & Economic Development to be an Author in Residence in connection with her paper on the Kavanaugh hearings.
• Hadar Aviram was awarded the Joseph Lohmann Award by the Western Society of Criminology on Feb. 8.
• Scott Dodson filed an amicus brief on Feb. 27 in the Supreme Court case Fort Bend County v. Davis.
• Veena Dubal testified on Feb. 26 before the CA Assembly Committee on Employment & Labor Rights on the legal & policy landscape of worker classification
• Jared Ellias worked with California State Senators to develop the concept and the language of Cal. Sen. Bill 549, which would move authority for approving changes to PG&E’s capital structure or increases in rates from the PUC to the legislature.
• Robin Feldman submitted an invited white paper on pharmaceuticals to the House Oversight Committee.
• Robin Feldman submitted an invited white paper on pharmaceuticals to the Senate Finance Committee.
• WorkLife Law released the Stable Scheduling Study Health Outcomes Report on Feb. 19.

Speaking

• Richard Boswell presented and was a discussion leader at the International Clinical Education Symposium and Workshop on Feb. 7, 10, and 12.
• Ben Depoorter presented “The Publicity Effects of IP Litigation” at the EMLE Conference in Law & Economics at University of Hamburg on Feb. 18.
• Scott Dodson discussed his paper “Beyond Bias in Diversity Jurisdiction” on the Ipse Dixit podcast on Feb. 16.
• Jared Ellias co-led a Bloomberg webinar on his latest coauthored paper on Beacon360.com.
• Robin Feldman presented her forthcoming book on drug pricing to the National Association of Attorneys General in Nashville in February.
• Rory Little, Zach Price, and Matt Coles all participated in the Justice Kennedy Symposium at UC Law SF on Feb. 1.
• Rory Little and Zach Price were featured on the First Mondays podcast on Feb. 4.
• Karen Musalo was a panelist at the Southwestern Law Review symposium “Immigration in the Trump Era” on Feb. 1.
• Dave Owen gave the opening lecture for the California Water Symposium on Feb. 2.
• Joel Paul delivered a book talk on Without Precedent at the Jurisprudence Café in Berkeley on Feb. 28.
• Joel Paul presented a lecture on the First Amendment at Book Passage in Corte Madera.
• Dorit Reiss discussed her research on the legal framework of the anti-vaccination movement on the Lawyer 2 Lawyer podcast on Feb. 22.
• David Takacs delivered a talk on “Implementing the Right to Safe, Clean Water” to the Occupational and Environmental Medicine group at UCSF on Feb. 14.
• Manoj Viswanathan presented “Hyperlocal Responses to the SALT Deduction Limitation” at UCLA’s Tax Policy and Public Finance Colloquium on Feb. 27.
• Frank Wu was a keynote speaker for a panel on Asian Americans and affirmative action at Berkeley Law on Feb. 12.

Compiled by Scott Dodson, Associate Dean for Research, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law.