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Hilary Hardcastle

Library Director and Professor of Practice

Bio

Hilary Hardcastle is the Director of the Law Library at UC Law San Francisco. Born and raised in northern Idaho, she received her B.A. in English from Stanford University in 1999, her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 2003 and her M.L.I.S. from San Jose State University in 2008.  Prior to joining UC Law SF, she taught English in Japan, served as judicial clerk to Justice Robert Eastaugh of the Alaska Supreme Court, and practiced civil litigation at the San Francisco offices of Heller Ehrman and Sedgwick, Detert, Moran and Arnold.  She currently teaches Advanced Legal Research, Legal Research for Non-Lawyers, and HPL Legal Research and Writing.

Education

  • Stanford University
    B.A.
    1999

  • University of Chicago Law School
    J.D.
    2003

  • San Jose State University
    M.L.I.S.
    2008

Courses

  • Advanced Legal Research
  • Legal Research for Masters Students