August 2, 2021
The University of California Hastings College of the Law (“UC Law SF) in San Francisco is conducting an open-rank search to hire three entry-level, lateral tenure-track, or lateral tenured faculty members to begin the 2022-2023 academic year, i.e., July 1, 2022. We seek innovative and productive scholars and devoted…
July 19, 2021
Russell Robinson—one of the few scholars in the country focused on the intersection of race, sexuality, and the law—has joined the UC Law SF Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ) as its inaugural Wiley Manuel Visiting Scholar and Professor. His arrival signifies a pivotal step in realizing…
July 14, 2021
Late Monday evening, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed budget legislation that makes historic investments in public education. The 2021-22 state budget includes a $4.5 million renewal of UC Law SF’s California Scholars Program, a unique scholarship opportunity for students who graduated…
July 11, 2021
The National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals (NALSAP) hosted its Fifth Annual Conference, bringing together professionals from around the country. NALSAP serves as the professional home for those who support law students by providing leadership, professional development, and student affairs resources.
July 6, 2021
Phillip Agee, an entering 1L at UC Law SF this fall, is a finalist in BARBRI Law Preview’s “One Lawyer Can Change the World” scholarship contest. Agee is one of just 10 finalists selected from more than 2,200 incoming J.D. students across the United States. Since 2015, the scholarship has…
June 6, 2021
Publications Veena Dubal, “The Time Politics of Digital Piecework,” translated and re-published in TEORIA JURÍDICA CONTEMPORÂNEA V. 6 (2021) David Levine, “Book Review of B. Meyler, Theaters of Pardoning” (May 2021) (with Budd N. Shenkin). Dave Owen, “Law, Land Use, and…
June 1, 2021
Alumni and faculty are playing a significant role in a case being argued June 2 at the California Supreme Court that could find the state’s death penalty statute unconstitutional. Supervising Deputy State Public Defender Elias Batchelder (’06) identified the key legal issues in the case and will argue on behalf…
May 4, 2021
Please see below for a collection of faculty publications, speaking engagements, grants, and awards: May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 December 2020 – January 2021 November 2020…
May 4, 2021
Publications Kate E. Bloch, “Virtual Reality: Prospective Catalyst for Restorative Justice,” 58 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 285 (2021). Scott Dodson, “In-State Invocation of Diversity Jurisdiction: Theories,” Academia Letters No. 844 (2021). (refereed). Scott Dodson, “Texas v. Pennsylvania and the Political-Question Doctrine,” 2021 University of Illinois Law Review Online 141 (2021).
May 4, 2021
Faculty Achievements: March 2021 Publications David I. Levine, Civil Procedure in California: State and Federal, 2021 Edition (West Academic). Works Accepted Jonathan Abel, “Criminal Justice Contact Tracing,” Cornell Law Review (forthcoming 2021). Binyamin Blum, “Canine Zionism,” in The Life and Legacy of Rudolphina Menzel (forthcoming, Brandeis University Press). Scott Dodson,…
May 4, 2021
Faculty Achievements: February 2021 Publications Binyamin Blum, “Book Review: American Contagions: Epidemics and the Law from Smallpox to COVID-19 by John Fabian Witt,” 55(1) Law & Society Review 206-209 (2021). Marsha Cohen, “Written Informed Consent – Translating into Plain Language. A Pilot Study,” 9 Healthcare 232 (2021) (with…
May 4, 2021
Faculty Achievements: December 2020-January 2021 Publications Scott Dodson et al., “The Zooming of Federal Civil Litigation,” 104:3 Judicature 13 (fall 2020). Veena Dubal, “An Uber Ambivalence: Employee Status, Worker Perspectives, and Regulation in the Gig Economy,” in Beyond the Algorithm: Qualitative Insights for Gig Work Regulation (Cambridge University Press…