Faculty and Staff

Mark N. Aaronson
Professor of Law
Expertise: Clinical Teaching, Welfare Law
Courses Taught: Problem Solving & Professional Judgment, Civil Justice Clinic

Jo Carrillo
Professor of Law
Expertise: Property
Courses Taught: Property, Wills and Trusts, Community Property, Federal Indian Law, Consumer Lending, Critical Race Theory, Mediation

Clark Freshman
Professor of Law
Expertise: Dispute Resolution (Mediation, Negotiation, and Arbitration), Civil Procedure, Law and Psychology, Law and Society, Lie Detection
Courses Taught: Civil Procedure, Negotiation & Settlement, Alternative Dispute Resolution: Culture, Identity & Discrimination Seminar

Miye Goishi
Clinical Professor of Law
Expertise: Specialized in housing issues affecting low income clients and communities
Courses Taught: Co-developed the Mediation Clinic course, Roles and Ethics in Practice, and Asian Pacific Americans and the Law

Carol Izumi
Clinical Professor of Law
Expertise: Consumer Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Asian-Americans and the law
Courses Taught: Mediation Clinic, ADR Externship Program

David Jung
Professor of Law and Director, Center for State and Local Government Law
Expertise: Negligence/Personal Injury Law, Remedies, Torts
Courses Taught: Current State & Local Government Problems Seminar, Torts, Local Government Clinic Fieldwork

Eumi Lee
Associate Clinical Professor of Law
Expertise: Clinical Teaching, Criminal Law
Courses Taught: Civil Justice Clinic - Individual Representation, Roles & Ethics, Seminar on Terrorism and the Law - Warrantless Wiretapping

Grande Lum
Clinical Professor of Law, Director Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
Expertise: Negotiation and Mediation
Courses Taught: Negotiation and Settlement

Shauna Marshall
Professor of Law and Academic Dean
Expertise: Clinical Teaching
Courses Taught: Public Interest Concentration Seminar

Melissa Nelken
Professor of Law and Faculty Chair
Expertise: Negotiation, Mediation, Psychiatry and Law, and Civil Procedure
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Mediation, Law, Psychiatry & The Mental Health System

Ascanio Piomelli
Professor of Law
Expertise: Social-Change Lawyering, Clinical Teaching, Community Legal Services, Wage & Hour Law, Tenant-Landlord Law
Courses Taught: Civil Justice Clinic Individual Representation; Public Interest Concentration Seminar, Civil Justice Clinic Group Advocacy & Systemic Reform Clinic

Gail Silverstein
Associate Clinical Professor of Law
Expertise: Clinical Teaching
Courses Taught: Civil Justice Clinic - Individual Representation, Mediation Clinic

Nancy Stuart
Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Externships and Pro Bono Programs
Expertise: Clinical Teaching
Courses Taught: Legal Externship Program Seminar; Civil Justice Clinic - Individual Representation; Roles and Ethics

Joan Williams
Distinguished Professor of Law,  UC Hastings Foundation Chair and Director of the Center for WorkLife Law
Expertise: Property, Family Law, Employment Law
Courses Taught: Feminist Legal Theory, Seminar on Current Issues, Property, Frontiers of Legal Thought Seminar

James Birkelund
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement

Darshan Brach
Adjunct Professor of Law and Mediation Clinic Coordinator
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Mediation Clinic

Russell Brunson
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement

Karen Carrera
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement

Karl Christiansen
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Negotiation
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement

John Dean
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Negotiation
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement

Robert Dobbins
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement, International Negotiation and Dispute Settlement

John Ford
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement

Robert Fries
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Negotiation
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement

Jonathan Gross
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Negotiation
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement

Jan Gruen
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement

Howard Herman
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Mediation Clinic, Effective Representation in Mediation

Peeyush Jain
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Negotiation
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement

Maria-Elena James
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Judicial Settlement Conference

Maria Joseph
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement, ADR Externship

Arlene Kostant
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Negotiation
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement

Elaine Leitner
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Negotiation
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement

Mary McLain
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Mediation Clinic

Jason Meek
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Negotiation
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement, Advanced Negotiation: The Art of the Deal

Sandy Narayan
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Negotiation
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement

Jessica Notini
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement, Advanced Negotiation: Complex Multiparty Processes

Sheila Purcell
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Dispute Systems Design

Martin Quinn
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Mediation

S. Lucia Kanter St. Amour
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Negotiation, Mediation
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement, CJC Mediation Clinic

James Schurz
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: International Commercial Arbitration Seminar

Ann Shulman
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Facilitation for Attorneys

Amy Slater
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement

Rochael Soper
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Negotiation
Courses Taught: Negotiation & Settlement

Clint Waasted
Adjunct Professor of Law
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Courses Taught: Intercollegiate ADR Competitions

Jolynn Jones
Academic Program Coordinator