CLQ Symposium

In the 2010-2011 academic year, the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly will host an unprecedented two symposia.  Both symposia will be held in October, 2010.

The first symposium, on October 1, 2010, will focus on a Supreme Court case in which UC Hastings is a party, CLS v. Martinez.  CLQ is excited to take advantage of the unique opportunity presented by our law school being a litigant in a key Supreme Court case.  In addition to commentary from a diverse array of leading constitutional scholars, the symposium will also offer a fascinating account of the story of the case as experienced by Hastings administrators, students, and legal counsel.

Two weeks later, on October 15, 2010 CLQ will partner with the Hastings Law Journal to host an exciting roundtable on prosecutorial ethics in connection with a national project of the American Bar Association to revise the Criminal Justice Standards on the Prosecution and Defense Function.  The panels will feature prominent prosecutors, criminal defense counsel, judges, academics, journalists, and politicians.  Each roundtable will feature eight participants, and will focus on one of three important topics related to prosecutorial ethics: disclosure of evidence (Brady discovery); media relations; and the practical uses (and abuses) of the Standards in criminal litigation.  These discussions will be recorded, and will contribute to the ABA’s ongoing six-year project to revise the Prosecution and Defense Function standards (1993 edition).  The existing standards can be found at http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/standards/pfunc_toc.html. 

Hastings is proud to be the home of the Reporter for the ABA’s project, Professor Rory Little.  In addition to the October 15 event at Hastings, the ABA is sponsoring similar events at fourteen law schools across the country, addressing various discrete topics within the Standards.  Hastings is the “flagship” school for these discussions, and the Hastings Law Journal and the Hastings Constitutional Quarterly will publish essays related to all of the national roundtables in two unprecedented contemporaneous issues in Spring 2011.