Sarah Hooper

Adjunct Professor Sarah Hooper is the Assistant Director of Programs of the UCSF / UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science and Health Policy.

Professor Hooper earned her Juris Doctor at UC Hastings College of Law, where she nurtured her love of public interest law and policy. While at Hastings, she had the good fortune to work in a variety of public interest settings, including environmental and employment law, and was a judicial extern for Judge Anne-Christine Massullo at the San Francisco Superior Court. In addition, Professor Hooper was a founding member of Hastings Hurricane Relief.

After being admitted to the California bar, Professor Hooper worked as a Graduate Research Fellow with the Consortium and assisted in the early stages of its development. Now, as the Assistant Director of Programs, she is involved in all facets of the Consortium's development, including launching graduate degree programs, public education and outreach, and research programs. In particular, she is developing the Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors, which includes educational, direct services, and policy components.

Professor Hooper recently completed a research collaboration with faculty at UCSF examining the statutory barriers posed to vulnerable populations in end of life decision making. The collaboration resulted in a publication in the Annals of Internal Medicine entitled "Lost in Translation: The Unintended Consequences of Advance Directive Law on Clinical Care."

Professor Hooper current research effort, the San Francisco Elder Financial Abuse Collaboration, or EFAC, is focused on strengthening the civil legal response to elder financial abuse. This project is both an academic research and collaborative engagement effort, and will culminate in a "blueprint" for recommended responses to San Francisco's growing epidemic of elder financial abuse.

Practice Areas:

Aging and Elderly, Bioethics, Healthcare Decisionmaking, Medical-Legal Partnerships, Public Policy and Advocacy, Women's Health