Jo Carrillo, Professor of Law

Professor Carrillo joined the Hastings faculty in 1991.  She teaches in the property curriculum.

Professor Carrillo's most recent publications are on the topics of financial interests; marital property; and popular legal culture.  Her work appears in many different journals, including most recently Law & Society Review, the Harvard Latino Law Review, the Berkeley Business Law Journal, and the Hastings Business Law Journal.  Professor Carrillo has been a member of the Herbert Jacob Book Prize Selection Committee; a Trustee of the Law & Society Association; and a peer reviewer for the Law & Society Review, the American Indian Law Review, and the Political and Legal Anthropological Review (PoLAR).  Professor Carrillo has served as a visiting professor at Stanford Law School, a Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair at UC Hastings and a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley Law School's Center for the Study of Law & Society. 

Courses Taught: Property, Community Property, The Law of Lending, Wills and Trusts, Mediation, and Native American Law (Federal Indian Law)

My favorite part about teaching you is... you.

What I hope you get from a legal education at Hastings is... a framework that will serve you well in your legal career, a respect for diversity of opinion and approach, and a glimpse into the dynamic connection between law and society.

Hastings offers you the following unique opportunities... at Hastings one can study law with a diverse and interesting group of students in a beautiful, lively, and historic city.