UC Hastings Faculty Available for Comment Regarding Proposition 8

University of California Hastings College of the Law has several faculty available for comment regarding Proposition 8. Media please feel free to email these professors directly, and contact Michael Trevino, Assistant Dean for Communications & Public Affairs, at (415) 565-4892 or trevinom@uchastings.edu.

• Rory Little, Professor of Law
• David Levine, Professor of Law
• Evan Lee, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Research

Rory Little, Professor of Law

Professor Little has been cited widely regarding Proposition 8, including Federal appeals court to rule if same-sex marriage is legal, Tuesday, February 07, 2012, ABC San Francisco:

Email: littler@uchastings.edu

Expertise: Appellate Litigation, Criminal Law & Procedure, Constitutional Law, Federal Criminal Law, Legal Ethics, and Professional Responsibility

Education: University of Virginia, Psychology and Political & Social Thought, B.A. (1978) Yale University, J.D. (1982)

Faculty Page: http://www.uchastings.edu/faculty-administration/faculty/little/index.html

David Levine, Professor of Law

Professor Levine has been cited widely regarding Proposition 8, including this story from NPR's All Things Considered: Scholars: Prop 8 Ruling May Be Tough To Overturn.

Email: levined@uchastings.edu

Expertise: Civil Procedure (Federal and California), Remedies, and Institutional Reform Litigation

Education: University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Faculty Page: http://www.uchastings.edu/faculty-administration/faculty/levine/index.html

Evan Lee, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Research

Professor Lee has published leading articles on federal courts law in the Hastings Law Journal, Southern California Law Review, Harvard Law Review, Washington University Law Quarterly, Vanderbilt Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Supreme Court Review.  In 2011, his book Judicial Restraint in America: How the Ageless Wisdom of Federal Courts Was Inventedwas published by the Oxford University Press.  In 2007-08, he occupied the Harry and Lillian Hastings Research Chair. 

Email: leee@uchastings.edu

Expertise: Criminal Law and Federal Courts

Education: University of California, Berkeley, A.B. (1982); Yale Law School, J.D. (1985)

Faculty Page: http://www.uchastings.edu/faculty-administration/faculty/lee-evan/index.html

Media Contact:

Michael Trevino, Assistant Dean for Communications & Public Affairs

Office: (415) 565-4892

Cell: (510) 872-7754

Email: trevinom@uchastings.edu.