UC Hastings Faculty Featured in California Lawyer

Professor Ashutosh Bhagwat speaks to California Lawyer Editor Martin Lasden about his recent book The Myth of Rights: The Purposes and Limits of Constitutional Rights.

The Myth of Rights
California Lawyer
September, 2010 -- What do people talk about when they talk about their constitutional rights? In most cases they're talking about individual entitlements, such as the right to speak one's mind or worship as one pleases. However, in The Myth of Rights: The Purposes and Limits of Constitutional Rights (Oxford University Press), UC Hastings law professor Ashutosh Bhagwat argues that rather than intending to protect individual liberties, the founding fathers meant only to limit the powers of government.
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Professor Joan Williams discusses a program called Opting Back In, an initiative of the UC Hastings College of the Law's Center for WorkLife Law. Opting Back In provides former attorneys with tools and resources to reconnect with their careers.

Making a Comeback
California Lawyer
September, 2010 -- San Francisco litigator Diane Duvall left the law in 2000 to spend more time with her family. Raising three kids, she'd given up on trying to juggle a busy practice, too. But that changed about a year ago when she read about a program called Opting Back In, which helps former attorneys reconnect with their careers. "It made me think I needed to go back and take another look, and explore whether I could find this balance," she says.
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