News Archive
September 20, 2010
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia Visits UC Hastings -
Jurist Teaches Course to Students
September 15, 2010
Zimmerman Appointed Assistant Dean - Career Office -
Office Offers Career Development, Outreach
September 15, 2010
Kathryn Matayoshi ‘82 Chosen as Hawaii School Superintendent -
Matayoshi Voted to Head Hawaii Public Schools
September 14, 2010
First Hawai`i Hastings Scholarship Awarded -
Recipient Katherine Sakado '13 honored
September 14, 2010
Prof. David Levine Comments on PG&E Proposal -
PG&E backs proposal to bill public for fires like San Bruno explosion
September 13, 2010
UC Hastings Featured in the National Jurist -
Article Discusses UC Hastings in Context of Christian Legal Society Case
September 8, 2010
UC Hastings Faculty Featured in California Lawyer -
September Issue Quotes Profs. Bhagwat and Williams
September 8, 2010
Prof. Hadar Aviram Honored with Rutter Award -
Annual Award Honors Excellence in Teaching
September 3, 2010
Jim Harper ‘94 Participates in Economist Debate -
Online debate argues government protection of online privacy
August 25, 2010
Simona Agnolucci ’06 Recognized for Asylum Case -
Daily Journal Discusses Landmark Case
August 25, 2010
Prof. William Dodge Appointed to State Department -
Advisory Committee on International Law
August 20, 2010
President Obama Appoints Prof. Grande Lum HUBZone Director -
Prof Lum to lead Small Business Administration’s HUBZone Program
August 16, 2010
Prof. Ethan J. Leib Interviewed on KTVU Channel 2 News -
Discusses Judge’s decision to lift Prop. 8 stay
August 16, 2010
Prof. Joan Williams Authors Op-ed on Huffington Post -
Discusses portrayal of work-life balance in the media
August 16, 2010
NYTimes quotes Prof. Karen Musalo, Simona Agnolucci '06 -
Domestic abuse case brings new clarity to asylum law
August 16, 2010
Prof. George Bisharat Published in The Miami Herald -
Bisharat discusses equal rights in opinion piece
August 13, 2010
Ezra Rapport '82 Named ABAG Executive Director -
Association of Bay Area Governments
August 12, 2010
Brad R. Hill ’83 Nominated Fresno Presiding Judge -
Governor nominates for Fifth District Court of Appeal in Fresno
August 11, 2010
Alan Carlson ‘76 Receives ABA Judicial Division Award -
Awarded Outstanding Contribution in Judicial Administration
August 10, 2010
Chancellor & Dean Frank H. Wu Discusses Diversity in Law Schools -
Interview with ABA Center for Racial, Ethnic Diversity
August 9, 2010
UC Hastings In The News -
Center for WorkLife Law report referenced in NY Times Economix blog
August 9, 2010
UC Hastings Non-Discrimination Policy – U.S. Military Exception -
Read the Dean’s statement on military recruiting on campus
August 5, 2010
Professor David Levine Discusses Prop 8 Ruling -
Interview on National Public Radio’s (NPR’s) All Things Considered
August 3, 2010
Prof. Rory Little Moderates Supreme Court Review -
ABA panel with Stanford Professor Pam Karlan and others
July 30, 2010
Prof. Martinez Selected to ALI Advisory Committee -
one of seven academics named to American Law Institute Committee
July 28, 2010
UC Hastings Tops List of Northern California Super Lawyers -
462 Alumni Named in 2010
July 15, 2010
Hastings Appellate Project Wins the Ninth Circuit Appeal, Hernandez Velasquez v Holder -
during the program's inaugural year
July 14, 2010
Professor Karen Musalo Provides Commentary on Ninth Circuit Case -
involves asylum recommendations for Guatemalan women
July 12, 2010
Professor Joan Williams and the Project for Attorney Retention Release the Report "New Millenium, Same Glass Ceiling?" -
The Impact of Law Firm Compensation Systems on Women
July 7, 2010
Professor Joel Paul Discusses his Book, "Unlikely Allies," and American Independence -
on KQED's Forum and in a Huffington Post op-ed
July 7, 2010
Shook Hardy & Bacon Foundation Establishes Diversity Scholarship at UC Hastings -
to assist in enhancing diversity at the school
July 7, 2010
O'Melveny & Myers Achieves 100% Giving -
in the Law Firm Challenge
July 2, 2010
Gordon & Rees Achieves 100% Giving -
in the Law Firm Challenge
July 1, 2010
Frank H. Wu Begins Tenure as Chancellor and Dean -
marking a new generation of leadership at UC Hastings
July 1, 2010
Professor Ethan Leib Publishes Op-ed in USA Today -
on Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings
June 30, 2010
Duane Morris and Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley Achieve 100% Giving -
in the Law Firm Challenge
June 29, 2010
U.S. Supreme Court Affirms UC Hastings’ Policy in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, et al. Decision -
Supreme Court Upholds College’s All-Comers Policy
June 29, 2010
President Obama to Appoint S. Alan Ray '90 to Key Administration Post -
as a Member of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education
June 29, 2010
Article by Professor Ethan Leib Cited in U.S. Supreme Court Decision -
McDonald v Chicago
June 29, 2010
Professor Osagie Obasogie Publishes Op-ed on Huffington Post -
on race and genetics 10 years after the Human Genome Project
June 29, 2010
Professor Rory Little Publishes U.S. Supreme Court Decision Summaries -
on three mail fraud cases and one Habeas Corpus case
June 24, 2010
Professor Rory Little Discusses No Aid to Terrorist Groups - Supreme Court Ruling -
NPR Forum Discussion
June 11, 2010
Professor Rory Little Publishes U.S. Supreme Court Decision Summaries -
on two criminal cases, Barber v. Thomas and United States v. Juvenile Ma...
June 4, 2010
Professor George Bisharat Authors Op-eds on the Gaza Occupation -
in USA Today and the San Francisco Chronicle
June 3, 2010
Professor Rory Little Publishes U.S. Supreme Court Decision Summaries -
on two criminal cases, Berghuis v. Thompkins and United States v. Carr
June 1, 2010
Howrey Achieves 100% Giving -
in the Law Firm Challenge
June 1, 2010
Supreme Court Affirms Samantar v. Yousuf -
adopted position advocated in amicus briefs by Profs Dodge and Keitner
May 28, 2010
Bill Palmini, Hastings Chief of Public Safety, Receives National Drug Awareness Award -
for using music and Elvis impersonation to teach kids to say NO to drugs
May 26, 2010
Professor Grande Lum Serves on Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award -
Board of Overseers
May 24, 2010
President Obama to Nominate James Cole '79 as Deputy Attorney General -
at the Department of Justice
May 24, 2010
Wendel Rosen Black & Dean Achieves 100% Giving -
in the Law Firm Challenge
May 24, 2010
President Obama Nominates Judge Edward Davila '79 for Federal Bench -
Davila currently sits on the Santa Clara County Superior Court
May 20, 2010
Professor Rory Little Publishes U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Law Decision Summaries -
on American Bar Association website
May 14, 2010
"My Hastings Story" Winners Announced -
Hastings' inaugural student video contest.
May 11, 2010
Sandra Thompson '01 Appointed to the UC Hastings Board of Directors -
by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
May 11, 2010
Professor Rory Little Discusses President Obama's Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan -
on KCBS Radio
May 6, 2010
Summer Legal Institute Deposit Deadline Extended to May 17 -
Sign up now for Evidence and Negotiation & Settlement classes
May 6, 2010
Professor George Bisharat Publishes Op-ed in The Australian -
on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
May 5, 2010
The Center for WorkLife Law Receives Grant from the Kellogg Foundation -
to study work-family conflict across class
May 4, 2010
Professor Rory Little to Write Summaries of all U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Law-Related Decisions -
for the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section
April 28, 2010
Professor Rory Little Discusses Justice Stevens's Retirement -
on the Channel 2 News
April 27, 2010
Coralie Matayoshi '81 Named Businesswoman of the Year -
by Pacific Business News
April 27, 2010
Prof. Marsha Cohen Participated in Report by the National Academies of Science -
titled "Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States"
April 26, 2010
UC Hastings Offering Evidence and Negotiation & Settlement -
Summer Legal Institute
April 23, 2010
Bartko Zankel Tarrant & Miller Achieves 100% Giving -
in the Law Firm Challenge
April 22, 2010
UC Hastings Receives Significant Gift Honoring California Supreme Court Justice Marvin Baxter '66 and Jane Baxter -
Donation will renovate and name the Hastings Moot Court Wing
April 19, 2010
Christian Legal Society v Martinez Oral Argument Heard Monday, April 19 -
press release available
April 9, 2010
Op-ed by Professor Osagie Obasogie Appears in Los Angeles Times -
"The Dangers of Growing DNA Databases"
April 9, 2010
Professor Rory Little Discusses Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens's Retirement Announcement -
on Forum with Michael Krasny
April 8, 2010
Professor Osagie Obasogie Publishes Op-ed in Science Progress -
"When Scientists Pick a Fight with the Law"
April 7, 2010
Professor Beth Hillman Blogs from Guantanamo Bay -
as an observer for the National Institute of Military Justice
April 6, 2010
Professor Grande Lum to Speak at the ABA Dispute Resolution Section's 12th Annual Spring Conference -
on April 7-10
April 6, 2010
Chancellor and Dean-Designate Frank H. Wu Co-authors Op-ed on U.S.-China Relations -
in San Francisco Chronicle
March 25, 2010
Professor Joan Williams Participated in White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility -
on March 31
March 25, 2010
Hastings Public Law Research Institute Releases New Edition of Environmental Justice for All -
report studies environmental justice problems in the United States
March 22, 2010
Hastings Summer Law Institute Sponsored by Legal Outreach -
This program allows 11th and 12th graders from San Francisco to strive for...
March 19, 2010
Professor Ashutosh Bhagwat Authors "The Myth of Rights" -
published Oxford University Press
March 17, 2010
Hastings Negotiation Team Wins the Negotiation Challenge -
at the Leipzig Graduate School of Management in Germany
March 12, 2010
Hastings Launches UC Summer Legal Institute -
Session 1 (Digital Media Law) begins July 12
March 8, 2010
Moot Court Teams - Best Brief, Oralist Awards, Place in Semi-Final Rounds -
NAAC & Jessup Competitions
March 3, 2010
Professor Karen Musalo Featured in California Lawyer Magazine -
for her California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year Award
March 2, 2010
Hastings Wins Best Brief Award - Places in Semifinals -
Environmental Law
March 2, 2010
Prof. David Levine Interviewed by the New York Times - Bay Area -
on Proposition 8 case
February 22, 2010
Moot Court Team Wins Best Brief Award -
Sports Law Competition
February 19, 2010
Prof. Karen Musalo Receives a California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year Award -
from California Lawyer magazine
February 17, 2010
Moot Court Success at Juvenile Law and Asylum Law Competitions -
semifinalists
February 17, 2010
Hastings Online Community Launches -
first social networking site exclusively for Hastings alumni
February 11, 2010
Professor Joan Williams Authors Op-ed on Huffington Post -
"Sarah Palin Plays Chess"
February 5, 2010
2nd Place in Pacific Regional Rounds - Stetson Moot Court Competition -
team qualifies for international rounds in March
February 4, 2010
Prof. Joan Williams's Report, "The Three Faces of Work-Family Conflict," Presented to U.S. House of Representatives -
on Feb. 3
February 1, 2010
Professors Chimene Keitner and William Dodge Author Amicus Curiae Briefs in U.S. Supreme Court Case -
in support of respondents in Yousuf v. Samantar
February 1, 2010
Diana Hughes '09 Profiled in California Bar Journal Article -
"Silver lining in recession"
January 29, 2010
Prof David Levine - on Morning Edition and the California Report -
discussing Prop 8 trial
January 25, 2010
Prof. Joan Williams Discusses Work-Family Conflict on KQED's Forum -
with Michael Krasny
January 25, 2010
Chancellor and Dean-Designate Frank H. Wu Appointed to the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity -
overseen by U.S. Department of Education
January 20, 2010
Prof. Hadar Aviram - on the California Report -
discussing US Supreme Court's refusal of California's appeal of ruling that...
January 19, 2010
Adjunct Professor Cecily Mak '01 Co-authors "Music Law in the Digital Age" -
published by Berklee Press
January 13, 2010
Prof. Donna Ryu Named U.S. Magistrate Judge -
for the Northern District of California
January 12, 2010
Jan Jemison '86 Named Marshall Memorial Fellows Selection Partner and City Coordinator -
for Northern California
January 12, 2010
Prof. Rory Little Interviewed on Channel 2 KTVU News -
discussing cameras in the Prop. 8 courtroom
January 8, 2010
Hastings Hosts Hiring & Talent Management Symposium -
program video available for viewing
January 6, 2010
Geoff Holtz '97 to Argue Prisoner Rights Case -
January 11 - US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
January 4, 2010
Prof. Rory Little Interviewed About Impact of Cameras in the Proposition 8 Case's Courtroom -
on NBC TV