Saturday, November 03, 2012

Professor Ben Depoorter Challenges Conventional Wisdom on Contract Remedies

Professor Ben Depoorter has published “The Expressive Effect of Specific Performance: How Law Frames Moral Intuitions” in the Arizona Law Review.

The article challenges this conventional wisdom about remedies for breach of contract, showing that moral evaluations and the willingness to bargain are themselves strongly affected by whether specific performance is available as a default remedy or not.

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Friday, April 05, 2013

“My UC Hastings Story”

“My UC Hastings Story” Student/Alumni Video Contest Returns!

Creative Brief: Create a short video telling your "UC Hastings Story” -- $750 prizes offered for best videos by category; $250 for runners-up.

Thursday, April 04, 2013

Refugee Studies Center Wins Second MacArthur Grant to Support Migrant Children

CGRS testified at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Thursday, April 04, 2013

Helping Scholars in Brazil Understand U.S. Criminal Justice

The U.S. “jury system” relies heavily on plea bargaining, a prevalent but little-studied practice.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Checking In: 3L Makes Civic Center her "Second Classroom"

While a student at UC Hastings, Moskovian has made the city’s Civic Center her second classroom. The college’s unique location, in the heart of the city, amid state and federal courts, provides unparallel access to a hands-on legal education and coveted jobs with local courts.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Engaged Scholarship

Geoff Hazard Wins Distinguished Service Award from American Law Institute

A scholar, teacher, and one of the nation’s leading lights on legal ethics, Hazard served as the Director of the ALI for fifteen years, from 1984-1999.

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UC Hastings College of the Law was founded in 1878 as the first law department of the University of California. We are located in San Francisco’s Civic Center—steps from City Hall, the State and Federal Buildings, the State Supreme, Superior and Appellate Courts, as well as the United States District Court and Court of Appeals.