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Center for Innovation

C4i

The Center for Innovation (C4i) at UC Hastings promotes data-driven law-making and seeks to empower policymakers and regulators to make informed, evidence-based decisions, particularly at the intersection of law and technology.

More than a think tank, C4i is an action tank invested in identifying implementable solutions to today’s problems. Research initiatives and classroom components are integral to the Center as it identifies and advances the knowledge, tools, and skills necessary to foster innovation in the practice and development of law and policy.

C4i is led by Professor Robin Feldman. Follow our work on Twitter (@C4iHastings).

C4i

The Center for Innovation (C4i) at UC Hastings promotes data-driven law-making and seeks to empower policymakers and regulators to make informed, evidence-based decisions, particularly at the intersection of law and technology.

More than a think tank, C4i is an action tank invested in identifying implementable solutions to today’s problems. Research initiatives and classroom components are integral to the Center as it identifies and advances the knowledge, tools, and skills necessary to foster innovation in the practice and development of law and policy.

C4i is led by Professor Robin Feldman. Follow our work on Twitter (@C4iHastings).

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Explore Our Work

  1. Start-up Legal Garage Providing an innovative win-win for law students and the startup community
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  2. The Law & Medicine Initiative Preserving access to life-saving drugs while protecting innovation, markets
  3. The AI & Capital Markets Initiative Shaping the next generation of legal and policy frameworks to protect the public interest
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  5. People
  6. Funding
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Programs

Three primary programs comprise the C4i’s work: Startup Legal Garage, Law & Medicine Initiative,  and the AI & Capital Markets Initiative.

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Startup Legal Garage

In the Startup Legal Garage, law students gain real-life legal work experience through supporting early-stage tech and biotech startups. Their work is supervised by volunteers from outside law firms, while the professors teach accompanying doctrinal and skills classes. Every year our students and supervising attorneys take on about 50-60 projects.

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The Law & Medicine Initiative

Preserving access to life-saving drugs while protecting innovation, this initiative helps lawmakers and the public understand the complexities of health care law and potential threats to the public interest so that policymakers, regulators, and advocates can address problems in the system.

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The AI & Capital Markets Initiative

Led by former SEC Commissioner Kara Stein and based in San Francisco at the heart of the world’s technology ecosystem, this initiative is uniquely poised to map the implications of technological changes for public markets and advance proposals and advisories for policymakers and the public.

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Contact Us

For general press questions, please contact Nicholas Massoni at massoninicholas@uchastings.edu.

Parking: Visitors may park at the UC Hastings Garage located at 376 Larkin Street, or in the Civic Center Garage located at 355 McAllister Street.

Location: 200 McAllister, San Francisco, CA. 94102, Suite 634A (6th Floor)