Dorit
Reiss
Professor of Law and the James Edgar Hervey '50 Chair of Litigation
- Office 324-200
- Email Address reissd@uchastings.edu
- Telephone (415) 565-4844
Biography
Professor Dorit Rubinstein Reiss’ received her undergraduate degree in Law and Political Science from the Faculty of Law in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and her Ph.D. from the Jurisprudence and Social Policy program in UC Berkeley, writing her dissertation on accountability in the liberalized telecommunications and electricity sectors in England, France and Sweden.
Professor Reiss’ initial research examined accountability of administrative agencies at the state, national and international level, using as case studies the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC), the FAA, and other agencies in the United States and Europe.
Her current research and activities focus on legal and policy issues related to vaccines. She writes about vaccines mandates, policy responses to non-vaccinating, tort issues and administrative issues related to vaccines, and the anti-vaccine movement.
Professor Reiss teaches torts, administrative law, public health law, and several seminars, and appreciates the opportunity to work with UC Hastings’ talented, hardworking body of students.
Expertise
Education
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University of California, Berkeley 2007
Ph.D., Jurisprudence and Social Policy
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1999
LLB., Law and Political Science
Selected Scholarship
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Litigating Alternative Facts: School Mandates in the Courts 2018
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
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Influenza Mandates and Religious Accommodation: Avoiding Legal Pitfalls 2018
Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics
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Regulating in the Era of Fake News: Anti-Vaccine Activists Respond to the CDC Quarantine Rule 2018
University of Pittsburgh Law Review
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Legal Approaches to Promoting Parental Compliance with Childhood Immunization Recommendations 2018
Hum. Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
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Responding to the Childhood Vaccination Crisis: Legal Frameworks and Tools in the Context of Parental Vaccine Refusal 2015
Buffalo Law Review
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Funding the Costs of Disease Outbreaks Caused by Non Vaccination 2014
Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
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Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of the Lord Thy God in Vain: Use and Abuse of Religious Exemptions from School Immunization Requirements 2014
Hastings Law Journal
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Compensating the Victims of Failure to Vaccinate: What are the Options? 2013
Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy
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The Benefits of Capture 2012
Wake Forest Law Review
