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SUMMARY:Startup Exits Explained: IPOs\, M&A\, and the Lawyer’s Role
DESCRIPTION:What does it really mean for a startup to “exit”? From strategic M&A to IPOs and secondary transactions\, exits are defining moments for founders\, investors\, and counsel alike. This lunch-time panel brings together company counsel\, investor counsel\, and buyer counsel to unpack how exits actually work in practice\, with a particular focus on M&A transactions. The discussion will explore how incentives diverge among stakeholders\, how the exit market has evolved\, and where junior lawyers can add real value early in their careers. \nFrancesca Crisera Ruiz\, M&A Partner at Squire Patton Boggs (Hastings ‘04) \nHeidi Walas\, Corporate ECVC Partner at Gunderson Dettmer (Hastings ’07) \nJake Winton\, Associate General Counsel at 8VC (Hastings ’20) \nModerator: Professor Evan Epstein\, UC Law SF
URL:https://www.uclawsf.edu/event/startup-exits-explained-ipos-ma-and-the-lawyers-role/
LOCATION:Alumni Reception Center\, 200 McAllister St\, San Francisco\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Staff,Public,Faculty,Students,UC LAW SF Community,Academic Calendar and Holidays
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T133000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085513
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Law Firm: How JDs Build Careers in Global Business and Boardrooms A Conversation with Joe Hurd
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Joe Hurd\, JD (Harvard Law ’95)\, whose career shows how legal training can open doors far beyond traditional law practice. Joe began his career practicing corporate and securities law at Linklaters in London\, qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales. He then moved into the technology and startup world\, joining the founding teams of Friendster and VideoEgg (now SAY Media)\, and later leading international business development at AOL and Facebook. \n  \nJoe has also served in public service\, working in the Obama Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Today\, he sits on the boards of three UK-based multinational companies: Lloyd’s of London\, Trustpilot Group plc\, and Hays plc\, and serves as an Operating Partner at SOSV\, a $1.5 billion global venture capital fund. In addition\, he is a Trustee of the Computer History Museum\, a member of the Executive Committee of the Harvard College Fund\, and Co-Chair of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Diversity Committee. \n  \nCome hear how a JD can be leveraged across law\, technology\, government\, venture capital\, and the boardroom\, and how to think strategically about building a non-traditional legal career. \n  \nModerated by Professor Evan Epstein\, Executive Director\, UC Center for Business Law; Adjunct Professor\, UC Law San Francisco \n  \nOpen to all UC Law SF students \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP
URL:https://www.uclawsf.edu/event/beyond-the-law-firm-how-jds-build-careers-in-global-business-and-boardrooms-a-conversation-with-joe-hurd/
LOCATION:333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck\, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center\, 333 Golden Gate Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Faculty,Students,Academic Calendar and Holidays
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251030T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251030T133000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085513
CREATED:20251008T185013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251028T000243Z
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SUMMARY:Business Law Track for 1Ls and the CBL Scholars Program
DESCRIPTION:  \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP
URL:https://www.uclawsf.edu/event/business-law-track-for-1ls-and-the-cbl-scholars-program/
LOCATION:333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck\, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center\, 333 Golden Gate Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Faculty,Students,Academic Calendar and Holidays
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250925T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250925T133000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085513
CREATED:20250911T213206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T000955Z
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SUMMARY:Crypto\, Compliance & Governance: A Conversation with Candace Kelly
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this CBL Lunch Speaker Series event featuring Candace Kelly ‘97\, Chief Legal and Policy Officer at the Stellar Development Foundation\, a non-profit organization that supports the development and growth of Stellar\, an open-source network that connects the world’s financial infrastructure. With extensive experience at the intersection of law\, technology\, and policy—including her leadership roles at the U.S. Department of Justice and Uber—Candace will discuss the rapidly evolving world of crypto and digital assets. \n  \nThis program will explore the legal\, regulatory\, and governance challenges facing blockchain and fintech companies\, offering insights into compliance strategies\, policy developments\, and the broader implications for corporate governance in Silicon Valley and beyond. \n  \nThe discussion will be moderated by Professor Evan Epstein\, Executive Director of the UC Center for Business Law SF. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear directly from a leader shaping the future of crypto regulation and governance\, and to network with peers over lunch. \n  \nLunch will be provided. \n  \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP
URL:https://www.uclawsf.edu/event/crypto-compliance-corporate-governance-a-conversation-with-candace-kelly/
LOCATION:200 ARC\, Alumni Reception Center\, 200 McAllister Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Faculty,Students,Academic Calendar and Holidays
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250903T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250903T180000
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CREATED:20250812T232221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250812T232221Z
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SUMMARY:CBL Kick off & Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:  \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP
URL:https://www.uclawsf.edu/event/cbl-kick-off-happy-hour/
LOCATION:333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck\, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center\, 333 Golden Gate Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Faculty,Students,Academic Calendar and Holidays
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T180000
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SUMMARY:3rd VC-Backed Board Academy (VCBA)
DESCRIPTION:The VC-Backed Board Academy (VCBA) is a one-day executive education program exclusively tailored for directors of venture-backed private companies. The program offers a rare opportunity for investors\, founders\, senior executives\, and independent directors to connect\, learn\, and grow. Immerse yourself in a curriculum crafted by leading academics and industry experts\, designed to sharpen your strategic insights and amplify your board’s impact. \n  \nThe program is limited to board members of venture-backed companies\, including investors\, founders\, senior management\, and independent directors. If you’re an executive at a VC-backed company or a VC firm\, and have board-level responsibilities (ie GC\, CFO\, CCO\, Corporate Secretary\, etc) you may also qualify for this program. Admission to the program is open to qualified participants as determined by the program directors. \n  \nThis is an exclusive program with limited space. Qualified participants can apply below. \n  \nYou can read more about this program in this UC Law SF article. \n  \nPlease visit the VCBA website for more information. \nApply Here. \n  \nFor more information on our center\, please visit our page here. \n 
URL:https://www.uclawsf.edu/event/vc-backed-board-academy-prepares-startup-directors-to-drive-growth-and-innovation/
LOCATION:Cooley’s San Francisco Office\, 3 Embarcadero Ctr 20th Floor\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Featured,Staff,Faculty,UC LAW SF Community,Academic Calendar and Holidays
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250402T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250402T133000
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SUMMARY:Japan’s 1919 Racial Equality Proposal for the League of Nations Covenant
DESCRIPTION:  \nCo-sponsored by the Center for East Asian Legal Studies and the Center for Racial and Economic Justice.  Hiroshi Fukurai\, Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies\, University of California\, Santa Cruz\, and former President of the Asian Law and Society Association\, will offer historical insights into Japan’s effort to outlaw racial inequality in international law at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference and examine the impact of this proposal on African American legal scholars and activists such as WEB Dubois\, William L. Patterson\, and Paul Robeson\, who submitted the petition We Charge Genocide to the United Nations in 1951\, and related historical links among Japanese\, American\, and Caribbean political activists. \n  \nHiroshi Fukurai is Professor of Sociology & Legal Studies at the University of California\, Santa Cruz & President of the Asian Law & Society Association (2018-2019).  Professor Fukurai specializes in lay adjudication\, Asian law and politics\, Original Nation Approaches to Inter-National Law (ONAIL)\, private international law\, and race and law. He is a co-founder of the Collaborative Research Network (CRN) “East Asian Law and Society” and the International Research Collaborative (IRC) “The State and the Corporation as Legal Fictions: Original Nation and Dissent” at the Law and Society Association (LSA).  His receht books include: People’s Prosecution Review Commissions & Japan’s Prosecution (2022); Original Nation Approaches to Inter-National Law: The Quest for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Nature in the Age of Anthropocene (2021); Civil Jury Trials will Democratize Japan (2020); East Asia’s Renewed Respect for the Rule of Law in the 21st Century (2015). \nLight lunch and refreshments to be served. \nRSVP here!
URL:https://www.uclawsf.edu/event/ceals-presents-japans-1919-racial-equality-proposal-for-the-league-of-nations-covenant/
LOCATION:333-202
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Students,Academic Calendar and Holidays,CEALS,CEALS News and Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250326T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250326T133000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085514
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SUMMARY:Venture Fund Representation: Insights from Leading Counsel
DESCRIPTION:Save the date! \nThe first date will take place February 27\, 2025. \nThe Second date will take place March 26\, 2025. \nLunch will be provided in both. \n  \nMore information regarding speakers will be shared to all registrants as we near each date! \n  \nMARCH RSVP\n 
URL:https://www.uclawsf.edu/event/sp25-center-for-business-law-lunch-speaker-series-3/
LOCATION:333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck\, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center\, 333 Golden Gate Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Faculty,Students,Academic Calendar and Holidays
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250326T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250326T133000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085514
CREATED:20250131T235537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T183642Z
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SUMMARY:Venture Fund Representation: Insights from Leading Counsel
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for this Spring’s Speaker Series! \nThe first date will take place February 27\, 2025. \nThe Second date will take place March 26\, 2025. \nLunch will be provided in both. \n  \nMore information regarding speakers will be shared to all registrants as we near each date! \n  \nFEBRUARY RSVP\nMARCH RSVP\n 
URL:https://www.uclawsf.edu/event/sp25-center-for-business-law-lunch-speaker-series/
LOCATION:333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck\, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center\, 333 Golden Gate Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Faculty,Students,Academic Calendar and Holidays
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250319T162000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250319T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085514
CREATED:20250317T183409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T183409Z
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SUMMARY:Meet UCLawSF’s Young Criminal Law Faculty!
DESCRIPTION: 
URL:https://www.uclawsf.edu/event/meet-uclawsfs-young-criminal-law-faculty/
LOCATION:198-213
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Featured,Staff,Faculty,Students,UC LAW SF Community,Academic Calendar and Holidays
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250227T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250227T133000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085514
CREATED:20250206T001339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T184320Z
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SUMMARY:Venture Fund Representation: Insights from Leading Counsel
DESCRIPTION:  \nFEBRUARY RSVP\n 
URL:https://www.uclawsf.edu/event/sp25-center-for-business-law-lunch-speaker-series-2/
LOCATION:333 Deb Colloquium and Sky Deck\, 5th Floor Cotchett Law Center\, 333 Golden Gate Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Faculty,Students,Academic Calendar and Holidays
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250207T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250207T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085514
CREATED:20240702T191107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T005713Z
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SUMMARY:CREJ – Racial Capitalism Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Join leading legal theorists and scholars to advance understanding in how racial capitalism connects across and within historical legal foundations and into contemporary expressions of racial and economic inequality. \nRegister In-Person and Virtually \nProgram Schedule\nWelcoming Remarks (10:00am – 10:15am PST) \n  \nRacial Capitalism and Globalization (10:15am – 11:30am PST) \nThis panel will focus on racial capitalism and globalization in the context of Silicon Valley as well as examine protectionism and globalization in politics since the 2024 election. \n\nVeena Dubal\, UC Irvine School of Law\nPallavi Banerjee\, University of Calgary\nModerated by Ming Hsu Chen\, UC Law SF\n\n  \nLunch (11:30am PST) \n  \nKeynote (12pm – 1pm PST) \n  \nCheryl Harris\, CREJ Wiley Manuel Visiting Scholar and Professor\, UC Law SF\nMathew O. Tobriner Memorial Lecture Keynote \n  \nRacial Capitalism: Across Theory and Practice (1:15pm – 2:30pm PST) \nPanelists will explore theoretical and practical applications of racial capitalism and law. \n\nThalia González\, UC Law SF\nAngela Harris\, Seattle University School of Law\nTonya Brito\, University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School\nCarmen Gonzalez\, Loyola University Chicago School of Law\nRenee Hatcher\, University of Illinois Chicago Law School\n\nModerated by Shauna Marshall\, UC Law SF\n\n  \nConnection (2:30pm – 3pm PST) \nAn opportunity for attendees informally meet with speakers and each other reflecting on the keynote and panel with light refreshments. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.uclawsf.edu/event/crej-racial-capitalism-symposium/
LOCATION:198 Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Featured,UC LAW SF Community,Academic Calendar and Holidays
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250130T154500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250131T121500
DTSTAMP:20260405T085514
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SUMMARY:Constitutional Interpretation in a Polarized Era
DESCRIPTION:RSVP Here \n  \nProgram Schedule\nThursday January 30\, 2025 \nIntroduction (3:45 PM) \nPanel #1: Should Interpretation Change? (3:50 pm – 5:20 pm) \n\nAaron Tang\, UC Davis School of Law\nDaniel Epps\, Washington University School of Law\nTara Grove\, University of Texas School of Law\nZachary Price\, UC Law San Francisco\n\nThursday January 31\, 2025 \nPanel #2: Disagreement\, Federalism\, and Structure (9:00 am – 10:30 am) \n\nJ. Joel Alicea\, Catholic University School of Law\nBernadette Meyler\, Stanford Law School\nCharles Tyler\, UC Irvine School of Law\nJonathan Gould\, UC Berkeley School of Law\n\nPanel #3: Remedies and Administration (10:45 am – 12:15 pm) \n\nMila Sohoni\, Stanford Law School\nKatherine Mims Crocker\, Texas A&M School of Law\nDaniel Walters\, Texas A&M School of Law\nJodi Short\, UC Law San Francisco\n\nConcluding Remarks (12:15 pm) \nFeatured Speakers:\n\nJ. Joel Alicea\nAssociate Professor of Law and Director\, the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition (Catholic University School of Law) \nJ. Joel Alicea is an Associate Professor of Law at the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law and the Director of the Law School’s Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. Prior to joining the Catholic Law faculty\, Professor Alicea practiced law for several years at the law firm of Cooper & Kirk\, PLLC\, where he specialized in constitutional litigation. He previously served as a law clerk for Justice Samuel A. Alito\, Jr.\, on the United States Supreme Court and for Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. \n  \nProfessor Alicea’s scholarship focuses on constitutional theory. His scholarship has appeared\, or is forthcoming\, in the Yale Law Journal\, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review\, the Virginia Law Review\, and the Notre Dame Law Review\, among other publications. He has also been active in public debates about constitutional law\, publishing essays in journals such as City Journal and National Affairs. \n  \nProfessor Alicea is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Princeton University. He is a Fellow at Catholic Law’s Center for Religious Liberty and a Nonresident Fellow at The American Enterprise Institute. \n  \n\nKatherine Mims Crocker\nProfessor of Law\, Texas A&M School of Law  \nKatherine Mims Crocker is a Professor of Law and the inaugural Faculty Director of the Center on the Structural Constitution at Texas A&M University School of Law. Her scholarship concentrates on federal courts\, civil-rights litigation\, constitutional law\, and state and local-government law. She has also taught courses in civil procedure\, property\, and judicial decision-making. Professor Crocker has published work in top journals including the Duke Law Journal\, the Michigan Law Review\, the Minnesota Law Review\, the Notre Dame Law Review\, and the Virginia Law Review. \n  \nBefore joining Texas A&M\, Professor Crocker was on the faculty at William & Mary Law School and completed a fellowship at Duke Law School. She also practiced at McGuireWoods LLP in Richmond\, Virginia\, where she focused on appellate litigation. Professor Crocker clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. \n  \nShe received her law degree from the University of Virginia\, where she graduated first in her class and was an Articles Development Editor on the Virginia Law Review. She earned her undergraduate degree from Harvard University. \n\nDaniel Epps\nProfessor of Law\, Washington University School of Law \nDaniel Epps is a Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis\, where his research and teaching focus on constitutional law\, criminal procedure\, and federal courts. His scholarship has been published in the nation’s leading law reviews\, including the Harvard Law Review\, the Yale Law Journal\, and the Columbia Law Review. His writing for popular audiences has appeared in high-profile venues such as the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, and The Atlantic. \n  \nHe has particular expertise in Supreme Court reform\, where his work is influencing major policy debates. After presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg endorsed his and Ganesh Sitaraman’s proposal to restructure the Supreme Court\, the plan received widespread attention in the popular press. He currently co-hosts (with Professor William Baude) Divided Argument\, a podcast that analyzes the Court’s work. \n  \nProf. Epps received his A.B. summa cum laude with highest distinction in philosophy from Duke University and his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. After law school\, he clerked for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States. He then spent several years in practice as an appellate litigator in Washington\, D.C. \n  \n\nJonathan Gould\nClass of 1965 Professor of Law\, UC Berkeley Law \nJonathan Gould is the Class of 1965 Professor of Law at UC Berkeley. His research focuses on the relationship between politics and law\, with special attention to Congress and the legislative process. In exploring these topics\, he draws on a variety of methods and literatures\, including from public law\, political theory\, and political science. Gould’s scholarship has been published or is forthcoming in the flagship law reviews at Harvard\, Yale\, N.Y.U.\, Virginia\, Chicago\, Michigan\, Georgetown\, and Vanderbilt\, as well as various specialty and peer-review journals. \n  \nAt Berkeley Law\, Gould teaches Legislation and Statutory Interpretation\, Administrative Law\, and seminars on a variety of public law topics. He is also the faculty director of the Kadish Center for Morality\, Law & Public Affairs. \n  \nGould received his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School\, where he served as President of the Harvard Law Review\, and his Ph.D. from Harvard’s Department of Government. \n  \n\nTara Grove\nVinson & Elkins Chair in Law\, University of Texas School of Law\n \nTara Leigh Grove is the Vinson & Elkins Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law. Grove’s research focuses on the federal judiciary\, interpretive theory\, and the constitutional separation of powers. In 2021\, Grove served on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States\, a bipartisan commission created by President Biden and charged with examining proposals for Supreme Court reform. \n  \nGrove graduated summa cum laude from Duke University and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. Grove then clerked for Judge Emilio Garza on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit\, and spent four years as an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice\, Civil Division\, Appellate Staff\, where she argued fifteen cases in the courts of appeals. \n  \nGrove’s research focuses on the federal judiciary\, interpretive theory\, and the constitutional separation of powers. She has published with such prestigious law journals as the Harvard Law Review\, the Columbia Law Review\, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review\, and the New York University Law Review. Grove has received awards for both her research and her teaching. \n  \n\nBernadette Meyler\nCarl and Sheila Spaeth Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life\, Stanford Law School \nBernadette Meyler is a scholar of British and American constitutional law and of law and the humanities. She is also a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow in Constitutional Studies. Her research and teaching bring together the sometimes surprisingly divided fields of legal history and law and literature. They also examine the long history of constitutionalism\, reaching back into the English common law ancestry of the U.S. Constitution. \n  \nProfessor Meyler’s books stem from these respective areas of her scholarship. Theaters of Pardoning (Cornell UP\, 2019) demonstrates that the representation of pardoning tracks changing conceptions of sovereignty within the plays and politics of seventeenth-century England. In doing so\, the book considers how the shared audiences of dramatic and historical tragicomedy—whether Kings\, students at the Inns of Court\, or potential jurors—brought concepts from the literary into the legal arena and back again. Her current project\, Common Law Originalism\, shifts to the American context\, looking at the multiple eighteenth-century common law meanings—both colonial and English—of various constitutional terms and phrases. Based on this variety\, as well as on the practices of common law interpretation with which members of the Founding generation were familiar\, the book argues that we should\, in large part\, reject the pursuit of a singular and determinate original meaning; instead\, it contends\, we must embrace a more vigorous debate in the present over contested constitutional meanings. Professor Meyler is also the co-editor of several collections of essays in law and the humanities designed to introduce scholars and students to the field\, including\, with Elizabeth Anker\, New Directions in Law and Literature (Oxford UP\, 2017) and\, with Simon Stern and Maksymilian Del Mar\, The Oxford Handbook of Law and the Humanities (Oxford UP\, 2020). \n  \nAfter receiving her BA in Literature with a focus on Classics at Harvard University\, Professor Meyler obtained her JD from Stanford Law School and completed a PhD in English at UC\, Irvine as a Mellon Fellow in Humanistic Studies and a Chancellor’s Fellow. Following law school\, Professor Meyler clerked for the Hon. Robert A. Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. \n  \n\nZachary Price\nProfessor of Law and Eucalyptus Foundation Endowed Chair\, UC Law San Francisco \nProfessor Zachary Price holds the Eucalyptus Foundation Endowed Chair at the University of California College of the Law\, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)\, where he teaches constitutional law and civil procedure. In Fall 2023\, he was the Bruce Bromley Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. His scholarly work has appeared in numerous leading law reviews and addressed topics including federal enforcement discretion\, Congress’s power of the purse\, and Congress’s power to structure the military. His book Constitutional Symmetry: Judging in a Divided Republic was published by Cambridge University Press in 2024\, and he has also written for publications including Lawfare\, SCOTUSblog\, the Wall Street Journal\, the Washington Post\, and The Hill. \n  \nProfessor Price received his undergraduate degree with honors and distinction from Stanford University and his JD magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. He clerked for Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court\, Judge David S. Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit\, and Judge Catherine C. Blake of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Before entering academia\, he worked in private practice and at the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Justice Department. He also served as a fellow for one year at the Stanford Constitutional Law Center. \n  \n\nJodi Short\nMary Kay Kane Professor of Law\, UC Law San Francisco\n \nJodi Short is the Mary Kay Kane Professor of Law at UC Law\, San Francisco. She teaches Constitutional Law\, Administrative Law\, Legislation\, Compliance & Risk Management for Attorneys\, and Transnational Labor Regulation. Her research investigates various facets of regulation and governance\, including regulatory compliance and enforcement\, private voluntary regulation\, and separation of powers in the U.S. administrative state. Recent work reveals the tension between the major questions doctrine and Roberts Court presidentialism\, documents how agencies implement broadly worded statutory “public interest” standards and identifies a moral turn in administrative law. Her ongoing research explores the relationship between social activism and corporate compliance with private regulation; tests the efficacy of different messaging strategies on compliance with environmental regulations; and analyzes how the concept of “tyranny” is understood and deployed in U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence. \n  \n\nMila Sohoni\nProfessor of Law and the John A. Wilson Distinguished Faculty Scholar\, Stanford Law School\n \nMila Sohoni is a Professor of Law and the John A. Wilson Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Stanford Law School. She focuses her scholarship on civil procedure\, administrative law\, federal courts\, and legislation. \n  \nSohoni’s scholarship has appeared in many leading journals of law\, including the Yale Law Journal\, the Harvard Law Review\, the Virginia Law Review\, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review\, and the Duke Law Journal. Her article “The Lost History of the ‘Universal’ Injunction\,” 133 Harvard L. Rev. 920 (2020) was a co-winner of the American Constitution Society’s 2020 Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on Regulatory and Administrative Law. “Crackdowns\,” 103 Virginia L. Rev. 31 (2017) received the honorable mention in the 2017 Scholarly Papers Competition sponsored by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) and was also awarded the AALS Section on Criminal Justice’s Junior Scholar Award for 2017. “The Power to Privilege\,” 163 U. Penn. L. Rev. 487 (2015) was selected for presentation at the 2014 Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum. \n  \nAfter graduating cum laude from Harvard Law School\, where she served as book reviews chair and an articles committee member for the Harvard Law Review\, Sohoni served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judith W. Rogers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She practiced law at Jenner & Block LLP in New York and Washington\, DC\, and was an acting assistant professor of lawyering at New York University School of Law. Prior to joining SLS\, she was a professor at the University of San Diego School of Law\, where she received several awards for her teaching and scholarship. \n  \nSohoni was appointed a Public Member of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) in 2022. She is a member of the American Law Institute. She served as the Chair of the AALS Section on Administrative Law in 2022-2023\, and she is a contributor to the Administrative Law section of JOTWELL. She has been a visiting professor of law at Harvard Law School and the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. \n  \nBefore attending law school\, Sohoni spent two years as a science and technology correspondent for The Economist in New York and in London. She was a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar at Cambridge University\, where she received her MPhil with distinction (first class) in the history and philosophy of science. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in chemistry. \n  \n\nAaron Tang\nProfessor of Law\, UC Davis School of Law \nAaron Tang is a law professor at the University of California\, Davis. His scholarship has appeared in the California Law Review\, Columbia Law Review\, University of Pennsylvania Law Review\, Stanford Law Review\, and University of Virginia Law Review\, among other journals. Tang writes about the Supreme Court in popular media\, including in the New York Times\, Los Angeles Times\, Washington Post\, Slate\, and The Atlantic. He is the author of Supreme Hubris: How Overconfidence is Destroying the Court—and How We Can Fix It\, published in 2023 by Yale University Press. Tang is also the host and moderator of the PBS TV series\, Deadlock\, which premiered in 2024. He was a law clerk for Justice Sonia Sotomayor in the 2013-14 Term. \n \nCharles Tyler\nAssistant Professor of Law\, UC Irvine School of Law  \nCharles (Chas) Tyler’s teaching and research focuses on federal courts\, constitutional law\, and civil procedure. His academic work has appeared in the Yale Law Journal\, the Columbia Law Review\, the University of Chicago Law Review\, the Vanderbilt Law Review\, and the Notre Dame Law Review\, among others. In 2022\, his article\, The Adjudication Model of Precedent\, won the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers’ Eisenberg Prize for the best publication on appellate law. \n  \nProfessor Tyler graduated summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame and received a BPhil with distinction from Oxford University\, where he was a Clarendon Scholar. He then earned his JD from Yale Law School\, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal and a Beinecke Scholar. Prior to joining UC Irvine\, he was an Associate Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School; a Visiting Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Peking University School of Transnational Law; a law clerk to Judge William Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court; and an associate in the Supreme Court and Appellate practice group at Orrick\, Herrington & Sutcliffe. \n  \n\nDaniel Walters\nAssociate Professor of Law\, Texas A&M School of Law \nDaniel E. Walters is an Associate Professor at the Texas A&M University School of Law. Before joining Texas A&M Law’s faculty\, he was an Assistant Professor at Penn State Law\, a Regulation Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School\, and a law clerk to the Hon. M. Margaret McKeown on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His primary areas of research and teaching are administrative law\, energy and environmental regulation\, and bureaucratic politics. His work\, which often crosses interdisciplinary boundaries and incorporates empirical inquiry\, has been published in top journals\, including the Stanford Law Review\, the Yale Law Journal\, and the Columbia Law Review. Professor Walters is a former winner of the American Constitution Society’s Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition in Administrative and Regulatory Law and the Beryl Radin Award for outstanding contribution to the Journal of Public Administration. \n  \nResearch & Theory. He serves as a Council Member on the ABA Section on Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice\, and he is Editor-in-Chief of the Section’s quarterly magazine\, Administrative & Regulatory Law News. Professor Walters holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
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