Faculty & Scholarship
Our Faculty & Scholarship
Our faculty scholars explore legal theory, practice, and history, propose important legal reforms, and study the impacts of legal systems on people around the world. Using a variety of research methods, they illuminate important issues through articles, books, reports, congressional testimony, popular media, and other avenues.
We invite you to take a look at the latest publications, news and more from our professors and scholars.
Faculty
Our faculty and scholars are leaders in their fields. They’re also passionate teachers who inspire the next generation of lawyers and leaders. We invite you to meet them at the directory below.
Faculty Sightings & Citations
More on our Faculty
Search by Specialty
Interested in finding our professors and experts by subject area? Take a look at our faculty experts page below.
Faculty by Expertise
Browse Publications
Looking for publications by our professors and scholars? We invite you to browse their published works below.
Faculty Bibliographies
Making Headlines
Our professors and scholars are making headlines with their research, publications, Congressional testimony and more. Read more about their work below.
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Research Centers and Programs
UC Law SF’s research centers study cutting-edge areas of law and bring together students, researchers, and practitioners. We invite you to take a look at the vital work from our centers.
Related News
WorkLife Law Wins $150k Grant to Support Pregnant, Postpartum Farmworkers
The grant will support WorkLife Law’s efforts to help pregnant and postpartum farmworkers assert their legal rights and avoid health risks while pregnant. The Center for WorkLife Law has received a $150,000 grant to support a program that helps pregnant farmworkers and those who have… Read More
Meet Some of Our Scholars
Ming H. Chen
Professor and Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair, Director of the Center on Race, Immigration, Citizenship and Equality
View Ming H. Chen’s Profile
Scott Dodson
Horace O. Coil Chair in Litigation, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law, and Director of the Center for Litigation and the Courts
View Scott Dodson’s Profile
Heather Field
Stephen A. Lind Professor of Law and Co-Director of Center on Tax Law
View Heather Field’s Profile
Richard Marcus
Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Law and Horace O. Coil Chair in Litigation
View Richard Marcus’s Profile
Karen Musalo
Professor and Chair in International Law, Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
View Karen Musalo’s Profile
Manoj Viswanathan
Joseph W. Cotchett ’64 Professor of Law and Co-Director, UC Law SF Center on Tax Law
View Manoj Viswanathan’s Profile
Faculty Events
The 2026 Wiley Manuel Lecture – The Big Sort: Reconciling College, Opportunity and Racial Justice in American Society
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Fundamentals of Mediation
A 40-hour basic mediation training program, including certificate of completion and optional MCLE credit. The UC Law SF Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) presents its’ annual 40-hour comprehensive […]
The Judges’ Book
The Judges’ Book features excerpted scholarship from UC Hastings Faculty geared specifically towards judges, judicial business, and issues likely to come before courts for resolution.