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.

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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.

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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.

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Related News

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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

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Alina Ball

Professor of Law, Bion M. Gregory Chair in Business Law, and Co-Director of the Center for Racial and Economic Justice
View Alina Ball’s Profile

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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

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Ben Depoorter

Max Radin Distinguished Professor of Law
View Ben Depoorter’s Profile

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Scott Dodson

James Edgar Hervey 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

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Heather Field

Stephen A. Lind Professor of Law and Co-Director of Center on Tax Law
View Heather Field’s Profile

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Richard Marcus

Distinguished Professor of Law and Horace O. Coil Chair in Litigation
View Richard Marcus’s Profile

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Karen Musalo

Professor and Chair in International Law, Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
View Karen Musalo’s Profile

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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

California Appellate Advocacy Program SCOCA Insight Series: Preparing for Oral Argument

Interested in attending? RSVP Here  VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE ONLY, no longer in-person.

Oct 7
Event Date October 7th
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Oral Arguments before U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

On Tuesday, October 8, UC Law will be hosting oral arguments before U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Argument will be held in the Baxter courtroom from 10:00 – […]

Oct 8
Event Date October 8th
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Event Location Baxter Courtoom – 198 McAllister, Room 108

Get Out the Vote Series: featuring Professors Patel and Ramírez Lee discussing low-wage worker protections

CREJ warmly invites you to our Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Series. This is your chance to engage on critical issues at stake in the upcoming election and support an […]

Oct 10
Event Date October 10th
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Event Location Prof. Linh Spencer’s home
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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.

Selected Scholarship

  • Access to Care and Outcomes With the Affordable Care Act for Persons With Criminal Legal Involvement, 5 JAMA Health Forum 1 (Aug. 23, 2024), https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2822683.

    October 4, 2024

  • Disability, Race, and Health Beyond the Carceral State, 122 Mich. L. Rev. 1261 (2024).

    October 4, 2024

  • From Binding Arbitration to Shareholder Activism: Labor History and the History of Modern Liberalism, 52 Revs. in Am. Hist. 44 (2024). 

    October 4, 2024

  • Mapping the New Clean Water Act, 385 Science 1414 (2024), https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr6670.

    October 4, 2024

  • Why Do In-State Plaintiffs Invoke Diversity Jurisdiction?, 49 Law & Soc. Inquiry 1283 (2024).

    October 4, 2024

  • AI & Antitrust: The Algorithm Made Me Do It, __ Competition: J. Anti. & Unfair Comp. L. Sec. Cal. L. Assoc. __ (2024).

    October 4, 2024

  • Dance of the Biologics, 39 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 841 (2024).

    October 4, 2024

  • Internet Drug Prohibition and the Opioid Overdose Crisis, 99 Wash. L. Rev. 361 (2024).

    September 9, 2024

  • Law Enforcement Interventionism as Determinant of Decision-Making Among Resuscitated Opioid Users, 24 Am. J. Bioethics 40 (2024).

    September 9, 2024

  • Psychiatric Restraint Use as Carceral State Practice, 75 Psych. Servs. 307 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.24075006.

    September 9, 2024