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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.
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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 MoreMeet Some of Our Scholars
Alina Ball
Professor of Law, Bion M. Gregory Chair in Business Law, and Co-Director of the Center for Racial and Economic Justice
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Ming H. Chen
Professor and Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair, Director of the Center on Race, Immigration, Citizenship and Equality
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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
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Heather Field
Stephen A. Lind Professor of Law and Co-Director of Center on Tax Law
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Richard Marcus
Distinguished Professor of Law and Horace O. Coil Chair in Litigation
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Karen Musalo
Professor and Chair in International Law, Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
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Manoj Viswanathan
Joseph W. Cotchett ’64 Professor of Law and Co-Director, UC Law SF Center on Tax Law
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Faculty Events
AALS Section on Immigration Law Reception Hosted by RICE
The AALS (Association of American Law Schools) Section on Immigration Law will be hosting a reception at the Asian Art Museum. This reception is hosted by RICE (The Center for […]
Bridging the Gap: Health Justice and Exclusionary School Discipline
The Consortium invites you to Bridging the Gap: Health Justice and Exclusionary School Discipline on February 28, 2025. The conference will feature researchers, public health practitioners, clinicians, attorneys, and community […]
Patients, Providers, Pills, and Personhood Post-Dobbs
This day-long conference will focus on the health-justice impacts of the Dobbs decision repudiating the constitutional right to abortion. RSVP here.
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.