Lois Schwartz

Bio

Professor Lois W. Schwartz entered the UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) in 1986 at the age of forty, and every day thanks her lucky stars that she accepted the challenge. Her legal career began in private practice and quickly led to teaching. Her professional life has taken unconventional twists and turns, including a hiatus from academia in 2001 to complete a judicial clerkship in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, a stint with the Public Defender’s Office, and a position with the Contra Costa County Staff Attorneys’ Office. It is her goal in teaching to integrate academic understanding and practical skills.

Education

• School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley
  J.D.

• University of Chicago, Graduate Library School
  M.A.

• University of Chicago, Department of English Literature
  M.A.

• University of Chicago
  B.A.

Selected Scholarship

• Grey Matters
  Hastings Women's Law Journal 2012

• Physicians Seeking Indemnification from Managed Care Organizations: Transforming Equities and Remedies
  Kennedy Law Review 1996

• Public Interest Prospects on the West Coast
  NAPIL [National Association for Public Interest Law] Connection 1992

• The Diversified Job Search: Public and Private Sector Counseling in the Nineties
  NALP [National Association for Law Placement] Annual Report 1991

• Stumbling Blocks and Stepping Stonea Newcomers' Guide to Perilous Terrain in Law School
  Vermont Law Review 1990

• Admitted But Not Accepted Outsiders Take an Inside Look at Law School
  Berkeley Women's Law Journal 1989