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    May 04, 2024  
2022-2023 Law School Student Handbook 
    
2022-2023 Law School Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Full-time Faculty


Jennifer Babcock, Associate Professor of Law

BA, University of California, San Diego; MSW, San Jose State University; JD, Santa Clara University School of Law. Member, California State Bar; Member, Hawaii State Bar; Member, Legal Writing Institute

Anna Benvenue, Associate Professor of Law; Director of JD Flex

BA,University of Georgia; JD, Golden Gate University School of Law; Member, California State Bar; American Immigration Lawyers Association

Rana Boujaoude, Associate Professor of Law; Director of Bar Services

BA, San Francisco State University; JD, Golden Gate University School of Law; Member, California State Bar

Rachel Brockl, Visiting Associate Professor of Law; Director of the Litigation Center

BS, San Francisco State University; JD, Golden Gate University School of Law

Leland Chan, Associate Professor of Law

BS, Brigham Young University; JD, Berkeley School of Law

Helen Chang, Professor of Law

BA, University of Texas; JD, Southern Methodist University Law School

Eric C. Christiansen, Professor of Law

BA, University of Notre Dame; MA, University of Chicago, The Divinity School; JD, New York University. Member, California State Bar

Laura A. Cisneros, Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Honors Lawyering Program

BA, University of San Diego; JD, Loyola University New Orleans School of Law; LLM, University of Wisconsin Law School. Member, California State Bar

Colin Crawford, Professor of Law; Dean of the School of Law

BA, Columbia University; MA, University of Cambridge; JD, Harvard Law School. Member of Editorial Council, Panorama of Brazilian Law; Member of Editorial Board, Diversitates, an inter-disciplinary online academic journal based at the Núcleo de Inclusão Social (Center for Social Inclusion), Institute for Philosophy and Social Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, since 2009; Board Member, Latina & Latino Critical Legal Theory, Inc.

Michael Daw, Professor of Law; Associate Dean and Director, Law Library

BA, Valparaiso University; JD, Valparaiso University; MLIS, San Jose State University

Daniel Devoy, Visiting Associate Professor of Law; Director, Veterans’ Advocacy Legal Center

BA, University of California, San Diego; JD, Golden Gate University School of Law

Benedetta Faedi Duramy, Professor of Law; Associate Dean of Faculty Scholarship

MA, University of Florence; JSD, Stanford Law School; LLM, London School of Economics and Political Sciences; LLB, Univeristy of Roma La Sapienza

Samuel Ernst, Professor of Law

BA, University of California, Santa Cruz; MA, University of California, Los Angeles; JD, Georgetown University School of Law. Member, California State Bar, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Federal Circuit Bar Association; The Howard T. Markey Intellectual Property American Inn of Court; American Bar Association

Elizabeth Fishman, Associate Professor of Law

BA, Brown University; JD, Stanford Law School. Member, California State Bar

William Gallagher, Professor Law; Faculty Chair; Director, IP Law Program & IP Law Center

BA, University of California, Berkeley; MA, University of Chicago; JD, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law; PhD, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. Member, Executive Committee, State Bar of California Intellectual Property Law Section; American Bar Association; International Trademark Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Member, State Bar of California; Court Admissions: US District Courts for the Northern District of California; US District Court for the District of Colorado; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Marc Greenberg, Professor of Law

AB, University of California, Berkeley; JD, University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Co-Chair - Copyright Section, San Francisco IP Law Association; Member and Mediator for California Lawyers for the Arts; Member, State Bar of California, U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of California, Eastern District of California, Central District of California, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

David Kaiser, Associate Professor of Law

BA, University of California, Berkeley; MA, Johns Hopkins University; JD, University of California, Hastings College of the Law; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Helen Kang, Professor of Law; Director, Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

BA, Yale University; JD, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law

Paul Kibel, Professor of Law, Co-Director, LLM Environmental Law Program

BA, Colgate University; JD, Willamette University College of Law; LLM, UC Berkeley School of Law. Member, California State Bar

Eleanor Lumsden, Professor of Law

AB, Princeton University; JD, New York University School of Law. Board Member, Family Service Agency of San Francisco; Member, California State Bar; Past member of the Civil Justice Strategies Task Force, California State Bar; Volunteer with Reading Partners, Oakland; Volunteer with the Children’s Support League of the East Bay

Fiona McKenna, Associate Professor of Law; Director, Legal Writing

BA, University of California, Berkeley; JD, American University, Washington College of Law. Member, California State Bar; Member, San Francisco Bar Association

Kathleen S. Morris, Associate Professor of Law

BA, California State University, Northridge; JD, University of California, Berkeley School of Law; MSc, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Jyoti Nanda, Associate Professor of Law

BA, University of California, Berkeley; JD, Northwestern University School of Law

Michelle Benedetto Neitz, Professor of Law

BA, Santa Clara University; JD, New York University. Member, California State Bar

Christian Nwachukwu Okeke, Professor of Law; Director of the LLM and SJD International Legal Studies Programs

DrJur, Free University of Amsterdam; LLM, Kiev State University, Ukraine

Kate Raven, Visiting Associate Professor of Law; Clinical Staff Attorney, WERC

BA, Stanford University; JD, UCLA School of Law. Member, California State Bar

Cliff Rechschaffen, Professor of Law

AB, Princeton University; JD, Yale Law School. Member, California State Bar

Thomas A. Schaaf, Associate Professor of Law

BA, The Evergreen State College; JD, University of California, Hastings College of the Law

Hina Shah, Professor of Law; Director, Women’s Employment Rights Clinic

BSW, University of Texas, Austin; JD, University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Member, California State Bar

Rachel Van Cleave, Professor of Law

BA, Stanford University; JD, University of California, Hastings College of the Law; JSM, Stanford University School of Law

Allison Wang, Visiting Professor of Law; Director, Externship Program

BA, University of California, Los Angeles; JD, University of San Francisco. Member, State Bar of California; Bar Area Consortium on Externships

Lucas Williams, Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Staff Attorney

BA, California State University, Sonoma; JD, Golden Gate University School of Law. Member, State Bar of California

Spencer Williams, Associate Professor of Law

BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; JD, Stanford Law School. Member, State Bar of California; Board Member of Sisters of the Good Shepherd Gracenter

Mark Yates, Professor of Law; Director, Academic Support Program & Bar Services

JD, University of Calfornia, Hastings College of the Law