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Rachel Van Cleave Named New Dean Of Golden Gate University School Of Law, Lisa Lomba

Press Releases

After a national search, Golden Gate University President Dan Angel is proud to announce the appointment of Rachel Van Cleave, Interim Dean, as the new Dean of Golden Gate University School of Law. A Fulbright Scholar, GGU Law Professor since 2004 and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs since 2008, Van Cleave brings extensive experience as an international scholar, professor and law school leader to her new role.

When Can The Baseball Writers For The Hall Of Fame Consider Cheating Through Ped Use, Or Not?, Wes R. Porter, Dan Dressman

Publications

When the 2013 MLB Hall of Fame Ballot was released this past November, the heated discussion began about which controversial candidates, if any at all, would be inducted into Cooperstown (HOF). while isolated athletes have come up in previous years, this year represents a first real tension between the modern ear of baseball - the "steroid era" - and traditional standards for admission into the Hall. The 537 baseball writers are, and should be, entrusted to weigh cheating and use of PEDs against the HOF's criteria of "character," "sportsmanship" and "upholding the integrity of the game." These writers each will …

The 2012 Environmental Law Symposium: California's Urban Wildlands: Cities As Habitat, Golden Gate University School Of Law

Environmental Law Symposia

Welcome to the 2012 Environmental Law Symposium, held in conjunction with ENVIRONMENTAL LAW JOURNAL the publication of this year's edition of the Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal's Symposium: The City as Habitat: A Place for Urban Wildlands. This edition and our Symposium bring to the stage discussions of California's urban habitats, including the Presidio's Crissy Field in San Francisco, the Ballona Wetlands in Playa Del Ray in Southem California, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, and many others. Today we join many urban planning circles in the discussion on preserving a prominent place for greenspace and wildlife habitat amongst the …

In Vino Veritas: A Dispatch From The City By The Bay, Christopher W. Behan

Articles About GGU Law

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2012 Highlights From Golden Gate Law, Lisa Lomba

Articles About Faculty

GGU Law faculty are distinguished by myriad achievements that enhance our students' experience and success in school and in the profession. In and beyond the confines of the classroom, GGU Law professors provide students with practical experience and close mentoring. We are pleased to share some 2012 highlights that reflect the practicality and substance, the theory and practice, for which we are so justly known.

The Ip Law Book Review, Vol. 3 #1, November, 2012, William T. Gallagher, Marc H. Greenberg

Intellectual Property Law

REVIEWS AND REVIEWERS:

MORAL RIGHTS: PRINCIPLES, PRACTICE AND NEW TECHNOLOGY, by Mira T. Sundara Rajan Reviewed by Cyrill P. Rigamonti, University of Bern

CLEAN TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: ECO-MARKS, GREEN PATENTS, AND GREEN INNOVATION, by Eric L. Lane Reviewed by Joshua D. Sarnoff, De Paul University College of Law

COMPLEX COPYRIGHT: MAPPING THE INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM, by Deborah Tussey Reviewed by Shubha Ghosh, University of Wisconsin Law School

IMITATION TO INNOVATION IN CHINA: THE ROLE OF PATENTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, by Yahong Li Reviewed by Benjamin P. Liu, John Marshall Law School

Environmental Law News - November, 2012, Elcj

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

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Environmental Law And Justice Clinic Fall 2012 Report, Helen H. Kang

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

Founded in 1994, the Environmental Law and Justice Clinic serves the dual mission of training law students to be effective and ethical advocates and assisting low-income communities and communities of color to reduce the disparities of pollution. The Clinic is staffed by ten to twelve law students, two full-time professors, and a Graduate Fellow. The State Bar certifies the law students to perform lawyerly tasks under the supervision of their professors.

The Clinic’s 2012 work focused primarily on advocating for safe drinking water, ensuring a renewable energy future, and reducing the disparities of air pollution. This Fall 2012 report highlights …

Assembly Committee On Public Safety: 2012 Legislative Summary, Assembly Committee On Public Safety

California Assembly

MEMBERS
Tom Ammiano, Chair
Steve Knight, Vice Chair
Gilbert Cedillo, Member
Curt Hagman, Member
Holly J. Mitchell, Member
Nancy Skinner, Member

COMMITTEE STAFF
Gregory Pagan, Chief Counsel
Gabriel Caswell, Counsel
Sandy Uribe, Counsel
Stella Y. Choe, Counsel
Sue Highland, Committee Secretary
Elizabeth V. Potter, Committee Secretary

2011-2012 Legislative Summary, Assembly Committee On Housing And Community Development

California Assembly

Members:
Norma J. Torres, Chair
Toni Atkins, Vice Chair
Steven Bradford
Gilbert Cedillo
Beth Gaines
Ben Hueso
Kevin Jeffries

Staff:
Lisa Engel, Chief Consultant
Anya Lawler, Consultant
Yvonne Fong, Committee Secretary

Take An Active Role In Improving Legal Education, Wes R. Porter

Publications

As a law professor, catching up with classes, scholarship, and other work after a conference is always challenging. Last month, I returned to San Francisco from the first gathering of the previously-only-virtual community connected through the Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Initiative (ETL) and website. ETL, through a conference entitled "The Development of Professional Identity in Legal Education," brought together teams from its consortium schools, its ETL fellows, and many other legal education reform advocates. Upon my return, I was confronted with yet another demand on my time (and on my brain). Ideas. Many, many ideas.

Fourth Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture: Lbgt Issues In The Judiciary, Lisa Lomba

Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture Series

Program for the Fourth Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture.

Rough Justice: Extending The Dmca's Self-Policing “Take-Down” Model Beyond Copyright Law, Timothy Cahn, Ryan Bricker

Intellectual Property Law

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Privacy And Data Rights In An Information Economy, John Tomaszewski, Sharon Anolik

Intellectual Property Law

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Juror's Responses To Music Copyright's Lay Listener Test, Jamie Lund

Intellectual Property Law

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11th Annual Conference On Recent Developments In Intellectual Property Law And Policy, Marc Greenberg, William T. Gallagher, Chester S. Chuang

Intellectual Property Law

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Reevaluating The Evaluations, Andy Brunner-Brown

GGU Law Review Blog

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Rational Criminal Justice, Andy Brunner-Brown

GGU Law Review Blog

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Injunction Junction: Microsoft V Motorola, Case No. 12-35352 (9th Cir. Sept. 28, 2012), Jeff Tye

GGU Law Review Blog

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Modifying Labels, Andy Brunner-Brown

GGU Law Review Blog

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Use Of Role Play And Interview Modes In Law Clinic Case Rounds To Teach Essential Legal Skills And To Maximize Meaningful Participation, Helen Kang

Publications

Case rounds are a common feature of the seminar component of clinical programs. This article describes using in the case rounds setting multiple design elements, including role plays and formalized interviews, to enhance student learning and engagement. In the rounds described here, a student presenter is asked to adopt the role of her opponent in her clinic case and to explain succinctly the opponent's case, followed by an informational session in which the student presenter is allowed only to give short answers in response to questions from her clinic peers; and after the question-and-answer session, students and their professors debrief …

Viewpoint: Slain Diplomat, A Hastings Grad, 'Helped Me Find My Better Angel', Rachel A. Van Cleave

Publications

John Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya who was killed there on Sept. 11, was a 1989 graduate of UC-Hastings. Rachel Van Cleave, a classmate of his and now the interim dean at Golden Gate University School of Law, spoke at a vigil for Stevens on the Hastings campus this week. What follows is an excerpt of her remarks.

Ambassador Christopher Stevens Eulogy, Rachel A. Van Cleave

Lectures & Speeches

At a vigil held Monday, September 17, 2012, at UC Hastings, GGU Law Interim Dean Rachel Van Cleave shared special memories of Ambassador Chris Stevens, a personal friend and former classmate, who was killed last week when the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya was bombed.

Recognizing The Link Among Climate Change, Food, And Poverty, Helen H. Kang

Publications

The United States must begin to meet in earnest the challenges that climate change poses to adequate nutrition for the poor and the hungry. Climate change is profoundly affecting agriculture and is expected to continue to do so, resulting in sometimes-sharp food-price fluctuations to which our government at all levels is unprepared to respond. While those with resources may be able to cope with price volatility, those who are already undernourished are less able without government programs nimbly responding to fluctuations in food prices. Compounding the problem for U.S. households, the predicted cost increases of other necessities such as energy …

2012-13 International Women Judges Graduate Fellow Announced, Lisa Lomba

Press Releases

Golden Gate University School of Law (GGU Law) and the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) have selected their third annual International Women Judges Graduate Fellow for 2012-13. This year’s Fellow is Hon. Farjana Yesmin, a Senior Judicial Magistrate in Mymensingh, Dhaka, Bangladesh who will pursue an individualized course of study and earn a graduate law degree at Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco.

Dean's Annual Letter 2012, Rachel A. Van Cleave

Dean's Annual Report

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Blind Discretion: Girls Of Color & Delinquency In The Juvenile Justice System, Jyoti Nanda

Publications

The juvenile justice system was designed to empower its decisionmakers with a wide grant of discretion in hopes of better addressing youth in a more individualistic and holistic, and therefore more effective, manner. Unfortunately for girls of color in the system, this discretionary charter given to police, probation officers, and especially judges has operated without sufficiently acknowledging and addressing their unique position. Indeed, the dearth of adequate gender/race intersectional analysis in the research and the stark absence of significant system tools directed at the specific characteristics of and circumstances faced by girls of color have tracked alarming trends such as …

Law Library Orientation - August 2012, Michael Daw

Orientation

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Judges Invitation For The First Annual Ggu Professor Bernie L. Segal Criminal Mock Trial Competition: In Vino Veritas, Wes R. Porter

Litigation Center at Golden Gate University School of Law

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Professor Rachel Van Cleave Takes The Helm At Golden Gate University School Of Law, Lisa Lomba

Press Releases

Professor Rachel Van Cleave Appointed Interim Dean of GGU Law for the 2012-13 Academic Year.