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Eighth Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture: Judicial Insights With The Honorable Carlos Bea, Golden Gate University School Of Law

Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture Series

The Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture Series, named after legendary former Chief Justice of California Ronald M. George, shines a light on the vital role of the courts by bringing together judicial leaders to share their perspectives on critical issues facing the judiciary.

The Introduction of this year’s Survey, written by the Honorable Carlos T. Bea, discusses the history of the Ninth Circuit and Judge Bea’s experiences with the Court.

Agenda:

6:00 p.m. WELCOME – Rachel Van Cleave, Dean, Golden Gate University School of Law

LAW REVIEW INTRODUCTION –
Elizabeth Youngberg (JD 17) Editor-in- Chief, GGU Law …

Master Gardeners, Kathleen Morris

Publications

In legal education, we tend to focus first and foremost on producing graduates who can effectively serve and thrive in the private for-profit, non-profit, and federal government economies. There are pressing reasons to maintain these priorities. And yet, assuming legal educators come to believe -- as Schragger has (and I have) -- that cities belong "at the center of economic and constitutional thinking," it stands to reason that law schools should find a way to place cities among the subjects at the center of legal educational thinking. Now is the time to consider how law schools can help raise up …

Local Control Funding Formula: A Continuum Of Discrimination Against Minority Youth In Education, Alafia Delahaye

Poverty Law Conference & Symposium

The issue of public school education funding is at the core of the inequalities between schools located in wealthy school districts and those in low-income school districts. Every state struggles to remedy inequitable funding, partly due to long histories of segregation and racism. Nevertheless, many states continue to believe that allowing localities to manage school funding will remedy the problems, but many localities fail to effectively and fairly manage funds.

Part I discusses the background and legal history of public school education funding in California. Part II describes the recent law passed in California, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) …

2016 Poverty Law Symposium, Michele Benedetto Neitz

Poverty Law Conference & Symposium

Poverty Law Symposium
April 20, 2016 12-4 PM

Presentation Schedule:

12:00 PM- Lunch
12:20 PM- Emily Champlin "The Myth of the Welfare Queen: Reproductive Oppression in the Welfare System"
12:40 PM- Stephany Arzaga “An Increase in Immigrant Homeless Youth: A Consequence of the Federal Government’s Failure to Properly Protect Immigrant Refugee Youth”
1:00 PM- Veronica Kontilis “Civil Gideon in San Francisco: Strengthening Protections for Low-income Tenants”
1:20 PM- Break
1:35 PM- Alafia Delahaye "Local Control Funding Formula: A Continuum of Discrimination Against Minority Youth"
1:55 PM- Joey Faber “Avoiding Probate – The Benefits of Proper Estate Planning for Working-Poor”
2:15 …

The Myth Of The “Welfare Queen”: Reproductive Oppression In The Welfare System, Emily R. Champlin

Poverty Law Conference & Symposium

This paper focuses on two major policy flaws that are rooted in the racist stereotype of the “welfare queen.” These policies work together to punish single motherhood and deny poor women the ability to control their own reproductive futures. They were enacted under the guise that they will stop the cycle of poverty. In reality, they drive women and families deeper into it.

First, in the background section, this paper gives an overview of the history of the “welfare queen” myth and the dramatic changes in the U.S. welfare system. In the analysis section, part one covers the family cap …

Collection Development Policy For Digital Commons: The Legal Scholarship Repository @ Golden Gate University School Of Law, Golden Gate University School Of Law Library

Presentations & Papers

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2016 California Five-Year Infrastructure Plan, Office Of The Governor

California Agencies

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Seventh Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture: Ggu Law Review Presents: Judicial Insights With Judge Mckeown And Justice Cuéllar, Golden Gate University School Of Law

Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture Series

Program brochure for the Seventh Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture Series.

The event features the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the Honorable Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Associate Justice, California Supreme Court.

2015 Veterans Professional Career Conference, Golden Gate University School Of Law

Veterans Legal Advocacy Center

Golden Gate University’s focus on the need for veteran advocacy and professional development programs began in 2012, after GGU Law’s Dean Rachel Van Cleave lost her friend, late Ambassador Christopher Stevens, in Benghazi. At his memorial, Dean Van Cleave met with student veterans who expressed the challenges student veterans face due to their unique experiences and perspectives. From that day on, Dean Van Cleave sought to help veterans with legal and professional services in order to help them navigate higher education and to transition into professional careers. For the past two years, Dean Van Cleave and GGU have worked with …

Better Serving Those Who Serve: California’S Lgbt Veterans Speak Out California Department Of Veterans Affairs Lgbt Veterans Leadership Forum September 26-27, 2014, California Research Bureau

California Agencies

To better understand California’s LGBT veterans’ needs, California’s Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) worked closely with the California LGBT Veterans Leadership Forum Planning Committee to convene the first state LGBT Veteran Leadership Forum. The forum was held September 26-27, 2014, at California State University, Sacramento. CalVet requested that the California Research Bureau (CRB) provide research consultation for pre- and post-event surveys, train facilitators, develop a specialized forum methodology and publish the results.

This white paper summarizes the results from the qualitative and quantitative data collected before, during and after the forum.

Education Disparities Based On Wealth: Struggles Facing Poor Aspiring Lawyers, Angelica Torres

Student Publications

This paper will focus on my lack of knowledge about how growing up poor would make my own struggle to become a lawyer – especially a lawyer hoping to one day serve her own community – seem cluttered with unending obstacles. Given the costs of becoming a lawyer, and given that poverty disproportionately affects minorities, it is easy to understand why diversity is still lacking in the legal profession. Furthermore, because of the economic obstacles the poor face from the very beginning, attempting to work in the public interest field can add to the lists of challenges by disincentivizing those …

When Family Meets Business: The Challenge Of Work/Life Balance, Michele Benedetto Neitz

Publications

Some businesses in San Francisco are listening closely to the needs of their employees while maximizing efficiency. Technology companies, for example, were pioneers in designing workspaces to fit the physical and emotional needs of their workers. This includes cafeterias with free food and coffee, gym and exercise rooms, meditation rooms, and oncall massage therapists.

Of course, tech companies' use of onsite facilities can be viewed as an attempt to stack the work/life balance deck, allowing people to spend more of their "life" at the workplace. In turn, employees in these companies need not ever leave the building — a clear …

Ggu Poverty Law Symposium - 2015, Michele Benedetto Neitz

Poverty Law Conference & Symposium

Flyer for Poverty Law Symposium held at Golden Gate University School of Law on April 20, 2015.

Angel Angelina, Rachel A. Van Cleave

Publications

Dean Van Cleave writes to the American Way magazine, the in-flight magazine of American Airlines, in support of veterans.

2015 California's Five-Year Infrastructure Plan, Office Of The Governor

California Agencies

No abstract provided.

Many Veterans’ Basic Needs Still Unmet: Golden Gate Conference, Katrina Dewey

Articles About GGU Law

The former general counsel of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, retired Col. Will Gunn, posed two questions to students, academics and others at the Golden Gate University School of Law‘s Second Annual Veterans Law Conference: “Is there anything interesting and meaningful left to do in veteran’s law and policy? Haven’t we solved these issues?”

Veterans Lead The Way At Golden Gate Law, Rachel A. Van Cleave

Publications

No abstract provided.

‘Tough’ Lawyer Keker Counsels Giving Veterans Legal Aid With Love, Katrina Dewey

Articles About GGU Law

The Purple Heart honoree recently spoke about his experiences at the Second Annual Veterans Conference at Golden Gate University School of Law, telling an audience of students, academics and fellow leaders of the bar how best to provide legal advice to the men and women who constitute the nation’s 19.6 million military veterans. He came to the Mission Street campus, he said, because he’ll go anywhere to help vets – and to help students who work at Golden Gate’s veteran’s clinic and others who counsel veterans to appreciate who their clients are.

The Veterans Legal Advocacy Center, Rachel A. Van Cleave

Veterans Legal Advocacy Center

Announcement of the new Veterans Legal Advocacy Center.

Sixth Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture: A Conversation With Bill Suter, Erik Christensen

Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture Series

Program Handbook for:

Sixth Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture: A Conversation with Bill Suter - Former Clerk for the United States Supreme Court, and former acting Judge Advocate General for the United States Army

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Second Annual Veterans Law Conference
Presented by the Law Students Veterans Coalition of Northern California

Obituary- Jack Lani Bader, Sfgate.Com

1969-1973: J. Lani Bader

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Expanding Commitment To Those Who Served, Francesca Parise

Veterans Legal Advocacy Center

The opening of Golden Gate University School of Law’s Veterans Legal Advocacy Center (VLAC) this fall represents a major stride in the university’s commitment to serve military veterans by helping some with their legal issues and by supporting others who wish to join the legal profession — while also offering GGU Law students an opportunity to assist with veterans’ legal needs.

California’S Women Veterans Responses To The 2013 Survey, California Research Bureau

California Agencies

The women veteran population in the United States now exceeds 2.2 million. About 8 percent of these women live in California, for a population of more than 180,000. Women veterans have much in common with their male counterparts but have unique experiences and needs as well. Anticipating and addressing these needs is a growing focus of state and federal governments. One component of California’s response to the growing women veteran population is the California Women Veteran Survey, a biennial survey of women veterans living in the state. Begun in 2009, this survey is administered by the California State Library’s California …

Bitcoin: Crypto-Currency Or Bust, Ilon Oliveira

GGU Law Review Blog

Bitcoin’s nature makes regulation extremely difficult for international governments. The currency’s resistance to regulation also makes it appealing to people who want freedom from government or central bank control. However, given the rapidly moving growth and emerging uses of Bitcoin, governments will need to take action sooner rather than later, to prevent fraud and protect Bitcoin users.

What Law Schools And Lawyers Can Do For Veterans, Rachel A. Van Cleave

Publications

The mass shooting that left three dead and sixteen injured this year at Fort Hood is a stark reminder of the challenges and difficulties facing our service men and women. Within days of the tragedy, I attended two conferences in Washington, D.C. to discuss how the legal community may work to serve veterans. One was hosted by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the other by the Puller Clinic at William & Mary Law School.

Ggu Poverty Law Symposium - 2014, Michele Benedetto Neitz

Poverty Law Conference & Symposium

No abstract provided.

Space Rock Mining: A Land Rush Without Title, Richard Miyasaki

GGU Law Review Blog

No abstract provided.

Paging Dr. Derrida: A Deconstructionist Approach To Understanding The Affordable Care Act Litigation, Laura A. Cisneros

Publications

Sovereignty federalism and cooperative federalism represent the two dominant federalism narratives among Supreme Court justices and scholars. The Court consistently invokes formal protections to safeguard the states' right to preside over their own empires.' Sovereignty scholars tend to embrace this dualistic vision of federalism that locates federalism's success in the state's ability to exercise supreme policymaking authority within its own sphere of influence without federal interference. By contrast, academics that lean toward cooperative federalism locate the states' power in their position as federal servants, not separate sovereigns. Scholars have commented that even though these academics tend to resist the rigid …

Introduction To Upcoming Ninth Circuit Survey, The Honorable Richard R. Clifton

GGU Law Review Blog

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Fifth Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture: Veterans In The Judiciary, Lisa Lomba

Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture Series

Program Handbook for:

October 17, 2013
Fifth Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture:
Veterans in the Judiciary
Featuring: Associate Justice Ming. W. Chin, Supreme Court of California

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October 18, 2013: First Annual Veterans Law Conference
Presented by the Law Students Veterans Coalition of Northern California