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Viewpoint: Post-Feminist Legal Profession? Not So Fast, Drucilla S. Ramey

Publications

Just the other day I had occasion to dine with a group of remarkable women of a certain age who had recently been featured by this newspaper as "Women Leaders in the Law: Blazing the trail for 35-plus years." Right there you knew, of course, that these were women who had stayed the course, who had early and often resisted the siren call of a more conventional path, and who collectively called to mind the rallying cry of an earlier time: "This is what a feminist looks like."

Having individually and together fought their way to the top of their …

Senate Confirms Obama Nominee To Ninth Circuit, Ginny Laroe

Articles About GGU Law

Morgan Christen, an Alaska Supreme Court Justice nominated by President Obama to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, won Senate confirmation on Thursday. Christen is the first Golden Gate University law school graduate to join the Ninth Circuit.

New Center On Urban Environmental Law: Greening Bay Area Cities, Garrett Wheeler

CUEL - Center for Urban Environmental Law

“We developed CUEL because while there are a lot of great programs around the country focused on climate change, energy, wildlife preservation and other rural issues, there are a lot of important concerns, particularly urban issues, that are not getting enough attention,” says CUEL founder and Co-Director, Professor Paul Kibel. “[GGU Law] is particularly well positioned to take on these issues. The greenspace project at Alameda Point is a chance to present a compelling argument to create urban parkland.”

No Change In Sight For Sentencing Guidelines, Wes R. Porter

Publications

In the post-Booker era, the commission must reinvent itself to provide a useful tool for the courts in determining punishment, explains Wes Reber Porter of Golden Gate University School of Law.

Golden Gate Lawyer, Fall/Winter 2012

Golden Gate Lawyer

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Future Of The Internet At Stake, Marc Greenberg

Publications

The Stop Online Piracy Act, H.R. 3261, introduced Oct. 26, has generated a firestorm of controversy, with critics assailing it for its chilling effect on the web and the Internet. After deciding to investigate this bill, I waded through piles of critiques, both pro and con. The bill itself, written in 78 mind-numbing pages of dense legislatese, on an initial read-through doesn't contain any "gotcha" terms that immediately support the conclusion of legislative overreach. The ostensible purpose of the bill is to combat the activities of alleged "rogue websites" based outside the U.S., which are engaged in widespread copyright infringement …

The Uncertain Requirement For Recording Assignments Of Deeds Of Trust, Roger Bernhardt

Publications

Analysis of a recent California decision exempting the assignment of a deed of trust from California’s statutory recording requirement on the ground that the act applies only to mortgages.

Maya V. Centex Corp., Roger Bernhardt

Publications

Analysis of a recent Ninth Circuit Decision holding that plaintiffs have alleged sufficient injury for standing purposes in claiming that developers misrepresented the future quality of the neighborhood to them.

More On Mortgage Transfer Mysteries, Roger Bernhardt

Publications

A review of recent federal and state decisions in California involving mortgage transfers.

The Priority Fight Between The Second Mortgagee And The Subrogated Insurance Carrier, Roger Bernhardt

Publications

Analysis of a recent decision holding that the insurance carrier who had paid the first mortgagee had a superior right to the remaining value of the property by virtue of subrogation than did the second mortgagee, even though the second was also insured under the same policy.

Avalon Pacific-Santa Ana, L.P. V Hd Supply Repair & Remodel, Llc (2011), Roger Bernhardt

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Lessor could not recover cost of repair damages for lessee’s breach of maintenance and repair obligations when lease had neither expired nor been terminated. Similarly, when lease will be in effect for extended term, lessor may recover waste damages before lease expiration or termination only on showing of substantial and permanent damage resulting in reduced market value.

Ferguson V. Avelo Mortgage, Llc, Roger Bernhardt

Publications

Ability of secondary market participants to foreclose on transferred mortgages.

Creative Ventures, Llc V Jim Ward & Assocs.: (2011) 195 Ca4th 1430, - Cr3d, Roger Bernhardt

Publications

Analysis of a California decision applying usury sanctions to third party investors.

The Priorities Of Proceeds And Rents, Roger Bernhardt

Publications

Analysis of a Seventh Circuit decision involving priority of claims to rents.

Being Professionally Responsible In Property Transactions, Roger Bernhardt

Publications

Discussion of two cases sanctioning lawyers for improperly 1) going into business with the client, and 2) working with the other side after quitting the case.

Challenges To California Foreclosures Based On Mers Transfers, Roger Bernhardt

Publications

A review of recent California decisions challenging the validity of mortgage transfers through MERS.

Redevelopment Agency V Bnsf Ry. (9th Cir 2011) 643 F3d 668, Roger Bernhardt

Publications

Analysis of a Ninth Circuit involving pollution by a former owner.

2011 Legislative Summary, Assembly Committee On Public Safety

California Assembly

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

COMMITTEE STAFF:
Gregory Pagan, Chief Counsel
Gabriel Caswell, Counsel
Milena N. Blake, Counsel
Sandy Uribe, Counsel
Stella Y. Choe, Counsel

Sue Highland, Committee Secretary
Elizabeth V. Potter, Committee Secretary

Best Llm Program In California, Lisa Lomba

Press Releases

Golden Gate University School of Law has been voted as having the best LLM Program in California in 2011 by The Recorder.

Third Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture: Justices Of Color At The Top: Great Responsibility, Unique Challenges, Lisa Lomba

Press Releases

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Professionalism On Trial, Wes R. Porter

Publications

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Norm-Referenced Grading In The Age Of Carnegie: Why Criteria-Referenced Grading Is More Consistent With Current Trends In Legal Education And How Legal Writing Can Lead The Way, Leslie Rose

Publications

In the current environment of curricular innovation and the increased focus on assessment methods, the time is ripe to reexamine grading practices. Part I of this Article defines basic grading principles. Part II summarizes the current state of grading in law school generally, and in legal writing specifically. Part III reviews the current trends in legal education and the related criticism of norm-referenced grading policies. Part IV explains why criteria-referenced grading should be adopted in legal writing classes. Part V argues that criteria-referenced grading should be adopted in other courses and responds to the concerns that such a proposal might …

The Carnegie Effect: Elevating Practical Training Over Liberal Education In Curricular Reform, Mark Yates

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The Carnegie Foundation issued its book-length report, Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law (Carnegie Report) in 2007. Although there have been numerous responses to it, relatively few have engaged it with any degree of critical analysis. Law schools across the country have enthusiastically mentioned the Carnegie Report in connection with curricular changes intended to “prepare” students, in the words of the Report, for the practice of law. Mostly these changes amount to adding clinical options or even clinical requirements, adding units to legal writing programs, and updating professional responsibility courses. Very few, if any law schools, however, have …

Offshore Energy After The Bp Spill: Wave, Wind And The Push To Drill, Unknown

Environmental Law Symposia

Flyer for 2011 conference.

Environmental Law And Justice Clinic Fall 2011 Report, Eljc

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, a part-time staff scientist, and a Graduate Fellow. The State Bar certifies the law students to perform lawyerly tasks under the supervision of their professors.

The clinic’s 2011 work focused primarily on reducing the disparities of air pollution. This Fall 2011 report highlights some of the clinic’s work and accomplishments …

Third Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture: Chief Justices Of Color, Lisa Lomba

Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture Series

2011 Event Program.

10th Annual Conference On Recent Developments In Intellectual Property Law & Policy, Marc Greenberg, William T. Gallagher, Chester Chuang

Intellectual Property Law

Welcome to the 10 Annual Conference on Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law andPolicy, presented by the Intellectual Property Law Center of Golden Gate University School of Law.

Helping The Bench Find Justice, Myron Moskovitz

Publications

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Introducing The Recorder's Women Leaders In The Law, Scott Graham

Articles About Faculty

Today, The Recorder is honoring 20 women for helping blaze the trail in the profession decades ago. These living legends are firsts and founders — the first women partners at big law firms, the first (or second) women judges on their courts. Not surprisingly for women who were educated during the civil rights struggle and the Vietnam War, several have founded/and or piloted influential public interest organizations like Equal Rights Advocates, California Women Lawyers and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights in the Bay Area.

Drucilla Stender Ramey, Scott Graham

2009-2012: Drucilla Stender Ramey

This article is part of the Recorder's series: Women Leaders in the Law.