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Nothing But A Northern Lynching: The Death Of Fred Hampton Revisited, Susan Rutberg

Publications

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Revenue And Taxation Legislative Summary - 2009, Assembly Committee On Revenue And Taxation

California Assembly

MEMBERS
Honorable Charles Calderon, Chair
Honorable Chuck DeVore, Vice Chair
Honorable Jim Beall
Honorable Joe Coto
Honorable Diane Harkey
Honorable Fiona Ma
Honorable Jim Nielsen
Honorable Anthony Portantino
Honorable Lori Saldana

STAFF
Oksana Jaffe, Chief Consultant
M. David Ruff: Principal Consultant
Christine Hiersche, Committee Secretary

Juveniles Who Commit Sex Offenses Against Minors, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

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Golden Gate Law Takes First Place At Aba & Sftla Mock Trial Competitions

Press Releases

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2009 Bill Summary, Assembly Committee On Public Safety

California Assembly

MEMBERS:
Tom Ammiano, Chair
Juan Armabula, Chair
Jose Solorio, Chair
Curt Hagman, Vice Chair
Warren T. Furutani, Member
Danny Gilmore, Member
Hector De La Torre, Member
Jerry Hill, Member
Fiona Ma, Member

COMMITTEE STAFF:
Gregory Pagan, Chief Counsel
Kathleen Ragan, Counsel
Kimberly Horiuchi, Counsel
Nicole Hansen, Counsel
Gabriel Caswell, Counsel

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

Brokers’ Commissions Under Conditional Contracts, Roger Bernhardt

Publications

This article discusses the California decision in RC Royal Dev. & Realty Corp. v. Standard Pac. Corp. finding it a cautionary warning to clients who try too hard to avoid honoring their obligation to pay a commission owed to their broker.

Golden Gate University School Of Law Announces A Law And Policy Conference Farming And Food: How We Grow What We Eat

Press Releases

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Farming And Food: How We Grow What We Eat, Unknown

Press Releases

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8th Annual Conference On Recent Developments In Intellectual Property Law

Intellectual Property Law

Program invitation and agenda.

Repeating, Yet Evading Review: Admitting Reliable Expert Testimony In Criminal Cases Still Depends Upon Who Is Asking, Wes R. Porter

Publications

A trial court must find that the proponent of expert witness testimony has set forth adequate evidence that the testimony is based upon reliable methods and will be helpful to the trier of fact. Much has been written regarding the reliability prong since the Supreme Court’s decision in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharm., yet a severe prejudice to the criminally accused persists today in some trial courts’ analyses of the often overlooked helpfulness prong. Despite the straight-forward articulation of helpfulness, described as “fit” or mere relevance, some trial courts apply the helpfulness prong differently depending upon whether the expert testimony …

Bad Timing For Deeds In Lieu, Roger Bernhardt

Publications

This article discusses the right of redemption and the rule against clogging and why a deed in lieu that is given after the mortgage has already been executed may be enforceable notwithstanding that one given at the same time as the mortgage is not.

The Endangered Future Of Mfordable Housing Exactions, Roger Bernhardt

Publications

This article is a discussion between Professor Roger Bernhardt of Golden Gate University School of Law and Professor David Callies of University of Hawaii’s William S. Richardson School of Law as to whether a city’s affordable housing impact fees, set-asides, and/or exactions pass constitutional muster.

Rain Follows The Plow: An Introduction To The Issue, Paul Stanton Kibel, Philip D. Batchelder

Publications

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First Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture: Access To Justice In Times Of Fiscal Crisis

Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture Series

The Inaugural Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture address delivered by The Honorable Ronald M. George, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California on the theme of "Access to Justice in Times of Fiscal Crisis."

Hiding A Mortgage Too Well, Roger Bernhardt

Publications

This article considers the California case Garcia v. Roberts, showing that a sale and leaseback can actually be a mortgage, with the twist that if title to the property goes directly to the lender from a third party seller, rather than from the borrower, the mortgage is one of purchase money rather than refinance.

Chris Okeke Book Signing Event, Brochure

Articles About Faculty

A flyer for a book launch/signing event for Contemporary Issues on Public International and Comparative Law: Essays in Honor of Professor Dr. Christian Nwachukwu Okeke.

Law Library Orientation - August 2009

Orientation

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Redefining A Career In Law, Leslie A. Gordon

Articles About Faculty

An interview with Susanne Aronowitz from Law Career Services, published in San Francisco Attorney, Summer 2009, p. 17.

The Slip And Fall Of The California Legislature In The Classification Of Personal Injury Damages At Divorce And Death, Helen Y. Chang

Publications

Part I of this Article provides an overview of California's no-fault divorce reform, its haphazard development of community property laws, and the problems with the current statute classifying personal injury damages as community property during marriage and assigning those damages to the injured spouse at divorce, unless the interests of justice require an alternate disposition. Part II discusses the treatment and classification of personal injury damages in the eight other community property states and also offers a brief historical explanation of each state's community property origins. Part III concludes that the California legislature should amend the statute to classify personal …

Field Work, Myron Moskovitz

Publications

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Review Of Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats, And Lawyers Put Innovators At Risk, By James Bessen And Michael J. Meurer, William T. Gallagher

Publications

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School Of Law Professors Available To Discuss Today’S California Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Proposition 8 Banning Same-Sex Marriage And Confirming Validity Of Same-Sex Marriages Conducted Before November 2008 Election

Press Releases

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A Case Study Of Environmental Justice Work In West Oakland, Helen H. Kang

Publications

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Exactions Or Extortions? Building Industry Ass’N V City Of Patterson, Roger Bernhardt, David Callies

Publications

This article is a dialogue between Roger Bernhardt of Golden Gate University School of Law and David Callies of University of Hawaii’s William S. Richardson School of Law as to whether a city’s affordable housing impact fees, set-asides, and exactions pass constitutional muster.

Golden Gate University Scholarship Honors Outstanding Lesbian And Gay Law Students

Press Releases

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Golden Gate University Environmental Law & Justice Clinic Receives Epa Environmental Award

Press Releases

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Unlawful Detainer Pilot Program, Administrative Office Of The Courts

California Agencies

Under the general framework of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 11570–11587), one of the key provisions of the pilot program is the additional authority granted to city attorneys and city prosecutors to file unlawful detainer (UD) actions against any tenants who are engaged in illegal drug activities. By establishing this program, the Legislature hoped that city attorneys would be able to deal with drug nuisance problems in the community more effectively if property owners, out of safety concerns or other considerations, are unwilling to file unlawful detainer actions to evict offending tenants.

In 2004, AB …

Simultaneous Priority, Roger Bernhardt

Publications

This article discusses simultaneous priority found in a Nebraska case where a notice of commencement and a trust of deed were recorded within five minutes of each other. It also considers why UCC article 9 defines filing so differently than state real estate recording laws do.

Assessing Student Learning Through Powerpoint 'Games', Johanna K.P. Dennis

Publications

It is undisputed that technology has the potential to change the law school classroom and to impact the educational experience. In the legal writing classroom, the use of PowerPoint-based "games" can create a dynamic learning environment enabling a professor to better assess student progress.

Saving Face: The Benefits Of Not Saying I'M Sorry, Brent T. White

Publications

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