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UC Hastings (Spring 2015) Hastings College of the Law Alumni Association UC Hastings Scholarship Repository Hastings Alumni Publications Spring 2015 UC Hastings (Spring 2015) Hastings College of the Law Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.uchastings.edu/alumni_mag Recommended Citation Hastings College of the Law Alumni Association, "UC Hastings (Spring 2015)" (2015). Hastings Alumni Publications. 139. http://repository.uchastings.edu/alumni_mag/139 This Magazine Issue is brought to you for free and open access by UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Hastings Alumni Publications by an authorized administrator of UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. UC HastingsUniversity of California Made in San Francisco | Ready for the World DRIVING CHANGE How students, faculty, and alumni are making the world a better place Professor Radhika Rao examines the thorny legal issues associated with assisted reproductive technologies. PLUS: Legal strategies to improve public health / How to fix San Francisco’s housing crisis / Lyft’s legal team discusses the new sharing economy SPRING 2015 { CONTENTS } 02 | FROM THE DEAN 03 | FOR THE RECORD Highlights from the annual Swearing-In Ceremony. 04 | TRENDING Social media updates from and about the UC Hastings community. 06 | IN BRIEF A new program in East Asian Legal Studies, the Individual Representation Clinic’s impressive victories, Lawyers for America, and more. 18 | ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP Game-changing legal research and analyses from Professors Radhika Rao, Abe Cable, Kate Bloch, John Crawford, Upfront Heather M. Field, and John Leshy. 60 | COMMUNITY Departments In post-earthquake Napa, two leaders of the county’s criminal justice system rebuild through a UC Hastings connection. 62 | ADVANCEMENT 72 UC Hastings’ second Honors Gala, the Investing in Opportunity campaign, and the record-setting philanthropy of the class of ’64. Plus: 2014 donor rolls. 70 | THEN AND NOW The Patiño Fellowship, founded in 1974, continues to pay it forward. 72 | STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Student Services takes a holistic approach. Driving Change 24 TACKLING THE JUSTICE GAP Students, alumni, and faculty offer ideas for much-needed reforms in the fields of housing, employment, and public health. “ We share the privilege of serving society as attorneys, and with that comes the responsibility of ensuring that the benefits of a just society are available to all.” —Marsha Cohen, the Honorable Raymond Sullivan 40 Professor of Law 44 | Your Class Notes WHAT’S NEW WITH YOUR UC HASTINGS COLLEAGUES AND CLASSMATES. POINT OF VIEW Steve Fineman ’88, Lieff Cabraser > [email protected] managing partner, shares insights into BOTTOM: FIONA ABOUD FIONA BOTTOM: the art of lawyering. UC HASTINGS 1 { FROM THE DEAN } UC Hastings College of the Law Chancellor & Dean | Frank H. Wu Provost & Academic Dean | welcome Elizabeth L. Hillman Acting Assistant Dean for Institutional Advancement and Director of Communications & Public Affairs | Dear Alumni and Friends, Alex A. G. Shapiro UC Hastings is driving change. While we have Editorial Director | Jessica Kraft done so as an institution, our faculty, staff, Senior Communications Writer | alumni, and students also do so as individuals. Ami Dodson The College has been a leader in reforming Photography | Jim Block legal education. When I arrived five years ago, Design and Production | DCP the notion that law schools needed to change Board of Directors was only starting to be discussed. Since then, Marci Dragun ’86, Chair the bench, the bar, the general public, and Carin T. Fujisaki ’85, Vice Chair even the president of the United States have Donald Bradley ’68 Tina Combs ’88 demanded the transformation of our system. Maureen Corcoran ’79 We made news when we announced a stra- Thomas Gede ’81 tegic reduction in class size. Our decision, after Claes H. Lewenhaupt ’89 much deliberation, was remarkable. Others Mary Noel Pepys ’78 Carl W. “Chip” Robertson Jr. ’98 soon followed. Virtually everyone acknowl- Bruce L. Simon ’80 edges now that while rule of law is crucial to Sandra Thompson ’01 our democracy, we overbuilt the legal academe Contact Us relative to the needs of the marketplace. Alumni Center Yet we have done much more than merely cut enrollment. We have opened University of California multiple clinical programs, including emphasizing transactional practice. We Hastings College of the Law 200 McAllister Street have positioned ourselves as a Pacific Rim institution, with the East Asian San Francisco, CA 94102 Legal Studies Program. We have created an interdisciplinary affiliation with the 415.565.4615 UCSF Consortium, joining us to one of the finest medical and health sciences [email protected] campuses in the world. Our Lawyers for America program offers a sustainable www.uchastings.edu means of entering public sector and public interest practice, with paid full-time Send changes of address to fellowships after graduation, and the 3+3 initiative with UC Santa Cruz gives [email protected]. talented students an opportunity to accelerate their education. Please submit your class notes at These developments have been the work of a community. Credit is deserved [email protected]. by so many. Our supporters in particular have enabled us to pursue these proj- UC Hastings is published by the ects, even as we have maintained the same fees and tuition for multiple years. University of California Hastings In this issue, you will learn about what our stakeholders are doing to advance College of the Law. ©2015 change. As is true of their school, they are doing well by doing good. All rights reserved. Sincerely, If you prefer to opt out of receiving UC Hastings magazine by mail, email [email protected] or visit uchastings.edu/alumni-contact. Any reference or depiction of a commercial product does not constitute or imply an Frank H. Wu endorsement by UC Hastings of the product Chancellor & Dean or its provider or producer. 2 SPRING 2015 { FOR THE RECORD } On Dec. 12, 2014, the class of 2014 celebrated its Swearing-In Ceremony with help from some distinguished company. California Supreme California Supreme Court Justice Marvin R. Baxter ‘66, Judge Jeffrey S. White, and Judge William A. Fletcher Court Justice Marvin R. at the class of 2014 Swearing-In Ceremony. Baxter ’66 administered the California State Oath, District Judge Jeffrey S. White gave the Federal District Court Oath, and Judge William A. Fletcher gave the Federal Court of Appeals Oath. Graduates were joined by family and friends for this momentous occasion. UC HASTINGS 3 SOCIAL MEDIA BUZZ UC HASTINGS IS COMMITTED TO KEEPING STUDENTS, SUPPORTERS, ALUMNI, AND FRIENDS UP TO DATE WITH THE HELP OF SOCIAL MEDIA. BE SURE TO FOLLOW UC HASTINGS ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TWITTER FOR CURRENT EVENTS. IN THE MEANTIME, CHECK OUT SOME OF OUR FAVORITE POSTS HERE. @UCHASTINGSLAW, MAY 22, 2014 Mary Noel Pepys ’78 in Afghanistan getting ready to board a heli- copter for meetings with Afghan prosecutors. UC HASTINGS, DEC. 1, 2014 How cool is this? LLM & UC HASTINGS, FEB. 16, 2015 exchange students visited Front page story in today’s San Francisco Chronicle reports on Facebook HQ with ASUCH our proposed building plans, along with a great quote from CFO Internal VP Lidia Lopez and David Seward. “If you want an urban dynamic where there are met with UC Hastings alumni opportunities to get involved in real law right outside your door, Mike Johnson ‘99 (Director & that’s where we come in. The students who elect to come to UC Associate General Counsel) Hastings have the opportunity to participate in the real world– and Matt Stratton ‘07 the good and the not so good.” (Trademark Counsel). 4 SPRING 2015 { TRENDING } @UCHASTINGSLAW, OCT. 5, 2014 Prof Marcus strikes #CivPro gold in the library at Yonsei University in Seoul. @HASTINGSLARAZA, FEB. 18, 2015 Thank you Justice Cuéllar for joining us at @uchast- ingslaw! It was a true honor. You are an inspiration! @ SCOCAblog @UCHASTINGSLAW, JAN. 23, 2015 Meet 2L Trailblazer Liliana Garcia: “I met my first lawyer when I came to law school. We might have had less growing up,” she said, “but I actually had more support emotionally, and that is what people need to get through anything.” UC HASTINGS, JAN. 25, 2015 @UCHASTINGSLAW, JAN. 28, 2015 “My passion is to change the Barrett Brown Sentenced to way that we treat indigent 5 Years in Prison | Prof @ criminal defendants.” Meet Ghappour–Brown’s defense UC Hastings’ own Hali Ford, attorney–talks with @ competing as a castaway on WIRED http://ow.ly/I5pOI Survivor, Season 30. UC HASTINGS 5 { IN BRIEF } From left: Maria Tapia-Hernandez ’14, 3L Kyla Rowe, and Professor Gail Silverstein. UNTANGLING THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET The Individual Representation Clinic wins Social Security { back-pay cases for community members in need s a young adult, Luis Perez, a native of Maria Tapia-Hernandez ’14, who worked on A Solano County, was involved in a debil- his case. As a member of the Civil Justice itating car accident that left him partially Clinic’ Individual Representation (IR) section, paralyzed. He eventually received his GED which provides pro bono counseling for but was unable to find work. He repeatedly underserved clients, Tapia-Hernandez applied for Social Security benefits but, reviewed Perez’s case and argued to an struggling to understand the complicated administrative law judge that he deserved regulations, was denied coverage. disability benefits. The argument proved suc- Seemingly out of options, he approached cessful, and Perez was awarded retroactive UC Hastings, where he was introduced to benefits dating back to the time of his injury. 6 SPRING 2015 { IN BRIEF } For Perez, the ruling provided closure on student, you are often reminded that you what had been an arduous legal process. don’t have a law degree yet, and therefore For Tapia-Hernandez and the IR, the ruling you can’t do much,” Rowe said. “But to our was yet another in an impressive spate of clients, we were lawyers, and they trusted decisions the clinic has recently secured for us with their confidence, which was very its clients.
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