Football: Sioux Falls tops GPAC poll Aug 6, 2009
After the Tigers it was Nebraska Wesleyan University (86) in fourth, Hastings College (84) in fifth and Northwestern College (76) in sixth place. Midland Lutheran College (64), Doane College (51), Dana College (32), Concordia University (30), Briar Cliff University (26) and Dordt College (17) rounded out the bottom half of the predicted standings. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
The continuing Nakba Aug 4, 2009
Timothy Crawley, a student at Hastings College of the Law, is interning at Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel. This article appeared on page A - 9 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
S.F. seeks a super dorm Aug 3, 2009
The group includes the Housing Action Coalition and administrators from , UC Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco State and other schools. Capstone Development, which has built 31,000 beds on 54 campuses across the country, is actively looking at possible development sites. (East Bay Business Times, CA)
Governor signs $84.5 billion spending plan Jul 30, 2009
Schwarzenegger cut an additional $1 million from the UC Hastings College of Law in San Francisco ... UC Hastings College of Law. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Hastings Grad Tells Lawyers How to 'Leave Law Behind' Jul 17, 2009
Casey Berman, a 1999 graduate of Hastings College of the Law Jason Doiy, The Recorder ... On Tuesday night, the 1999 Hastings College of the Law graduate pitched an alternative path for J.D.s at his alma mater in San Francisco. (Law.com)
Finding a bankruptcy lawyer when you're broke Jul 9, 2009
-- The Bar Association of San Francisco holds free legal advice and referral clinics twice a month: on the second Saturday at Hastings College of the Law and on the fourth Saturday (through October) at the Providence Baptist Church in Bayview-Hunters Point. At these clinics, you can meet privately with a volunteer lawyer for 10 or 15 minutes. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
San Francisco Attorney Julie Pearl Named Among the Nation's Top 10 Immigration Attorneys by HR Executive Magazine Jun 6, 2009
Julie received a B.A. from Stanford University, an M.P.A. from Harvard University and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Formerly Deputy Attorney General in California, she is a founding member of the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers () and is profiled in the book, The Moral Advantage: Getting Ahead in Business by Doing the Right Thing (2004). (PR Newswire)
Schwarzenegger cuts mean no college for thousands Jun 2, 2009
Leo Martinez, acting chancellor and dean at the University of California's Hastings College of Law, urged legislators to reject Schwarzenegger's proposal to cut off all state support for the 131-year-old school. The state's investments in Hastings have been repaid many times over by the contributions made by its graduates, who include former Assembly Speaker and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, Martinez said. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Need-based student aid in jeopardy May 28, 2009
Schwarzenegger is also proposing cuts to the UC and CSU budgets and eliminating funding for UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. The Cal Grant program, started in 1955, has many supporters who will fight hard against the governor's proposal. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Governor proposes deep cuts, with more to come May 28, 2009
3 million - Eliminate all state general fund spending for UC Hastings College of Law. -- $173 million - Eliminate new Cal Grants. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Judge Rakoff Explains Choice of Mississippi Fund to Lead Subprime Class Action May 27, 2009
It also voices skepticism that the Iron Workers' administrator could adequately oversee the litigation (despite a declaration from ethics professor Geoffrey Hazard Jr. of the Hastings College of Law, who defended Coughlin's monitoring arrangement). "The court, from its own observation of the testimony and demeanor of the fund's administrator, readily perceived that he was not particularly sophisticated in evaluating securities class actions and, indeed, had only a rough idea of what this lawsuit... (Law.com)
Cardinals' soccer season ends May 17, 2009
Hernandez will continue his soccer career at Hastings College while classmate Alberto Ledesma, a defender, will play soccer at Mount Marty. Fellow seniors Covarrubias, Marcos Velazquez (23 goals), Jose Rocha (6 goals), Victor Campos and Armando Ramos started for the last time Saturday. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Sports Briefs May 16, 2009
Hernandez will play for the north squad in the June 13 game at the Osborne Sports Complex at Hastings College. Hernandez scored 12 goals and had 12 assists for the Cardinals during the regular season. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
2010 Already Looking Chilly for Summer Associates May 13, 2009
Sari Zimmerman, the career office director at Hastings College of the Law, said a smaller number of law firms have so far signed up for on-campus interviews at her school and, she's heard, at other law schools in the area. She declined to specify numbers, saying only that the drop was significant. (Law.com)
Astronaut visits Sacred Heart School for inspirational talk May 12, 2009
However, it took a great deal of hard work and education to work for NASA. After graduating from Ashland-Greenwood High School in 1997, Anderson went on to graduate with cum laude distinction, earning a bachelor's of science degree in physics from Hastings College in Hastings, Neb. in 1981. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
SWINE FLU: Will the next pandemic be lethal? May 10, 2009
Hastings College was quarantined, and a military guard surrounded the campus. Negating the quarantine's intent, students whose families lived in town were allowed to travel between home and campus. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Slain lawyers weren't in limelight May 6, 2009
He graduated from California State University, Chico, in 1977 and obtained a law degree from the University of California's Hastings College of the Law. Colleagues on Tuesday recalled Lyons's defense of an agricultural chemical company that was sued in Tulare County for allegedly causing crop failures. (Fresno Bee)
Two Fresno lawyers shot to death May 5, 2009
Daniel Lyons, a graduate of the University of California Hastings College of the Law, practiced law at McCormick Barstow since 1980. He focused on defending major insurance carriers, self-insured clients and government agencies and corporations. (Fresno Bee)
Lancers still alive in GPAC tournament May 2, 2009
The Lancers were the tournament's lone undefeated team and had a 30-21 record going into a Friday night matchup against second-seeded Hastings College, which had lost only once. Details from the Mount Marty/Hastings matchup weren't available in time for this edition. (Sioux City Journal)
Engleman, Morrison win MVP awards for Morningside baseball team Apr 30, 2009
Engleman enters this morning's 9 o'clock game against Hastings College in the first round of the Great Plains Athletic Conference tournament batting. 374 with 12 doubles, one triple, 57 RBIs and a team-leading. (Sioux City Journal)
Ex-BART Cop's Lawyers Want D.A. Out Of Case Apr 29, 2009
"Talking to somebody without the lawyer is bypassing the assistance of counsel that the Sixth Amendment guarantees," said Rory Little, a law professor at UC Hastings College of the Law and a former federal prosecutor who is not involved in the case. Defendants normally rely on the Supreme Court ruling to keep their statements out of court. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Croft says he learned how to work across party lines Apr 28, 2009
Education: Hastings College of the Law, Juris Doctor 1992; Stanford University, bachelor s of electrical engineering, 1986. Spouse name: Joanna. (Anchorage Daily News)
Eager/Lewis Engagement Apr 15, 2009
The bride-to-be is a 2003 graduate of Ashland Greenwood High School and received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Hastings College in 2007 ... The groom-to-be is a 2004 graduate of Lexington High School and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Media Productions from Hastings College in 2008. (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)
Holder's pot policy unclear on old state cases Apr 12, 2009
"We're not interested in people who have a legitimate claim of being compassionate providers," Russoniello told a student audience Wednesday in a forum on medical marijuana at UC Hastings College of the Law. But he said California's 300 marijuana dispensaries are fair game, because most of them sell pot for profit - and under guidelines announced last August by state Attorney General Jerry Brown, only nonprofit collectives or cooperatives comply with state law. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Suspended attorney held in bank robbery Apr 5, 2009
Silman is a graduate of the University of California's Hastings College of Law in San Francisco. He was admitted to the State Bar in 1983 but was suspended in September 2004 for failing to pay bar membership fees, records show. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
In-House Attorneys, Law Firms Spar Over Flex-Time, Part-Time Policies Apr 3, 2009
The project grew out of dismay that women make up only about 17 percent of law firm partners despite graduating from law school in numbers equal to men for years, said Joan Williams, a University of California Hastings College of the Law professor who co-founded the project. Retaining women makes business sense, too, to avoid losing the talent and training costs of at least $200,000 per lawyer, she said. (Law.com)
Changing the rules of war Apr 1, 2009
George Bisharat is a professor of law at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, and writes frequently on law and politics in the Middle East. This article appeared on page A - 15 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Mustangs swept at Hastings Mar 23, 2009
-- Hastings College improved its Great Plains Athletic Conference baseball record to 4-0 with a 2-1, 9-3 sweep over Morningside Sunday afternoon. Morningside tied the opener 1-1 when Steven Aschinger scored on Jason Wysong's RBI single in the fourth inning, but Hastings snapped the tie as Leigh Jochimsen scored on a passed ball in the fifth. (Sioux City Journal)
9th Circuit Rules Law School Cannot Be Required to Recognize Religious Student Group That Discriminates Mar 19, 2009
The University of California Hastings College of the Law cannot be required to recognize and fund a religious student group that discriminates in the selection of members and officers, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday. Just a week after , the 9th Circuit issued a one-paragraph, unpublished order that Hastings' open membership rule prohibiting discrimination based on religion or sexual orientation of members is "viewpoint neutral and reasonable.". (Law.com)
Hastings leaves winter of frustrations behind Mar 17, 2009
The word all winter on the Hastings College women's basketball team was "disappointment.''With nearly everyone returning from a team that reached last year's national semifinals, the Broncos could finish no better than fifth with a 12-6 record in the 13-team Great Plains Athletic Conference.Why?The blame kept landing on the shoulders of Jeff Dittman, who gambled on a new job, leaving a Dakota State program where he'd gone 245-201 the last 15 seasons.Don't look now, but Dittman and 18th-ranked... (Sioux City Journal)
Hastings knocks out GPAC foe to make semis (21) Mar 15, 2009
Sioux City Journal : Hastings knocks out GPAC foe to make semis. Hastings knocks out GPAC foe to make semis. (Sioux City Journal)
Hastings knocks out No. 2 Shawnee State Mar 14, 2009
Shawee State came into the game ranked second nationally, and was the only other team besides host Morningside to have no losses this season. However, after Ducey scored 28 points and tied the national tournament with 16 points on free throws, Hastings won 77-69 in overtime and sent Shawnee State home with a 31-1 record. (Sioux City Journal)
Gallagher: This team's 'texts' are books, not tiny messages Mar 13, 2009
Longer road trips, such as Northwestern College to Hastings College, take place on Saturdays. Close rivals often play on Wednesdays. (Sioux City Journal)
Nelson L. Brown Mar 12, 2009
He returned to working for the railroad and attended Hastings College. Most of his following years were spent being a salesman and working on ranches in Colorado and Oklahoma. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Congress urged to change old mining law Mar 3, 2009
"Gold is, and has been for quite a long time, a very profitable industry," Leshy, a professor at the University of California Hastings College of Law, told the House Natural Resources subcommittee. "Its current position is indeed enviable in comparison to the economic carnage currently being visited across much of the American economy.". (Juneau Empire)
S.F. Grapples With 1st Death Trials In Years Mar 2, 2009
"There's no case where there's a homicide that you couldn't charge as a federal death penalty if you worked hard enough," said Rory Little, a UC Hastings College of the Law professor and former federal prosecutor who wrote guidelines for capital cases in President Bill Clinton's Justice Department. Ashcroft started changes. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Slota no longer undecided Mar 1, 2009
Chaparral held scholarship offers from the Colorado School of Mines, Fort Hays State, Hastings College. To continue reading this article you must be a member. (Colorado Sports -- Rivals.com)
Welcome aboard Feb 27, 2009
Gerald received an A.B. at Stanford University, where he was elected to the student executive committee, and a J.D. at Hastings College of the Law, where he was the lead on the moot court team. He practiced law in San Francisco's financial district, was appointed executive director of the Governor's Housing Commission, and also consulted on housing to various entities, including Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Supports Intensity Scale is effective for identifying needs in people with intellectual disability Feb 27, 2009
To read "Efficacy of the Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) to Predict Extraordinary Support Needs" by Michael Wehmeyer, Theodore E. Chapman, and Todd D. Little, University of Kansas; James R. Thomson, Illinois State University; Robert Schalock, Hastings College; and March J. Tass, University of South Florida, click here. Founded in 1876, AAIDD promotes progressive policies, sound research, effective practices and universal human rights for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. (EurekAlert!)
Remembering the murders Feb 27, 2009
George and I had gone to Hastings College of the Law together. He was president of the local chapter of the national legal fraternity, Phi Delta Phi, and I was secretary. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Mountain West Conference Baseball Weekly Press Release No. 1 Feb 25, 2009
UNM's six triples also tied the all-time league mark for triples in a single game with Air Force, who hit six vs. Hastings College on January 26, 2001. Mike Brownstein hit two triples, while Dane Hamilton, Brian Cavazos-Galvez, Kevin Atkinson and Ryan Honeycutt hit one apiece. (Themwc.com)
> Cleantech pro spots successful startups Feb 25, 2009
Marc Gottschalk Title: Partner and co-chairman of the clean technology and renewable energy practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; board member and co-chairman of the Clean Tech Open Age: 47 Home: Ladera (Portola Valley) Education: Bachelor s degree, Grinnell (Iowa) College; J.D., UC Hastings College of the Law Path to Silicon Valley: Long and twisted (New York, Iowa, Boston, Iowa, Japan, San Francisco, New Hampshire, San Francisco, Silicon Valley) First job: Fundraiser for Greenpeace... (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
BART shooting defense may seek change of venue Feb 20, 2009
Despite all the controversy surrounding the case, meeting the legal standard for a change of venue is by no means a standard request, said Rory Little, a criminal law professor at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. "I don't think it's a no-brainer in this case because there is a lot of strategic thinking that goes into such a request and they are not granted as a matter of routine," he said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
3 questions for Oakland's Jane Brunner Feb 15, 2009
A North Oakland resident for more than 30 years and a labor lawyer with degrees from UC Berkeley and Hastings College of the Law, Jane Brunner, 61, shared her views on the city's predicament with staff writer Charles Burress. Q: Highly publicized problems with city administration have plagued Oakland, including the departures of the city administrator and police chief amid sharp criticism. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Nominees for the 2009 Athena Award Feb 15, 2009
Originally from Arkansas, she graduated magna cum laude with honors and a double major form Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and earned her J.D. degree from Hastings College of Law in San Francisco. After practicing for four years, she was elected president of the Georgia Affiliate for the National Employment Lawyers Association in 2007. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Trial delayed for teen accused of murder Feb 8, 2009
(AP) -- The trial for a Lexington teen accused of killing a Hastings college student has been delayed until next month. Eighteen-year-old Fermin Aldana appeared Friday in Dawson County District Court. (Sioux City Journal)
Layoffs herald a heyday for employee lawsuits Feb 8, 2009
"There is robust social science evidence that there is serious workplace discrimination against mothers and that in the context of this economic downturn it appears that mothers are encountering lots of what they see as 'mommy RIFs,'" said Joan C. Williams, a professor at the University of California Hastings College of the Law and director of the Center for WorkLife Law. Williams added that calls had soared in recent months to a hotline for caregivers who thought discrimination played a role in... (The Palm Beach Post)
