About UC Law Journal

Since 1949, UC Law Journal, formerly known as Hastings Law Journal, has published scholarly articles, essays, and student Notes on a broad range of legal topics.  With roughly 100 members, UCLJ publishes six issues each year, reaching a large domestic and international audience.  Each year, one issue is dedicated to essays and commentary from our annual symposium, which features speakers and panel discussions on an area of current interest and development in the law.

Past symposium topics have included: “We the People: Citizenship, Race, and Equality” (2024), “The Present and Future of Religious Freedom” (2023), “The Jurisprudence of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy: Four Decades of Influence” (2019), “The Evolution of Privacy in the Age of Technology” (2017), and “Law & Policy of the Developing Brain: Neuroscience from Womb to Death” (2012).

As UC Law SF’s flagship law review, UCLJ has contributed to the advancement of knowledge in legal thinking and case law through scholarly articles written by experts in the legal community.

Recent Mentions in the Supreme Court of the United States

• Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, 140 S.Ct. 1731 (2020), citing Rhonda R. Rivera, Our Straight-Laced Judges: The Legal Position of Homosexual Persons in the United States, from Volume 30.
• Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, 138 S.Ct. 1365 (2018), citing Adam Mossoff, Rethinking the Development of Patents: An Intellectual History, from Volume 52.
• Rosales-Mireles v. U.S., 138 S.Ct. 1897 (2018), citing Rebecca Hollander–Blumoff, The Psychology of Procedural Justice in the Federal Courts, from Volume 63.

Recent Mentions in the Supreme Court of California

• Williams & Fickett v. County of Fresno, 2 Cal.5th 1258 (2017), citing Kenneth A. Ehrman, Administrative Appeal and Judicial Review of Property Tax Assessments in California-The New Look, from Volume 22.
• Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc. v. Superior Court of Alameda County, 9 Cal.5th 279 (2020), citing Charles F. Bond II & Paul W. Daniels, Enforcing California’s False Advertising Law: A Guide to Adjudication, from Volume 25.
• People v. Moses, 10 Cal.5th 893 (2020), citing Gerald M. Hinkley, Assault-Related Conduct under the Proposed California Criminal Code, from Volume 25.
• In re Brace, 9 Cal.5th 903 (2020), citing Carol S. Bruch, The Definition and Division of Marital Property in California: Towards Parity and Simplicity, from Volume 33.
• People v. Jackson, 1 Cal.5th 269 (2016), citing Andrew E. Taslitz, Does the Cold Nose Know? The Unscientific Myth of the Dog Scent Lineup, from Volume 42.