Harry G. Prince

The Honorable Raymond L. Sullivan Professor of Law UC Hastings College of the Law

  • San Francisco CA

Contacts: princeh@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4790 / Office M218-198

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Biography

Professor Harry G. (H.G.) Prince completed his undergraduate studies at Temple University in Philadelphia, and received his J.D. from New York University. Professor Prince came to UC Hastings as a visitor in 1985 and joined the regular faculty in 1986. Before coming west, he began teaching at the University of Illinois in 1982 after serving as a law clerk to Judge Lee R. West of the Western District of Oklahoma and working as an attorney-adviser in the U.S. State Department. Professor Prince has also taught as a visitor or lecturer at a number of other law schools, including George Washington University, Howard University, UC Berkeley, and Golden Gate.

Professor Prince is a native of Duncan, Oklahoma, and has three children. He is an avid Chicago Cubs and Bears fan; loves to cook when he has the time; and enjoys jazz music.

Areas of Expertise

Contracts and Commercial Law
Critical Race Theory
Public International Law

Education

Temple University

B.A.

Undergraduate Studies

New York Unviersity

J.D.

Law

Media Appearances

Public Policy Limitations on Cohabitation Agreements: Unruly Horse or Circus Pony?

Minnesota Law Review  online

1985-01-01

Parties generally enter into contracts confident that courts will enforce the agreement against a party who fails to render a promised performance when it becomes due. Without the courts as an avenue for relief in the event of a breach, contracting parties would be extremely vulnerable and perhaps would refrain from bargaining. The maintenance of a judicial process to encourage contracting facilitates efficient commercial and other exchanges in our free-market society...

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Foreward: A Parallel Community - People of Colour Legal Scholarship Conferences and the Advancement of Legal Education

Third World Law Journal  online

2000-01-01

The First National Meeting of the Regional People of Color Legal Scholarship Conferences presented an opportunity to exchange ideas about legal education and substantive areas of the law. The meeting was also a grand occasion for celebration. Over the last thirty years, the doors to teaching in law schools have been opened wider, and many teachers of color have entered. This increased diversity makes legal education more dynamic and better prepares students to become lawyers who are more responsive to the needs of society. Without need for citation or footnote, I can say very confidently that legal education is better now because of the more diverse professoriate.

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How Can an Association of Law Schools Promote Quality Legal Education?

Journal of Legal Education  online

2001-09-01

The Association of American Law Schools is the voluntary membership organization for U.S. law schools with 162 member schools. It was founded in 1900, with the stated mission of the "the improvement of the legal profession through legal education." At that time the great majority of U.S. lawyers had not been educated in law schools, but rather in lawyer's offices as apprentice. While others either did not take their obligation seriously or simply did not have adequate skills to train their apprentices properly, and even in the best apprentices there was little theoretical training...

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Selected Articles

In Tribute (Professor Stefan A. Risenfeld)

Hastings International and Comparative Law Review

1997-01-01

The Office of the Legal Adviser in the United States Department of State is an ideal place for a young lawyer with an interest in public international law to begin work. I felt very lucky as I began work in that office in the fall of 1981, one year out of law school and fresh from a judicial clerkship. The emphasis upon international law in the Legal Adviser's work makes it different, of course, from more domestic legal practice...

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Foreward: A Parallel Community — People of Color Legal Scholarship Conferences and the Advancement of Legal Education

Boston College Third World Law Journal

2000-01-01

The First National Meeting of the Regional People of Color Legal Scholarship Conferences presented an opportunity to exchange ideas about legal education and substantive areas of the law. The meeting was also a grand occasion for celebration. Over the last thirty years, the doors to teaching in law schools have opened wider, and many teachers of color have entered...

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Decanal and Administrative Opportunities in the New Millenium

Widener Law Symposium Journal

2000-01-01

A Panel of four acting or former associate deans was called together to discuss the topic on Sunday, February 13, 2000. This diverse panel included Professor H.G. Prince, Associate Dean Frederic White, Associate Dean Patricia Mell, and Professor Veryl Miles. H.G. Prince is the Depury Director of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) and served as associate dean at Hastings School of Law from 1991 to 1993...

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