Zachary Price

Associate Professor UC Hastings College of the Law

  • San Francisco CA

Contacts: pricez@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4736 / Office 374-200

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Biography

Professor Zachary Price began teaching at UC Hastings as a Visiting Assistant Professor in 2013, following a one-year fellowship at the Stanford Law School Constitutional Law Center. He has been an Associate Professor at UC Hastings since 2015.

Before entering academics, Professor Price served for three years as an attorney in the Office of Legal Counsel, a component of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. that provides authoritative legal advice to the President, Attorney General, and executive branch agencies. He has also worked as a litigator in private practice and clerked at all three levels of the federal judiciary, for Judge Catherine C. Blake of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Judge David S. Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court. He graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude in 2003 and from Stanford University with honors and distinction in 1998.

Professor Price’s research focuses on questions of constitutional structure. His interests include constitutional law, civil procedure, statutory interpretation, and federal Indian law. His work has appeared in the Vanderbilt Law Review, Columbia Law Review, New York University Law Review Online, and Fordham Law Review.

Areas of Expertise

Constitutional Law
Civil Procedure
Statutory Interpretation
Federal Indian Law
Administrative Law

Education

Harvard Law School

J.D. (Magna Cum Laude)

Law

2003

Stanford University

With Honors and Distinction

Humanities

1998

Media Appearances

After Scalia: The Rule of Lenity

Scotusblog  online

2016-09-02

Blogpost by Professor Price addressing impact of Justice Scalia's departure on the rule of lenity.

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Taking Care of the Take Care Clause

National Law Journal, Supreme Court Brief  online

2016-03-16

Interview with Professor Price.

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Dividing Sovereignty: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle

Balkinization  online

2016-01-24

Blogpost by Professor Price addressing then-pending Supreme Court case.

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Selected Articles

Funding Restrictions and Separation of Powers

Vanderbilt Law Review

2018-03-14

Addresses whether and to what degree Congress may control executive authorities through appropriations.

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Our Imperiled Absolutist First Amendment

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

2018-04-25

Addresses the historical origins and potential vulnerability of the United States's distinctive approach to protecting expressive freedom.

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Reliance on Nonenforcement

William & Mary Law Review

Addresses possible due process protections for reliance on executive nonenforcement policies.

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