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Sheila Purcell

Director and Clinical Professor, Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution

Contacts: purcells@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8940 / Office 408-100

Alternative Dispute ResolutionAlternative Dispute Resolution PolicyDispute System DesignInternational Court Alternative Dispute Resolution

Radhika Rao

Professor of Law, Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair

Contacts: raor@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4650 / Office 340-200

BiolawConstitutional LawComparative Constitutional LawProperty LawAbortion

Aaron Rappaport

Professor of Law

Contacts: rappapor@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4697 / Office 370-200

Criminal LawSentencing LawJurisprudenceMoral TheoryTelecommunications Law

Morris Ratner

Academic Dean and Professor of Law

Contacts: ratnerm@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8853 / Office 354-200

Higher Education AdministrationCivil ProcedureLegal Ethics Law Practice ManagementComplex Litigation

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Distinguished Professor of Law

Contacts: rohtarri@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4629 / Office 320-200

Transitional/Post-Conflict JusticeInternational Human RightsInternational Humanitarian LawInternational Criminal LawRule of Law

Dorit Rubinstein Reiss

Professor of Law, James Edgar Hervey '50 Chair of Litigation

Contacts: reissd@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4844 / Office 324-200

Public LawPublic AdministrationAccountabilityLaw and PoliticsTort Law

Michael Salerno

Emeritus Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the UC Hastings Legislation Clinic

Contacts: salernom@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4663 / Office 202-198

The Legislative ProcessStatutory Interpretation and Bill DraftingIssues in State and Local GovernanceLegislative Process and ProcedureBruget Processes