The UC Law Journal is the oldest law journal at the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly University of California, Hastings College of the Law).[1] It began in 1949 in San Francisco, California as the Hastings Law Journal.[2] As of 1997, it is under the umbrella of the O'Brien Center for Scholarly Publications.[3] The Journal has six issues per volume in December, January, March, May, June, and August.[4] Every year, the Journal hosts a symposium inviting speakers from around the country on varied topics.[5] One issue per volume is dedicated to articles on the Symposium.[6] Washington & Lee ranks the UC Law Journal well, coming in at number 31 in 2011.[7]
A 1987 article was cited in the recent Supreme Court Case of American Needle Inc. v. National Football League.[8] The article, Conflicts of Interest and Fiduciary Duties in the Operation of a Joint Venture was written by Professor Zenichi Shishido of Japan.[9] The famous Fourth Amendment case, Terry v. Ohio,[10] cites a note, Stop and Frisk Law in California, by then-student Harvey E. Henderson, Jr.[11]
Several other articles published by the UC Law Journal have been cited by the United States Supreme Court:
Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, 140 S.Ct. 1731 (2020), citing Rhonda R. Rivera, "Our Strait-Laced Judges: The Legal Position of Homosexual Persons in the United States," 30 Hastings L.J. 799 (1979). [12]
Rosales-Mireles v. United States, 138 S.Ct. 1897 (2018), citing Rebecca Hollander–Blumoff, "The Psychology of Procedural Justice in the Federal Courts," 63 Hastings L.J. 127 (2011).[14]
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