Center for Litigation and Courts

So you think you want a career in litigation? There are many to explore, and the real question is: which is right for you?

The Litigation Careers series is a set of video interviews with UC Hastings Law alumni in various litigation careers detailing their day-to-day and year-to-year lives, what they like about their jobs, the tradeoffs, the skills their jobs require, how they got there, and how you might get there too.

Start with the six-minute introductory video below, and watch the other videos at https://sites.uchastings.edu/clc/products-and-programs/litigation-careers/. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9W-y7E6_e4

Litigation Careers: Introduction Introduction to the Litigation Careers limited video series.

The Center produces the limited video series "Litigation Careers," which is designed to expose law students to the varied career paths available to those with an interest in civil litigation and ADR. Want to know what life is like for in-house counsel, defense lawyers, plaintiff-side lawyers, and more? Check it out here:

Litigation Careers – Center for Litigation and Courts Litigation Careers So you think you want a career in litigation? There are many to explore, and the real question is: which is right for you? The Litigation Careers series is a set of video interviews with UC Hastings Law alumni in various litigation careers detailing their day-to-day and year-to-ye...

One of the products the Center offers is the podcast "Litigation Briefs." This short, interview-based show explains issues related to litigation and courts to the general public. Watch the episodes on the Center YouTube channel (link below), or subscribe to the audio series on Buzzsprout, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDUTl-jctF8d2Lkbxroc9p6_Xv1xBUvV0

Audio: https://litigationbriefs.buzzsprout.com

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Center Advisory Board member Elise Traynum is the General Counsel for the ACLU of Northern California. Prior to joining the ACLU, she served as the General Counsel for the University of California Hastings College of the Law for 15 years, where she defended UC Hastings Law in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, which ultimately was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. Read more about Elise here: https://sites.uchastings.edu/clc/people/elise-traynum/

Claude Stern, a member of the Center's Advisory Board, is a leading national and international IP litigator. He was Co-Chair of Quinn Emanuel’s Intellectual Property Practice Group and managing partner of Quinn Emanuel’s Silicon Valley office for 12 years. Learn more about Claude here: https://sites.uchastings.edu/clc/people/claude-stern/

Advisory Board member Dena Sharp is a partner at Girard Sharp, where she has been lead or co-lead plaintiff’s counsel in numerous national high-profile complex-litigation cases. She coauthored the third edition of the widely cited "Sedona Principles: Best Practices and Principles for Electronic Document Production." Read about Dena here: https://sites.uchastings.edu/clc/people/dena-sharp/

Another Advisory Board member is Kelly Matayoshi, a partner at Farella Braun + Martel LLP focusing on a broad range of complex litigation and commercial matters. Read more about Kelly here: https://sites.uchastings.edu/clc/people/kelly-matayoshi/

The Center's Advisory Board also includes Judge Richard S. Flier. Judge Flier is a neutral with ADR Services. Prior to joining ADR Services, he was a Superior Court Judge for the County of Contra Costa for more than 20 years. Learn more about Judge Flier here: https://sites.uchastings.edu/clc/people/rick-flier/

The Center for Litigation and Courts Advisory Board includes Judge Edward Davila, a longtime federal judge sitting in the Northern District of California. Before being appointed to the federal bench, Judge Davila was a judge on the Superior Court of California for Santa Clara County, a litigator in private practice, and a Deputy Public Defender in Santa Clara County. See Judge Davila's profile here: https://sites.uchastings.edu/clc/people/edward-davila/

Excited to introduce more of the people at the Center. Let's start with the Founding Director, Scott Dodson. Professor Dodson is the James Edgar Hervey Chair in Litigation and Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Hastings Law. Learn more here: https://sites.uchastings.edu/clc/people/director/

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The Center is excited to welcome Senior Appellate Practice Fellow Daniel Bromberg! Check out his profile on our website:

Daniel Bromberg – Senior Appellate Practice Fellow – Center for Litigation and Courts Daniel Bromberg – Senior Appellate Practice Fellow Dan Bromberg is an appellate advocate with nearly three decades of experience litigating appeals across the country. As a founding member of the nationally renowned appellate practice at Quinn Emanuel, Dan argued successfully before the U.S. Supre...