Hastings Law Journal
Since 1949, Hastings Law Journal has published scholarly articles, essays, and student Notes on a broad range of legal topics. With close to 90 members, HLJ publishes six issues each year, reaching a large domestic and international audience. One of these issues may be dedicated to our periodic symposium, which features speeches, commentaries, and panel discussions on an area of current interest and development in the law. Recent topics have included: “The Legal Dimension of 3D Printing,” “From Bench to Society: Law and Ethics at the Frontier of Genomic Technology,” and “Law & Policy of the Developing Brain: Neuroscience from Womb to Death.”
Current Issue: Volume 74, Issue 5 (2023)
Prefatory Matter
Article
Debt as Corporate Governance
Tomer S. Stein
Essays
The Ethics of Defense Counsel’s Communications with Absent Class Members Before Class Certification
Candice Enders and Joshua P. Davis
The Ethics Gap: MDL Leadership Versus the Attorney-Client Relationship
Lauren E. Godshall
Where Neutrality Stops and Reality Begins: Why Considering Identity Is Vital to Lead and Class Counsel Selection
Melissa Mortazavi
Complex Litigation Funding: Ethical Problem or Ethical Solution?
W. Bradley Wendel and Joshua P. Davis
Notes
AI Proctoring: Academic Integrity vs. Student Rights
Samantha Mita