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	Leslie A. Minkus Professor of Law Emeritus AB, University of California, Berkeley; LLB, Stanford University Course: Professional Responsibility. E-mail: lminkus@ggu.edu
	Myron Moskovitz Professor of Law BS, LLB (Order of the Coif), Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley Areas of Specialization: Criminal, Litigation/Dispute Resolution, Property Development/Real Estate Leading authority on landlord-tenant law and appellate practice Author of Winning An Appeal; California Eviction Defense Manual; Cases and Problems in Criminal Procedure: The Police; Cases and Problems in Criminal Procedure: The Courtroom; and Cases and Problems in Criminal Law Clerked for the California Supreme Court Served as Directing Attorney of California Rural Legal Assistance Served on the State Bar Committee on Appellate Courts, and as a consultant to the California Judicial Council Member of the California Bar Courses: Civil Procedure; Constitutional Law; Contracts; Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Evidence; Landlord-Tenant Law Clinic; Legal Methods. E-mail: mmoskovitz@ggu.edu
	Deborah M. Mostaghel Associate Professor; Director, Legal Writing and Research Program BA, University of California, Berkeley; MA, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran; JD, University of Utah Area of Specialization: Legal Writing and Research Practice experience in law firms and attorney general's office Director of Legal Writing and Research at the University of Toledo College of Law Scholarship includes Dubai Ports World under Exon-Florio: A Threat to National Security or a Tempest in a Seaport? 70 Albany L. Rev. 583 (2007). Published articles on Persian literature and on legal writing, the environment, terrorism, and the economy Member of the Legal Writing Institute; Association of Legal Writing Directors; Utah and Ohio State Bars; American Association of Law Schools; and American Bar Association Courses: Legal Writing and Research. E-mail: dmostaghel@ggu.edu
	Christian Nwachukwu Okeke Associate Professor of Law and Director of the LLM and SJD International Legal Studies Programs LLM, (magna cum laude) Kiev State University, Ukraine; DrJur, Free University of Amsterdam Areas of Specialization: International Legal Studies Solicitor and advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria Practiced with Ilegbune, Okeke & Co. (Nigeria) Consulted for The Law Offices of Dr. Jude A. Akubuilo (Los Angeles) Former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (Nigeria) Pioneer Dean of the Schools of Law, namely: Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (formerly Anambra State University of Technology), and Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria Author of Controversial Subjects of Contemporary International Law and Theory and Practice of International Law in Nigeria and numerous book chapters and review articles in the field of international law Taught courses in international legal studies at various universities in Africa, Europe and North America for 25 years Courses: Air, Space and Telecommunications Law; Comparative Legal Systems; International Investment Law; International Organizations. E-mail: cokeke@ggu.edu
	David B. Oppenheimer Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Professor of Law BA, University Without Walls, Berkeley; JD, Harvard Law School Areas of Specialization: Labor/Employment, Litigation/Dispute Resolution Specializes in discrimination law, civil trial law, and civil rights history Principal spokesperson for the Campaign to Defeat Proposition 209 Clerked for Chief Justice Rose Bird of the California Supreme Court Co-author of Whitewashing Race: The Myth of a Color-Blind Society Worked as a civil rights prosecutor for the State of California Has served on the boards of directors and the litigation committees of the ACLU of Northern California, Equal Rights Advocates, and the Society of American Law Teachers Serves on the board of the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area Affiliated scholar at the Institute of the Study of Social Change at UC Berkeley Author of numerous law review articles in the field of discrimination law Member of the California Bar Courses: Civil Procedure; Comparative Equality (Civil Rights Law); Employment Discrimination. E-mail: dbo@ggu.edu
	Anthony J. Pagano Director, LLM in US Legal Studies Program; Professor of Law; and Dean Emeritus BS, Fordham University; JD(with distinction), University of Michigan Areas of Specialization: Family Law Served as Dean from 1988 to 1998 Practiced with Morrison & Foerster and as assistant house counsel with Crown Zellerbach Corporation Author of "Characterization and Division of Community Property" for the treatise Valuation and Distribution of Marital Property Member of the State Bar Law School Council Member of the Board of Directors of Public Interest Clearinghouse and of the Blum Foundation Member of the California Bar Courses: Community Property; Wills and Trusts. E-mail: apagano@ggu.edu
	Christine C. Pagano Associate Director, LLM in United States Legal Studies Program BSEd, Fordham University; MA, San Francisco State University; JD, LLM, Golden Gate University Area of Specialization: Mediation, Remedies, Dispute Resolution, US Legal Method Teacher and advisor to foreign law graduates and lawyers in Golden Gate Law School LLM programs since 1994. Mediator and Trainer, Alameda County, 1993-1999. Litigation and contract legal research and writing in appellate, community property, contracts, estates, wills, and trust matters, 1993-96. Volunteer litigation attorney, Legal Aid Society of Alameda County, 1993-94. Lecturer in English, speech, and theatre at San Francisco State University and Cal State University Hayward 1968-88. Publications and papers include: Report on Legal Education, People's Republic of China, 1998; Educational Qualifications: Recommendations for a Program for Foreign Lawyers Attempting a US Bar Examination, panelist, Council of Bar Admission Administrators, 2000. Courses: Introduction to the US Legal System; Literature and the Law; Mediation Skills Training; Writing Workshop. E-mail: cpagano@ggu.edu
	Brent Plater Visiting Assistant Professor and Litigation Staff Attorney, Environmental Law and Justice Clinic BS, University of Michigan; MPA, Harvard University; JD, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley Area of Specialization: Environmental Law and Justice Served as Bay Area Director for the Center for Biological Diversity Serves on the Sierra Club's Wildlife and Endangered Species Committee Member of the Chaldean American Bar Association Courses: Environmental Law and Justice Clinic Seminar E-mail: bplater@ggu.edu
	Alan Ramo Professor of Law; Acting Director, JD Environmental Law Program; Director, LLM Environmental Law Program BA, Stanford University; JD, Boalt Hall School of Law; MJ, University of California, Berkeley Area of Specialization: Environmental Law Specializes in toxics in the urban environment Former legal director of Communities for A Better Environment Has served as an advisory member of two Cal-EPA committees and as a consultant to the Department of Health Services Won a landmark case enforcing SF Bay Area air pollution plans in the San Francisco Federal District court Founder of the Western States Legal Foundation Received the 2000 Wells Family Award in the area of urban renewal from the Environmental Now foundation Member of the California Bar. Courses: Civil Procedure; Environmental Law and Justice Clinic; Environmental Law and Policy; LLM in Environmental Law Seminar. E-mail: aramo@ggu.edu
	Clifford Rechtschaffen Professor of Law (on leave) AB, Princeton University; JD, Yale Law School Area of Specialization: Environmental Law Books include Environmental Enforcement, Cases & Materials (with Mintz & Kuehn); Creative Common Law Strategies to Protect the Environment (w/ Denise Antolini); and Environmental Justice: Law, Policy and Regulation (w/ Denise Antolini). (Carolina Academic Press). For a Teacher's Manual and Supplemental Readings for Environmental Justice, go to Read more Articles include "Enforcing the Clean Water Act in the Twenty-First Century: Harnessing the Power of the Public Spotlight," "Advancing Environmental Justice Norms," The Evidence of Environmental Injustice," "Deterrence vs. Cooperation and the Evolving Theory of Environmental Enforcement," "Competing Visions: EPA and the States Battle for the Future of Environmental Enforcement," and "The Warning Game: Evaluating Warnings under California's Proposition 65" Two of Professor Rechtschaffen's articles were selected for special recognition. His article on federal oversight of state environmental law programs was selected through a peer review process as one of the ten best environmental law articles published in 2003, and his article on enforcement of the Clean Water Act was selected as one of the twenty best articles published in 2004 Received a Fulbright fellowship to teach International Environmental Law in Slovenia, 2005 Practiced environmental law with the California Attorney General and is currently a special assistant to California Attorney General Jerry Brown on climate change issues Member of the California Bar Courses: California Environmental and Natural Resources Law; Civil Procedure; Environmental Law and Policy; Environmental Law Clinic: Public Natural Resources Law and Policy; Toxics Law and Policy. E-mail: crechtschaffen@ggu.edu
	Leslie Rose Associate Professor of Law and Director, Advanced Legal Writing Programs BS (magna cum laude), Boston University; JD, LLM (highest honors), Golden Gate University School of Law Areas of Specialization: Legal Writing, Moot Court Handled death penalty appeals for Office of the State Public Defender Former staff attorney, California Workers Compensation Appeals Board Board of Directors, Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute Past president, National Lawyers Guild, Bay Area chapter Member, Association of Legal Writing Directors Member, Legal Writing Institute Member, California bar Courses: Appellate Advocacy. E-mail: lrose@ggu.edu
	Susan Rutberg Professor of Law and Director, Criminal Litigation Clinic BS, Cornell University; JD, Golden Gate University Areas of Specialization: Criminal, Litigation Practiced criminal defense with the Bayview-Hunters Point Community Defender, the San Francisco Public Defender and the First District Appellate Project As Co-Counsel in murder and conspiracy trial helped win acquittal for Bingham and award for California Attorney's for Criminal Justice for Outstanding Service in Defense of a Client Supervised clinical programs at University of San Francisco, Santa Clara, and City University of New York Law School Certified criminal law specialist from 1984-1994 Member of the board of directors of Women Defenders Recipient of Criminal Trial Attorneys of Northern California Career Achievement award Member of the California Bar Courses: Criminal Litigation; Criminal Litigation Clinic; Innocence Project; Trial Advocacy. E-mail: srutberg@ggu.edu
	Thomas A. Schaaf Visiting Legal Writing Instructor BA, The Evergreen State College; JD, Hastings College of the Law, University of California Areas of Specialization: Legal Writing, Moot Court Handled death penalty appeals for the Office of the State Public Defender Former Staff Attorney at the First District Appellate Project Member of the Board of Directors of East Bay Community Mediation Serves on the Institutional Review Board at Summit Hospital in Oakland Member of the California and Vermont state bars Courses taught: Advanced Legal Writing, Intermediate Legal Writing, Appellate Advocacy E-mail: schaaf@ggu.edu
	Bernard L. Segal Professor of Law and Director, Litigation Program BS, Temple University; MA, JD, University of Pennsylvania A distinguished trial lawyer who enjoys national renown as a master teacher in trial advocacy programs for lawyers Directs the Law School's mock trial competition programs Has taught at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) programs Taught at Tel Aviv University, and at Holborn College of Law in London Served as counsel for Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald in the famous Green Beret murder case that was the subject of the book and movie Fatal Vision Author of The Defense Manual for Consensual Crimes and co-author of The National Defense Manual in Criminal Cases Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Courses: Civil Litigation: Pre-Trial Phase; Courtroom as Theatre; Criminal Litigation; Mock Trial; Trial Advocacy. E-mail: bsegal@ggu.edu
	Marci Seville Professor of Law and Director, Women's Employment Rights Clinic BA, New York University; JD, Rutgers Law School Areas of Specialization: Labor/Employment Law Founded the Women's Employment Rights Clinic in 1993 Practiced labor law as house counsel for the California School Employees Association Worked for the California Department of Industrial Relations and served as counsel to the California Industrial Welfare Commission Private practice emphasized employment discrimination litigation Authored "Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993" in Employment Discrimination Law and Litigation (Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1995 edition) Was a contributing editor to California Public Sector Labor Relations (Matthew Bender, 1989 edition) and Employee and Union Member Guide to Labor Law (Clark Boardman, 1983 edition) Helped establish the San Francisco General Hospital Occupational Health Clinic in the early 1980s Member of the California and New York Bars Courses: Women's Employment Rights Clinic and Seminar. E-mail: mseville@ggu.edu
	Hina Shah Visiting Professor of Law and Clinical Staff Attorney, Women's Employment Rights Clinic BA, University of Texas at Austin; JD, Hastings College of the Law, University of California Areas of Specialization: Labor/Employment Law Over 10 years' experience advocating on employment and labor issues affecting unionized and low-wage immigrant workers Former director of the Labor/Employment Project at the Asian Law Caucus, Inc. Practice experience at several union-side labor firms Former staff attorney, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Author of Ethnic and Religious Discrimination and How Anna Won Her Wages: How to File Wage Claims & Know Your Workplace Rights, Multi-lingual Educational Materials for Low-wage Workers Former reviewer/contributor to Asian-American Women: Issues, Concerns, and Responsive Human and Civil Rights Advocacy Courses: Women's Employment Rights Clinic and Seminar Email: hshah@ggu.edu
	Kimberly Stanley Associate Professor of Law; Associate Dean and Director, LLM in Tax Program BS, Brigham Young University; JD (with Honors), George Washington University; LLM, Georgetown University Clerked at US Tax Court Previously an appellate attorney, US Department of Justice Tax Division Was in private practice in tax litigation and controversy Courses: Characterization of Income and Expenditures; Federal Income Taxation; Property. Email: kstanley@ggu.edu
	Marc Stickgold Professor of Law and Academic Director, Honors Lawyering Program BS, University of Illinois; JD, Northwestern University Areas of Specialization: Public Interest, Comparative Legal Studies and Clinical Education Practiced as an Assistant US Attorney for the Department of Justice Former director of the Law Reform Project for Detroit Neighborhood Legal Services Consultant and trainer for the Legal Services Corporation Publications include articles on law school clinical education, police surveillance of political activity, and Justice William O. Douglas Recently made a series of video classes in Constitutional Law for the University of California for use in Chinese universities Has lectured on US Law in Holland and Hungary Member of the California, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan Bars Courses: Civil Procedure; Constitutional Law; Public Interest/Government Counsel Clinic; Comparative Constitutional Law Seminar. E-mail: mstickgold@ggu.edu
	Sompong Sucharitkul Distinguished Professor Emeritus of International and Comparative Law BA (Honours), BCL, MA, DPhil, and DCL, Oxford University, England; Docteur en Droit, University of Paris, France; LLM, Harvard; Diploma, Hague Academy of International Law Areas of Specialization: International Legal Studies Served as Thailand's Ambassador to Japan, Italy, Greece, Israel, France, Portugal, and the Benelux countries, as well as the European Union and UNESCO Represented Thailand in the UN General Assembly for nearly three decades Currently a member of the Commercial Arbitration Centre at Cairo and the Regional Centre for Arbitration at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Member of the Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, World Bank, Washington, DC An elected member of the Institute of International Law (Geneva) Vice President of the International Academy of Human Rights (Paris) Has taught international law at universities throughout the world Serves on the U.N. Compensation Commission, formed to process claims against Iraq for actions during the 1990 invasion of Kuwait E-mail: ssucharitkul@ggu.edu
	Jon H. Sylvester Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Professor of Law BA, Stanford University; MJ, University of California, Berkeley; JD, Harvard University Areas of Specialization: Corporate/Commercial, International Legal Studies Practiced with the Washington, DC offices of two major New York-based law firms Has directed and/or taught in legal education programs in China, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Kenya, Malta, Panama and Turkey Formally a Fulbright Scholar (East Africa 1992-93) Formerly a New York Times Fellow Worked as a television news writer, reporter and producer Author of "Sub-Saharan Africa; Economic Stagnation, Political Disintegration, and the Specter of Recolonization" Courses: Contracts; International Commercial Dispute Resolution; International Sales; Remedies. E-mail: jsylvester@ggu.edu
	Rachel Van Cleave Professor of Law BS, Stanford University; JD, Hastings College of the Law, University of California; JSM, Stanford University School of Law Areas of Specialization: Comparative Criminal Justice, State Constitutional Law Clerked for the Hon. Sam D. Johnson, US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Austin J. Hadley Edgar Professor, Texas Tech University School of the Law Taught legal research and writing at Santa Clara University School of Law and Stanford University School of Law Studied Italian criminal justice system as a Fulbright Scholar Courses: Comparative Criminal Justice, Gender and the Law, Property, Wills & Trusts, Criminal Law. E-mail: rvancleave@ggu.edu
	Frederic White Dean and Professor of Law BA, Columbia University; JD, Columbia University School of Law Member, Committee on Bar Admission, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, American Bar Association Member, Law School Council, Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California Professor of Law at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law for 26 years Associate Dean at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law for 5 years Municipal finance attorney for more than 5 years at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in Ohio Listed in Who's Who Among Black Americans since 1988 Past board member, Law School Admission Council Past committee member, Ohio State Bar Association, Real Property Specialty Board Past member, Foreign Service Selection Board, US Department of State Member of the Ohio Bar Courses: Local Government Law; Property; Real Estate Transactions; Wills and Trusts. E-mail: fwhite@ggu.edu
	Maryann Wolcott Professor of Legal Writing and Co-Director, Solving Legal Problems Program BA, Marygrove College; JD, University of Toledo Areas of Specialization: Writing and Research Contract writer for California Civil Practice, published by West Publications Advisor for the Golden Gate University Law Review Operated a probate and family law practice in Toledo, Ohio for 5 years. Former hearing officer for an Ohio school district Former in-house writer/editor for Matthew Bender Publishing Member of the California and Ohio Bars Courses: Solving Legal Problems; Writing and Research. E-mail: mwolcott@ggu.edu
	Mark Yates Associate Professor and Director, Academic Support Program JD, Hastings College of the Law, University of California Areas of Specialization: Criminal Defense and Litigation Former litigation associate at Pillsbury Winthrop Former deputy public defender, Mendocino County Courses: Academic Support Workshop, Legal Reasoning. E-mail: myates@ggu.edu
	Michael A. Zamperini Professor of Law AB, JD (Honors), George Washington University Areas of Specialization: Writing and Research, Family, Litigation/Dispute Resolution, Public Interest and Human Issues Practiced commercial and construction litigation with Barry and Tong Member of the California and Virginia Bars Courses: Constitutional Law; Remedies; Sexual Orientation and the Law; Torts; Wills and Trusts; Writing and Research. E-mail: mzamperini@ggu.edu