Faculty: Michele Benedetto Neitz
Michele Benedetto Neitz
Title(s):
Professor of Law
School(s):
Law
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COURSES TAUGHT
- Blockchain and the Law
- Business Associations
- Corporate Compliance
- Poverty Law
- Professional Responsibility
RESEARCH INTERESTS & AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
- Blockchain Law
- Ethics of Blockchain
- Judicial Ethics
- Poverty Law
- Poverty Law Conference, 2010
- Professional Responsibility
- Public Interest Law
- Youth Law
EDUCATION
- JD, New York University
- BA, Santa Clara University
PROFESSIONAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Panelist, “Blockchain for Social Good: Women Leading the Blockchain Revolution,” Crypto Silicon Valley Event, San Francisco, CA, December 11, 2019
- Presenter, “What is Implicit Bias?,” MCLE Presentation for judges at In Vino Veritas Litigation Competition, GGU School of Law, San Francisco, CA, October 18, 2019
- Member, California Blockchain Working Group.
- Moderator, “Introduction to Blockchain and Smart Contracts,” MCLE Presentation for judges at In Vino Veritas Litigation Competition, GGU School of Law, San Francisco, CA, October 19, 2018.
- Moderator, “What is Blockchain? How is it Transforming the Legal Industry?” Legal Tech Summit, GGU School of Law, San Francisco, CA, April 5, 2018.
- Presenter, “Leadership and Diversity: Implicit Bias,” Stanford University Leadership Academy, Stanford, CA, April 18, 2018 (co-presenter with Professor Deborah Rhode).
- Presenter, “Implicit Bias,” Annual Conference of National Self-Represented Litigation Network, Judicial Council of California, San Francisco, CA, February 22, 2018.
- Presenter, "Implicit Socioeconomic Bias," Juvenile and Family Law Advisory Committee of the Judicial Council's Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, February 1, 2018.
- Served as Judicial Clerk for the Hon. Napoleon A. Jones Jr., US District Court.
- Designed and coordinated the Youth Outreach Project at the Legal Aid Society of San Diego as part of Equal Justice Works Fellowship.
- Associate at Morrison & Foerster, LLP, in San Diego.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Visit Prof. Neitz' SSRN page.
- Member of the Working Group for: Blockchain in California: A Roadmap. The report was published on July 1, and will serve as a guide for members of the state legislature as they draft blockchain regulation.
- Blockchains and the Ethical Considerations of Centralization, Blog post at Machine Lawyering (an international blog published by the Centre for Financial Regulation and Economic Development at the Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong), January 12, 2020.
- Ethical Considerations of Blockchain: Do We Need a Blockchain Code of Conduct?, The FinReg Blog (January 21, 2020).
- The Infuencers: Facebook's Libra, Public Blockchains, and the Ethical Considerations of Centralization, 21 N.C.J.L & Tech 1 (2019).
- Pulling Back the Curtain: Implicit Bias in the Law School Dean Search Process, 49 Seton Hall L. Rev. 629 (2019).
- Playing Favorites? Implicit Bias on the Bench, The Bench, Fall 2018, at 19.
- When Myths Become Beliefs: Implicit Socioeconomic Bias in American Courtrooms, ch. 6 in Enhancing Justice: Reducing Bias (American Bar Association, 2017).
- "Juvenile Court Judges," ch. in The Encyclopedia of Juvenile Delinquency and Justice (Wiley, 2017)).
- Could Corporations Become a Vehicle for Social Change? San Francisco Business Times, October 29, 2015.
- How to Create a Less Stressful Workplace, San Francisco Business Times, June 17, 2015.
- How to Unplug from the Internet (and Keep Your Job), San Francisco Attorney Magazine (published by the Bar Association of San Francisco), Summer 2015.
- Where Were the Lawyers? The Ethical Implications of the General Motors Recall Scandal in the United States, 18 Legal Ethics 93 (2015).
- When family meets business: The challenge of work/life balance, San Francisco Business Times, May 7, 2015.
- Hobby Lobby and Social Justice: How the Supreme Court Opened the Door for Socially Conscious Investors, 68 SMU L. Rev. 243 (2015).
- Shades of Enron: The Legal Ethics Implications of the General Motors Scandal, Legal Ethics Forum (June 9, 2014).
- co-editor: Vulnerable Populations and Transformative Law Teaching: A Critical Reader. Carolina Academic Press (2011).
- San Francisco Chronicle, Letter to the Editor: Compassion Not a Game, Sept. 21, 2013.
- Socioeconomic Bias in the Judiciary, 61 Cleveland State L. Rev. 137 (2013).
- A Unique Bench, A Common Code: Evaluating Judicial Ethics in Juvenile Court, 24 Georgetown J. of Legal Ethics 97 (2011).
- The Plight of the Derivative Plaintiff: Justice Carter's Dissent in Hogan v. Ingold, ch. in The Great Dissents of the "Lone Dissenter": Justice Jesse W. Carter's Twenty Tumultuous Years on the California Supreme Court (Carolina Academic Press, 2010).
- Key to Successful Independence: State-Funded Post-Secondary Educational Assistance for Former Foster Youth, 23 St. John's J of Legal Commentary 383 (2008).
- Crisis on the Immigration Bench: An Ethical Perspective, 73 Brooklyn Law Review 467 (2008). Also in 28 J. Nat'l Ass'n Admin. L. Judiciary 471 (2008).
- A Subdued Year for California Lawmakers: The New California Employment Legislation Effective January 1, 2006, 11:17 Employment Law Commentary (Nov. 2005).
- An Ounce of Prevention: A Foster Youth's Substantive Due Process Right to Proper Preparation for Emancipation, 9 UC Davis J. of Juvenile L. & Policy 381 (2005).
- Happy Birthday, You're Homeless, with Phil Ladew. National Center for Youth Law, Youth Law News (April-June 2003).
- Help for Youth Leaving Foster Care, San Diego Union-Tribune (February 13, 2003).
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Member, California State Bar
HONORS & AWARDS
- 2020 Most Outstanding Professor Award, voted by the graduating class.
- Student Bar Association Law Professor of the Year (voted by student organizations), 2017-2018.
- GGU Law Robert Calhoun Award for Outstanding Professor (formerly the John A. Gorfinkel Award): 2008 - 2009, 2012 - 2013, 2013 - 2014, 2015 - 2016 (voted by graduating students)
- GGU Law Justice Jesse W. Carter Faculty Scholarship Award, 2009 - 2010
- GGU Law Multicultural Graduation Diversity Award, 2008 - 2009
LINKS
- Fair Truth and Fiduciary Duty: The Power of Corporate Shareholders to Make a Difference. Paper and presentation given at the Elfenworks Unconference, Fair Truth, 11/11/2011