Faculty: Michele Benedetto Neitz

Michele Benedetto Neitz

Title(s):

Professor of Law

School(s):

Law

415-442-6575

Campus(es):

San Francisco

mneitz@ggu.edu

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, “A Holistic View of Blockchain: Understanding the Non-Financial Applications and the Latest Developments in Cryptocurrency,” National Association of Attorneys General Presidential Summit, August 9, 2022.
Panelist, “What Should Legal Professionals and Law Students Know About Blockchain and How Should it Be Taught?” Innovation in Law Studies Alliance International Webinar, June 8, 2022.
Presenter, “Blockchain for Government and Social Good,” BL4SG Center Training for Executive Staff of California State Controller’s Office, May 17, 2022.
Panelist, “Regulating or Not Regulating Blockchain,” Law, Innovation and Vulnerability Conference, University of Copenhagen, April 28, 2022.
Presenter, “Introduction to Blockchain and Blockchain Regulation,” BL4SG Center Training for California’s Office Of Financial Tech Innovation, March 9, 2022.
Panelist, “Why You Should Care About Decentralized Technology,” Social Impact Summit, Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, March 2, 2022.
Presenter, “Blockchain Regulation and Social Good,” Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies Symposium, Golden Gate University, February 3, 2022.
Presenter, “Smart Contracts,” Data-Driven Economy Lab, Istanbul Bilgi University, January 11, 2022.
Presenter, “Introduction to Blockchain Technology,” The Future of Blockchain and Digital Assets: The View of Silicon Valley, Practicing Law Institute (presentation to 550+ attorneys nationwide), October 27, 2021.
Panel Chair, "Blockchain Development in Local Communities,” BGIN Block #3 (Conference of the Blockchain Governance Initiative Network), July 1, 2021.
Panelist, “Past and Future Influence of Deborah Rhode,” Law & Society Annual Meeting, May 28, 2021.
Presenter, “Implicit Socioeconomic Bias,” Children’s Law Center MCLE Training (to 400 employees), Los Angeles, CA, April 28, 2021.
Introductory Speaker, “Presenting Athena Award for Executive Leadership,” Women in Tech Symposium: The New Era in Human-Computer Interaction, UC Berkeley, March 12, 2021.
Panel Chair, “AML/KYC and Privacy in Decentralized Finance,” BGIN 2nd Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized Finance (CoDecFin), March 5, 2021.
Panelist, “GameStop’s Rise to Fortune 500,” GGU Law, sponsored by student Business Law and IP & Privacy Law Associations, February 26, 2021.
Presenter, “Procedural and Substantive Issues Discussed by the CA Blockchain Working Group," University of Tokyo's Blockchain Research Group Meeting, December 4, 2020.
Panelist, “Blockchain for the Public Good,” CITRIS Research Exchange (UC Berkeley), October 28, 2020.
Panelist, “Blockchain Working Group,” REIMAGINE2020 v. 2.0 Virtual Blockchain Conference, August 27, 2020.
Presenter, “Blockchain Technology’s Implications and Challenges for Regulators,” Back to the Baysics Video Podcast, May 27, 2020, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTeLhLqd6sc&feature=youtu.be.
Panelist, “Education, Regulation, Then Adoption,” REIMAGINE2020 Virtual Blockchain Conference, May 20, 2020.
Presenter, “Privacy, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency after the CCPA and GDPR — Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave!” Public Webinar for California Lawyers Association (jointly organized by the Internet & Privacy Law Committee and Commercial Transaction Committee), recorded in San Francisco, March 23, 2020.
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.

How to Regulate Blockchain’s Real-Life Applications: Lessons from the California Blockchain Working Group, 61 JURIMETRICS J. 185–217 (2021).
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

Voted Most Outstanding Professor by graduating classes of 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2020
Student Bar Association Law Professor of the Year (voted by student organizations), 2017-2018.
GGU Law Justice Jesse W. Carter Faculty Scholarship Award, 2009 - 2010
GGU Law Multicultural Graduation Diversity Award, 2008 - 2009

Faculty: Michele Benedetto Neitz

Michele Benedetto Neitz

COURSES TAUGHT

RESEARCH INTERESTS & AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

HONORS & AWARDS

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