Faculty

On Oct. 16, Professor Peter Lee presented a webinar hosted by the Witkin State Law Library. Titled “Legal and Social Implications of Generative AI,” Lee’s presentation addressed the significant benefits as well as the serious potential drawbacks of the generative AI revolution sweeping society via applications like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion.

More than 700 people registered for the webinar.

Professor Peter Lee spoke via Zoom at the International Conference on Emerging Issues in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Salzburg on Oct. 4. Lee’s talk was titled “The Role of Global Biopharmaceutical Partnerships in Effectuating Technology Transfer.”

Sacramento’s McGeorge School of Law was a sponsor of the conference.

Professor Peter Lee spoke to Law360 for a Sept. 27 story on why drug prices in the United States remain high 40 years after the groundbreaking Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, or Hatch-Waxman Act, became law.

The implications of genetic data breaches are staggering, Professor Nila Bala writes in an Oct. 21 Los Angeles Times op-ed headlined “The risks of sharing your DNA with online companies aren’t a future concern. They’re here now.”

Professor Vikram Amar appeared on the Oct. 15 episode of San Francisco public radio station KQED’s Forum program to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term and what role the court might play in the 2024 presidential election.

The NPR program Fresh Air devoted its Oct. 16 episode to a discussion with Professor Mary Ziegler about the legal battles shaping reproductive rights across the U.S. on the eve of the presidential election.

On Sept. 19, Professor Courtney Joslin presented her forthcoming NYU Law Review article “Multiparenthood” at University of Virginia School of Law as part of the annual Nonmarriage Roundtable. Joslin co-authored the article with Yale Law Professor Douglas NeJaime.

On Sept. 28, Professor Courtney Joslin presented at the American Bar Association Family Law Section’s fall conference. The presentation addressed developments in the law regarding fertility care and assisted reproduction, including the recently enacted Michigan Family Protection Act.

Professor Courtney Joslin and Yale Law Professor Douglas NeJaime wrote an Aug. 2 op-ed for Slate. The piece addresses Republican vice presidential contender J.D. Vance’s characterization of Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris – stepmother to her spouse Douglas Emhoff’s two children – as “childless.”

Professors Courtney Joslin and Mary Ziegler wrote a Feb. 20 opinion piece for Slate about the potential fallout from an Alabama Supreme Court ruling, in a case involving in vitro fertilization, that frozen embryos are “children.” On Oct. 7, the U.S.