Lawrence C. Levine
Professor of Law
B.A., Allegheny College
J.D., University of California, Hastings
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Tel: 916.739.7155
After graduating from University of California, Hastings College of the Law with honors, Professor Levine clerked for Judge Eugene F. Lynch (U.S. District Court, Northern District of California). He then was an associate with Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco for two years. Professor Levine was also an adjunct faculty member of Hastings before coming to Pacific McGeorge in 1985. Professor Levine has authored several books and articles on the subject of Torts. He is the co-author of A Torts Anthology, the torts treatise, Understanding Torts, and a torts casebook, Tort Law and Practice. Professor Levine has been a frequent panelist, lecturer, and speaker on legal issues involving torts and sexual orientation. He has served on the State Bar Committee on Sexual Orientation Discrimination as well as the board of directors of the AIDS Legal Referral Panel of Northern California and Sacramento Lawyers for the Equality of Gays and Lesbians. He is the chairperson of the Law School Admission Council’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Subcommittee and a member of LSAC’s Services and Programs committee. Professor Levine is a member of the American Law Institute. He has been a visiting professor of law at Hastings College of the Law, U.C. Davis (King Hall), and at New York Law School.
Courses: Torts | Sexual Orientation and the Law | Bioethics and the Law
Recent Publications: “Torts Law and Practice,” Lexis/Nexis Publishing Company (with Vetri, Vogel and Finley), 3rd edition 2006
"Biotechnology's Challenge to the Law of Torts," 32 McG. L. Rev. 221 (with Julie Davies) (2000)
"Understanding Torts," Lexis, 2d ed. (with John Diamond and M. Stuart Madden) (2000)
"A Torts Anthology," Anderson Publishing Co., 2nd ed. (with Julie Davies and Edward Kionka) (1999)
Curriculum Vitae:
Legal Teaching Experience
August 1985-Present
Professor, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
(Full Professor since 1991)
Subjects: Torts, Sexual Orientation and the Law, Professional Responsibility, and Criminal Law.
Administrative: Director, Minority Students Program, 1994-1996.
Faculty Advisor: Black Law Students Association (BLSA), Lambda Law Students, McGeorge Law Review.
January 1998-June 1998
Visiting Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Subjects: Torts, Sexual Orientation and the Law
August 2000-December 2000
Visiting Professor of Law, New York Law School
Subjects: Torts I, Torts II
Legal Publications
"Tort Law and Practice," Lexis Publishing Company, (with Vetri, Finley and Vogel) (2002)
"Biotechnology's Challenge to the Law of Torts," 32 McG. L. Rev. 221 (with J. Davies) (2000)
"Understanding Torts," Lexis, 2d ed. (with John Diamond and M. Stuart Madden) (2000)
"A Torts Anthology," Anderson Publishing Co., 2nd ed. (with Julie Davies and Edward Kionka) (1999)
"Quick Review: Torts," West Publishing Co. (1998)
"Insuring Fairness in the Realm of Contact through the Use of Public Policy and Tort Remedies," in Public Policy in Transnational Relationships, Kluwer Press (with Charles Kelso) (1993)
"Judicial Backpedaling: Putting the Brakes on California's Law of Wrongful Termination," 20 Pac. L. Rev. 993 (July 1989)
"The Settlement of Federal District Court Cases: A Judicial Perspective," 67 Ore. L. Rev. 239 (with the Honorable Eugene F. Lynch, Jr.) (1988)
"Recent Developments in Corporate Criminal Liability," 24 Santa Clara L.J. 41 (with Samuel R. Miller) (1984)
"Pryor v. Municipal Court: California's Narrowing Definition of Solicitation for Public Lewd Conduct," 32 Hastings L.J. 461 (1980) (cited favorably in In Re Reed, 33 Cal.3d 914, 191 Cal.Rptr. 658 (1983))
Partial List of Presentations, Speeches, and Activities
Moderator, Welcoming Workplaces: Eliminating Sexual Orientation Bias in the Legal Profession, Sacramento and Long Beach, 2002
Member, State Bar Committee on Sexual Orientation Discrimination, State Bar of California, 9/93-9/95; 12/96-9/97
Panelist, Current Developments in Sexual Orientation and the Law, State Bar Convention, Long Beach, CA, 10/3/99
Commentator and Member of Board of Advisors, The Forensic Echo, 10/97- present
Panelist, "The Openly Gay Law Professor," Lavender Law Conference, Boston, 1998
Coordinator and panelist, "Gay Bars: Organizing State and Local Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Lawyers," Lavender Law, Los Angeles, October 1997
Coordinator and panelist, "Welcoming Workplaces: Overcoming Bias Against Gay and Lesbian Attorneys," California State Bar Conference, San Diego, September 1997
Bar Exam Lecturer, Torts, West/Barpassers, 1994-1997
Panelist, "Frisky Business: Issues and Consequences of Workplace Romance," National Academy of Management, Toronto, August 2000
Legislative Activity
April 1999 - Testified at the request of the Speaker in favor of A.B. 1001 regarding prohibitions against discrimination in employment and housing based on sexual orientation
May 1990 - Assisted State Senator David Roberti with formulation of "Sexual Battery" tort legislation
April 1989 - Testified in favor of S.B. 115 at request of Senator Rosenthal (sponsor) regarding wrongful termination legislation
Legal Employment
November 1983 - May 1985
Associate (Litigation), Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, California
April 1982 - August 1983
Law Clerk to the Honorable Eugene F. Lynch, United States District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco, California
November 1981 - March 1982
Associate (Litigation & Labor), Steinhart, Falconer & Morgenstein, San Francisco, California
Summer 1980
Summer Associate, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco, California
Education
Legal:
JD, 1981, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California
Order of the Coif
Thurston Society (Top 5% of First-Year Class)
Editorial Staff, Associate Executive Editor, Hastings Law Journal
Undergraduate:
BA (Political Science), 1976, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania
Cum Laude; Dean's List; International Development Semester in Washington D.C.
Professional Associations and Memberships
Admitted to the California Bar, 1981
Admitted to US District Court, Northern District, California
American Bar Association
American Trial Lawyers Association
American Civil Liberties Union
Society of American Law Teachers
Community Service
Founding Member and Co-Chair, Sacramento Lawyers for Equality of Gays and Lesbians (SacLEGAL), June 1995-present
Member, Board of Directors, CAP-PAC (Sacramento's gay and lesbian political action committee), 1998- present
Founding Member, Board of Directors, AIDS Legal Referral Panel of Northern California, 1988-1994
Member, Board of Directors, Sacramento Rape Crisis Center, 1986-1988
