Turkey RPCV Gail Boreman Bird is Emeritus Professor of Law at Hastings College of Law



Turkey RPCV Gail Boreman Bird is Emeritus Professor of Law at Hastings College of Law

Gail Boreman Bird, Emeritus Professor of Law

Emeritus Faculty

Mailing Address:
200 McAllister St.
San Francisco, CA 94102

Email: birdg@uchastings.edu

Publications

Expertise: Community Property, Wills & Trust

Professor Bird joined the Hastings faculty in 1979. Prior to that time, she served as a judicial staff attorney with the California Courts of Appeal and was in private practice. She also taught English with the Peace Corps in Izmir, Turkey.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UC Berkeley, Professor Bird received her law degree in 1974 from Hastings, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and the Thurston Society. She also served as Associate Articles Editor of the Hastings Law Journal.

Professor Bird is the author of Cases and Materials on California Community Property Law. Her areas of interest include marital property law, wills and trusts, and English legal history. She served as Associate and Acting Academic Dean from 1985 to 1987. She also has been a Visiting Professor at UCLA, the University of Colorado, McGeorge School of Law, and, most recently, the University of Leiden in The Netherlands.

Professor Bird is an avid Francophile and goes to Paris as often as possible.

When this story was prepared, here was the front page of PCOL magazine:

This Month's Issue: August 2004 Teresa Heinz Kerry celebrates the Peace Corps Volunteer as one of the best faces America has ever projected in a speech to the Democratic Convention. The National Review disagreed and said that Heinz's celebration of the PCV was "truly offensive." What's your opinion and who can come up with the funniest caption for our Current Events Funny? Exclusive: Director Vasquez speaks out in an op-ed published exclusively on the web by Peace Corps Online saying the Dayton Daily News' portrayal of Peace Corps "doesn't jibe with facts." In other news, the NPCA makes the case for improving governance and explains the challenges facing the organization, RPCV Bob Shaconis says Peace Corps has been a "sacred cow", RPCV Shaun McNally picks up support for his Aug 10 primary and has a plan to win in Connecticut, and the movie "Open Water" based on the negligent deaths of two RPCVs in Australia opens August 6. Op-ed's by RPCVs: Cops of the World is not a good goal and Peace Corps must emphasize community development.

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