Henry Weinstein
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Lawyering Skills
Expertise:
Media law
Background:
Professor Weinstein has worked for the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, San Francisco Examiner and Wall Street Journal and has written more than 3,000 stories, reporting on the ground in 36 states plus the District of Columbia and Canada. He also has written about events and issues in other countries, and for a variety of publications, including California Lawyer, Juris Doctor, The Nation, New Times, the Saturday Review of Education and the Saturday Review of Science.
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- August 31, 2022
"Voting Rights & Wrongs," Omni Los Angeles Hotel - May 26, 2021:
Moderator, Filibuster: Relic or Guardrail?, America at a Crossroads, Online - Dec. 23, 2020:
Speaker, After Four Years of Trump – Can We Be Healed?, America at a Crossroads, Online - Nov. 10, 2020:
Moderator, What Is Los Angeles Doing to Address Our Homelessness Crisis?, Public Counsel, Online - Sept. 6, 2020:
Speaker, The Supreme Court: Delicate Balance, Uncertain Future, Daily Cal Live, Online - Sept. 2, 2020:
Speaker, America at a Crossroads, Online - Feb. 17, 2018
Panelist, A Court Transformed: The Ninth Circuit, the 1978 Judgeship Act, and the Carter Judges, Richard Chambers Courthouse, Pasadena, CA - March 16, 2017
Panelist and Master of Ceremonies, National Registry of Exonerations Welcome Celebration, UC Irvine - Jan. 26, 2017
Moderator, Guest Speaker Series: Abortion Laws: A Debate, UC Irvine, School of Law - Oct. 7, 2016:
Moderator, A Conversation with Chief Charles Beck, LAPD, Race and Policing Symposium, UC Irvine - Sept. 5, 2014:
Speaker, Persuasion Institute: Advanced Training Program Workshop in Legal Storytelling and Narrative Construction for Post-conviction Litigators, Cornell Law School - Jan. 18, 2013:
Prof. Weinstein interviews former New York Times reporter Linda Greenhouse about the Supreme Court (video), Zocalo Public Square event - April 20, 2012:
Speaker, Critical Race Theory and Empirical Methods Symposium - April 14, 2012:
Panelist, "Law: Color of Justice," 6th annual Literary Orange event - May 23, 2011:
Moderator, "Are Lies Ruining America?" (VIDEO), Zocalo Public Square event - Oct. 19, 2010:
Panelist, "Badly Fragmented: When Courts & Science Clash" UCI Forensic Science Education Series - Sept. 15, 2010:
Interviewer of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer (PODCAST) for ALOUD speaker/performance series, Los Angeles Public Library - July 2009:
Moderator, An evening with Justice Carlos R. Moreno (VIDEO), Zocalo Public Square event - Ongoing:
UCI Law Guest Speaker Series
- America at a Crossroads: WATCH: Prof. Weinstein moderates discussion between Erwin Chemerinsky and Richard A. Arenberg on the filibuster
- California Supreme Court Historical Society: Prof. Weinstein writes article on free speech, Harry Bridges, and the Los Angeles Times
- America at a Crossroads: WATCH: Prof. Weinstein interviews Bret Stephens on America after the Trump presidency
- Public Counsel: WATCH: Prof. Weinstein moderates discussion on what Los Angeles is doing to address the homelessness crisis
- Daily Cal Live: WATCH: Prof. Weinstein and Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky discuss recent Supreme Court cases and what to expect next term
- Community Advocates Inc.: WATCH: Prof. Weinstein interviews Jeffrey Toobin on his new book “True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump”
- Los Angeles Times: Prof. Weinstein’s op-ed: Real Justice Requires Unanimous Juries for Criminal Convictions
- California Supreme Court Historical Society Newsletter: Prof. Weinstein writes on the life and legacy of Judge Stephen Reinhardt
- NBC 4: Prof. Weinstein says judge cannot seal document that has been written about when public
- ABC7 WJLA: Prof. Weinstein quoted: OK for journalists to use documents obtained illegally by another party
- The Washington Post: Dean Chemerinsky and 17 UCI Law professors among more than 1,200 law school faculty nationwide opposing nomination of Sessions as Attorney General
- Media Matters: Prof. Weinstein comments on possible Murdoch ownership of Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times
- Los Angeles Times: Prof. Weinstein on journalist Wallace Turner