Michael Asimow
Michael Asimow
- Visiting Professor of Law
- Room N218, Neukom Building
Expertise
- Administrative Law
- Contracts
- Taxation
Biography
Michael Asimow is a long-term visiting professor at Stanford Law School. At UCLA, he received both the University’s Distinguished Teaching Award and the School of Law’s Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 1994, he received the Fredric P. Sutherland Award recognizing public service contributions by a faculty member. His fields of specialization are administrative law as well as law and popular culture.
In the area of administrative law, Asimow co-authored a course book, State and Federal Administrative Law (4th ed., 2014) (with Ronald M. Levin). He co-authored California Administrative Law: Separation of Powers and Administrative Adjudication (Rutter Group. 2014), with additional volumes on the California law of judicial review and rulemaking to follow in 2015. Asimow has written numerous articles on state and federal administrative law as well as comparative administrative law. He is a consultant to the Administrative Conference of the United States.
In the field of law and popular culture, Asimow published Law and Popular Culture: A Course Book (2013) (with Shannon Mader). In addition, he co-authored Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies (2006) (with Paul Bergman), a book about courtroom movies of the past and present. He has also published numerous articles on lawyers, law firms, and legal ethics in the movies.
Education
- BS, UCLA, 1961
- JD, UC Berkeley, 1964
Courses
Policy Practicum: Procedural Reform at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
The CPUC is an administrative agency headquartered in San Francisco that regulates electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, water, and transportation. Many of its decisions (both adjudicatory decisions and regulations) are of enormous importance to the California economy. The proceedings to adopt these decisions are often lengthy and complex. The CPUC has asked us to develop procedural reforms to promote transparency and efficiency in its decision making, with three areas of interest: 1) Ex parte communication rules; 2) Open Meetings law; and 3) Evidence rules. Students will work closely with the Deputy Executive Director and CPUC in deciding which of these areas to study, with future practicums continuing research in the remaining areas.