UC HASTINGS LAW –Every 1L student in law school has to take a course on Civil Procedure. And many say it’s dense and complicated, and, for some students, even boring—unless it happens to be taught by UC Hastings Professor Scott Dodson. Dodson, who was the 2022 winner of the Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching at UC Hastings College of the Law, was praised by his students for making Civil Procedure and other classes he taught accessible and enjoyable.