Henry L. Hecht, JD

Henry Hecht begun teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Berkeley Law) in July 1983 and retired 41 years later in December 2024. In addition to his teaching at Berkeley Law, he is an independent consultant on skills training for lawyers and founder of The Hecht Training Group, which presents in-house workshops. Before joining the Berkeley Law faculty, Henry had an active litigation practice, first with the Watergate Special Prosecution Force as an Assistant Special Prosecutor, and then with Heller Ehrman LLP as Special Counsel. Henry has lectured and written extensively for the American Bar Association (ABA), the American Law Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA), Practising Law Institute (PLI), California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), and the National Practice Institute (NPI). His publications include one book, Effective Depositions 2nd ed. (ABA 2010), and numerous training case files as well as multi-media resources. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Practice Program for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Previously Henry served on the Board of Directors of the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) for 16 years. In addition, he is an elected member of the American Law Institute (ALI) and the American Bar Foundation (ABF). Mr. Hecht is a graduate of Harvard Law School (J.D. cum laude 1973) and Williams College (B.A. magna cum laude 1968).