Leah Litman, 33, a legislation professor at the University of California at Irvine, claimed she, likewise, encountered Kozinski when they appeared jointly on a panel at her school in July to explore Supreme Court challenges. Rick Hasen, a University of California at Irvine professor who was at the supper, explained he recalled Kozinski creating a comment very similar to what Litman explained, and the experience was "surreal.