Our Faculty
UCI Law faculty are some of the nation’s leading scholars and teachers, representing a broad range of expertise, including antitrust; biotechnology; business law; civil procedure; civil rights; constitutional law; consumer law; criminal law; diversity, education and law; equality and discrimination; election law; environmental law; gender and law; government regulation and policy; health law; immigration law; intellectual property and cyberlaw; international dispute resolution; international law and securities; labor and employment law; law and pop culture; law and psychology; law and social sciences; legal ethics and professional responsibility; tax law; and urban planning. A 2021 study of Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties ranks UCI Law No. 14 in the U.S.
Full-Time Faculty
Aziza Ahmed
Professor of Law
aahmed@law.uci.eduExpertise: Social Movements and the Law; Health Law; Criminal Law; Constitutional Law; Gender, Sexuality and the Law; Reproductive Rights; Bioethics; Race and the Law; International Human Rights; International Law
Cindy Thomas Archer
Professor of Lawyering Skills
carcher@law.uci.eduExpertise: Legal Analysis and Communication; Civil Litigation Practice; Lawyer-Client Relationship; Professional Responsibility; Client Interviewing and Counseling Skills; Cultural Humility in Client Representation; Inclusive Excellence in Legal Education
Sameer Ashar
Associate Dean for Equity Initiatives
Clinical Professor of Law
sashar@law.uci.eduExpertise: Clinical Legal Education; Law and Social Movements; Labor Law; Immigration Law; Legal Profession
Swethaa Ballakrishnen
Assistant Professor of Law
Co-Director, Center for Empirical Research on the Legal Profession
sballakrishnen@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-7979Expertise: Legal Profession; Gender, Critical Feminist and Queer Theory; Global Souths; India
Mehrsa Baradaran
Professor of Law
mbaradaran@law.uci.eduExpertise: Banking Law; Contracts; Property; Housing; Inequality
Mario Barnes
Professor of Law
mbarnes@law.uci.eduExpertise: Criminal Law; Constitutional Law; National Security Law; Race and the Law
Joshua D. Blank
Professor of Law
Faculty Director of Strategic Initiatives
jblank@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-4807Expertise: Tax Administration and Compliance; Taxation of Business Entities; Taxpayer Privacy and Tax Transparency
Dan Burk
Distinguished and Chancellor's Professor of Law
Faculty Director, AI Global Public Policy Institute
dburk@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-9325Expertise: Intellectual Property Law; Patent Law; Cyber Law
Alejandro Camacho
Chancellor's Professor of Law
Director, UCI Law Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources
acamacho@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-4160Expertise: Environmental and Natural Resources Law; Land Use Regulation; Government Regulation and Policy
Linda Cohen
Professor of Economics and Law
linda.cohen@uci.edu / (949) 824-5189Expertise: Political Economy; Government Regulation and Policy; Economics and Law
Rachel Croskery-Roberts
Associate Dean for Lawyering Skills
Professor of Lawyering Skills
rcroskery@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-9267Expertise: Lawyering Skills; Individual Employment Law; Employment Discrimination Law; Persuasion/Rhetoric; Business Drafting
Joe DiMento
Distinguished Professor of Law
jdimento@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3034Expertise: Environmental Law; International Public Law; Urban Planning
Victor Fleischer
Professor of Law
vfleischer@law.uci.eduExpertise: Partnership Tax; Federal Taxation; Tax; Private Equity Law; Tax Policy; Corporate Finance; Business and Corporate Law; Corporate Tax; Financial Market Regulation
Bryant Garth
Interim Dean
Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus
Co-Director, Center for Empirical Research on the Legal Profession
bgarth@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-7722Expertise: Globalization; Legal Profession
Howard Gillman
UCI Chancellor
Professor of Law, Political Science, History and Criminology, Law & Society
chancellor@uci.edu / (949) 824-5011Expertise: American Constitutionalism; Judicial Politics
Michele Goodwin
Chancellor's Professor of Law
Director, Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy
mgoodwin@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3897Expertise: Bioethics; Constitutional Law; Family Law; Health Law; Reproductive Rights; Torts
Kaaryn Gustafson
Professor of Law
Director, Center on Law, Equality and Race (CLEaR)
Associate Dean of Academic Community Engagement
kgustafson@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-4029Expertise: Law and Inequality; Empirical Research; Critical Race Theory
Richard L. Hasen
Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
Co-Director, Fair Elections and Free Speech Center
rhasen@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3072Expertise: Election Law; Legislation; Supreme Court; Remedies
Carrie Hempel
Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law
Co-Director, Community and Economic Development Clinic
chempel@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3575Expertise: Clinical Education; Community & Economic Development; Post-Conviction Remedies
Dalié Jiménez
Professor of Law
Director, Student Loan Law Initiative
djimenez@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-0066Expertise: Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor Law; Credit and Debt Collection Markets; Credit Reporting; Student Loans; Access to Civil Justice; Randomized Control Trials in Law
David Kaye
Clinical Professor of Law
Director, International Justice Clinic
Co-Director, Fair Elections and Free Speech Center
dkaye@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-2427Expertise: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law; Public International Law; International Criminal Justice; and Freedom of Expression
Sung Eun (Summer) Kim
Professor of Law
Director, Korea Law Center
skim@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-4946Expertise: Private Equity; Corporate Law; Corporate Finance; Financial Regulation; Contracts
Annie Lai
Co-Associate Dean for Experiential Education
Clinical Professor of Law
Co-Director, Immigrant Rights Clinic
alai@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-9894Expertise: Immigration Law; Civil Rights; Workers’ Rights; Clinical Legal Education
Dana Lee
Assistant Professor of Law and Mohannad and Rana Malas Scholar in Islamic Legal Studies
dlee@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3892Expertise: Islamic Law; Intellectual and Social History of the Islamic World; Jurisprudence; Comparative Law; Property
Stephen Lee
Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development
slee@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3731Expertise: Administrative Law; Immigration Law
Jack Lerner
Clinical Professor of Law
Director, Intellectual Property, Arts and Technology Clinic
jlerner@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-7684Expertise: Intellectual Property; Technology
Christopher Leslie
Chancellor's Professor of Law
Director, Competition, Antitrust Law, and Innovation Forum (CALIF)
cleslie@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-5556Expertise: Antitrust; Intellectual Property; Class Action Settlements; Sexual Orientation and the Law
Ji Li
John & Marilyn Long Professor of US-China Business and Law
jli@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-2750Expertise: Chinese Law and Politics; International Business Transactions; Comparative Law; Contracts; Empirical Legal Studies
Elizabeth Loftus
Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science and Law
eloftus@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3285Expertise: Psychology and Law; Human Memory
Omri Marian
Professor of Law
omarian@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-6493Expertise: International Taxation; Comparative Taxation; Taxation of Financial Instruments
Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Distinguished and Chancellor's Professor of Law
cmeadow@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-1987Expertise: International and Comparative Law; Dispute Resolution; Legal Profession and Legal Ethics; Civil Procedure; Law and Society; Legal Education; Feminist Legal Theory and Law; Literature and Popular Culture
Alison Mikkor
Assistant Professor of Lawyering Skills
amikkor@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-8000Expertise: Legal Analysis and Communication; Civil Litigation Practice; Appellate Practice; Lawyer-Client Relationship; Client Interviewing and Counseling Skills; Professional Responsibility; Inclusive Excellence in Legal Education
Rachel Moran
Distinguished Professor of Law
rmoran@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-9949Expertise: Civil Rights; Education Law and Policy; Higher Education and Affirmative Action; Latino-Related Law and Policy; Legal Education; Torts
Jamelia Morgan
Assistant Professor of Law
jmorgan@law.uci.eduExpertise: Race; Gender; Disability; Criminal Law and Procedure
Katherine Porter
Expertise: Bankruptcy; Commercial Law; Consumer Law
Tony Reese
Chancellor's Professor of Law
treese@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-4745Expertise: Copyright Law; Trademark Law
Michael Robinson-Dorn
Co-Associate Dean for Experiential Education
Clinical Professor of Law
Director, Environmental Law Clinic
mrobinsondorn@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-1043Expertise: Advice and Counseling; Litigation; Administrative and Policy Advocacy; Administrative Law; Natural Resources Law; Environmental Law
Trilby Robinson-Dorn
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Lawyering Skills
trobinsondorn@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-9638Expertise: Business Transactions; Contract Drafting; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; Lawyering Skills; Client Counseling; Trial Advocacy
Ezra Ross
Professor of Lawyering Skills
eross@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-9743Expertise: Lawyering Skills; Legal Profession
Gregory Shaffer
Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
Director, Center on Globalization, Law and Society
gshaffer@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-4794Expertise: International Law; International Trade and Investment Law
Kenneth W. Simons
Chancellor's Professor of Law
Co-Director, Center for Legal Philosophy
ksimons@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3863Expertise: Torts; Criminal Law; Moral and Political Philosophy
Robert Solomon
Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law
Co-Director, Community and Economic Development Clinic
Co-Chair, UCI Center for the Study of Cannabis
rsolomon@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-9719Expertise: Community & Economic Development; Housing; Evidence; Trial Advocacy
Ji Seon Song
Assistant Professor of Law
jsong@law.uci.eduExpertise: Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Policing, Race and the Law; Juvenile Law
Ann Southworth
Professor of Law
Co-Director, Center for Empirical Research on the Legal Profession
asouthworth@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-2917Expertise: Legal Profession; Professional Responsibility; Cause Lawyers
Jane Stoever
Clinical Professor of Law
Director, Domestic Violence Clinic
Director, Initiative to End Family Violence
jstoever@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3418Expertise: Clinical Legal Education; Domestic Violence Law; Family Law
Shauhin Talesh
Professor of Law
Director, Law and Graduate Studies Program
stalesh@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-9214Expertise: Civil Procedure; Consumer Law; Insurance; Organizations; Empirical Legal Studies; Law and Society; Law and Inequality; Law and Social Change
Emily Taylor Poppe
Assistant Professor of Law
Faculty Director, UCI Law Civil Justice Research Initiative
etaylorpoppe@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-2986Expertise: Access to Justice; Wills & Trusts; the Legal Profession; Civil Procedure; Law & Society; Inequality and Law
Beatrice Tice
Professor of the Practice of Law
btice@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-7327Expertise: International Law; Comparative Law; Legal Profession; Legal Research and Writing
Katharine Tinto
Clinical Professor of Law
Director, Criminal Justice Clinic
ktinto@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-9247Expertise: Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Criminal Defense
Grace Tonner
Distinguished Professor of Lawyering Skills
gtonner@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-4037Expertise: Lawyering Skills
Kerry Vandell
Professor of Law Emeritus
kvandell@uci.edu / (949) 824-1985Expertise: Real Estate Law; Business Law
Henry Weinstein
Professor of Lawyering Skills
hweinstein@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3642Expertise: Media Law; Lawyering Skills
Christopher Whytock
Acting Dean
Professor of Law
Co-Director, Center in Law, Society and Culture
cwhytock@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-0496Expertise: Conflict of Laws; International Law; Transnational Litigation; Empirical Legal Studies
Jessica Whytock
Research Professor of Law
Associate Dean of the Law Library and Strategic Planning
jwhytock@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-7293Expertise: Legal Research; Administration
Adjunct Faculty
Patricia Cyr
Adjunct Professor of Law
Co-Director, Domestic Violence Clinic
pcyr@law.uci.eduPaul Hoffman
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law
Co-Director, International Human Rights Clinic
Partner, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP
phoffman@law.uci.eduD’lorah Hughes
Adjunct Professor of Law
Director of Externships
dhughes@law.uci.eduMark Rosenbaum
Adjunct Professor of Law
mrosenbaum@law.uci.eduSusan Seager
Adjunct Professor of Law
sseager1.clinic@law.uci.edu
Librarians
Amy Atchison
Deputy Director of the Law Library
aatchison@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3203Ellen Augustiniak
Head of Collection Services
eaugustiniak@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3225Matthew Flyntz
Research Law Librarian for Instructional Services
mflyntz@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-7087Laura Fouladi
Metadata and Acquisitions Law Librarian
lfouladi@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3644Jessica Pierucci
Research Law Librarian for Foreign, Comparative, and International Law
jpierucci@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-5370Christina Tsou
Head of Public Services
ctsou@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-1430Jessica Whytock
Associate Dean of the Law Library and Strategic Planning, Research Professor of Law
jwhytock@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-7293
Affiliated Faculty
Elizabeth Cauffman
Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior and Education
UCI School of Social Ecology
cauffman@uci.edu / (949) 824-4075Simon A. Cole
Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
UCI School of Social Ecology
scole@uci.edu / (949) 824-1443Eve Darian-Smith
Professor and Chair, Global and International Studies
UCI School of Social Sciences
edarian@uci.edu / (949) 824-1072Michael R. Gottfredson
Chancellor's Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
UCI School of Social Ecology
gottfred@uci.edu / (949) 824-9390Jon B. Gould
Dean, School of Social Ecology
Professor, Criminology, Law & Society
jon.gould@uci.edu / (949) 824-5466Sora Han
Associate Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
UCI School of Social Ecology
sora.han@uci.edu / (949) 824-0050Jeffrey Helmreich
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law, Philosophy
UCI School of Humanities
jhelmrei@uci.edu / (949) 824-6520Mona Lynch
Chancellor's Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
Co-Director, Center in Law, Society and Culture
UCI School of Social Ecology
lynchm@uci.edu / (949) 824-0047Nicholas Marantz
Associate Professor, Department of Planning, Policy and Design
UCI School of Social Ecology
nmarantz@uci.edu / (949) 824-8101Bill Maurer
Dean, UCI School of Social Sciences
Professor, Anthropology, Law, and Criminology, Law & Society
wmmaurer@uci.edu / (949) 824-1415Keramet Reiter
Professor of Criminology, Law & Society and Law
UCI School of Social Ecology
reiterk@uci.edu / (949) 824-9201Justin Richland
Professor of Anthropology
UCI School of Social Sciences
jbrich@uci.edu / (949) 824-9449Nicholas Scurich
Associate Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior and Criminology, Law & Society
UCI School of Social Ecology
nscurich@uci.edu / (949) 824-4046Christopher Seeds
Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
UCI School of Social Ecology
cseeds@uci.eduCharles Anthony (Tony) Smith
Professor of Law and Political Science
UCI School of Social Sciences
casmith@uci.edu / (949) 824-7948William C. Thompson
Professor Emeritus of Criminology, Law, and Society; Psychology and Social Behavior; and Law
UCI School of Social Ecology
william.thompson@uci.edu / (949) 824-6156Benjamin van Rooij
Professional Researcher
bvanrooij@law.uci.eduJeffrey Wasserstrom
Chancellor's Professor of History
UCI School of Humanities
jwassers@uci.edu / (949) 824-6521
Visiting Faculty
James Cavallaro
Visiting Professor of Law
jcavallaro@law.uci.eduAnders Kaye
Visiting Professor of Law
ajkaye@law.uci.eduSteve Semeraro
Visiting Professor of Law
ssemeraro@law.uci.eduStacey Tutt
Visiting Clinical Professor of Law
stutt@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3761
Lecturers
Peter Afrasiabi
Co-Director, Appellate Litigation Clinic
Partner, One LLPDaniel J. Alexander II
Sole Shareholder, Daniel J. Alexander II, A Professional CorporationAmelia Alvarez
David Bronner
Senior Of Counsel, K&L Gates LLPMin Chai
Managing Attorney, MKC LAW GROUPLucero Chávez Basilio
Staff Attorney, UC Immigrant Legal Services CenterYunah Chung
Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of AlaskaKathryn Davis
Co-Director, Appellate Litigation Clinic
Law Office of Kathryn Davis, Certified Appellate Law Specialist
9th Circuit Pro Bono Appeals, Appointed CounselAdrianne De Castro
Senior Associate, Desai Law Firm, P.C.Ana Marie Del Rio
Secretary, Steadfast Apartment REIT III
Sen. Joseph Dunn (ret.)
Special Advisor to the Dean
Former California State SenatorKathryn Eidmann
Betsy Beers & Bruce Cormicle Senior Supervising Attorney, Opportunity Under Law, Public CounselPeter Elias
Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP Tax GroupDavid Finley
President, Esquire One Research Services, Inc.Matthew Flyntz
Research Law Librarian for Instructional ServicesChristine Francis
Associate Director of Academic SkillsChristina Gagnier
Partner, Intellectual Property, Internet & Technology, Gagnier Margossian LLPJesse Gessin
Principal, Gessin LtdJarrett Green
Mindfulness, Stress Management, & Peak Performance ConsultantScot Grierson
Partner, KPMG LLP, State and Local TaxRichard Helms
Lead Appellate Court Attorney for Presiding Justice Kathleen E. O’Leary at the California Court of AppealJanet Hong
Managing Attorney, The Hong FirmAngela Howe
Legal Director, Surfrider FoundationBryan Jarrett
Senior Corporate CounselMichael Larkin
California Department of Tax and Fee Administration's Tax Appeals Assistance ProgramThe Honorable Richard Y. Lee
Judge, Orange County Superior Court, Santa Ana
Rob Lindquist
Christine Luu
Director of Business Affairs at NBCUniversalSamrah Mahmoud
Partner, Troutman PepperJonathan Markovitz
Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial CountiesJoseph McNally
Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of CaliforniaSerena Murillo
Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, Civil DivisionSteven Nataupsky
Managing Partner, with Knobbe MartensKim Nguyen
IRS Office of Chief CounselTheresa Nguyen
Chief Program Officer and Vice President of Research and Innovation at Mental Health AmericaLawrence O'Neil
Senior United States District Judge (Inactive)Irene A. Pai
Orange County Public DefenderDiana Palacios
Camille Pannu
Co-Director, Community and Economic Development ClinicGrace Parrish
Melanie Partow
Kim Phan
Executive Director, International Law InstituteNeil Richmond
Manager, Southern California International Tax and Transactions (ITTS) Practice at EYFrank Rork
Vice President, Global Tax, Edwards LifesciencesNeil Sahota
IBM Master Inventor, United Nations (UN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) subject matter expert
Douglas Schaaf
Partner and Former Chair of the Global Tax Practice of Paul HastingsLinda Schilling
Founding Partner of Schilling Law Group, PCJustine Schneeweis
Michael Seplow
Partner, Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes, LLPLen Simon
Rebecca Simon Green
Wellness Champion to the Legal Industry & Co-Founder, Bar Peak Performance Program™Munmeeth Soni
Director of Litigation and Advocacy at Immigrant Defenders Law CenterDonna Suchy
Deborah Tropp
Founding Partner, McNeil Tropp & Braun, LLPJames Wald
Amy Wegener
Chief Practice Innovation Officer at Paul Hastings LLP
Paul Weinberg
CEO and Founder, Paul Joseph Weinberg Law OfficesNeil Wertlieb
Nicholas Wu
International Tax Senior Manager, Gilead Sciences
Research/Clinical Fellows
Scott Badenoch
Senior Mysun Foundation Clinical Fellow, Environmental Law Clinic
sbadenoch@law.uci.eduJabari Brown
Mysun Foundation Clinical Fellow, Environmental Law Clinic
jbrown@law.uci.eduDaniel Jacobs
Senior Counsel, Environmental Law Clinic
djacobs.clinic@law.uci.edu (case-related)
djacobs@law.uci.edu (all other inquiries)
(949) 824-1076Claire Johnson Raba
Clinical Teaching Fellow, Consumer Law Clinic
craba@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-2758Sofia Jaramillo Otoya
Digital Rights Fellow, International Justice Clinic
sjaramillo@law.uci.edu / (949) 824-3626
Academic Specialists
Hector Cervantes
Associate Specialist, Underground Scholars
hcervan1@uci.edu