L. Song Richardson
Joint Appointment in Criminology, Law & Society
Joint Appointment in Asian American Studies
Faculty Advisory Board, Center on Law, Equality and Race
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Biotechnology & Global Health Policy
Expertise:
Criminal procedure, criminal law, law and social science
Background:
Succeeding Founding Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, L. Song Richardson became dean of UCI Law, effective Jan. 1, 2018. She previously served as interim dean. An award-winning teacher and scholar, Dean Richardson’s interdisciplinary research uses lessons from cognitive and social psychology to study criminal procedure, criminal law and policing. Currently, she is working on a book that examines the legal and moral implications of mind sciences research on policing and criminal procedure. Her scholarship has been published by law journals at Yale, Cornell, Northwestern, Southern California, and Minnesota, among others. Her article, “Police Efficiency and the Fourth Amendment” was selected as a “Must Read” by the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys. Her co-edited book, The Constitution and the Future of Criminal Justice in America, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2013.
Dean Richardson’s legal career has included partnership at a boutique criminal law firm and work as a state and federal public defender in Seattle, Washington. She was also an Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Immediately upon graduation from law school, she was a Skadden Arps Public Interest Fellow with the National Immigration Law Center in Los Angeles and the Legal Aid Society’s Immigration Unit in Brooklyn, NY. She has been featured in numerous local and national news programs, including “48 Hours.”
Dean Richardson is the 2011 Recipient of the American Association of Law School’s Derrick Bell Award, which recognizes a junior faculty member’s extraordinary contribution to legal education through mentoring, teaching, and scholarship. She frequently presents her work at academic symposia as well as at non-academic legal conferences. She is a member of the American Law Institute.
Current Courses:
Statutory AnalysisPrior Courses:
Criminal Procedure, Advanced Criminal Procedure, Law and Social Science, Criminal Law, Race and the Criminal Justice System, Prosecutorial Ethics, Statutory Analysis, Fact Investigation, Constitutional Policing
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Devon W. Carbado & L. Song Richardson, The Black Police: Policing Our Own, 131 Harv. L. Rev. 1979 (2018).
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L. Song Richardson, Implicit Racial Bias and Racial Anxiety: Implications for Stops and Frisks, 15 Ohio St. J. Crim. L. 73 (2017).
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Catherine Fisk & L. Song Richardson, Police Unions, 85 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 101 (f2017).
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L. Song Richardson & Rachel Godsil, Racial Anxiety, 102 Iowa L. Rev. 2235 (2017).
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L. Song Richardson, Systemic Triage: Implicit Racial Bias in the Criminal Courtroom, 126 Yale L.J. 862 (2017).
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Tonja Jacobi, L. Song Richardson & Gregory Barr, The Attrition of Rights under Parole, 87 S. Cal. L. Rev. 887 (2014).
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L. Song Richardson & Phillip Atiba Goff, Implicit Racial Bias in Public Defender Triage, 122 Yale L.J. 100 (2013).
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L. Song Richardson & Phillip Atiba Goff, Self-Defense and the Suspicion Heuristic, 98 Iowa L. Rev. 293 (2012).
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L. Song Richardson, Police Efficiency and the Fourth Amendment, 87 Ind. L.J. 1143 (2012).
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L. Song Richardson, Arrest Efficiency and the Fourth Amendment, 95 Minn. L. Rev. 2035 (2011).
- April 30, 2018
Speaker, Greater Washington State Higher Education Recruitment Consortium Annual Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA - April 27, 2018
Guest Speaker, Implicit Bias, Heart of American Sentencing Guidelines Conference, Kansas City, KS - March 29, 2018
Speaker, UCI Korean American Leadership, UCI Korean American Alumni Chapter, Buena Park, CA - March 24, 2018
Speaker, "Implicit Bias and the Myth of Color Blind Justice," Innocence Network Conference, Memphis, TN - March 15, 2018
Speaker, "Implicit Bias," 18th Annual Byrne Judicial Clerkship Institute, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA - March 6, 2018
Featured Speaker, "Implicit Bias - Habits of the Mind: The Complexities of Managing a Legal Practice," Orange County Association of Legal Administrators Law Firm Leadership Forum March 2018, Newport Beach, CA - Jan. 17, 2018
Presenter, "Implicit Bias in the Legal System: An Assessment and Recommendations," Judge William A. Ingram Memorial Symposium, Santa Clara University, CA - Jan. 16, 2018
Speaker, "Recognition and Elimination of Bias MCLE: Understanding - and Attempting to Address - Implicit Bias in the Workplace," Orange County Coalition for Diversity in the Law 2018 Elimination of Bias MCLE, Newport Beach, CA - Jan. 6, 2018
Speaker, "Terry at Fifty: On the Books and On the Ground," AALS Annual Meeting 2018, San Diego, CA - Jan. 3, 2018
Discussion Group Participant, "Access to Justice in the Age of Technology, Television, and Trump," AALS Annual Meeting 2018, San Diego, CA - July 19, 2017
Welcome speaker, Expanding Perspectives on Gender Equality conference, UCI Newkirk Alumni Center - July 10, 2017
Panelist, “Why We Can’t Breathe: Police Violence Against People of Color in Urban America and the Distorting Prism of Race,” 35th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Charles University, Prague
- UCI Magazine: Dean Richardson shares how her life experiences have shaped her career path
- UCI Magazine: Dean Richardson quoted on participating in UCI’s Hamlet Trial
- Wall Street Journal: Dean Richardson comments on Starbucks anti-bias training
- OC Weekly: Dean Richardson featured as one of OC Weekly’s OC People of 2018
- KUCI: LISTEN: Dean Richardson discusses her legal career, mentorship, and what makes UCI Law special
- Named Among Top Women Lawyers in California for 2018 – Daily Journal
- Nominated for Women of the Year award – Orange County Business Journal
- Featured as one of OC Weekly’s "OC People of 2018" – OC Weekly
- Outstanding Achievement Award, UCI BLSA
- 2011 Recipient of the American Association of Law School’s Derrick Bell Award which recognizes a junior faculty member’s extraordinary contribution to legal education through mentoring, teaching, and scholarship
- Member, American Law Institute
- Sisa Journal: Dean Richardson profiled by L.A.-based Korean magazine
- Daily Journal: Dean Richardson named among Top Women Lawyers of 2018
- Daily Journal: Dean Richardson op-ed: L.A. needs a public defender, not a public pretender
- NBC4: Dean Richardson comments on Starbucks move to provide racial bias training
- New University: Dean Richardson successfully defends Hamlet in mock trial of Shakespeare’s play
- Orange County Business Journal: Dean Richardson nominated for Orange County Business Journal Women of the Year award
- ALI Reporter: Dean Richardson, Prof. Hasen and Prof. Menkel-Meadow highlighted in ALI member and colleague notes
- Los Angeles Times: UCI Law Dean Richardson and Berkeley Law Dean Chemerinsky face off in mock trial of Hamlet
- OC Weekly: Dean Richardson leads call-to-action at UCI Law MLK Jr. Teach-In & Training
- Full Media Coverage: L. Song Richardson appointed dean of UCI Law
- Academy for Justice: Profs. Chacón, Natapoff, Interim Dean Richardson, author chapters in report on Criminal Justice Reform
- Orange Coast: 'A Brilliant Choice:' Meet beloved Interim Dean L. Song Richardson
- On Labor Blog: New law review article by Interim Dean Song Richardson and co-author Prof. Fisk discussed
- George Washington Law Review: Interim Dean Song Richardson and former UCI Law Professor Catherine Fisk's new article, "Police Unions," in the George Washington Law Review
- Yale Law Journal: Prof. Richardson's book review featured
- The Washington Post: Dean Chemerinsky and 17 UCI Law professors among more than 1,200 law school faculty nationwide opposing nomination of Sessions as Attorney General
- Vox: Prof. Richardson quoted on culture of policing: “People are cops first, and they’re their race second”
- ABA Hidden Injustice Video Series: Prof. Richardson speaks about implicit bias in “Hidden Injustice: Toward a Better Defense
- ABA Hidden Injustice Video Series: Prof. Richardson speaks about unconscious bias in “Hidden Injustice: The Prosecutor’s Paradox”