Faculty

Administration

UC Davis Law Dean Berg wearing a grey suit and smiling at the camera.

Jessica Berg

Dean and Professor of Law

Areas of Interest: Bioethics and Law, Informed Consent and Advance Directives, End-of-Life Decision Making, Reproductive Law and Ethics, Research Law and Ethics, E-Medicine, Public Health Law and Ethics, Confidentiality

Donna Shestowsky

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

dshest@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Juries, Negotiation Strategy, Change of Venue Surveys, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), Empirical Research, Law and Psychology

Faculty

Afra Afsharipour

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

aafsharipour@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Comparative Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Mergers And Acquisitions, Transactional Law

Professor Raquel Aldana wearing a black dress with a gold necklace. She is standing in the King Hall courtyard and smiling at the camera.

Raquel E. Aldana

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

realdana@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Immigration Law And Policy, Latinos And The Law, International Human Rights, Sustainable Development in Latin America, Central American Studies

Vikram D. Amar

Distinguished Professor of Law

vdamar@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure (Including Civil Litigation And Complex Litigation), Criminal Law And Procedure, Remedies, Appellate Advocacy

Nila Bala

Acting Professor of Law

nibala@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Children and the Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Technology and the Law

Kelly Behre

Lecturer and Director of the UC Davis Family Protection and Legal Assistance Clinic

kbehre@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, Family Law, Public Interest Law

Ashutosh Bhagwat

Boochever and Bird Endowed Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality and Distinguished Professor of Law

aabhagwat@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Administrative Law, Antitrust, Constitutional Law, Energy Law, Law And Economics, Regulated Industries, Supreme Court, Telecommunications Law

Karrigan Börk

Professor of Law, Co-Director, California Environmental Law and Policy Center, and Director, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

ksbork@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Property, Environmental Law, Natural Resources, Administrative Law, Takings, Public Trust Doctrine, Trout and Salmon, Science and Law, Field Courses, Water Law

Hannah Buxbaum

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

Areas of Interest: Comparative Law, International Business Transactions, International Jurisdiction and Litigation

Andrea Cann Chandrasekher

Professor of Law

achandrasekher@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Law And Economics, Criminal Law And Procedure, Labor Law, Law And Society, Police And Policing

Gabriel "Jack" Chin

Edward L. Barrett Jr. Chair of Law, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, and Director of Clinical Legal Education

gjchin@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Criminal Law And Procedure, Immigration Law And Policy, Civil Rights, Asian Americans And The Law

Holly S. Cooper

Lecturer and Co-director of the Immigration Law Clinic

hscooper@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Immigration Law And Policy, Detained Immigrants Rights, Refugee Law, International Human Rights, Prisoners Rights (See Also Civil Rights)

Christopher S. Elmendorf

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

cselmendorf@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Land Use and Housing, Election Law, State and Local Politics, Administrative Law, Statutory Interpretation

Stacy-Ann Elvy

Professor of Law

selvy@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Commercial Law, Privacy Law, Consumer Law, Technology Law, Human Rights, Civil Procedure

Luke Fadem

Legal Research and Writing Instructor

dlfadem@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Criminal Law, International Criminal Law, Legal Writing, Legal Research

Eric Fish

Professor of Law

efish@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law, Sentencing, Immigration Law And Policy, Ethics

Katherine Florey

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

kjflorey@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Public Health Law, Federal Jurisdiction, Federal Courts, Civil Procedure (Including Civil Litigation And Complex Litigation), Conflict Of Laws, Indian Law, Legal History

Richard Frank

Professor of Environmental Practice and Co-Director, California Environmental Law and Policy Center

rmfrank@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Constitutional Law, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Land Use Planning (See Also Constitutional Law), Natural Resources, Water Law, Civil Procedure

Beth Greenwood

Associate Dean for Global Legal Education and Lecturer in Law

bgreenwood@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Legal Research, Legal Writing, Legal Education

David Horton

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

dohorton@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Contracts, Trusts, Wills, And Estate Planning, Federal Arbitration Law

John P. Hunt

Professor of Law

jphunt@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Bankruptcy, Contracts, Mortgages

Lisa Ikemoto

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

lcikemoto@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Health Care, Reproductive Technology, Biotechnology, Real Property Law

Nina Jehle

Legal Research and Writing Instructor

njehle@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Legal Research, Legal Writing, Criminal Law and Procedure

Irene Oritseweyinmi Joe

Professor of Law and Chancellor's Fellow

iojoe@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Criminal Law And Procedure, Juries, Legal Ethics, Professional Responsibility, Trial Advocacy And Practice, Voir Dire (Jury Selection)

Elizabeth E. Joh

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

eejoh@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Criminal Law And Procedure, Constitutional Law, Policing, Surveillance

Kevin R. Johnson

Distinguished Professor of Law, Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Professor of Chicana/o Studies

krjohnson@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Immigration Law And Policy, Refugee Law, Complex Litigation, Civil Procedure (Including Civil Litigation And Complex Litigation), Civil Rights, Critical Race Theory, Critical Latina/o Theory

Thomas W. Joo

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

twjoo@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Corporate Governance, Antitrust, Contracts, White Collar Crime, Critical Race Theory

Courtney G. Joslin

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

cgjoslin@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Constitutional Law, Employment Discrimination Law, Family Law, Gender, Sexuality, and the Law

Chimène Keitner

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

cikeitner@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Civil Procedure, Cyberlaw, International Law, Law and Digital Technology

Carlton F.W. Larson

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

clarson@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Constitutional Law, Legal History, Federal Courts

Peter Lee

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law and Director, Center for Innovation, Law, and Society

ptrlee@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Patent Law, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, Innovation Policy, Industrial Organization of Innovation, Technology Transfer, Property, Science and Technology Studies

Albert C. Lin

Professor of Law

aclin@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Environmental Law, Natural Resources, Evidence

Amelia Miazad

Acting Professor of Law

amiazad@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Corporate Law

Johann Morri

Academic Administrator (Associate Director of International Programs) and Lecturer in Law

jmorri@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Legal Methods, Legal Writing and Legal Reasoning, Comparative Law, Administrative Law, International Legal Education

Robert D. Mullaney

Lecturer and Director of the UC Davis Aoki Water Justice Clinic

rdmullaney@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Aoki Water Justice Clinic

Menesh Patel

Professor of Law

mpat@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Antitrust, Securities Regulation, Corporate Law, Capital Markets

Amagda Pérez

Lecturer and Co-director of the UC Davis School of Law Immigration Law Clinic

aaperez@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Immigration Law And Policy

Sarah Polcz

Acting Professor of Law

spolcz@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Law and Psychological Science, Cognitive Processes

Lisa R. Pruitt

Brigitte Bodenheimer Research Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Law

lrpruitt@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Law and Rural Livelihoods, First-generation Students, Torts, Legal Profession, Critical Race Theory/Critical Whiteness Studies, Feminist Jurisprudence

Suzanne Jennifer Reuben

Legal Research and Writing Instructor

sjreuben@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Legal Research, Legal Writing, Insurance Coverage

Alix Rogers

Acting Professor of Law

alrogers@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Bioethics, Property, Trusts, Wills, And Estate Planning, Health Law, Science and Law, Law And Society, Legal History

David Sandino

Lecturer and Director of the Aoki Water Justice Clinic: Small Farmer Assistance Program

dasandino@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Water Law, Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Federal and California Environmental Law, Federal Indian Law, International Environmental Law, Land Use, Public Financing Law

Shayak Sarkar

Professor of Law

shsarkar@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Employment Discrimination Law, Financial Regulation, Immigration Law And Policy, Law And Economics, Tax Law

Leticia Saucedo

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

lmsaucedo@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Immigration Law And Policy, Employment Discrimination Law, Labor Law, Clinical Legal Education, Critical Race Theory, Employment Law

Darien Shanske

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

dshanske@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Local Government Law, Taxation, Jurisprudence

Brian Soucek

Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Fellow

bsoucek@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Antidiscrimination Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law And Policy, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Law, Law And Cultural Studies

Clarisa P. Sudarma

Legal Research and Writing Instructor

cpsudarma@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Legal Research, Legal Writing, Child Welfare, Local Government

Clay Tanaka

Lecturer of Law

cstanaka@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Legal Research, Legal Writing, Criminal Law And Procedure

Aaron Tang

Professor of Law

aatang@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Constitutional Law, Education Law, Federal Courts, Labor Law, Supreme Court, Appellate Advocacy

Alyssa Thurston

Law Library Director and Lecturer in Law

amthurston@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Legal Research, Law Libraries

Dennis J. Ventry, Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

djventry@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Taxation, Tax Practice, Tax Filing and Administration, Tax Policy, Legal and Professional Ethics, Whistleblower Statutes and Programs, Public Records Acts, Tax Expenditure Analysis, Distributive Justice, Family Taxation, and U.S. Economic, Tax, Legal, and Gender History