Faculty

Administration

Kevin R. Johnson

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

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

Afra Afsharipour

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

aafsharipour@ucdavis.edu

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

Faculty

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

Kelly Behre

Lecturer

kbehre@ucdavis.edu

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

Karima Bennoune

Homer G. Angelo and Ann Berryhill Endowed Chair and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

kebennoune@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: International Law, International Human Rights, Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Religious Extremism, Women's Rights

Ashutosh Bhagwat

Boochever and Bird Endowed Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality and Martin Luther King Jr. 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

Acting Professor of Law

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

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

hscooper@ucdavis.edu

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

William S. Dodge

John D. Ayer Chair in Business Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

wsdodge@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: International Law, International Business Transactions, International Litigation & Arbitration, Foreign Relations Law, Contracts

Christopher S. Elmendorf

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

cselmendorf@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Election Law, Administrative Law, Statutory Interpretation, Constitutional Law, Natural Resources

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

Acting 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 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 International Programs, Director of LL.M. programs 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

Irene Oritseweyinmi Joe

Professor of Law

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

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: Family Law, Employment Discrimination Law, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Law, Constitutional Law

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

ptrlee@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Patent Law, Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, Property, Science and Technology Studies

Albert C. Lin

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

aclin@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Environmental Law, Natural Resources, Evidence

Amelia Miazad

Acting Professor of Law

Areas of Interest: Corporate Law

Robert C. Miller

Legal Research and Writing Instructor

robmiller@ucdavis.edu

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

Johann Morri

Academic Administrator (Associate Director of International Programs)/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

rdmullaney@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Aoki Water Justice Clinic

Menesh Patel

Acting Professor of Law

mpat@ucdavis.edu

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

Amagda Pérez

Lecturer

aaperez@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Immigration Law And Policy

Lisa R. Pruitt

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law

lrpruitt@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Law and Rural Livelihoods, Critical Race Theory, Feminist Jurisprudence, Legal Profession, Critical Whiteness Studies, Torts

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

Shayak Sarkar

Professor of Law

shsarkar@ucdavis.edu

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

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

Donna Shestowsky

Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law and Director of the Lawyering Skills Education Program

dshest@ucdavis.edu

Areas of Interest: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Juries, Negotiation Strategy, Change of Venue Surveys

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

Clay Tanaka

Legal Research and Writing Instructor

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, First Amendment (See Also Constitutional Law), Labor Law, Supreme Court, Appellate Advocacy

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