Professor Chandrasekher's Berkeley Law Talk Addresses Consumer Redlining

On Dec. 4, Professor Andrea Cann Chandrasekher spoke at UC Berkeley School of Law about her research on consumer redlining. The law school’s Law, Economics and Business Workshop presented the event.

Chandrasekher’s presentation addressed the type of retail discrimination that “occurs when chain stores in Black neighborhoods offer a lower-quality consumer experience than those same chain stores in white neighborhoods.”

Professor Chandrasekher's educational background includes a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a Ph.D. in Economics from UC Berkeley. She has taught as a visiting assistant professor at Northwestern School of Law and served as a fellow at Stanford Law School. Her research interests include criminal law, law and economics, quantitative methods, criminal justice public policy analysis, and policing.