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	Professor Kenneth D. Agran Visiting Assistant Professor of Law	B.A., Dartmouth College, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa; J.D., Harvard Law School, magna cum laude.

	Professor Mary Basick Associate Professor of Academic Support	B.S., California Statue University Long Beach, with Great Distinction; J.D., Western State University College of Law, Summa Cum Laude.

	Dean Penelope E. Bryan Vice President for Legal Education Dean of the Law School Professor of Law

	Professor Michael J. Bazyler Distinguish Professor of Law	B.A., UCLA, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa; J.D., USC.

	Professor Neil H. Cogan Professor of Law	B.A., LL.B., University of Pennsylvania, cum laude.

	Professor Warren H. Cohen Professor of Law	B.A., Yale; J.D., Harvard.

	Professor Debra Cohen-Whelan Distinguished Senior Professor of Law	B.A., Howard University; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law.

	Professor Judith F. Daar Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Professor of Law Harry S. Zekian Scholar Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California Irvine College of Medicine	B.A., University of Michigan with highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa; J.D., Georgetown, cum laude.


	Professor Deborah L. Forman Professor of Law	A.B., Brown University, magna cum laude, honors history, Phi Beta Kappa; J.D., Stanford.

	Professor Howard W. Foss Professor of Law	A.B., Harvard, cum laude; J.D., UC Berkeley.

	Professor Gail F. Frommer Distinguished Senior Professor of Law	B.S., Cornell; J.D., UCLA, Order of the Coif.

	Professor Andrea Susnir Funk Associate Dean, Institute for Legal Writing and Professional Skills	B.S., CSU-Long Beach, summa cum laude; J.D., UCLA.

	Professor Mary Ellen Gale Professor of Law	A.B., Radcliffe/Harvard, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa; J.D., Yale.

	Professor Jacquelyn Gentry Professor of Legal Writing, Director of Center for Children’s Rights.	B.A., M.A., Florida State University; J.D., Southwestern University School of Law (S.C.A.L.E. Program).

	Professor Richard S. Gruner Distinguished Senior Professor of Law	B.S., California Institute of Technology; J.D., USC; LL.M., Columbia University School of Law.

	Professor Elwood B. Hain Jr. Distinguished Senior Professor of Law	B.A., Southern Methodist University, summa cum laude; LL.B., Southern Methodist University, magna cum laude; LL.M. Harvard.

	Professor J. Denny Haythorn Associate Dean of Library & Information Resources;Professor of Law	B.A., Depauw University; M.A., Chapman College; J.D., Seattle University, with distinction; M.L.L., University of Washington.

	Professor John Heilman Distinguished Teacher of Law	B.S., Northwestern University J.D., USC.

	Professor Jeremiah Ho Assistant Professor of Academic Support	B.A., University of California, Los Angeles J.D., Whittier Law School

	Professor Jodi Jewell Assistant Professor of Academic Support	B.A., Brigham Young University J.D., J. Reuben Clark Law School

	Professor Thomas G. Kelch Professor of Law	B.G.S., University of Michigan, with high distinction, Phi Beta Kappa; J.D., University of Michigan, magna cum laude; M.A., University of California Irvine; M.B.A., University of Southern California.

	Professor Deirdre Kelly Assistant Professor of Academic Support	B.A., University of Southern California J.D., Loyola Law School

	Professor Christine Kelton Professor of Legal Writing	B.A., University of California, Irvine; J.D., Loyola Law School.

	Professor Patricia Leary Distinguished Teacher of Law	B.A., Valdosta State College; J.D., Florida State University; LL.M., Columbia University.

	Professor Paula Manning Associate Dean, Institute for Student and Graduate Academic Support	B.A., University of California, Irvine J.D., Western State University

	Professor Kristen Martin Associate Professor of Legal Writing	B.A., University of California, Davis; J.D., University of Oregon School of Law.

	Professor Mark R. Matthews Visiting Assistant Professor of Law	B.A., Brigham Young University; J.D., J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University

	Professor Kelley M. Mauerman Assistant Professor of Legal Writing	B.A., Northwestern University; J.D., University of San Diego School of Law, cum laude, Order of the Coif.

	Professor Jennifer Mertus Associate Professor of Legal Writing; Director, Hochner Pre-Admission Summer Program; Faculty Advisor; Moot Court Honors Board	B.A., B.S., University of North Carolina at Wilmington; J.D., Whittier Law School, summa cum laude.

	Professor Radha Pathak Assistant Professor of Law	B.A., University of California, Berkeley, with honors; J.D., New York University School of Law, cum laude.

	Professor William W. Patton Professor of law; J. Alan Cook and Mary Schalling Cook Children’s Law Scholar; Associate Dean for Clinical Programs; Lecturer, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry	B.A., CSU-Long Beach, summa cum laude; M.A., J.D., UCLA.

	Professor Marcy Peek Assistant Professor of Law	B.A., Yale University; J.D., Harvard Law School, cum laude.

	Professor Calvin D. Peeler Assistant Dean for Internationalization Director of LLM Program Associate Professor of Law;	B.A., Univeristy of California, Berkeley, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa; J.D., University of California, Berkeley; J.S.M., Stanford University; Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University

	Professor William R. Phelps, Jr. Distinguished Senior Professor of Law	B.A., North Dakota State University; B.A., Universiteit te Leuven, Belgium; M.A., University of Washington; J.D., Yale; M.B.A., USC.

	Professor Kelley B. Poleynard Associate Professor of Legal Writing	B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; J.D., University of Southern California, Order of the Coif.

	Professor Martin Pritikin Director, Institute for Trial and Appellate Practice	B.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, summa cum laude; J.D., Harvard Law School, magna cum laude.

	Professor Peter L. Reich Professor of Law	B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; J.D., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles.

	Professor I. Nelson Rose Distinguished Senior Professor of Law	B.A., UCLA, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa; J.D., Harvard.

	Professor Betsy Rosenblatt Associate Professor of Law Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law	B.A., magna cum laude, Williams College; J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School. Books Editor, HARVARD HUMAN RIGHTS JOURNAL.

	Professor Jill Reza Adjunct Professor of Law Associate Professor of Legal Writing	B.A., Vanguard University, summa cum laude; J.D., University of Southern California Law School.

	Professor Tina Schindler Assistant Professor of Academic Support	B.A., University of California, San Diego J.D., Whittier Law School

	Professor Robert F. Somers Associate Professor of Legal Writing	B.A., University of California, Irvine; J.D., Loyola Law School, cum laude, Order of the Coif.

	Professor Peter K. Stris Visiting Assistant Professor of Law	B.A. University of Pennsylvania J.D. Harvard Law School Board of Editors, Harvard Law Review

	Professor Wesley Tonel Assistant Professor of Academic Support	B.A., University of California, Berkeley, with distinction J.D., University of California, Los Angeles

	Professor David M. Treiman Distinguished Senior Professor of Law	B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa; UCLA; J.D., Harvard, cum laude.

	Professor Robert Webster Director, Center for International and Comparative Law; Visiting Assistant Professor	B.A , University of Sussex; J.D., Inns of Court School of Law

	Professor David S. Welkowitz Professor of Law	A.B., Princeton; J.D., New York University

	Professor Seval Yildirim Assistant Professor of Law;	B.A. Randolph-Macon Woman’s College; M.A. George Washington University; J.D., L.L.M. New York University School of Law.



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