Media Contact List: Connecting Journalists to UC Irvine Law Faculty

Affordable Housing and Land Use

Adam Cowing: Affordable Housing and Land Use, Community and Economic Development, Affordable Housing Law and Policy   

Banking Law

Mehrsa Baradaran: Financial Regulation, Inequality, Race, Banking, Predatory Lending, Credit  

Bankruptcy Law

Dalié Jiménez: Consumer Protection, Financial Regulation, Economic Policy, State Courts, Debt and Credit, Bankruptcy Law, Student Loans, Consumer Law, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Credit and Debt Collection Markets, Credit Reporting, Student Loans, Racial Wealth Gap, State Court Lawsuits, Auto Loans, Consumer Bankruptcy, Student Loans in Bankruptcy, Access to Justice, State Court Data  

Constitutional Law

Courtney Cahill: Constitutional Law, Anti-Discrimination Law, Reproductive Rights, Sex Equality, LGBTQ+ Equality   

Robert S. Chang: Civil Rights and Antidiscrimination Law, Constitutional Law, Race and the Law, Asian Americans and the Law, Critical Race Theory  

Consumer Law

Dalié Jiménez: Consumer Protection, Financial Regulation, Economic Policy, State Courts, Debt and Credit, Bankruptcy Law, Student Loans, Consumer Law, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Credit and Debt Collection Markets, Credit Reporting, Student Loans, Racial Wealth Gap, State Court Lawsuits, Auto Loans, Consumer Bankruptcy, Student Loans in Bankruptcy, Access to Justice, State Court Data  

Shauhin Talesh: Civil Procedure; Consumer Law; Insurance Law; Organizations; Empirical Legal Studies; Law and Society; Law and Inequality; Law and Social Change   

Corporate and Securities Law

Kevin Haeberle: Corporate Law and Securities Law, including focuses on insider-trading law as well as financial-instrument trading markets, broker-dealers, exchanges, investment companies, and ETFs and their regulation 

Criminal Law

Susan McMahon: Legal Analysis and Communication; Legal Education; Criminal Law; Mental Health  

Katharine Tinto: Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Criminal Defense; Crim-Imm (Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions)  

Dispute Resolution

Carrie Menkel-Meadow: Domestic and International Dispute Resolution, including Mediation, Arbitration and Negotiation; International and Comparative Law; Legal Ethics; Feminist Legal Theory and Law; Class Action Litigation  

Environmental Law

Alejandro Camacho: Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law; Land Use Regulation; Government Regulation and Policy  

Joe DiMento: Environmental Law; International Public Law; Urban Planning

Family Law and Domestic Violence Law

Jane Stoever: Family Law and Domestic Violence, including technology enabled abuse, reproductive coercion, and firearm fatalities 

Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law

David Kaye: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law; Public International Law; International Criminal Justice; and Freedom of Expression   

Freedom of Expression

David Kaye: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law; Public International Law; International Criminal Justice; and Freedom of Expression   

Jack Lerner: Intellectual Property, Technology Law, Freedom of Expression, Use of Rap Lyrics as Evidence in Criminal Trials, Rap on Trial, Copyright Law (including Fair Use), Artificial Intelligence, Independent and Documentary Filmmaking, Comparative U.S.-Japanese Copyright Law and Freedom of Expression, Media Law, Defamation, Libel, Slander

Immigration Law

Annie Lai: Immigration Law; Civil Rights; Clinical Legal Education  
 

Katharine Tinto: Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Criminal Defense; Crim-Imm (Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions)  

Insurance Law

Shauhin Talesh: Civil Procedure; Consumer Law; Insurance Law; Organizations; Empirical Legal Studies; Law and Society; Law and Inequality; Law and Social Change   

Intellectual Property

Jack Lerner: Intellectual Property, Technology Law, Freedom of Expression, Use of Rap Lyrics as Evidence in Criminal Trials, Rap on Trial, Copyright Law (including Fair Use), Artificial Intelligence, Independent and Documentary Filmmaking, Comparative U.S.-Japanese Copyright Law and Freedom of Expression, Media Law, Defamation, Libel, Slander

International Law

Joe DiMento: Environmental Law; International Public Law; Urban Planning  

David Kaye: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law; Public International Law; International Criminal Justice; and Freedom of Expression   

Carrie Menkel-Meadow: Domestic and International Dispute Resolution, including Mediation, Arbitration and Negotiation; International and Comparative Law; Legal Ethics; Feminist Legal Theory and Law; Class Action Litigation  

Austen Parrish: Civil Procedure, Extraterritoriality and Extraterritorial Regulation, Federal Courts, Public International Law, and Transnational Law Litigation  

Christopher Whytock: Conflict of Laws; International Law; Transnational Litigation; Empirical Legal Studies   

Law, Technology and Society

Veena Dubal: Employment and Labor Law concerning law, technology, and precarious workers, including “gig economy” workers   

Jack Lerner: Intellectual Property, Technology Law, Freedom of Expression, Use of Rap Lyrics as Evidence in Criminal Trials, Rap on Trial, Copyright Law (including Fair Use), Artificial Intelligence, Independent and Documentary Filmmaking, Comparative U.S.-Japanese Copyright Law and Freedom of Expression, Media Law, Defamation, Libel, Slander

Ari Waldman: Law and Technology, Privacy and Artificial Intelligence, LGBTQ+ Rights, including social media and content moderation, digital governance, LGBTQ+/queer studies. Specific topics of interest include online harassment, privacy, misinformation, social/private surveillance, equality and anti-discrimination 

Law and Society

Shauhin Talesh: Civil Procedure; Consumer Law; Insurance Law; Organizations; Empirical Legal Studies; Law and Society; Law and Inequality; Law and Social Change   

Labor and Employment Law

Veena Dubal: Employment and Labor Law concerning law, technology, and precarious workers, including “gig economy” workers   

Privacy Law

Ari Waldman: Law and Technology, Privacy and Artificial Intelligence, LGBTQ+ Rights, including social media and content moderation, digital governance, LGBTQ+/queer studies. Specific topics of interest include online harassment, privacy, misinformation, social/private surveillance, equality and anti-discrimination  

Reproductive Rights

Courtney Cahill: Constitutional Law, Anti-Discrimination Law, Reproductive Rights, Sex Equality, LGBTQ+ Equality   

Student Loans

Dalié Jiménez: Consumer Protection, Financial Regulation, Economic Policy, State Courts, Debt and Credit, Bankruptcy Law, Student Loans, Consumer Law, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Credit and Debt Collection Markets, Credit Reporting, Student Loans, Racial Wealth Gap, State Court Lawsuits, Auto Loans, Consumer Bankruptcy, Student Loans in Bankruptcy, Access to Justice, State Court Data 

Queer Studies & LGBTQ+ Rights

Swethaa Ballakrishnen: LGBTQ+ Rights, Legal Profession, Gender, Critical Feminist and Queer Theory, Global Souths, India 

Courtney Cahill: Constitutional Law, Anti-Discrimination Law, Reproductive Rights, Sex Equality, LGBTQ+ Equality   

Ari Waldman: Law and Technology, Privacy and Artificial Intelligence, LGBTQ+ Rights, including social media and content moderation, digital governance, LGBTQ+/queer studies. Specific topics of interest include online harassment, privacy, misinformation, social/private surveillance, equality and anti-discrimination 

Tax Law and Policy

Joshua D. Blank: Tax Administration and Compliance; Taxation of Business Entities; Taxpayer Privacy and Tax Transparency   

Victor Fleischer: Corporate Tax, Partnership Tax, Private Equity, and Tax Policy  

Omri Marian: International Taxation, Comparative Taxation, Taxation of Financial Instruments 

Urban Development

Joe DiMento: Environmental Law; International Public Law; Urban Planning  

U.S.-China Relations

Ji Li: U.S.-China Relations, Chinese Law and Politics, International Business Transactions, Comparative Law, Contracts, Empirical Legal Studies