Scholars & Mentors

The Caruso School of Law faculty is ranked #11 in the Princeton Review's 2020 Best Law Schools "Best Professors" ranking for classroom teaching and accessibility outside of the classroom. Our faculty, comprised of some of the finest lawyers and scholars in the nation, are deeply committed to students as the heart of the educational enterprise. Moreover, the faculty produces first-rate scholarship, including more than 180 law review articles and 100 additional publications in the past seven years.

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Faculty	Job Title	Department	Email	Phone	Letter	Tags	Type
Allen, Tracy	Adjunct Professor			tracy.allen@pepperdine.edu	A		Array
Amato, Lisa	Adjunct Professor			lisa.amato@pepperdine.edu	A		Array
Anderson, Robert	Professor of Law		310.506.4615	robert.anderson@pepperdine.edu	A	Contract Law,Law and Economics	Array
Asim Cooper, Tanya	Associate Clinical Professor of Law		310.506.4646	tanya.cooper@pepperdine.edu	A	Clinical Law,Family Law,Intellectual Property	Array
Baker, Jeffrey	Associate Dean of Clinical Education and Global Programs		310.506.6350	jeff.baker@pepperdine.edu	B	Civil Procedure,Clinical Law,Dispute Resolution,Ethics,Family Law,Human Rights,Mediation,Public Interest Law,Torts,Trial Advocacy	Array
Barba, Arnold	Assistant Dean of Professional Formation		310.506.4570	arnold.barba@pepperdine.edu	B		Array
Basraon, Baldip	Adjunct Professor	Straus Institute		baldip.basraon@pepperdine.edu	B		Array
Belton, Jeffrey	Adjunct Professor			jeffrey.belton2@pepperdine.edu	B		Array
Benton, Gary	Adjunct Professor			gary.benton@pepperdine.edu	B		Array
Blondell, Stephanie	Associate Professor of Law and Practice		310.506.6382	stephanie.blondell@pepperdine.edu	B	Dispute Resolution,Mediation	Array
Boliek, Babette	Professor of Law		310.506.4963	babette.boliek@pepperdine.edu	B	Antitrust,Contract Law,Corporations,Law,Law and Economics,Technology and Telecommunications Law	Array
Caldwell, Harry	Professor of Law		310.506.4669	harry.caldwell@pepperdine.edu	C	Criminal Law and Procedure,Trial Advocacy	Array
Caron, Paul	Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean		310.506.7521	paul.caron@pepperdine.edu	C	Law,Tax	Array
Caton, Casey	Adjunct Professor			casey.caton@pepperdine.edu	C		Array
Charles, Jacob D.	Associate Professor of Law			jacob.charles@pepperdine.edu	C		Array
Chase, Carol	Professor Emeritus		310.506.4675	carol.chase@pepperdine.edu	C	Criminal Law and Procedure,Evidence,Trial Advocacy	Array
Childress, Donald	Professor of Law		310.506.4807	donald.childress@pepperdine.edu	C	Civil Procedure,Ethic	Array
Cloke, Kenneth	Adjunct Professor	Straus Institute		kenneth.cloke2@pepperdinel.edu	C		Array
Cochran, Robert	Professor Emeritus		310.506.4684	robert.cochran@pepperdine.edu	C	Criminal Law,Ethics,Law and Religion,Torts	Array
Coe, Jack	Professor of Law		310.506.4626	jack.coe@pepperdine.edu	C	Arbitration,Dispute Resolution	Array
Cohen Knaster, Alana	Adjunct Professor	Straus		alana.knaster@pepperdine.edu	C		Array
Cortez, Isai	Adjunct Professor of Law		310.506.7081	isai.cortez@pepperdine.edu	C	Clinical Law,Tax	Array
Covarrubias, Kathtleen	Adjunct Professor			kathleen.covarrubias@pepperdine.edu	C		Array
Cupp, Richard	John W. Wade Professor of Law		310.506.4658	richard.cupp@pepperdine.edu	C	Animal Law,Law,Products Liability,Torts	Array
Cutting, Curt	Adjunct Professor of Law		818.995.0800	ccutting@horvitzlevy.com	C	Clinical Law	Array
DeJute, David A.	Adjunct Professor of Law		310.579.1980	david.dejute@pepperdine.edu	D	Clinical Law	Array
Dodds, Catherine Kerr	Assistant Professor of Law	Harnish Law Library	310.506.4641	katie.dodds@pepperdine.edu	D	Legal Research and Writing	Array
Doto, David	Adjunct Professor	Straus Institute		david.doto@pepperdine.edu	D		Array
Firemark, Gordon	Adjunct Professor			gordon.firemark@pepperdine.edu	F		Array
Frankfurt, JoAnne	Adjunct Professor of Law		310.506.4655	joanne.frankfurt@pepperdine.edu	F	Clinical Law	Array
Gilbert, LaCrisia	Adjunct Professor	Straus Institute		lacrisia.gilbert@pepperdine.edu	G		Array
Glucksman, Jacob	Adjunct Professor			jacob.glucksman@pepperdine.edu	G		Array
Goldsmith, Joan	Adjunct Professor			joan.goldmsith@pepperdine.edu	G		Array
Goodman, Christine Chambers	Professor of Law		310.506.6605	christine.goodman@pepperdine.edu	G	Antidiscrimination,Evidence,Trial Advocacy	Array
Goodman, Marc	Adjunct Professor			marc.goodman@pepperdine.edu	G		Array
Goodno, Naomi Harlin	Professor of Law		310.506.4623	naomi.goodno@pepperdine.edu	G	Civil Procedure,Criminal Law and Procedure	Array
Graffy, Colleen	Associate Professor of Law		310.506.6352	colleen.graffy@pepperdine.edu	G	International Law	Array
Hamilton, Sophia	Adjunct Professor of Law		310.506.4758	sophia.hamilton@pepperdine.edu	H	Clinical Law	Array
Han, David	Associate Dean of Faculty and Research		310.506.6274	david.han@pepperdine.edu	H	First Amendment Law,Torts	Array
Helfand, Michael	Brenden Mann Foundation Chair in Law and Religion		310.506.7694	michael.helfand@pepperdine.edu	H	Arbitration,Contract Law,Dispute Resolution,Law	Array
Hoopes, Mary	Associate Professor of Law			mary.hoopes@pepperdine.edu	H		Array
Hunt, Nancy	Associate Professor of Law and Practice		202.412.1189	nancy.hunt@pepperdine.edu	H	Clinical Law,Legal Writing	Array
James, Bernard	Professor of Law		310.506.4689	bernie.james@pepperdine.edu	J	Constitutional Law,Education Law	Array
Jarvis, Jason	Associate Dean of Academic Affairs		310.506.7110	jason.jarvis@pepperdine.edu	J		Array
Johnson, Joel	Associate Professor of Law			joel.johnson@pepperdine.edu	J		Array
Keifer, Emily	Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing			emily.keifer@pepperdine.edu	K		Array
Kilgore, Charles	Adjunct Professor			charles.kilgore@pepperdine.edu	K		Array
Kin, Judge Curtis	Adjunct Professor			curtis.kin@pepperdine.edu	K		Array
Kirkley, James	Adjunct Professor			james.kirkley@pepperdine.edu	K		Array
Kmiec, Douglas	Professor Emeritus of Constitutional Law and Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law		310.506.4255	douglas.kmiec@pepperdine.edu	K	Constitutional Law,Jurisprudence,Law and Morality	Array
Knaplund, Kristine	Professor of Law		310.506.6890	kris.knaplund@pepperdine.edu	K	Property,Wills and Trusts	Array
Koh, Jennifer	Associate Professor of Law		310.506.4675	jennifer.koh@pepperdine.edu	K	Faculty	Array
Kressel, Mark A.	Adjunct Professor of Law		818.995.0800	mkressel@horvitzlevy.com	K	Clinical Law	Array
Kubisch, Mark	Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing		310.506.6683	mark.kubisch@pepperdine.edu	K	Legal Research and Writing	Array
Larson, Edward	University Professor		310.506.7593	ed.larson@pepperdine.edu	L	Healthcare Law,Science and Technology	Array
Lefko, Tami	Adjunct Professor			tami.lefko@pepperdine.edu	L		Array
Mancuso, Bradley	Adjunct Professor			bradley.mancuso@pepperdine.edu	M		Array
Marlett, David	Adjunct Professor			david.marlett@pepperdine.edu	M		Array
McDonald, Barry	Professor of Law		310.506.4668	barry.mcdonald@pepperdine.edu	M	Comparative Constitutional Law,Constitutional Law,Contracts Law,First Amendment Law,Intellectual Property,Law	Array
McGoldrick, James	Professor Emeritus				M	Constitutional Law,Criminal Law and Procedure	Array
McNeal, Gregory	Professor of Law and Public Policy		310.506.7292	gregory.mcneal@pepperdine.edu	M	Law	Array
Meyer, Judith	Adjunct Professor			judith.meyer@pepperdine.edu	M		Array
Miller, Anthony	Professor Emeritus		310.506.4650	anthony.miller@pepperdine.edu	M	Arbitration,Dispute Resolution,Family Law,Torts	Array
Mills, Lawrence	Adjunct Professor	Straus Institute		lawrence.mills@pepperdine.edu	M		Array
Nelson, Grant	Professor Emeritus			grant.nelson@pepperdine.edu	N		Array
Newton, Deanna	Caruso Family Faculty Fellow			deanna.newton@pepperdine.edu	N		Array
Nibecker, Brent	Adjunct Professor			brent.nibecker@pepperdine.edu	N		Array
Niemeyer, John	Adjunct Professor			john.niemeyer@pepperdine.edu	N		Array
Nissel, Alan	Geoffrey H. Palmer Distinguished Practitioner in Residence		310.506.4000	alan.nissel@pepperdine.edu	N		Array
Nissel, Sarah M.	Adjunct Professor of Law		310.770.6702	sarah.nissel@pepperdine.edu	N	Criminal Law,Family Law,Law and Religion,Mediation	Array
Nix, William	Adjunct Professor			william.nix@pepperdine.edu	N		Array
Nowlin, Smita Reddy	Adjunct Professor			smita.nowlin@pepperdine.edu	N		Array
O'Neal, Leslie	Adjunct Professor	Straus Institute		leslie.oneal@pepperdine.edu	O		Array
Ogas, Thomas J.	Adjunct Professor			thomas.ogas@pepperdine.edu	O		Array
Ogden, Gregory	Professor of Law		310.506.4671	gregory.ogden@pepperdine.edu	O	Administrative Law,Civil Procedure,Ethics,Remedies	Array
Otey, Brittany Stringfellow	Clinical Professor of Law		310.506.7081	brittany.stringfellow@pepperdine.edu	O	Clinical Law,Family Law	Array
Paniccia, Patti	Adjunct Professor			patti.paniccia@pepperdine.edu	P		Array
Phillips, Ronald	Senior Vice Chancellor &		310.506.4951	ronald.phillips@pepperdine.edu	P		Array
Philpott, Brian	Adjunct Professor			brian.philpott@pepperdine.edu	P		Array
Popovich, Robert	Professor Emeritus of Law			robert.popovich@pepperdine.edu	P	Contract Law,Estate Planning,Tax	Array
Pushaw, Robert	James Wilson Endowed Professor of Law		310.506.6318	robert.pushaw@pepperdine.edu	P	Constitutional Law,Criminal Law and Procedure	Array
Rassbach, Eric	Director Hugh and Hazel Darling Religious Liberty Clinic			eric.rassbach@pepperdine.edu	R		Array
Reed, Hilary	Adjunct Professor			hilary.reed@pepperdine.edu	R		Array
Roberts, Shaphan	Adjunct Professor	Straus Institute		shaphan.roberts@pepperdine.edu	R		Array
Robinson, Peter	Professor Emeritus	Straus	310.506.4655	peter.robinson@pepperdine.edu	R	Dispute Resolution Mediation	Array
Saxer, Shelley Ross	Laure Sudreau Endowed Professor of Law		310.506.4657	shelley.saxer@pepperdine.edu	S	Land Use and Planning,Property,Wills and Trusts	Array
Scarberry, Mark	Professor of Law		310.506.4667	mark.scarberry@pepperdine.edu	S	Bankruptcy,Constitutional Law,Contract Law,Law and Economics,Legal Philosophy,Remedies	Array
Schreiner, Barrett	Assistant Director of Academic Excellence			barrett.schreiner@pepperdine.edu	S		Array
Schultz, Steven	Assistant Professor of Law		310.506.6906	steven.schultz2@pepperdine.edu	S	Civil Procedure	Array
Schwartz, Victoria	Professor of Law		310.506.6277	victoria.schwartz@pepperdine.edu	S	Entertainment Law,Intellectual Property,Law,Privacy Law,Sports and Entertainment Law,Workplace Privacy	Array
Singh, Sukhsimranjit	Assistant Dean of Graduate Law Programs	Straus Institute	310.506.4781	sukhsimranjit.singh@pepperdine.edu	S	Dispute Resolution	Array
Snyder, Betty	Adjunct Professor	Straus Institute		betty.snyder@pepperdine.edu	S		Array
Spitzer, Daniel A.	Adjunct Professor			Daniel.spitzer@pepperdine.edu	S		Array
Stipanowich, Thomas	William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution	Straus Institute	310.506.4389	thomas.stipanowich@pepperdine.edu	S	Arbitration,Contracts,Dispute Resolution,International Arbitration,Mediation,Negotiation	Array
Tacha, Deanell Reese	Dean Emeritus		310.506.4676	deanell.tacha@pepperdine.edu	T		Array
Taha, Ahmed	Professor of Law		310.506.4870	ahmed.taha@pepperdine.edu	T	Accounting and Finance for Lawyers,Civil Procedure	Array
Talbot, David	Adjunct Professor	Straus Institute		david.talbot@pepperdine.edu	T		Array
Tamari, Shai	Adjunct Professor			shai.tamari@pepperdine.edu	T		Array
Travis, Mark	Adjunct Professor			mark.travis@pepperdine.edu	T		Array
Uhl, Robert	Adjunct Professor of Law		310.506.4676	robert.uhl@pepperdine.edu	U	Clinical Law,Securities Arbitration	Array
Vasconcellos, Marcio	Adjunct Professor	Straus Institute		marcio.vasconcellos@pepperdine.edu	V		Array
Votino, Tori	Adjunct Professor of Law		310.506.4758	tori.votino@pepperdine.edu	V		Array
Wendel, Peter	Professor of Law		310.506.4651	peter.wendel@pepperdine.edu	W	Property,Wills and Trusts	Array
Weston, Maureen Arellano	Professor of Law		310.506.6313	maureen.weston@pepperdine.edu	W	Law,Sports Law	Array
White, Stephen	Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing			stephen.white@pepperdine.edu	W		Array
Williams, Stephanie	Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing		310.506.4620	stephanie.williams@pepperdine.edu	W	Legal Research and Writing	Array
Wu, Samuel	Adjunct Professor of Law		310.506.4991	sam.wu@pepperdine.edu	W	Clinical Law	Array
Zumeta, Zena	Adjunct Professor			zena.zumeta@pepperdine.edu	Z		Array

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