Experts Directory
Featured Faculty Expert
Daria Roithmayr
George T. and Harriet E. Pfleger Chair in Law
Specialization: An expert on hate crimes, affirmative action and immigration reform
Phone: (213) 740-6228
Areas of Expertise:
- hate speech and hate crimes
- affirmative action
- feminist issues
- racial discrimination
- sexual harassment
- immigration reform
- race in politics
- education and urban development
- presidential and congressional politics
- Supreme Court nominations
- civil litigation
- white-collar crime
- evidence questions at trial
- tobacco litigation
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Elyn Saks
Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences
Specialization: Holder of Orrin B. Evans Professorship in Law and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences Professor of Law
Phone: (213) 740-7572
Areas of Expertise:
- use of mechanical restraints in psychiatric hospitals
- right to refuse treatment
- competency to refuse treatment
- multiple personality disorder and the insanity defense
- mental health law
- children and the law
- ethical dimensions of psychiatric research
- forensic psychiatry
- criminal behavior
- criminal law
- mental health and civil law
- mental health law and the criminal justice system
Jody David Armour
Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law
Specialization: Expert on lawsuits, celebrity trials and racial profiling
Phone: (213) 740-2559
Areas of Expertise:
- tort personal injury claims
- tort reform movement
- race crime and law
- racial discrimination especially against African Americans
- racial profiling
- stereotypes
- prejudice and law
- cultural diversity
- sexual predators
- sex offenders
- celebrity trials
- criminal defense and prosecution
- trial advocacy
- criminal justice
- sentencing
- criminal appeals
- defamation of character
- slander
- libel
