Biography
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Jyoti Nanda
Lecturer in Law
B.A. UC, Berkeley, 1995
J.D. Northwestern University, 2001
UCLA Law faculty since 2003
nanda@law.ucla.edu |
Jyoti Nanda teaches in the Epstein Program in Public Interest Law & Policy at UCLA School of Law. She is also a core faculty member of the Critical Race Studies Program. Professor Nanda’s teaching and research interests include public interest advocacy, juvenile justice and civil rights. She teaches the EPILP section of the Lawyering Skills course as well as a Youth & Justice seminar on juvenile delinquency. She also assists Professor Gary Blasi in teaching Public Policy Advocacy and Fact Investigation clinical courses. In 2008, Professor Nanda received a grant from the Center for Community Foundation to launch the Juvenile Justice Project, a collaborative project focused on addressing educational issues and the racial disparity within the juvenile delinquency system in Los Angeles County. Prior to joining the faculty at UCLA School of Law, Professor Nanda was a staff attorney and Skadden fellow at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF). She was trained in juvenile justice advocacy at the Children & Family Justice Center in Chicago.
Professor Nanda earned her B.A. with highest honors from the University of California, Berkeley (1995) and her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law (2001), where she served as Articles Editor of the Law Review. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Asian Pacific American Alternative Dispute Resolution Center. Professor Nanda has served as the 2002-2003 Pro Bono Chair for the South Asian Bar Association of Southern California and co-founded 911 Legal Response Network, an anti-hate crimes advocacy group.
