Russell K. Robinson

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Russell K. Robinson Professor of Law B.A. Hampton University, 1995 J.D. Harvard, 1998 UCLA Law faculty since 2004 robinson@law.ucla.edu

Russell Robinson is a Professor at UCLA School of Law. Robinson graduated with honors from Harvard Law School (1998), after receiving his B.A. summa cum laude from Hampton University (1995). Robinson clerked for Judge Dorothy Nelson of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (1998-99) and for Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court (2000-01). He has also worked for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel (1999-2000) and the firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld in Los Angeles, practicing entertainment law (2001-02). He was a Visiting Professor at Fordham Law School (2003-04).

Robinson’s current scholarly and teaching interests include antidiscrimination law, law and psychology, race and sexuality, constitutional law, law and psychology, and media and entertainment law. His publications include: Casting and Caste-ing: Reconciling Artistic Freedom and Antidiscrimination Norms, 95 Cal L. Rev. 1 (2007); Uncovering Covering, 101 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1809 (2007); Perceptual Segregation, 108 Colum. L. Rev. __ (2008); Structural Dimensions of Romantic Preferences, 76 Fordham L. Rev. __ (2008);and Racing the Closet, 61 Stan. L. Rev. 1463 (2009).  He is also working on an article regarding the legal regulation of sexuality in prison.