Sonia Katyal is an American legal scholar, professor, and Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Research at UC Berkeley School of Law.[1] Before coming to Berkeley, Katyal was Joseph M. McLaughlin Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law.[2] Among other topics, her scholarship has focused on racism in consumer branding, the intersection of technology, intellectual property, and civil rights, as well as gender and sexual orientation.[3][4]

Sonia Katyal
RelativesNeal Katyal (brother)
Academic background
Education

Katyal received her A.B. from Brown University and her J.D. from University of Chicago Law School.[1] Following law school, Katyal worked as an associate at Covington & Burling.[2]

Her brother, Neal Katyal, is also a lawyer and was the former Acting Solicitor General of the United States.[5]

Publications edit

  • Peñalver, Eduardo M.; Katyal, Sonia (February 16, 2010). Property Outlaws: How Squatters, Pirates, and Protesters Improve the Law of Ownership. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-16123-6. OCLC 841171080.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Sonia Katyal". UC Berkeley School of Law. Archived from the original on August 23, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Sonia Katyal '98 Appointed the Joseph M. McLaughlin Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law". University of Chicago Law School. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Frank, Allegra (July 9, 2020). "Some brand names have long perpetuated racism. Black Lives Matter is changing that". Vox. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  4. ^ Grossman, Sara (September 19, 2018). "Sonia Katyal appointed chair of LGBTQ Citizenship research cluster". Othering & Belonging Institute. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  5. ^ Katyal, Neal (2013). "The Solicitor General and Confession of Error". Fordham Law Review. 81 (6): 3027.
  6. ^ Reviews of Property Outlaws:

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