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Rachel F. Moran

Professor of Law

 Publications 

Rachel Moran

Publications

Link to my publications.

Expertise

  • Education Law and Policy
  • Civil Rights
  • Legal Policy Related to Latinos

Academic Experience

Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX
  • Professor of Law (2023 - Present)
UCI Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA
  • Chancellor’s Professor of Law (2022-2023)
  • Distinguished Professor of Law (2020-2023)
  • Founding Faculty (2008-2010)
UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
  • Dean Emerita and Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law (2015-2019)
  • Dean and Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law (2010-2015)
  • Visiting Professor (2002)
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
  • Austin Wakeman Scott Visiting Professor of Law (2017)
University of California, Berkeley, CA
  • Robert D. and Leslie-Kay Raven Professor of Law, School of Law (Boalt Hall) (1998-2010)
  • Director, Institute for the Study of Social Change (2003-2008)
  • Chair, Chicano/Latino Policy Project, Institute for the Study of Social Change (1993-1996)
  • Professor of Law, School of Law (Boalt Hall) (1982-1998)
Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
  • Bacon-Kilkenny Distinguished Visiting Professor (Fall 2005)
University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX
  • Visiting Professor (Spring 2000)
University of Miami School of Law, Miami, FL
  • Visiting Professor (Spring 1997)
New York University School of Law, New York, NY
  • Visiting Professor (Fall 1996)
Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA
  • Visiting Professor (1989)
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Inaugural Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law, American Bar Foundation, Chicago, IL (2015-2016)
  • Law Associate, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA(1982-1983)
  • Law Clerk, Chief Judge Wilfred Feinberg, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York, NY (1981-1982)

Education

Yale Law School, J.D., 1981
  • Editor, Yale Law Journal
  • Runner-Up, Harlan Fiske Stone Moot Court Prize Competition
  • Teaching Assistant, Associate Dean Edward A. Dauer
  • Member, Latinos, Asians, Native Americans (LANA) Association
Stanford University, A.B, with Honors and with Distinction, 1978
  • Member, Phi Beta Kappa
  • Research Assistant, Professors Sandra and Daryl Bem, Psychology Department
  • Features Editor, Stanford Daily

Awards / Honors

  • Fellow, Hagler Institute, Texas A&M University (2021-present)
  • Distinguished Lecturer, Hagler Institute, Texas A&M University (2020)
  • Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2018)
  • Named, “Power List 2015,” and “Power List 2014,” Lawyers of Color, Washington, DC
  • Recipient, Graciela Olivarez Award, Hispanic Student Association, Notre Dame Law School, South Bend, IN (2013)
  • Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, Santa Clara La Raza Lawyers Association, San Jose, CA (2012)
  • Recipient, Public Service Award, Latino Law Students Association, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT (2012)
  • Recipient, Academic Award, American Constitution Society Bay Area Lawyer Chapter, UC Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, CA (2011)
  • Named, “100 Most Influential Hispanics,” Hispanic Business Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA (2011)
  • Featured, “15 Elite Women to Watch,” Hispanic Business Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA (2011)
  • Recipient, Estelle Dingess Award, Yuma County, Yuma, AZ (2011)
  • Featured, Latina Style Magazine, Dallas, TX (2010)
  • Member, Multicultural Hall of Fame, Stanford Alumni Association, Stanford, CA
  • Recipient, Distinguished Teaching Award, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  • Recipient, J.T. Canales Award for Inspiration and Outstanding Service to the Latino Community, Hispanic Law Student Association, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Siben Lecturer, Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, Long Island, NY
  • Foulston-Siefkin Lecturer, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, KS
  • Annual Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Lecturer, Creighton Law School, Omaha, NE
  • Pirsig Lecturer, William Mitchell College of the Law, St. Paul, MN

Other Professional Activities

Selected Past and Present Activities:
  • Chair-Elect, Section on Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C. (2023-present)
  • Member, Planning Committee, Luminarias Conference, Latino Policy and Politics Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (2022-present)
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Law and Society Association, Amherst, MA (2020-present)
  • Member, Executive Committee, Section on Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C. (2017-present)
  • Member, National Advisory Board, Law School Survey of Student Engagement, Bloomington, IN (2009-present)
  • Fellow, The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles (2016-present)
  • Member, Advisory Board, Academic Engagement Network (2015-present)
  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation, Chicago, IL (2010-present)
  • Member (ex officio), American Law Institute, Philadelphia, PA (1998-present)
  • Member, Lincoln Club, Los Angeles, CA (2013-present)
  • Member, Chancery Club, Los Angeles, CA (2013-present)
  • Member, Planning Committee, 2022 Inaugural Graciela Olivarez Latinas in the Legal Academy (“GO LILA”) Workshop, Stanford, CA (2021-22)
  • Member, Executive Committee, Section on Civil Rights, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C. (2019-2021)
  • Member, Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise, Washington, D.C. (2012-2019)
  • Member, Executive Committee, Section on Leadership, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C. (2017-2019)
  • Chair, Paper Selection Committee, Section on Leadership, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C. (2018)
  • Member, 2017 Annual Meeting Planning Committee, Association of American Law Schools (2015-2016)
  • Member, ABA Taskforce on Financing Legal Education, Chicago, IL (2014-15)
  • Member, Board of Governors, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Beverly Hills, CA (2013-14)
  • Member, Steering Committee, Equal Justice Society Civil Rights at 50, Oakland, CA (2013-14)
  • Member, Nominating Committee, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C. (2013)
  • Chair, Ad Hoc Dean Review Committee, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (2012-13)
  • Chair, Nominating Committee, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C. (2012- 2013)
  • Member, Nominating Committee, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C. (2012)
  • Member, University of California Senate-Administration Taskforce on Faculty Salaries, Los Angeles, CA (2011-2012)
  • Immediate Past President, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C. (2010)
  • Member, Senate, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Washington, D.C. (2009-12)
  • President, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C. (2009)
  • Member, Executive Committee, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C. (2008-10)
  • President-Elect, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C. (2008)
  • Member, Executive Committee, UC ACCORD, Los Angeles, CA (2001-2015)
  • Member, Executive Committee, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C. (1999-2001)
  • Member, American Law Institute, Philadelphia, PA (1998-2010)
  • Member, Standing Committee on Public Education, American Bar Association, Chicago, IL
  • Member, Test Development and Research Committee, Law School Admissions Council, Newtown, PA
  • Member, Advisory Board, California Policy Research Center, Oakland, CA
  • Member (ex officio), Executive Committee, Center for Latino Policy Research, Berkeley, CA
Editorial Board Memberships:
  • Member, Editorial Board, Encyclopedia on Diversity in Education, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Law and Society Review, Malden, MA
  • Member, Editorial Board, Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy, Austin, TX
  • Member, Editorial Board, La Raza Law Journal, Berkeley, CA

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