KERITH CONRON
ANDREA MATSUOKA ’12
Blachford-Cooper Distinguished Scholar and Research Director of the Williams Institute
Lecturer in Law
Kerith Conron is the Blachford-Cooper Distinguished Scholar and Research Director of the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy. She was previously a researcher and faculty scholar with the Fenway Institute in Boston and the Institute on Urban Health Research at Northeastern University. She is a social and psychiatric epidemiologist whose work focuses on documenting and reducing health inequities that impact LGBTQ populations. She earned her doctorate from the Harvard School of Public Health and Master’s degree from the Boston University School of Public Health. ALLISON KORN
Clinical Director, Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy Allison Korn is the Clinical Director for the Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy. She will teach Introduction to the Lawyer-Client Relationship and Food Law Clinic. Korn’s focus is on law, policy, and practices that impact vulnerable individuals’ and communities’ access to justice. Korn previously was a clinical teaching fellow at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where she cotaught Family Law Clinic. She also taught at the University of Mississippi School of Law, and was a member of the first class of family defense attorneys at the Bronx Defenders in New York. She is a graduate of Roanoke College. She earned her J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law, where she co-founded the Student Hurricane Network, which sought to advance social justice in communities affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. TAMI K. LEFKO
Lecturer in Law Tami K. Lefko is of counsel at Progress LLP. From 2010 to 2014, Lefko was the Director of Legal Research and Writing at Vanderbilt Law School. Previously, she served as associate director of LL.M. Legal Writing and Advocacy and as adjunct assistant professor of Legal Writing and Advocacy at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. She earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was an executive editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Andrea Matsuoka will teach Lawyering Skills to first year students. She is currently Staff Attorney at Legal Services of Northern California (LSNC) where she works with clients and communities to solve housing, income, employment, health, and education problems. Before working at LSNC, Matsuoka clerked for Judge Harry Pregerson of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She earned her J.D. from UCLA School of Law (Order of the Coif) where she served as Articles Editor of UCLA Law Review and Writing Advisor for the Lawyering Skills Program. AYAKO MIYASHITA
Director, Los Angeles HIV Law and Policy Project Sears Law Teaching Fellow, The Williams Institute Ayako Miyashita is the director of the Los Angeles HIV Law and Policy Project and is the Sears Law Teaching Fellow for the Williams Institute for 2016-2017. She teaches Interviewing and Counseling: HIV Clinic, a seminar on HIV/AIDS Law and Public Policy, and Introduction to the Lawyer-Client Relationship. Her research focuses on law and policy matters that impact people living with HIV. She earned her B.A. from UC Santa Cruz and J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law. She was a law clerk the East Bay Community Law Center, a staff attorney at the AIDS Legal Referral Panel in San Francisco, and worked at the Inner City Law Center in Los Angeles.
FACULTY :: NEW VISITING PROFESSORS FOR 2016-17 SUSAN SMITH BAKHSHIAN
Visiting Professor (Fall 2016) Susan Bakhshian will teach Remedies in Fall 2016. She is currently clinical professor and director of bar programs at Loyola Law School, where she has been a member of the faculty since 1997. Bakhshian received her B.S. summa cum laude from California State University, Northridge and her J.D. magna cum laude from Loyola Law School, and was elected
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