Sonia Katyal | |
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Relatives | Neal Katyal (brother) |
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Sonia Katyal is an American legal scholar, professor, and associate dean of faculty development and research at UC Berkeley School of Law. [1] Before joining 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]
Katyal received an A.B. from Brown University and a J.D. from University of Chicago Law School. [1] After law school, Katyal was an associate at Covington & Burling. [2]
Her brother, Neal Katyal, is also a lawyer and is former acting Solicitor General of the United States. [5]