Sonia Katyal

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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 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]

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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]

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  1. 1 2 "Sonia Katyal". UC Berkeley School of Law. Archived from the original on August 23, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Grossman, Sara (September 19, 2018). "Sonia Katyal appointed chair of LGBTQ Citizenship research cluster". Othering & Belonging Institute. Retrieved September 9, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Katyal, Neal (2013). "The Solicitor General and Confession of Error". Fordham Law Review. 81 (6): 3027.
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