Angela P Harris
Visiting Professor, Baldy Center Distinguished Scholar
J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1986
M.A., University of Chicago, 1983
B.A., University of Michigan, 1981
University at Buffalo Law School
The State University of New York
523 O'Brian
Hall, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-1100
Phone:(716) 645-6216
Faculty Assistant:
Susan Martin, 622 O'Brian Hall, Phone: (716) 645-2080
Biography:
Angela Harris is a visiting professor and Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy Distinguished Scholar for the 2009-10 academic year. A legal scholar in the fields of critical race theory, feminist legal scholarship, and criminal law, Harris is a professor of law and Executive Committee Member for the Center for Social Justice at Berkeley Law School at the University of California.
She received her J.D. (1986) and M.A. (1983) from the University of Chicago and B.A. from the University of Michigan (1981).
Her publications include Race and Races: Cases and Resources for a Diverse America (with Juan Perea, Richard Delgado and Stephanie Wildman) (West Group Publishing (2000)) and Gender and Law: Theory, Doctrine, Commentary (with Katherine Bartlett) (Aspen Law & Business (1998)).
Harris has served as a law clerk to Judge Joel M. Flaum of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, and as an attorney in the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster. She was a visiting professor at Stanford Law School (1991), Yale Law School (1997) and Georgetown Law Center (2000).
In 2003 Harris received Berkeley Law School's Rutter Award for Teaching Distinction, an annual award that honors a Boalt Hall professor who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to teaching. She also received the 2003 Mathew O. Tobriner Public Service Award, an annual prize that recognizes Bay Area law school professors for their commitment to academic diversity and for mentoring the next generation of lawyers.
