Alexander Volokh

Prof. Alexander Volokh

Assistant Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law

Alexander "Sasha" Volokh is an assistant professor of law, joining the Emory Law faculty in Fall 2009.

Professor Volokh earned his B.S. from UCLA and his J.D. and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. He clerked for Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit and for Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Samuel Alito. Before coming to Emory, he was a visiting associate professor at Georgetown University Law Center and a visiting assistant professor at University of Houston Law Center.

His interests include law and economics, administrative law and the regulatory process, environmental law and policy, and legal history. His current research topics include the private management of government services, medieval law, judicial decisionmaking and statutory interpretation.


  • Ph.D., Harvard University, 2004
  • J.D., Harvard University, 2003
  • B.S., UCLA, 1993

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