Hon. Gail L. Heriot

Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law

Topics:	Federalism & Separation of Powers • Civil Rights • Free Speech & Election Law

Topics:

Federalism & Separation of Powers • Civil Rights • Free Speech & Election Law

Professor Heriot teaches and writes in the areas of civil rights, employment discrimination, product liability remedies, and torts.

Heriot clerked for the Honorable Seymour F. Simon on the Illinois Supreme Court. Prior to entering academia, she practiced with Mayer, Brown & Platt in Chicago and Hogan & Hartson in Washington, D.C. She also served as civil rights counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary and as associate dean and professor of law at the George Mason University School of Law. She joined the USD School of Law faculty in 1989.

Heriot is currently a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. She was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. She is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Order of the Coif. She sits on the board of directors of the National Association of Scholars and the California Association of Scholars.

Heriot’s publications include “Lights! Camera! Legislation!: Grandstanding Congress Set to Adopt Hate Crimes Bill that May Put Double Jeopardy Protections in Jeopardy” in 10 Engage 4 (2009); “Affirmative Action in American Law Schools” in 17 Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 237 (2008); and “The Politics of Admissions in California” in 2001 Academic Questions 29 (2001). As a frequent contributor to popular media outlets, she has written opinion essays including “The ABA’s ‘Diversity’ Diktat” inThe Wall Street Journal (April 28, 2008); “Hate Bill Threatens Innocent” in The Philadelphia Inquirer (July 22, 2009); and “Congress Tries to Break Hawaii in Two” in The Wall Street Journal (with Kirsanow) (February 28, 2010).

JD, 1981, University of Chicago
BA, 1978, Northwestern University

May 8 2019

Wednesday 2:00 p.m. EDT

Alphabet Soup: EEOC v. OCR v. DOL OFCCP

Seventh Annual Executive Branch Review Conference

The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Speakers:

Gail L. Heriot • Erik S. Jaffe • Kenneth L. Marcus • Theodore M. Shaw • Timothy Taylor

Topics:

Administrative Law & Regulation • Civil Rights

Sponsors:

Apr 17 2018

Tuesday 2:15 p.m. EDT

Disparate Impact

Sixth Annual Executive Branch Review Conference

The Mayflower Hotel - Chinese Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

Speakers:

Roger B. Clegg • Gail L. Heriot • Gene C. Schaerr • Theodore M. Shaw

Topics:

Administrative Law & Regulation • Civil Rights • Article I Initiative

Sponsors:

Third-Party Liability for Sexual Misconduct: Universities, Landlords, Employers, and Beyond

Jan 4 2018

Thursday 4:30 p.m. PDT

Third-Party Liability for Sexual Misconduct: Universities, Landlords, Employers, and Beyond

20th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference

Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
333 W Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101

Speakers:

Bradley A. Areheart • Ellen Bublick • Gail L. Heriot • Eugene Volokh

Topics:

Civil Rights

Race and Sex: Prime Movers of the Expansion of the Administrative State?

Nov 17 2017

Friday 11:45 a.m. EDT

Race and Sex: Prime Movers of the Expansion of the Administrative State?

2017 National Lawyers Convention

The Mayflower Hotel - East Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

Speakers:

Rachel L. Brand • Gail L. Heriot • Peter Kirsanow • R. Shep Melnick • Theodore M. Shaw

Topics:

Civil Rights

Sponsors:

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Jan 5 2017

Thursday 8:00 a.m. EDT

19th Annual Faculty Conference

Faculty Division

Parc 55 San Francisco - A Hilton Hotel
55 Cyril Magnin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

Speakers:

Richard A. Epstein • Gail L. Heriot • Thomas Rex Lee • Renée Lettow Lerner • Stephen Mouritsen • Lee Liberman Otis • Lawrence Solan • Lawrence Solum • Kellye Y. Testy • Suja Thomas