Lara Bazelon — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Professor of Law and Barnett Chair in Trial Advocacy at University of San Francisco School of Law.
Director of the USF School of Law Criminal & Juvenile and Racial Justice Clinics.
Former Director of the Loyola Law School Project for the Innocent in Los Angeles.
Author of 'Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction' (2018), 'A Good Mother' (2021), and 'Ambitious Like a Mother: Why Prioritizing Your Job is Good For Your Kids' (2022).
Earned her J.D. from NYU School of Law, where she was an editor of the NYU Law Review.
Graduated cum laude from Columbia University in 1996 with a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature and American History.

Biography

Lara Bazelon is an American academic and journalist who serves as a Professor of Law and holds the Barnett Chair in Trial Advocacy at the University of San Francisco School of Law. She directs the USF School of Law Criminal & Juvenile and Racial Justice Clinics, where her clinical work focuses on the exoneration of the wrongfully convicted.