Gail L. Heriot is an American attorney and legal scholar serving as a Professor of Law at the

University of San Diego School of Law The University of San Diego School of Law (USD Law) is the law school of the University of San Diego, a private Roman Catholic research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1954, the law school has held ABA approval since 1961. It ...

. Since 2007, she has been a member of the

United States Commission on Civil Rights The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (CCR) is a bipartisan, independent commission of the United States federal government, created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957 during the Eisenhower administration, that is charged with the responsibility f ...

Education

Heriot earned a Bachelor of Arts from

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

in 1978 and

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from

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

in 1981, where she was an editor of the ''

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'' and a member of

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and

Order of the Coif The Order of the Coif () is an American honor society for law school graduates. The Order was founded in 1902 at the University of Illinois College of Law. The name is a reference to the ancient English order of trial lawyers, the serjeants-at-la ...

Career

Prior to becoming an academic, Heriot clerked for

Seymour Simon Seymour Frank Simon (August 10, 1915 – September 26, 2006) was an American lawyer, Appellate Court and Supreme Court Justice in Illinois, and City Council member (alderman) in Chicago, Illinois. Life Simon was born in Chicago, and grew up in t ...

on the

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and practiced at law firms in Chicago and

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Heriot joined the faculty of the

in 1989 where she teaches, ''inter alia,'' Civil Rights Law and History, Employment Discrimination, Products Liability, Remedies, and Torts. Heriot was a professor and associate dean at

George Mason University School of Law The Antonin Scalia Law School is the law school of George Mason University, Virginia's largest public research university. It is located in Arlington, Virginia, roughly west of Washington, D.C., and east-northeast of George Mason University's ...

from 1998 to 1999 while on leave from the University of San Diego. Heriot's areas of expertise include civil rights, employment law, and product liability. She is a former civil rights counsel to the

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. Heriot is the author of numerous academic and professional papers. She has testified extensively before governmental bodies and has authored many opinion pieces in newspapers and magazines.

References

External links

SSRN Author Page for Gail Heriot
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heriot, Gail Living people Northwestern University alumni University of Chicago Law School alumni United States Commission on Civil Rights members Year of birth missing (living people)