Laura E. Gómez
Laura E. Gómez is a professor at the School of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles where she also holds appointments in Sociology and the Department of Chicana & Chicano Studies and Central American Studies. Education and career Gómez received her B.A. in Social Studies from Harvard University in 1986 where she was a Harry S. Truman Scholar. She received her M.A. in Sociology from Stanford University in 1988. She later received her J.D. with Honors from Stanford Law School in 1992 and her Ph.D. in Sociology from Stanford University in 1994. Following law school, Gómez clerked on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for Judge Dorothy W. Nelson. Before going to Stanford, she worked as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman. At UCLA, Gómez co-founded and served as the first co-director (with Jerry Kang) of UCLA's Critical Race Studies Program from 2000-2002. The program is the first specialized program of study on race and law in any U.S. law school. Gómez was a Professor in School of Law & American Studies at the University of New Mexico from 2005 to 2011. Gómez is active in several national scholarly organizations, including the Law and Society Association