Media Experts
Southwestern's faculty members are available to provide insightful and informative commentary, analysis, and context on current legal issues, cases, and events, and to share their perspectives with the media and the public.
Journalists: for fast turnaround on deadline inquiries, contact Southwestern's Communication and Marketing Department at co-mark@swlaw.edu.
Faculty Experts
Luke BosoLuke Boso is a prominent voice in national conversations at the intersections of sexuality, gender, race, class, and various forms of discrimination in U.S. law and society. Equity, inclusion, and anti-stereotyping are some of the unifying themes that connect his various projects.
Available for Media Comment: Constitutional Law, LGBTQ+ Rights, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
With her combination of experience as a legal educator and scholar, attorney and social worker, Professor Caldwell brings a unique interdisciplinary perspective to the teaching of criminal law, criminal procedure, and the intersections between criminal and immigration law.
Available for Media Comment: Criminal Law, Immigration, Juvenile Justice
Christopher David Ruiz Cameron is a recognized expert in the law of the workplace, with a special emphasis on its intersection with the laws regulating bankruptcy, immigration, and entertainment and sports.
Available for Media Comment: Airlines Legal Issues, Bankruptcy, Civil Rights/Hate Crimes, Courts, Discrimination, Drug Testing, Employment Law, Federal Courts, Immigration, Labor Law, Sexual Harassment, Sports Law
Meera E. Deo is a national expert on legal education, racial representation, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Available for Media Comment: Education Law, Civil Rights, Critical Race Theory, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Empirical Methods, Faculty Diversity, Gender Equity, Legal Education, Race & Law
Michael Epstein is a distinguished academic and legal professional, specializing in media law and the intersection of media, technology, and society.
Available for Media Comment: Internet Legal Issues, Telecommunications Law, Popular Culture, Media Law
Andrea Freeman writes and researches at the cutting-edge intersection of critical race theory and food policy, health, and consumer credit.
Available for Media Comment: Food Law and Policy, Critical Race Theory
Kevin Greene is a nationally recognized entertainment and intellectual property law scholar and an expert witness consultant for copyright, trademark, publicity rights, and entertainment contract disputes.
Available for Media Comment: Copyright Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law
Isabelle Gunning is a racial/social justice activist, scholar, and teacher who has focused for years on conflict resolution, multicultural dialogue, and the search for and creation of shared values in the context of racial and other socially defined power and hierarchy dynamics.
Available for Media Comment: Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation, Death Penalty, Discrimination, Human Rights, Immigration, Race Relations, Refugee Issues, Women's Issues
John Heilman brings many years of experience as a law professor, attorney, and civic leader to the classroom. Professor Heilman is also a prominent elected official, having served as Mayor (eight different terms) and City Council member of West Hollywood from 1984 to 2020. He was re-elected to the City Council in 2022.
Available for Media Comment: Local Government, Civil Rights/Hate Crimes, Criminal Law and Procedure, Gay & Lesbian Issues, AIDS-HIV Issues
Richard Jolly brings nearly a decade of experience in legal practice, policy, and research into the classroom. His research primarily focuses on issues of public and private procedure.
Available for Media Comment: Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation, Civil Jury Trials and Verdicts, Criminal Jury Trials and Verdicts
Hila Keren brings a unique global perspective on contracts and business law to the classroom, having studied, taught and practiced law in Israel for more than two decades. Dean Keren's primary areas of scholarship are contract law, feminist jurisprudence, critical race theory, and the emerging field of law and the emotions.
Available for Media Comment: Contracts, Critical Race Theory, Discrimination in the Market, Feminist Analysis of Law, Law and the Emotions
Jonathan Miller is an internationally recognized scholar on Latin American legal institutions, with a focus on Argentine Constitutionalism.
Available for Media Comment: Argentine Politics, Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Human Rights, International Law, Latin American Legal Issues
Christopher J. Robinette, an expert in tort law and theory, serves as the United States Representative to the European Group on Tort Law.
Available for Media Comment: Assumption of Risk, Civil Duty to Rescue, Civil Jury Trials and Verdicts, Emotional Distress Damages, Insurance Law, Libel & Slander, Premises Liability, Products Liability
Natalie Rodriguez has designed and taught a number of programs and courses to support students in achieving academic success, both in law school and on the bar exam. She currently serves on the California Supreme Court Blue Ribbon Commission for the Future of the Bar Exam.
Available for Media Comment: Bar Exam, Legal Education
John Tehranian brings a tremendous background as a scholar and practitioner in the areas of entertainment law, intellectual property, and civil rights.
Available for Media Comment: Civil Rights, Computer Law, Constitutional Law, Copyrights, Patents & Trademarks, Cyber Law, Entertainment Law, First Amendment, Intellectual Property, Internet Legal Issues, Museum Law, Race Relations, Trademarks
Rachel E. VanLandingham, Lt Col. (ret.), is a national security law expert and former judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force (USAF). She is a frequent commentator in the national media particularly regarding military justice and law of war issues; she has also provided expert advice to policymakers on issues related to sexual assault in the military as well as regarding international humanitarian law.
Available for Media Comment: Criminal Law and Procedure, International Law, Military Law, National Security Law
Julia Vázquez's practice, teaching, and scholarship focus on immigration, immigrant rights, legal empowerment of under-resourced communities, and impacted lawyer wellness and sustainability.
Available for Media Comment: Immigration Law, Critical Race Theory
Pantea Yashar is a seasoned trial attorney with a focus on real property and projects in Southern California for large-scale commercial and residential developers and landlords.
Available for Media Comment: Real Estate, Business Litigation