Sonia Katyal Explained

Sonia Katyal
Relatives:	Neal Katyal (brother)

Sonia Katyal is an American legal scholar, professor, and Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Research at UC Berkeley School of Law.^[1] Before coming to Berkeley, Katyal was Joseph M. McLaughlin Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law.^[2] Among other topics, her scholarship has focused on racism in consumer branding, the intersection of technology, intellectual property, and civil rights, as well as gender and sexual orientation.^{[3] [4]}

Katyal received her A.B. from Brown University and her J.D. from University of Chicago Law School. Following law school, Katyal worked as an associate at Covington & Burling.

Her brother, Neal Katyal, is also a lawyer and was the former Acting Solicitor General of the United States.^[5]

Publications

• Book: Peñalver. Eduardo M.. Property Outlaws: How Squatters, Pirates, and Protesters Improve the Law of Ownership. Katyal. Sonia. 2010-02-16. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-16123-6. 841171080. ^[6]

External links

• Profile at UC Berkeley School of Law

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sonia Katyal. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220823131726/https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/sonia-katyal/. August 23, 2022. UC Berkeley School of Law.
2. Web site: Sonia Katyal '98 Appointed the Joseph M. McLaughlin Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law. 2020-11-14. University of Chicago Law School.
3. Web site: Frank. Allegra. 2020-07-09. Some brand names have long perpetuated racism. Black Lives Matter is changing that.. 2020-11-14. Vox. en.
4. Web site: Grossman. Sara. 2018-09-19. Sonia Katyal appointed chair of LGBTQ Citizenship research cluster. 2022-09-09. Othering & Belonging Institute. en.
5. Katyal . Neal . The Solicitor General and Confession of Error . Fordham Law Review . 2013 . 81 . 6 . 3027 .
6. Reviews of Property Outlaws:
   • Bartow. Ann. February 2012. Review of Property Outlaws. The IP Law Book Review. 2. 2. 103–107. November 14, 2020. November 14, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201114050121/https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1294&context=law_facpub. live.
   • Recent Publications. Harvard Law Review. May 20, 2011 . 124. 7. 1838–1839.