Sonia Katyal

Sonia Katyal is an American legal scholar, professor, and Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Research at UC Berkeley School of Law. Before coming to Berkeley, Katyal was Joseph M. McLaughlin Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law. 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.

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.