Abbye Atkinson

Abbye Atkinson is a Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and Co-Faculty Director of the Center for Law and Economic Justice. Her expertise spans bankruptcy, consumer law, and their impacts on marginalized communities. She holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from UC Berkeley.

• Education:
• B.A., University of California, Berkeley
• J.D., Harvard Law School

Her research examines how debtor-creditor laws affect disadvantaged groups, with publications in top-tier journals including the Harvard Law Review, California Law Review, Duke Law Journal, and Columbia Law Review. She has testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Teaching focuses on Contracts, Poverty Law, Debt Discrimination, and Consumer Law workshops. Prior roles include Thomas C. Grey Fellow at Stanford Law, Reginald F. Lewis Fellow at Harvard, and clerkships at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Northern District of California.

• Awards: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholar Award (202X)

Led initiatives at the Center for Law and Economic Justice, fostering interdisciplinary approaches to economic justice issues.