Danielle K. Hart

Professor Danielle K. Hart is a full-time faculty member at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, specializing in Contract Law, Law & Political Economy, and Critical Race Theory. She holds a B.A. from Whitman College, a J.D. from the University of Hawaii, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. Her teaching portfolio includes Contracts I/II, Sales, Secured Transactions, Law & Social Change, and Critical Race Theory. She has been recognized with four Excellence in Teaching Awards (2008, 2010, 2012, 2023) and was named Commencement Grand Marshal in 2022.

Her research focuses on how contract law perpetuates systemic inequalities, particularly through her book project *From Contract to Status: The Story of Contract Law & Inequality* (Routledge, forthcoming). She co-authored the leading Contracts casebook *Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials* (2023). Hart serves on leadership committees for the Law & Political Economy Collective and ClassCrits, advocating for legal frameworks that promote equity.

Key contributions include analyzing racial inequality in contract law, pandemic-era contractual obligations, and the historical limitations of legal reforms. She actively engages in public discourse through interviews (e.g., *Teaching About Racism*, 2022) and academic conferences, such as the 2022 Law and Society Association meeting in Lisbon.