Joy Milligan

Joy Milligan is a Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in the intersection of law and inequality with a focus on race-based economic disparities. She holds a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley (2018), a J.D. from NYU School of Law (2006), an M.P.A. from Princeton University (2003), and an A.B. from Harvard-Radcliffe College (1998).

• Education
  • A.B., Harvard-Radcliffe College (1998)
  • M.P.A., Princeton University (2003)
  • J.D., New York University School of Law (2006)
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley (2018)

Her interdisciplinary scholarship combines legal analysis with social science theory and methods. She has contributed to journals such as the Yale Law Journal, Virginia Law Review, and Annual Review of Law & Social Science. Her current research investigates federal administrators' role in perpetuating racial segregation.

Before academia, Milligan practiced civil rights law at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund as a Skadden Fellow and clerked for Judge A. Wallace Tashima of the Ninth Circuit. She is licensed in California and New York.

• Scientific Awards
  • Skadden Fellowship
  • Furman Scholar/Fellow