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Kim Hai Pearson is a Professor of Law at Gonzaga University School of Law. She holds a J.D. from Brigham Young University, an MSt in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University, and an M.A. and B.A. in British and American Literature from the University of Utah.
- Research focuses on child identity rights in international migration streams (trafficking, adoption, asylum, economic immigration).
- Expertise includes Contracts, Law & Sexuality, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), and Wills & Trusts.
- Her work combines the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) with critical literary theory and family law practice.
Professor Pearson’s publications address racial, gender, and religious disparities in family law. Her scholarship appears in prestigious journals like the Yale Journal of Law & Feminism and the UC Irvine Law Review. She has delivered the Neil Gotanda Lecture at Berkeley Law and presented globally on legal identity frameworks.
Key publication trends include:
- Child identity in migration and adoption
- LGBTQ family law protections
- Critical analysis of religious and racial identity
- Intersectionality in custody and custody-related cases
- Policy reform for marginalized families
Scientific Awards:
- Law Teaching Fellowship, Williams Institute
Professor Pearson also teaches courses in Family Law, Sexuality and the Law, and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
