UC Irvine Law Alumni Shaping the Future of Legal Education
Saad Al-Obaidi ('24)
Assistant Professor, Fairfield University
Prof. Al-Obaidi (previously published as Sayid Bnefsi) is a law and philosophy scholar who was a concurrent J.D./Ph.D. Philosophy student at UC Irvine.
Aaron Brynildson (’15)
Law Instructor at the Center for Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi School of Law
Prof. Brynildson studies and works in air and space law with interests in emerging aerospace technology and its application to future conflicts. He also represents professional and college football players as an NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor and NIL contract expert.
Alice Doyle (’22)
Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham Law Library
Doyle joined the Fordham Law Library in August 2024 as the Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Librarian.
Changdeok Gim (LL.M. ’16)
Assistant Professor, Department of Technology and Society, SUNY Korea
Prof. Gim's research interests include environmental policy, climate adaptation, infrastructure resilience, and environmental governance. Prior to joining SUNY Korea in 2024, he served as Associate Director of Water UCI at the University of California, Irvine.
Courtney Echols (’23)
Assistant Professor, University of Utah Department of Sociology & Criminology
Prof. Echols was a J.D./Ph.D. concurrent degree student in Criminology, Law & Society at UC Irvine and started this position at the University of Utah on July 1, 2026.
Pilar Margarita Hernandez Escontrias (’20)
Assistant Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law
Prof. Hernandez Escontrias’ research examines the intersections between law, inequality, and the history of racial capitalism while centering abolitionist vision and praxis. Her work considers how law and the legal profession construct and uphold settler-colonial projects across time. She has published in the areas of legal ethics, legal history, and Latines and the law.
Baele Hasbrouck (’22)
Immigrant Rights Advisor, UC Irvine School of Law Immigrant and Racial Justice Solidarity Clinic
Hasbrouck works to strengthen community-based legal services for immigrants and refugees across Southern California.
Bryant Jackson-Green (’24)
Lecturer, Loyola University Chicago, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Prof. Jackson-Green was a concurrent degree student at UC Irvine and received his Ph.D. in Social Ecology from UC Irvine in 2025 in addition to his J.D. His research broadly focuses on criminal justice policy and organizational theory, studying how organizations implement criminal justice reforms. His primary research agenda examines how healthcare consent decrees and settlement agreements are used to reform healthcare in U.S. prisons.
Emily Johanson (’20)
Clinical Teaching Fellow, University of Baltimore School of Law
Prof. Johanson teaches in the law school’s immigrant justice clinic.
Roberto Sagredo Kraunik (LL.M. ’25)
Professor of Constitutional Law and Director of the Department of Public Law at Universidad de O'Higgins
Citlalli Ochoa (’16)
Associate Professor of Law, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
Prof. Ochoa specializes in international human rights law, social movements, and workers’ rights advocacy. She brings extensive experience as both a legal educator and practitioner, with a deep commitment to advancing social justice through her teaching and community-centered advocacy.
Jessica Pierucci (’13)
Research Law Librarian for Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, UC Irvine School of Law Library
The first UC Irvine Law alum to return to the Law School for a career in academia, Pierucci has spent over a decade guiding faculty, staff, and students to the best resources for their research, specializing in foreign and international legal research.
Ryan Riedmueller (’23)
Clinical Legal Fellow, Stanton Foundation First Amendment Clinic, Vanderbilt Law School
Prof. Riedmueller litigates and supports cases and other legal proceedings that further free speech.
Divya Seth (’23)
Research and Instruction Law Librarian, UC Irvine School of Law Library
Divya Seth is a law librarian and member of the Law Library’s Public Services team who assists students and faculty with legal research and provides instructional support.
Shaleen Shanbhag (’14)
Director, Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, UC Irvine School of Law
Shaleen Shanbhag brings over a decade of experience in civil rights litigation and advocacy to lead the Korematsu Center, which advances civil rights through education, advocacy, and legal support.
Christopher Williams (’19)
Assistant Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law
Prof. Williams is the first UC Irvine Law alum to join our full-time faculty. He is a sociologist whose scholarship focuses on issues of race, gender, sexuality, and their intersection with constitutional law and criminal procedure. His work examines efforts to make the criminal justice system more equitable for communities of color.
Injun Yang (LL.M. ’21)
Professor, Graduate School of Science in Taxation, University of Seoul
Maryam Meechka Zomorodian (’20)
Executive Director of Global Programs, UC Irvine School of Law