Megan Roberts Hutchinson

Megan Hutchinson is a Professor of Legal Writing, incoming Legal Writing Program Co-director, affiliated faculty with the Center for Law, Tech and Social Good, and strives to prepare students to use GenAI effectively and ethically. She has taught Negotiation, Legal Research, Writing and Analysis, and American Legal Systems at USF, and Employment Discrimination Law and Negotiation at UCLA School of Law.

As an attorney, Hutchinson represents employers in all aspects of employment litigation, focusing on employment discrimination claims, and advises them on compliance issues arising under local, California, and federal law. Additionally, Hutchinson serves on her local school board.

Before going to law school, Hutchinson received her BA and MA from Stanford University and taught middle school History and English in the Bay Area. She received her JD from UCLA School of Law, where she served as Executive Editor for UCLA Law Review, Editor-in-Chief for the Pacific Basin Law Journal, and a mediator for the Los Angeles County Superior Court Pro Bono Mediation Panel.

• Legal writing
• Employment law
• Employment discrimination law
• School law
• Negotiation

• Co-Director, Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis (Present)
• Co-Director, Legal Writing Program (Present)
• Gen AI Taskforce member (Present)
• GenAI Symposium planning committee member (2025)
• Center for Law, Tech and Social Good, Affiliated faculty (2024-Present)
• LWI AI Committee, Strategic Plan Subcommittee Lead (2024-Present)

• JD, UCLA School of Law
• MA, Stanford University
• BA, Stanford University

• Of Counsel, Sheik Law Group (2021-Present)
• Visiting Professor, UCLA School of Law (2020, 2021, Present)
• Associate, Miller Law Group (2011-2015)
• Litigation and Employment Associate, Allen Matkins (2008-2011)

• USF Center for Instruction and Technology Full-Time Faculty Award for Innovation, 2025

• UCLA Law Review (April 2008): "The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Why Considering the Needs of Only One Student at a Time Creates Untenable Situations for Students and Educators" (excerpt published in Stuart Biegel’s Education and the Law, 2nd ed., 2009)
• Florida A & M Univ. L Rev. (Fall 2009): "Why Negotiating IDEIA Placements Is Bad for Children"