Full-Time Faculty

Professor Reza Dibadj’s research involves both corporate and securities law as well as administrative law and regulation. His writing focuses on two themes. The first involves the application of new tools, such as network theory, to legal analysis. The second is an exploration of different institutional choices the law has made. For instance, corporate and securities law often try to achieve similar goals, but through very different means; similarly for antitrust and regulation. For their part...

Education:
  • JD, Harvard University
  • MBA, Harvard Business School
  • SB, Harvard College
Expertise:
  • Administrative Law
  • Antitrust
  • Business Law
  • International Law and Arbitration
  • Regulation
  • Securities Regulation
Kendrick Hall 307

Lindsay M. Harris is a professor of law and director of the Frank C. Newman International Human Rights Clinic. Before joining USF Law, Professor Harris served as Associate Dean of Clinical and Experiential Programs at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law where she directed the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic. Professor Harris was the recipient of the AILA 2020 Elmer Fried Excellence in Teaching Award. Professor Harris has visited as Acting Director of the...

Education:
  • Georgetown Law, LLM in Advocacy, 2015 
  • University of California Berkeley Law, JD, 2009 
  • University of California San Diego, BA in International Studies, BA in Psychology, 2005
Expertise:
  • Asylum law & policy
  • Immigration law 
  • International human rights
  • Trauma and burnout

Part-Time Faculty

Jessica Vapnek, Visiting Professor, had a long international career before joining the faculty at USF School of Law. She served as Associate Director of Global Programs at UC College of the Law SF (formerly UC Hastings); Regional Technical Director for a consulting firm implementing rule-of-law projects around the world; and Legal Officer with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome. At FAO, she provided policy advice to member countries, drafted legislation on...

Education:
  • JD, UC Berkeley, 1991
  • BA, Yale University, 1985
Expertise:
  • Legislative Drafting
  • Food and Agriculture Law
  • International Development