Student Specializations
At UCLA Law, J.D. students can elect to pursue curricular specializations in nine areas; the school also offers twelve LL.M. specializations and ten specializations for M.L.S. students.
Specializations for members of the Class of 2026 are listed below. (Note that this list is subject to change and that specializations are not final or official until posted on UCLA Law transcripts and diplomas this summer.)
Specializations
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Business Law & Policy (Includes Taxation Law and Specific Tracks)
J.D. Graduates - Business Law
- Jones C. Allison
- Muath Almuayli
- Jennifer A. Báez
- Zeke Bolden
- Melanie Đan Vy Chambraud
- Claire Elena Chen
- Isaac A. Da Silva
- Kyle Dankenbring
- Etai Dayani
- Tyler De Groot
- Yesenia De La Cruz
- Benjamin Gabayan
- Luke Gitzen
- Ashna Gupta
- Jeffrey Hamilton
- Se Wook Hong
- Claire Alexandra Hyatt
- Anthony Gareth Imparato
- Elizabeth Ketcham
- Nareg Kuyumjian
- Luke Kyaw
- Brian D. Lee
- Justin (Jeong-Yui) Lee
- Sungwon (Jason) Lee
- Ziyi Li
- Peter W. Marcus
- Reed Ray McMurchy
- Mateo Ndoci
- Noah G. Onoff
- Andrew Sehong Park
- Rania E. Salem
- Sophia YeiJi Seo
- Nicole Shelby Soto
- Calvin W. Thrift
- Zachary Wong
- Eden Yeh
- Ariel Yomtobian
- Bella Zhu
J.D. Graduates - Taxation Law
- Victoria Maria Lagdameo Alvarez
- Etai Dayani
- Tyler De Groot
- Yesenia De La Cruz
- Lauren A. Glazer
- Kundan Kakaria
- Elizabeth Ketcham
- Mateo Ndoci
- Heather Kathryn Popović
- Sophia YeiJi Seo
- Nicole Shelby Soto
- Zachary Wong
- Eden Yeh
LL.M. Graduates - Bankruptcy Track
- Yusuke Takakura
LL.M. Graduates - Business Law Track
- Abdulaziz Al Sheikh
- Faisal Alfuraih
- Almothna Alwakied
- Jihun Bang
- SooPyong Chae
- Shannon Chamberlain
- Joseph Cordonnier
- Xiangyu Ding
- Ariana Floriano
- José Fontaine Izquierdo
- Bianca Micaela Gancayco
- Kosuke Gunji
- Julian Haddad
- Megumi Inotani
- Jean-Michel Isleyen
- Yagmur Karaca
- Julius Künzel
- Yeongjae Lee
- Nitinun Leethanakul
- Ezequiel Lenardon
- Avril Lim
- Avash Mainali
- Florian Mantel
- Martina Marensi
- Eloïse Méchin
- Janah Murad
- Ismoil Nabiev
- Joohyun Oh
- Shoko Ohkubo
- Juan Pablo Ossa Marquez
- Eun Joo Park
- Soyeong Park
- Maxima Peeters
- Francine Pinho de Oliveira
- Matthieu Puech
- Chang Qin
- Katrin Nadine Rosenow
- Eryk Ryciak
- Francisca Sanchez
- Martina Sardenberg
- Natalia Serrano
- Yixin Shan
- Isadora Sordi Munhoz
- Sophie Steffen
- Ewurama Osam Tawiah
- Anna Tomasics
- Samuel Vásquez
- Peilin Wu
- Tsungying Wu
- Wentao Yan
- Maria Valentina Yane Gauffin
- Takayuki Yano
- Wanchen Yao
- Daisuke Yonekura
- Jae Young Yu
- Cansu Sevim Yücer
- Elisa Zheng
- Zhuowen Zheng
LL.M. Graduates - Securities Regulation Track
- Meshal Alzakari
- Gvantsa Baidoshvili
- Kyu Hyeok Choi
- Jialin Fu
- Robin Goeritz
- Anatoly Gibril Kamiri
- Bumjoon Kim
- Léna Kuntz
- KyuHyun Lee
- Anastasia Maitre
- Andjela Rasovic
- Kazuki Sawa
LL.M. Graduates - Tax Track
- Qiuyang Cheng
- Letícia Dall'agnol Pessoa Steppe
- Antoine Delaigue
- Maria Jose Fonseca Carranza
- Lucas Gribinski
- Yanis Layadi
- Jasmine Lu
- Donita Mjaki
- Patrick Moore
- Charlie Sangare
- Ria Satyal
- Anna Schnabel
- Xuejun Shi
- Suriakala Sivalingam
- Aline Soenen
- Tianqu Tao
- Caidyn Thompson
- Shutong Yang
- Hogeun Youn
M.L.S. Graduates - Business Law
- Cindy Arce
- Louis Covarrubias
- Yanling Han
- Cristina Hsieh
- Barry Posner
- Stephen Santa-Ramirez
- Xiaoxian (Mandy) Wang
- Samir Yassine
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Criminal Law & Policy
J.D. Graduates - Criminal Law & Policy
- Caili Neahla Anderson
- Jenny Aranda
- Jazmin A. Avalos
- Jonathan Banasihan
- Maddie C. Bello
- Noah Isiah Benjamin
- Kathryn Rose Black-Mishaan
- Abigail Branham
- Anagha Chandramouli
- Nina H. Chanoff
- Alexander Dang
- Destinee Noel Dickson
- Kaylyn Grace Flowers
- Jay C. Foss
- Allie Frank
- Lauren Sophia Frey
- Tori L. Funk
- Lyndsey Kolleen Gabaldon
- Nancy V. Gomez
- Zane G. Gonzalez
- Daniel Baruch Green
- Alexandra Guadagno
- Cameron Gunn
- Lauren E. Hurlbut
- Joseph T. Keane
- Kundan Kakaria
- Simon Charles McMurchie
- Jennifer Melgoza
- Brittney K. Mensah
- Stephanie Nina Milbrodt
- Amanda Miskell
- Soraya Alejandra Morales Nuñez
- Tarj Patel
- Yalda Alexandra Saii
- Alexandra Sarkis
- Riley J. Shapiro
- Gina Christine Sheeks Tandoc
- Eli M. Sills
- Erica L. Simpson
- Mia L. Stone
- Sallyanne Frances Tejan
- Madison Thomas
- Eli Fox Ward
LL.M. Graduates - Criminal Law & Policy
- Santiago Bustos
- Yifei Chang
- Eve Hoquidant
- Aishwarya Singh
- Yanjun Wan
M.L.S. Graduates - Criminal Law
- Noor AlAsaad
- Catherine Shuqi Xu Beaudin
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Critical Race Studies
J.D. Graduates
- Adebisi Oluwakanyinsola Adetoye
- Asmaa Ahmed
- Caili Neahla Anderson
- Maddie C. Bello
- Noah Isiah Benjamin
- Andrew Philip Bilodeau
- Kathryn Rose Black-Mishaan
- Victoria Rose Calderón
- Richard Camarena III
- Grace E. Clerk
- Maegan Grace Douglas
- Kaylyn Grace Flowers
- Victoria Madeline Hardy
- Gina Hoang Le
- Malik J. Marshall
- H. Reynolds Martínez
- Shakiba Mashayekhi
- Miranda Matern
- Simon Charles McMurchie
- Jennifer Melgoza
- Brittney Yaa Kesewaa Mensah
- Ambika Nuggihalli
- Mark Christopher Pampanin
- Frances C. Parker-Hale
- Elizabeth Pring
- Alexandra Gabriela Quintana
- Megan Charlene Ravare
- Gina Christine Sheeks Tandoc
- Jamala Shikh-Ali
- Erica L. Simpson
- Sallyanne Frances Tejan
- Harry Maxwell Winlock
LL.M. Graduates
- Jasmine Johnson
- Diya Maria Abraham
- Lamya Rahman
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Employment & Human Resources Law
M.L.S. Graduates
- Michelle Bedolla
- Michelle Dunkerley
- Kathryn Goforth
- Jacklin Injijian
- Kenneth Lee Jr. Jordan
- Sunny (Malia) Monaco
- Citlallic Moreno Eusebio
- Georgia Riggs
- Josue Ruiz Cordova
- Sabino Santos
- Marta Smiech
- Jessica Vasquez Gallegos
- Priscilla Vega
- Aftan Wright
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Entertainment & Media Law
J.D. Graduates - Media, Entertainment, Technology & Sports Law
- Chanel Ramina Atanous
- Naomi Barlava
- Felicia Quijano Beck
- Caroline Elizabeth Burg
- Sydney Considine
- Christina N. Đặng
- Gabriel Diamond
- Rachel Alexandra Dumiak
- Rebecca Ferrer
- Duke S. Fishman
- Daniel Gerber
- Alexis Grimes
- Rachel Rose Grode
- Nicholas Harrington
- Anthony Gareth Imparato
- Aliyah Kazemaini
- Alex R. Kermani
- Ellen Lee
- Ziyi Li
- Mary J. McGlinchey
- Raquel S. Nelson
- Tahirah Jwahir Newkirk
- Amanda C. Parham
- Tharini Prakash
- Jackson Thomas Reinhardt
- Paige E. Sachwitz
- Casey H. Shin
- Derek Xilai Song
- Olivia Rose Umstead
- Samuel Christian Wagner
- Siena Zarrell
LL.M. Graduates - Media, Entertainment, Technology, and Sports Law & Policy
- Zayd Ahmed
- Léonie Barrat
- Julia Berkouk
- Joy Bertolina
- Alexis Brugière
- Alice Calixto Gonçalves
- Ana Caroline Carvalho
- Aglaé Chatelard
- Juanita Cortes
- Ethan Duffy
- Julia Durka
- Bianca Micaela Gancayco
- Thanuki Natasha Goonesinghe
- Hayward Gordon
- Marvyn Hilz
- Zihui Huang
- Hajime Inoue
- Victor Ionescu
- Ahalya Kamineni
- Yagmur Karaca
- Cyrus Kesselbach
- Ezequiel Lenardon
- Jasmine Lu
- Qian Ma
- Fadi Maklada
- Gracia Manurung
- Anna Menedjian
- Saori Miyanishi
- Maximilian Moll de Alba
- Jingjing Niu
- Francine Pinho de Oliveira
- Ziyu Qi
- Siri Reddy Rachha
- Carolina Rivas
- Manuela Rodríguez-Maldonado
- Katrin Nadine Rosenow
- Francisca Sanchez
- Valeria Sanchez
- Siddhant Saroj
- Sanidhya Sharma
- Justine Simoneau
- Suriakala Sivalingam
- Samantha Spector
- Sofia Suarez Mulic
- Keisuke Sugiura
- Mahnoor Khan Tareen
- Masa Ticar
- Mariana Viviescas Maldonado
- Charlotte Waerner
- Zihan Wang
- Shun Watanabe
- Peilin Wu
- Tsungying Wu
- Xuan Wu
- Siyu Xie
- Jung Hun Yang
- Shutong Yang
- Imen Zegai
- Yuxuan Zhao
- Ziwei Zhu
M.L.S. Graduates - Entertainment & Media Law
- Di'Niko Bates
- Chyna Boyd
- Mark DiCristofaro
- Glenda Dyson
- Megan Fujimori
- Mahelet Gezachew
- Emmanuel Gonzalez
- Faith Hoppe
- Paris Jackson
- Soomin Kim
- Cheridyn Leverette
- Damali McDowell
- Alexander McNeil
- Jada Miranda
- Robert Mowry
- Gabrielle Pinkney
- Adrian Romero
- Keya Soni
- Miles Stephens
- Charnae Ware
- Shanae Wise
- Cyndi Wu
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Environmental Law
J.D. Graduates
- Victoria Maria Lagdameo Alvarez
- Maeve Murphy Anderson
- Ian Bertrando
- Lauren Sophia Frey
- Kaitlyn Rose Garrison
- Mayahuel Viramontes Hernandez
- Ana Mackay Peltzer
- Krystsina Shabanava
- Malia Smith
- Brendan Wong
- Katelyn Mei Lin Zou
LL.M. Graduates
- Diana Caamano
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Government and National Security Law
M.L.S. Graduates
- Sewell Chan
- Laurentius Leonard Halimkesuma
- Roberto Ramos
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Health Law & Policy
M.L.S. Graduates
- Mika (Jamika) Abair
- Charlie Abraham
- Laura Acosta
- Charlotte Gullap-Moore
- Kaniya Harris
- Sophia Kangavari
- Amber Lyle
- Oda (Yoselin Odemarys) Moetamedi Garcia
- Andrea Moseley
- Benjamin Talbot
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Human Rights
LL.M. Graduates
- Wangu Gatonye
- Ahmad Danial Haschem
- Hansol Kim
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Individualized and Self-Designed Specializations
LL.M. Graduates
- Edward Camilo Suarez Vasquez - Civil Remedies
- Maria Paula Herrera Duque - Climate Finance
- Camila Fajardo - Sustainability and Governance
- Javiera Guerra Hernandez - Real Estate Law
- Eve Hoquidant - Corporate and Financial Criminal Law
- Alex Jeong - Healthcare M&A
- Ahalya Kamineni - Constitutional Law
- Nitinun Leethanakul - Health Law
- Benjamín Leyton - Energy Law and Governance
- Flavio Neiva Neto - Federal Civil Procedure and Practice
- Carlos Oyarzún - Regulatory and Constitutional Law
- Natalia Serrano - Energy Law
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International and Comparative Law
J.D. Graduates
- Aniq Mansoorali Chunara
- John A. Dover
- Pelin Ensari
- Amber N. Grimmer
- Liam Alexander Lustberg
- Devyn Elliot Nordstrom
- Ellen Park
- Alexandra Gabriela Quintana
- Debora Rab
- Emily K. Robbins
- Sallyanne Frances Tejan
- Madison Thomas
- Katelyn Mei Lin Zou
LL.M. Graduates
- Santiago Bustos
- Lucia Ferrer Correa
- Ahmad Danial Haschem
- Yuhan Huang
- Hansol Kim
- Tomoaki Nasu
- Carlos Miguel Navarro Parga
- Timur Nazarov
- Lamya Rahman
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Law and Philosophy
J.D. Graduates
- Alex Austin
- Mehek K. Boparai
- Matthew Cooke
- Olivia May Johnson
- Mark Christopher Pampanin
- Guy Schnitkes
- Sorcha Whitley
LL.M. Graduates
- Carlos Miguel Navarro Parga
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Law and Sexuality
LL.M. Graduates
- Justine Simoneau
- Elisabeth Wolf
- Chuyi Zhang
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Law and Technology
J.D. Graduates - Technology Law
- Rebecca Ferrer
- Cassandra Faith George
- Nicola Haubold Sanz de Santamaria
- Alex Kermani
- Amanda C. Parham
- Derek Xilai Song
- Drew A. Sullivan
- James Womack
LL.M. Graduates - Technology Law
- Arvind Adavikolanu
- Aisha Aoumaich
- Helena Fesenmair
- Wangu Gatonye
- Oren Givol
- Zhimo Gong
- Theresia Gita Johana
- Célia Jonckers
- Bhavagna Kanchuboyina
- Meng Chieh Kuo
- Man-Ning Li
- Yanan Li
- Lufan Mao
- Jack Merino Hernández
- Advika Muralidharan
- Avani Patil
- Jannet Riveros Gomez
- Eryk Ryciak
- Charlie Sangare
- Gayatri Singh
- Isadora Sordi Munhoz
- Anna Tomasics
- Chuyu Wang
- Yuyang Xiao
- Cheng-Hsiu Yang
- Buyi Yu
- Zhuowen Zheng
M.L.S. Graduates - Law & Technology
- Shreya Bhatnagar
- Harrison Dylan Goldmintz
- Nicole Liang
- Scott McCarthy
- Angela Mira
- Michelle Moore
- Coy Morgan
- Sarah Nieves
- Ayante Williams
- Boyi Zheng
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Native Nations Law
J.D. Graduates - Native Nations Law & Policy
- Ann Kahikinao'Kalei Caindec
- Michael Chesnut
- Luke M. Colvard
- Matthew Hagan DuMont
- Abigail Faith Gallardo
- Mayahuel Viramontes Hernandez
- Rayna Ann Klugherz
- Caelin Dae Marum
- Julianne Marie Ortega
- Immeke Christine Schmidt
- Lindsey Kate Segal
LL.M. Graduates - Native Nations Law
- Wolfgang Wuttke-Stanton
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Public Interest Law
J.D. Graduates - Public Interest Law & Policy
- Gabriel Armando Aguilar
- Asmaa Ahmed
- Alex Austin
- Catherine Anne Balfe
- Andrew Philip Bilodeau
- Victoria Rose Calderón
- Anagha Chandramouli
- Nina H. Chanoff
- Tori L. Funk
- Daniel Baruch Green
- Mayahuel Viramontes Hernandez
- Daniel William Kiefus
- Gina Hoang Le
- Sanyika Maloney
- Malik J. Marshall
- H. Reynolds Martínez
- Caelin Dae Marum
- Shakiba Mashayekhi
- Jennifer Melgoza
- Brittney Yaa Kesewaa Mensah
- Karduz T. Nguyen
- Ambika Nuggihalli
- Mark Christopher Pampanin
- Frances C. Parker-Hale
- Elizabeth Pring
- Alexander Rodriguez
- Grayson Rost
- Yalda Alexandra Saii
- Alexandra Sarkis
- Eli M. Sills
- Malia Smith
- Eric Yibai Tien
- Allie Zenwirth
- Katelyn Mei Lin Zou
LL.M. Graduates - Public Interest Law & Policy
- Kanmani Palanisamy
- Elisabeth Wolf
M.L.S. Graduates - Public Interest Law
- Betsy Butler
- Griffin Scott LaFleur
- Elizabeth Dumabugh Martin
- Sydney Martinez
- Anna Peimbert Fonk
- Susie (Zirui) Shu
- Sonia Zarate
