Professor of Law Emeritus
- B.S. UCLA, 1961
- J.D. UC Berkeley, 1964
- UCLA Faculty (1967-2010)
Michael Asimow is a Professor of Law Emeritus at UCLA Law School and at Santa Clara Law School. He was Visiting Professor of Law at Stanford Law School from 2010-2019. During his 43 years of teaching at UCLA, Michael received the University's Distinguished Teaching Award and the School of Law's Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 1994, he received the Fredric P. Sutherland Award recognizing public service contributions by a faculty member.
He is a past chair of the American Bar Association's Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice and a consultant for the Administrative Conference of the United States. He has written numerous books, book chapters, and law review articles about federal, state, and comparative administrative law as well as law and popular culture and taxation.
Bibliography
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Books
- State and Federal Administrative Law (with Ronald M. Levin). 6th ed. West Publishing (2025).
- California Practice Guide, Administrative Law (with Michael Levy, Laurine Tuleja, and Pippin Brehler). Rutter Group, updated annually and available on Westlaw.
- Real to Reel: Truth and Trickery in Courtroom Movies (with Paul Bergman). Vandeplas (2021).
- Law and Popular Culture: A Course Book (with Jessica Silbey). 3rd ed. Vandeplas (2020).
- Federal Administrative Adjudication Outside the Administrative Procedure Act. Administrative Conference of the U.S. (2019).
- Lawyers in Your Living Room! Law on Television (edited by Michael R. Asimow). ABA Press (2009).
- Adjudication, in Administrative Law of the European Union (with Lisl J. Dunlop). ABA Press (2008).
- Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies (with Paul B. Bergman). Andrews and McMeel (2006). Translated as Ying xiang zhong de zheng yi: cong dian ying gu shi kan mei guo fa lü wen hua (Haikou Shi: Hainan chu ban she, 2003). First edition: 1996.
- A Guide to Federal Agency Adjudication (edited by Michael R. Asimow, et al.). American Bar Association (2003). Abstract
- California Administrative Law (with Marsha N. Cohen). West Publishing (2002). Abstract
- California Practice Guide: Family Law (edited by Michael R. Asimow, William P. Hogoboom and Donald B. King). Rutter Group (1995).
- California Practice Guide: Real Property Transactions (with Dennis L. Greenwald). Rutter Group (1995).
- Advice to the Public from Federal Administrative Agencies. Matthew Bender (1973).