Rob Quirk teaches Legal Research and Writing at UCLA Law School. He previously practiced complex high-stakes civil litigation at multiple law firms in New York City. Before his legal career, he was a high school teacher in the School District of Philadelphia.

Mr. Quirk received his B.A. in Comparative Human Development (with Honors) from the University of Chicago; his M.S.Ed. in Urban Education from the University of Pennsylvania; and his J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he was a Development Editor for the Stanford Law Review and the Editor-in-Chief of the Stanford Law and Policy Review. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable Wendy Beetlestone of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.