UCLA School of Law professor Anna Spain Bradley, an expert in international law, international dispute resolution, and human rights, has been appointed to the MacArthur Foundation Chair in International Justice and Human Rights at the law school.

Spain Bradley joined UCLA Law in 2020 and is the faculty director of The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA (with locations in Los Angeles and in Europe). She previously served as UCLA’s Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Special Advisor on Strategic Planning and Values. Her distinguished record in the field of international law includes an appointment by President Biden in 2024 to the World Bank ICSID Panel of Conciliators and service as legal expert to the United Nations. She is an in-demand speaker and widely published author whose next book, Global Racism: A Challenge for the World (Oxford University Press), will be published in 2026.

Faculty chairs acknowledge the distinction of the law school’s outstanding professors and are made possible by the generosity of UCLA Law’s alumni and friends. UCLA Law has 70 full-time faculty members and 42 endowed chairs.

The MacArthur Foundation Chair in International Justice and Human Rights was previously held by Professor Stephen Gardbaum, who was appointed to the Stephen Yeazell Endowed Chair in Law in 2020.