Meera E. Deo, J.D., Ph.D.
The Honorable Vaino Spencer Chair | Professor of Law
B.A., High Honors, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1996,
J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 2000
Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2009
Member, California State Bar
Joined Southwestern: Summer 2021
Meera E. Deo is a national expert on legal education, racial representation, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is also Director of the Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE), which houses the largest repository of law student data and is based at Indiana University-Bloomington. Before joining Southwestern, she was a tenured Professor of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego. Professor Deo has also held previous visiting positions at Berkeley Law, UC Irvine School of Law, UCLA School of Law, UC Davis School of Law, and New College of Florida. She teaches Civil Procedure, Evidence, Law & Society, and Race & Law. Her research utilizes empirical methods to interrogate institutional diversity, affirmative action, and Critical Race Theory. Pro