Eugene Volokh
Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Bio
Eugene Volokh is the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is also the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law, where he has been on the faculty for 30 years; beginning July 1, 2024, he will be Emeritus at UCLA.
Volokh has taught First Amendment law, business tort law, tort law, criminal law, copyright law, and firearms regulation policy. Before becoming a law professor, he clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court and for Judge Alex Kozinski on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Volokh is the author of the textbooks The First Amendment and Related Statutes (8th ed. 2023) and Academic Legal Writing (5th ed. 2016), as well as over 100 law review articles; his work makes him one of the most cited law review article authors. He is a member of The American Law Institute, a member of the American Heritage Dictionary Usage Panel, and the founder and coauthor of The Volokh Conspiracy, a Weblog (independent 2002-2014, hosted at the Washington Post 2014-2017, hosted at Reason from 2017).
Volokh has argued 40 appellate cases since 2013 in state and federal courts throughout the country, and has filed over 200 appellate briefs; his articles have also been cited over 300 times in judicial opinions.
Volokh worked for 12 years as a computer programmer, has a B.S. in math-computer science at UCLA (1983), and has written many articles on computer software. Volokh was born in the USSR; his family emigrated to the U.S. when he was seven years old.
All Publications
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IMPLEMENTING THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS AFTER<i> BRUEN</i>
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW
2023; 98 (6): 1950-1978
View details for Web of Science ID 001136619100001
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Protecting People from Their Own Religious Communities: Jane Doe in Church and State
JOURNAL OF LAW AND RELIGION
2023; 38 (3): 354-375
View details for DOI 10.1017/jlr.2023.33
View details for Web of Science ID 001106451000001
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State Regulation of Online Behavior: The Dormant Commerce Clause and Geolocation
TEXAS LAW REVIEW
2023; 101 (5): 1083-1125
View details for Web of Science ID 000981496300001
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COMPELLED SUBSIDIES AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT
HARVARD LAW REVIEW
2018; 132 (1): 171-204
View details for Web of Science ID 000452662500006
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LAW, VIRTUAL REALITY, AND AUGMENTED REALITY
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW
2018; 166 (5): 1051–1138
View details for Web of Science ID 000439406300001
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Medical self-defense, prohibited experimental therapies, and payment for organs
HARVARD LAW REVIEW
2007; 120 (7): 1813-1846
View details for Web of Science ID 000246527500002
View details for PubMedID 17546805