Nila Bala
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Expertise
- Criminal Law
- Children and the Law
- Evidence
- Technology and the Law
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- California
- State Bar of California
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- Maryland
- Maryland Court of Appeals
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
- Acting Professor of Law
- University of California, Davis - School of Law
- - Current
- Director of Legislative Initiatives
- The Policing Project, New York University Law School
- - Current
- Associate Director of Criminal Justice Policy
- R Street Institute, Washington D.C.
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- Assistant Public Defender
- Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Baltimore, MD
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- Juvenile Deputy Public Defender & Public Interest Law Fellow
- Santa Clara Public Defenders Office, Santa Clara, CA
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- Judicial Law Clerk to Hon. Keith P. Ellison
- United States District Court, Southern District of Texas
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Education
- Yale Law School
- J.D. (2012)
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- Honors: John Currier Gallagher Prize; Forum on Communications Law Diversity Moot Court, Winner and Best Oralist
- Activities: Women of Color Collective, Board Member; Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics, Articles Editor; National Trial Advocacy Team.
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- Stanford University
- B.A. (2008) | Human Biology
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- Honors: Distinction; Phi Beta Kappa; Inducted as a Junior; J.E. Sterling Award for Academic Excellence, 2008; Albert H. Hastorf Award for Outstanding Service to the Program of Human Biology; Silver National Mock Trial Champion 2008, All-National Attorney, All-Region Attorney (Portland, OR), 2008 “National Mocker Most Worth Emulating”
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Professional Associations
- California State Bar
- Member
- - Current
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- Maryland State Bar
- Member
- - Current
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