Sande Buhai
Clinical Professor of Law and
Director, Public Interest Law Department
Contact Information
Phone: (213) 736-1156
Fax: (213) 380-3769
E-mail: sande.buhai@lls.edu
919 Albany St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211
Educational and Professional Background
BA, University of California Los Angeles
JD, cum laude, Loyola Law School
Upon graduation from law school, Prof. Buhai served as Research Attorney for the Los Angeles Superior Court. She was then appointed Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, serving in the Civil Licensing section for five years. She joined the Loyola faculty in 1989, first as Visiting Professor and Executive Director of the Western Law Center for Disability Rights, then as Clinical Professor and Director of the Public Interest Law Department. In 2005, she received the AALS Section on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunity's Father Robert Drinan Award for her work on behalf of public interest law.
Professional Memberships and Activities
Board of Directors, Disability Rights Legal Center, 1998 - present
AALS Commission on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities1999-2001
Chair, AALS Section on Pro Bono and Public Service, 2000
Los Angeles County Bar Association Ethics Committee 1997-2000
State Bar of California Committee on Professional
Responsibility and
Competence 1997 - 99
Board of Directors of the ACLU of Southern California 1996-1999
"Emotional Conflicts, Impaired Dispassionate Representation of Family Members," Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics (forthcoming 2008)
"Act Like A lawyer, Be Judged Like A Lawyer: The Standard of Care for the Unlicensed Practice of Law," Utah Law Review (2006)
"Parental Support of Adult Disabled Children," Minnesota Law Review (2006)
"Tax and Disability: Ability to Pay and the Taxation of Difference," 154 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1053(2006) (with Theodore Seto)
"In the Meantime: State Protection of Disability Civil Rights," 37 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 1065 (2004)
"Externship Field Supervision: Effective Techniques for Training Supervisors and Students," 10 Clinical Law Review 611 (2004) (with Barbara Blanco)
"Honor Thy Mother and Father: Preventing Elder Abuse Through Education and Litigation," 36 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 565 (2003)
"One Hundred Years of Equality: Saving California’s Statutory Ban on Arbitrary Discrimination by Businesses," 36 University of San Francisco Law Review 109 (2001)
"Adding Insult to Injury: Discriminatory Intent as a Prerequisite to Damages Under the ADA," 52 Rutgers Law Review 1121 (Summer 2000)
"Practice Makes Perfect: Reasonable Accomodation of Law Students with Disabilities in Clinical Law Placements," 36 San Diego Law Review 137 (Winter 1999)
"The Times They Are a Changin': Recent Trends in Disability Employment Discrimination Litigation," 10 California Labor & Employment Law Quarterly 16 (1996).
"No Dogs Allowed: Hawaii's Quarantine Law Violates the Rights of Persons with Disabilities," 29 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 145 (1995)
Professional Responsibility, Disability Law, Appellate Advocacy, Trial Advocacy, Administrative Law, Torts, Law Practice Management, Public Interest Seminar