Stanford CIS
Elizabeth Joh

Elizabeth Joh

Professor Joh teaches in criminal law and procedure, constitutional law, and policing at the U.C. Davis School of Law. Her research focuses on the regulation of the police, with special emphases on undercover operations, DNA evidence collection, and new surveillance technologies. Professor Joh has been a visiting professor at Stanford Law School, and has published widely in law journals including the Stanford Law Review, the California Law Review, the Northwestern University Law Review, the Washington Law Review, and the Boston University Law Review. She received her J.D./Ph.D. (Law and Society) from New York University, and her B.A. from Yale University. After law school, Professor Joh clerked for the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Recent articles

Press

Roaming Charges

"That leeway has drawn criticism from academics and civil-liberties advocates. Elizabeth Joh, a University of California, Davis, law professor, said the do…

Publication

Wrongful Arrest by Software

Managing information is central to the criminal justice system, and so it’s inevitable that mistakes happen. Names get confused, files lost. When these errors o…