Brandi Lupo is a Thomas C. Grey Fellow and Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School. She studies civil procedure, judicial process, and the legal profession. Her work examines the role of strategy and inequality in civil litigation, with a particular focus on whether and when courts should “level the playing field” between litigants. She is also interested in how these dynamics affect institutional legitimacy. Brandi’s scholarship has appeared or is forthcoming in the Columbia Law Review, the New York University Law Review, the Northwestern Journal of Human Rights, and The Regulatory Review.

Before joining Stanford Law, Brandi practiced as a litigation and enforcement associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York and Palo Alto. She clerked for Judge William J. Nardini of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Judge Ann M. Donnelly of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Earlier in her career, she worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Roosevelt Institute Network, and the New York City Council.

Brandi graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Law and Social Change and Communications Director and Editor of The Regulatory Review.  She received the Henry C. Loughlin Prize for the best student paper on legal ethics. She was also a Littleton Fellow in the Legal Writing Program and a Lipman Family Prize Fellow at the Wharton School of Business. Brandi received her B.A. magna cum laude from the New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she concentrated in legal theory and democratic design.

Brandi is a dedicated teacher and holds a teaching certificate from the Stanford Center on Teaching and Learning. As a first-generation college graduate, Brandi knows the challenges of forging new paths. She is committed to making those journeys possible for others.

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