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Luis Bergolla

Visiting Professor

Bio

Luis Bergolla is a Visiting Professor at UC Law SF. Professor Bergolla previously served as a Lecturer in Law and Teaching Fellow in the International Economic Law, Business, and Policy LL.M. Program at Stanford Law School. Professor Bergolla previously served as a Lecturer in Law and Teaching Fellow in the International Economic Law, Business, and Policy LL.M. Program at Stanford Law School.

As an empirical legal researcher, Professor Bergolla examines the impact of the relationship between legal professionals and damages experts on the monetary outcomes of international arbitration cases.  His work has been distinguished with the Carl Mason Franklin Award in International Law, and he was the recipient of the Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship at Stanford University.

In his private practice, he represents corporate clients, international investors, and sovereigns in litigation and international arbitration disputes.  He also acts as an expert witness on foreign law before the courts and international arbitral tribunals.

Professor Bergolla’s background includes teaching law in the undergraduate and M.L.S. law programs at the University of Arizona, a clerkship for a Superior Court judge in Arizona, and participation in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Honors Program.  He has also completed research visits at prestigious institutions, including the Georgetown University Law Center, the Max Planck Institute for Procedural Law, the ICC International Court of Arbitration, and the Católica Global School of Law.

Education

  • J.S.D., Stanford Law School (candidate)
  • J.S.M., Stanford Law School
  • J.D., University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
  • LL.M., University of Georgia
  • Abogado, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello

 

Key Research Interests

  • International Dispute Resolution
  • International Economic Law
  • Evidence
  • Law and Society
  • Law and Technology
  • Legal Profession and Legal Education

 

Bar Admission

  • New York
  • The District of Columbia
  • Arizona (Inactive)
  • Spain (Inactive)
  • Venezuela (Inactive)

 

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