Jyoti Nanda is an Associate Professor of Law at Golden Gate University (GGU) School of Law where she teaches Criminal Law, Evidence, and Juvenile Law. Her research and writing is at the intersections of gender, race, disability, education, and juvenile justice. She seeks to make meaningful doctrinal interventions in disability and criminal law. Professor Nanda is currently involved in an education project to address the knowledge gaps about the justice system for youth in the Los Angeles delinquency system that she plans to scale statewide. The American Bar Association (ABA) nominated Nanda in 2016 to serve as the Reporter for the forthcoming ABA Juvenile Justice National Standards. She taught at UCLA for 16 years. Prior to joining the faculty at UCLA School of Law, Nanda was awarded a Skadden Fellowship to work as a staff attorney in civil rights at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational, Fund. Inc. (LDF). Born in Nairobi, she is a proud immigrant and the daughter of parents who were refugees and immigrants from Pakistan/India and Kenya.