Luis Bergolla

Part-time Professor of Practice
bergolla@arizona.edu

Luis Bergolla is a doctoral student at Stanford Law School and a professor of practice in the B.A. and M.L.S. programs where he teaches constitutional law. In the past, Professor Bergolla was the Teaching Fellow for American Common Law System I & II (Contracts, Torts, Property) as well as for American Public Law System (Constitutional Law) here at the University of Arizona.

As a lawyer qualified in many jurisdictions, Professor Bergolla often intervenes as consultant in international arbitration proceedings as well as legal expert on foreign law before the courts and international arbitral tribunals.

Education

  • J.S.D. candidate Stanford Law School
    expected 2022
  • J.S.M. Stanford Law School
    2018
  • J.D. James E. Rogers College of Law
    2015
  • LL.M. University of Georgia
    2009
  • Licenciado en Derecho UNED/Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain
  • Abogado Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, Caracas, Venezuela
    2005

Work Experience

  • Part-time Professor of Practice
    James E. Rogers College of Law
    2018 - present
  • Fellow of Justice in Law & Society
    Kleros
    Spring 2019
  • Visiting Researcher
    Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.
    Spring 2017
  • Law Fellow
    James E. Rogers College of Law
    2015 - 2016
  • Law Clerk
    Hon. Cynthia T. Kuhn, Pima County Superior Court, Tucson, Arizona
    Summer 2016
  • Judicial Extern
    Hon. Brenda M. Whinery, U.S. Bankruptcy Court - District of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
    Spring 2016
  • International Legal Consultant
    Department of International Law, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C.
    2012 - 2013
Professor of Practice