Ryan T. Sakoda is an Assistant Professor of Law at the UC Berkeley School of Law. His research focuses on the empirical analysis of crime and criminal justice policy. Most recently, he has written on the use of solitary confinement and the effects of post-release supervision and probation.
Sakoda joined the Berkeley Law faculty after teaching at the University of Iowa College of Law. Previously, he worked at the Boston public defender’s office as a staff attorney where he represented indigent criminal defendants facing misdemeanor and felony charges from arrest through final disposition. Before his work as a staff attorney, Sakoda was a Liman Public Interest Fellow, also at the Boston public defender’s office, where he advised and represented clients on housing cases that arose from arrests, criminal charges, or past criminal convictions.
Sakoda received a PhD in economics from Harvard, a JD from Yale Law School, and an MSc from the London School of Economics as a Fulbright Scholar. He completed his undergraduate work at UC Berkeley. He was also a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School and a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine.
Education
PhD, Harvard University (2017)
JD, Yale Law School (2012)
MSc, London School of Economics (2007)
BA, BS, UC Berkeley (2003)