Kristen Holmquist is a Teaching Professor of Law who joined the Berkeley Law faculty in 2008. She teaches constitutional law, contracts, and estates and trusts, as well as a handful of courses that more directly explore the human sides of lawyering. She writes and thinks about legal pedagogy and curriculum, and is especially focused on making law school a more equitable and inclusive space. As part of that effort, she helped build Berkeley Law’s Academic Skills Program.
Professor Holmquist has been honored with a number of teaching awards, including UC Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award and the law school’s Rutter Award for Teaching Excellence.
Kristen L Holmquist is teaching the following courses in Spring 2026:
• 220.6 sec. 002 - Constitutional Law
• 220.6 sec. 003 - Constitutional Law
Courses During Other Semesters
| Semester | Course Num | Course Title |  Teaching Evaluations | Fall 2025 | 202F sec. 008 | Contracts | View Teaching Evaluation | Spring 2025 | 220.6 sec. 003 | Constitutional Law | View Teaching Evaluation | 227.2 sec. 001 | Satisfaction in Law and Life | View Teaching Evaluation | 242.3 sec. 001 | Lawyering as Problem Solving | View Teaching Evaluation |
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