Ángel Díaz writes about the role of law and technology in maintaining racial stratification.

Díaz’s scholarship has been published or is forthcoming in the UCLA Law Review and the Boston University Law Review. He has also written policy reports on a variety of topics, including police surveillance, the Internet of Things, and the regulation of social media companies. His commentary has appeared in outlets such as the Associated Press, Bloomberg Law, the Intercept, Just Security, NPR, the Washington Post, and Univision.

Prior to joining USC, Díaz was a lecturer in law at UCLA School of Law. He was previously counsel in the Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice and an adjunct professor of clinical law at NYU School of Law. He began his career as a corporate attorney in New York City.

Díaz received his BA and JD from the University of California, Berkeley. During law school, he was book reviews and essays editor of the California Law Review and annual review editor of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. As an undergraduate, he taught a course on Cormac McCarthy, the Coen brothers, and the neo-western.