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Biography

Jessica Price is Associate General Counsel for UO. Her work involves constitutional law, international employment, government grants, and free speech. Much of her work has focused on ethics and compliance with federal research regulations. She previously spent six years at the ACLU of Southern California, litigating inmates’ rights, students’ rights, police practices, and disability law. She then worked at UCLA, as a Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Her work at UCLA included launching and chairing an appeals process for student sexual misconduct matters, and serving as the Interim Title IX Coordinator. She attended Yale College and Harvard Law School, and started her legal career with a clerkship in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (trials) and then for the Unites States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She has been recognized by Poder Magazine’s Top 20 Latinos Under 40, California Lawyer’s Attorney of the Year, and the 2019 UO Senate Shared Governance, Transparency, and Trust Award. She volunteers on the board of Eugene Metropolitan Rotary Club, and serves on the advisory board of the Journal of College and University Law.