Carlos Ball

Carlos Ball received his B.A. summa cum laude from Tufts University, his J.D. from Columbia Law School, and his LL.M. from Cambridge University. He clerked for Chief Justice Paul Liacos of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and worked as a criminal defense attorney for the Legal Aid Society in New York City. He joined the law school in 2008 after teaching at the University of Illinois College of Law and the Penn State School of Law. Professor Ball is a leading expert on LGBT rights issues, having published several books and more than two dozen articles on the subject. He teaches classes on the First Amendment, Sexuality/Gender Identity and the Law, and Property.