Afra Afsharipour received her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was an articles editor of the Columbia Law Review and a submissions editor of the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law. Professor Afsharipour researches in the areas of corporate governance, comparative corporate law, corporate social responsibility and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining the Davis faculty, Professor Afsharipour was an associate in the corporate department of Davis Polk & Wardwell in both New York, NY and Menlo Park, CA, where she advised clients on domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, and corporate governance and compliance matters. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Rosemary Barkett of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. She received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University, where she studied government, international relations and women’s studies.

Career Highlights
Corporate Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell 2000-2007

Research Fellow, Program on Careers in Law Teaching, Columbia Law School 2005

Law Clerk to the Honorable Rosemary Barkett, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1999-2000

Board Member, Iranian Women's Studies Foundation, 2000-present

Education
B.A., magna cum laude, Cornell University, 1996

J.D., Columbia Law School, 1999

Special Interests
Corporate Governance, Comparative Corporate Law, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mergers and Acquisitions


Publications
Incorporating Business in Business Law Classes, 8 U.C. Davis Bus. L.J. 1 (2007)

Empowering Ourselves: The Role of Women’s NGOs in the Enforcement of the Women’s Convention, 99 Colum. L. Rev. 129 (1999).