U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Profiling a 'Bad Omen'

David López, a civil rights and labor lawyer, discusses how the court's decision earlier this month from its 'shadow document' will have negative consequences for vulnerable communities.

Arizona State University law professor David López

David López has spent his career defending and protecting the human and civil rights of countless individuals.

The Arizona State University law professor is known for his work both in the U.S. and abroad on these issues and is a sought-after speaker on these topics.

Prior to joining the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law at ASU in August, he was a law professor at Rutgers University in Newark, N.J., where he also spent three years as co-dean of the law school.

He may be best known as the longest serving general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a position he held for six years during the Obama administration. The federal agency investigates claims of workplace discrimination. Several of his team’s cases drew national media attention, including those seeking to redress the rights of women farmworkers experiencing high rates of sexual assault. Those cases led to the Frontline/Univision documentary "Rape in the Fields."

In addition to being a Harvard law school graduate, López did his undergraduate work at ASU, where he served as MECHA president and co-founder of the Hispanic convocation ceremony established in 1985.

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