Stewart Chang

Professor of Law
Co-facilitator, Program on Race, Gender & Policing
Expertise: Immigration, Law, Family Law, Domestic Violence

Biography

Stewart Chang — a recognized authority in family law, critical race theory, immigration law, and domestic violence — is a professor with the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law and a co-facilitator of the school's Race, Gender & Policing Program.

Chang writes and conducts research in areas of comparative law, family law, and immigration law with a focus on how those areas intersect with race, gender, and sexuality. He teaches courses including Contracts and Asian Americans and the Law.

Prior to joining Boyd in 2018, he was a law professor and director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at Whittier Law School. Before becoming a professor, he practiced public interest law for over a decade with the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California, where he specialized in domestic violence, immigration, and family law.

Chang's work has been published in academic journals, including the Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society.

Education

  • Ph.D., English, University of California, Irvine
  • J.D., Georgetown Law
  • M.A., English, Stanford University
  • B.A., English, University of California, Los Angeles

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Stewart Chang In The News

K.N.P.R. News
Problems and issues related to family court in Nevada go back decades. In 2006, Washoe County family court Judge Chuck Weller was shot by Darren Mack, who was later convicted of murdering his wife. In 2013 in Las Vegas, a family court marshal was accused of excessive force against a litigant who had already been restrained.
Las Vegas Review Journal
For two years, two warring families filed document after document, stretching out a contentious custody battle over allegations of substance abuse, threatening messages and “scorched earth” litigation.
Las Vegas Review-Journal En Español
For two years, two feuding families filed document after document, extending a contentious custody battle over allegations of substance abuse, threatening messages and “scorched earth” litigation.
Las Vegas Sun
Casey Xavier has always cared about his community — and the positive impact he can have on it. He was elected to the city council in his hometown, Opelousas, La., at age 20, while pursuing his undergraduate degree, and within the next year was serving as the vice chair of elected officials for the Louisiana Democratic Party, Xavier said.

Articles Featuring Stewart Chang

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Arts and Culture | December 30, 2020

A sampling of university experts who sounded off on the year’s monumental movements surrounding race, ethnicity, and gender.

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Campus News | July 2, 2020

A collection of news stories featuring the people and programs of UNLV.