Degrees

• M.A., Sociology – Columbia University, 2020
• J.D. – UC Hastings, 2018 (cum laude)
• B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities – Stanford University, 2011

Fields of Study

Gender and Sexuality, Sociology of Law, Jurisprudence, Social Psychology

Publications

• Brooks, Margot. But She Didn’t Fight Back: Rape Law’s Lingering Resistance Requirement and the Need for Its Elimination. 55 No. 3 Crim. Law Bulletin ART 3 (2019).
• Williams, Joan C., Jodi Short, Margot Brooks, Hilary Hardcastle, Tiffanie Ellis & Rayna Saron. What’s Reasonable Now? Sexual Harassment Law after the Norm Cascade. 139 Michigan State Law Review 141 (2019). Reprinted in Women and the Law; Thomson Reuters, ed. Tracey Thomas (2020).

Awards & Grants

• Graduate Research Mentorship, UCLA, 2021-2022
• Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, UCLA, Summer 2021
• Susan Kellogg Award, UCLA, 2020
• Dean’s Scholarship, UC Hastings, 2015-2018
• Eucalyptus Faculty Academic Excellence Scholarship, UC Hastings, 2015-2018
• Witkin Award for Academic Excellence, UC Hastings, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, and Fall 2018