Lara Stemple, JD

Lara Stemple serves as Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and International Student Programs at UCLA Law, where she oversees the law school’s LL.M. (masters) and S.J.D. (doctoral) degree programs. She teaches and writes in the areas of gender, sexuality, and human rights, and her expertise focuses on issues related to sexual violence and sexual and reproductive health and rights. Stemple is co-Vice Chair of the Board of Advisors for the UC Global Health Institute and a founding faculty member of its Center on Gender and Health Justice. She chairs the Advisory Board of All Survivors Project and founded the Southern California Legal Alliance for Reproductive Justice (SoCal LARJ) under the auspices of UCLA Law’s Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy. Previously, Stemple worked at the Center for Reproductive Rights, served as the Executive Director of Just Detention International, and held a Rockefeller Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Columbia University. She has successfully advocated for legislative and policy changes in Congress and at the United Nations and provided media commentary for outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and NPR.