Jessica Barclay-Strobel

Professor Barclay-Strobel brings to the classroom more than a decade of litigation experience in government and in private practice at the trial and appellate levels. Before joining Southwestern, she was a litigator in the California Office of the Attorney General, where she represented state agencies in civil environmental law matters, including in a case ultimately decided in her client’s favor by the California Supreme Court. She is also an award-winning author whose publications include articles on arbitration and employment law remedies, as well as an interview with California Supreme Court Justice Kathryn Werdegar. 

Prior to serving in government, Professor Barclay-Strobel practiced complex business litigation, including antitrust and intellectual property matters, at a leading law firm in Los Angeles. She also clerked for the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

While in law school, Professor Barclay-Strobel received several honors, including the Sanford M. Gage Award for excellence in tort law, evidence, and trial practice, the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel’s Clarin M. Schwartz Award, and the Barbra Davis Scholarship. She served as an Articles Editor for the UCLA Law Review and a Staff Member of the UCLA Journal of Gender and Law (formerly the UCLA Women’s Law Journal). She was also a Writing Advisor and a member of the Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy. 

Professor Barclay-Strobel’s pro bono practice has included recovering back wages for garment workers and filing an amicus brief before the United States Supreme Court. She has also served as Chair of the Litigation Section of the California Lawyers Association.