David A. Carrillo

Lecturer in Residence and Executive Director, California Constitution Center

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

David A. Carrillo

Lecturer in Residence and Executive Director, California Constitution Center

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

David A. Carrillo received his doctorate from Berkeley Law before joining the faculty as a lecturer in residence and the founding executive director of the California Constitution Center in 2012. The center is devoted to developing scholarship concerning the California constitution and the California Supreme Court. Dr. Carrillo coauthored a casebook on California constitutional law, teaches courses on the California constitution and the California Supreme Court, publishes articles on those subjects, and is editor-in-chief of SCOCAblog.com(opens in a new tab), a blog about the state high court.

Before starting his academic career Dr. Carrillo was in active practice for 16 years, as a Deputy Attorney General with the California Department of Justice, as a Deputy City Attorney in San Francisco, as a Deputy District Attorney in Contra Costa County, and as a commercial litigation associate in private practice. A member of the California bar since 1995, Dr. Carrillo is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Northern, Southern, Central, and Eastern District Courts of California.

In October 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Dr. Carrillo to a four-year term on the California Law Revision Commission, where he is serving as the 2021-22 vice-chair. He also serves on the board of the Constitutional Rights Foundation and chairs the Citrin Center advisory board. His past charitable and professional board service includes: the Bar Association of San Francisco; the California Bar Foundation; the National Advisory Council of the Institute of Governmental Studies; the Foundation for Democracy and Justice; the State Bar Committee on Appellate Courts; the Justice and Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco; the Volunteer Legal Services Corporation in Alameda County; and the Berkeley Law Alumni Association. Dr. Carrillo chaired the judicial appointments committee of the Alameda County Bar Association, and served on the State Bar Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation and the Committee of Bar Examiners, as well as San Francisco and Alameda bar association committees on judicial appointments. He is a life member of the La Raza Lawyers Association (San Francisco and East Bay) and the Hispanic National Bar Association.

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Contributions

Deep Dive Episode 225 – State Constitutions and Individual Liberty: State or Federal Government as Primary Custodian of Individual Rights?

June 28, 2022

An expert panel joined us to debate the different purposes and rights guarantees within state constitutions and the federal constitution.

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State Constitutions and Individual Liberty: State or Federal Government as Primary Custodian of Individual Rights?

June 28, 2022

An expert panel joined us to debate the different purposes and rights guarantees within state constitutions and the federal constitution.

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Deep Dive Episode 217 – The Separation of Powers, From Washington to Sacramento

April 15, 2022

An expert panel debates the distinctions between the federal and state separation of powers doctrines, using California as an example.

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The Separation of Powers, From Washington to Sacramento

April 15, 2022

An expert panel debates the distinctions between the federal and state separation of powers doctrines, using California as an example.

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Deep Dive Episode 214 – Emergency Management Statutes: Lessons from COVID-19

March 18, 2022

An expert panel debated whether states should reform their emergency management statutes in light of our experience with emergency governance over the past 24 months.

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Emergency Management Statutes: Lessons from COVID-19

March 16, 2022

An expert panel debated whether states should reform their emergency management statutes in light of our experience with emergency governance over the past 24 months.

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