Erin O'Neal

Erin O'Neal joined the McGeorge School of Law community in 2017, serving in multiple capacities prior to becoming a full-time professor in 2025.

O'Neal is a graduate of Stanford Law School with significant practice experience as a federal civil litigator for both a national law firm in San Francisco and a boutique law firm in Sacramento. She also served as a judicial clerk for federal district Judge Jon P. McCalla in the Western District of Tennessee. Prior to attending law school, Professor O’Neal was a California Senate Fellow and legislative consultant in the office of Senate President Pro Tempore Bill Lockyer. 

Professor O’Neal teaches Statutes & Regulations, Constitutional Law, Torts, and Professional Responsibility. As Director of McGeorge’s Capital Center for Law & Policy and Capital Lawyering Concentration, Professor O’Neal works with students interested in government and policy, legislative work, lobbying, and other careers in and around the Capitol. 

Professor O’Neal also serves as Director of the Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Learning Center and Faculty Director of McGeorge’s MSL in Government Law & Policy. Additionally, she is Director of the Pacific Legal Advantage Program at the University of the Pacific, which provides an immersive pre-law educational experience designed to expose students to the legal field and prepare them for the rigors of law school. 

While at Stanford Law School, Professor O’Neal was Editor in Chief of the Stanford Law & Policy Review. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a BA in Political Science. Professor O’Neal is a member of the California Bar and is licensed to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit, and the Eastern, Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of California. She is the Treasurer of the AALS Election Law Section and served as Chair of the AALS State & Local Government Section and Vice President of the Sacramento Stanford Alumni Association.