Christopher David Ruiz Cameron

Justice Marshall F. McComb Professor of Law, and Director of Labor and Employment Law Concentration

Christopher David Ruiz Cameron is a recognized expert in the law of the workplace, with a special emphasis on its intersection with the laws regulating bankruptcy, immigration, and entertainment and sports. He is author or co-author of two books, nine book chapters or supplements, and 28 law review articles published by the California Law Review, UCLA Law Review, and other leading journals.

In addition to teaching and writing about labor and employment law, Professor Cameron is an Elected Member of the National Academy of Arbitrators and, since 2017, has served as a Commissioner of the Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission (ERCOM), the agency responsible for policing labor relations between management and nearly 100,000 employees working in over 50 separate bargaining units in one of the nation's largest municipal governments.

After law school, where he was Articles Editor of the Harvard Law Review, Professor Cameron served as a law clerk to Judge Harry Pregerson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He then spent six years in private practice representing labor organizations and employee benefit funds

Professor Cameron has been a member of the Southwestern faculty since 1991 and served as Vice Dean or Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for twelve years He also served as Director of Externships for more than a decade, and as Director of the London Summer Program in Entertainment and Media Law.

Andrea Ramos

Clinical Professor of Law, and Director of Clinical Program and Immigration Law Clinic

Andrea Ramos brings many years of experience as a public interest attorney and law professor to Southwestern, where she established and directs the Immigration Law Clinic. The clinic, which began operation during the 2008-09 academic year, offers valuable services to the community, while giving students hands-on experience helping indigent and otherwise underrepresented clients.

As a law student, Professor Ramos served on the Southern California Review of Law and Women's Studies. She began her career with the law firm of Tuttle & Taylor as a litigation associate and Public Counsel volunteer. She went on to serve on the staff of Public Counsel for ten years, originally leading the School-Based Legal Assistance Program, then directing the Children's Rights Project, which involves more than 700 volunteers assisting over 6,000 children and youth annually.

As Directing Attorney of the Project, Professor Ramos represented children in Special Immigrant Juvenile cases, the Violence Against Women Act and U-Visa cases, and provided training and workshops to lawyers and social service providers. She also served on the adjunct faculty at the University of Southern California Law Center for four years as a co-teacher of the Children and the Law course.

She was recognized for her legal work benefiting the Los Angeles community by the USC La Raza Law Students Association, which presented her with the Inspirational Alumnus Award in 2007 and by the USC Public Interest Law Foundation, which named her as the 2008 Attorney of the Year.