Researcher

Samuel Charles is a senior researcher for the California Institute team at UC Law SF. His research interests include the social construction of disability and the impact of social hierarchies—such as race, class, and gender—upon the diagnosis, treatment, and accommodation of neurodivergence. Sam holds a J.D. from UC Berkeley, where he was Senior Articles Editor for Volume 111 of the California Law Review and served as a student board member for the East Bay Community Law Center. Before law school, he attended Riverside City College and transferred to UC San Diego, where he earned his B.A. summa cum laude in sociology.