Faculty and Researchers with STS Interests - Profile

Amy Kapczynski
Assistant Professor, Boalt School of Law
University of California, Berkeley


Email: akapczynski@law.berkeley.edu

Amy Kapczynski received her J.D. from Yale Law School (2003). She spent several years in the U.K. as a Marshall Scholar, receiving an M.A. in Literature from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London (1998), and an M.Phil in the Sociology and Politics of Modern Society from Cambridge University (1997). She received her A.B. summa cum laude in Politics and Women's Studies from Princeton University (1996). She has clerked for the U.S. Supreme Court (for Justices O'Connor and Breyer, 2005-06) and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (for Judge Guido Calabresi, 2003-04). She was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship at the Yale Law School and the Yale School of Public Health (2004-2005; 2006-2007). In 2001, Kapczynski helped lead efforts that resulted in Yale University and Bristol-Myers Squibb permitting generic competition and providing steep price discounts for an important anti-AIDS drug (d4T) in South Africa. Drawing on this experience, Kapczynski co-founded Universities Allied for Essential Medicines with other students in 2002. Kapczynski has worked with, among others, the ACLU Women's Rights Project, the East Bay Community Law Project, the Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit (Mumbai), the Bard College Human Rights Project, and Reproductive Health Matters (London). Kapczynski has published articles on antidiscrimination law, constitutional history, and intellectual property issues. Her current research interests occupy the intersections between international law, intellectual property, and global health. Education: A.B., Princeton University (1996) M. Phil., Cambridge University (1997) M.A., Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London (1998) J.D., Yale Law School (2003)

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