Alex Kreit
Associate Professor of Law
Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego
Director, Center for Law & Social Justice
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude;
B.A., Hampshire College
After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Professor Kreit clerked
for the Honorable M. Blane Michael on the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He then
worked as an associate at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco where his practice
focused on securities and appellate litigation. Professor Kreit's articles have appeared in
journals including the American University Law Review, the University of Chicago Legal
Forum, the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, and the William & Mary Bill of Rights
Journal. He is author of a forthcoming casebook on drug abuse and the law, Controlled
Substances: Crime, Regulation, and Policy (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming 2011).
Professor Kreit is actively involved in the community. He is currently President of the San
Diego Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society and serves on the Board of
Directors of So Say We All, a narrative arts and education organization in San Diego.
From 2009 to 2010 he served as Chair of the City of San Diego’s Medical Marijuana Task
Force, a position appointed by the San Diego City Council. He has been recognized as
one San Diego’s Top Attorneys in the Academic Field by the San Diego Daily Transcript
(2009, 2011) and one of “35 under 35” community leaders by the San Diego News
Network (2010).
Courses Include:
Controlled Substances, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, International Business and
White Collar Crime
Associate Professor of Law
Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego
Director, Center for Law & Social Justice
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude;
B.A., Hampshire College
After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Professor Kreit clerked
for the Honorable M. Blane Michael on the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He then
worked as an associate at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco where his practice
focused on securities and appellate litigation. Professor Kreit's articles have appeared in
journals including the American University Law Review, the University of Chicago Legal
Forum, the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, and the William & Mary Bill of Rights
Journal. He is author of a forthcoming casebook on drug abuse and the law, Controlled
Substances: Crime, Regulation, and Policy (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming 2011).
Professor Kreit is actively involved in the community. He is currently President of the San
Diego Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society and serves on the Board of
Directors of So Say We All, a narrative arts and education organization in San Diego.
From 2009 to 2010 he served as Chair of the City of San Diego’s Medical Marijuana Task
Force, a position appointed by the San Diego City Council. He has been recognized as
one San Diego’s Top Attorneys in the Academic Field by the San Diego Daily Transcript
(2009, 2011) and one of “35 under 35” community leaders by the San Diego News
Network (2010).
Courses Include:
Controlled Substances, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, International Business and
White Collar Crime
Video of Alex Kreit (San
Diego Daily Transcript
interview)
Diego Daily Transcript
interview)
San Diego
Education Report
Education Report