Jennifer M. Chacón is a Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis, King Hall School of Law, where she teaches Immigration Law, Criminal Procedure, and Criminal Law. Prior to her appointment at King Hall, Professor Chacón was an associate at the law firm of Davis, Polk & Wardwell (1999-2003) and a law clerk to the Honorable Sydney R. Thomas on the Ninth Circuit's Court of Appeals (1998-1999). She received her J.D. in 1998 from Yale Law School and her A.B., with distinction, from Stanford University in 1994.