Rachel J. Anderson is an award-winning Professor of Law. She has made outstanding contributions to the law school and its students, to local communities and to the State of Nevada. Professor Anderson’s service, teaching, and scholarship epitomize the mission and ethos of the law school – education and impactful service to communities at the local, state, and national levels as well as the law school’s ongoing commitment to substantive and meaningful public service. She is a Member of the American Society of Comparative Law’s Board of Directors, the Nevada Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission, and the Nevada Legal Services Board of Directors.

Professor Anderson teaches Administrative Law, International Business Transactions, and Legislative Drafting. Her research interests are in good governance in both the public and private sectors. 

Professor Anderson is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. At U.C. Berkeley, she served as Articles Editor on the California Law Review, Executive Editor of the Berkeley Journal of International Law, and Managing Editor of the Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy. Professor Anderson began her legal career at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP.  She is a past Secretary of the National Bar Association and a former President of the Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Association.  Professor Anderson has served as General Counsel for the Nevada Office of the Attorney General.

Professor Anderson's contributions have been recognized with numerous awards and honors.

Professor Anderson’s most recent publication is International, Transnational, and Comparative Business Transactions (1st ed. 2025).