Paul Belonick

Faculty Assistant Director, Center for Innovation and Professor of Practice

Office: 603C-200
Email: belonickpaul@uclawsf.edu

Bio

Prof. Belonick is Faculty Assistant Director of the Center for Innovation (C4i) and the Director of the Center’s flagship program, the Startup Legal Garage.

Prof. Belonick graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2010, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He clerked on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and has practiced civil and criminal law in both small and multinational law firms.

At UC Law he teaches numerous courses in addition to directing the Startup Legal Garage, including Criminal Investigations, Legal Ethics, Patent Law, and Property. He also holds a PhD in History from the University of Virginia, where he focused on Ancient History and Early American Legal History.

Education

University of Virginia School of Law
J.D. 2010
University of Virginia
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ancient History 2016
Hamilton College
Bachelor's Degree, Classical Languages and History 2002

Accomplishments

Los Angeles Times In-House Counsel of the Year in the Education and Non-Profit Category (for Startup Legal Garage)
2021
American Bar Association’s Business Law Section National Public Service Award
2021
California Lawyers Association’s Wiley W. Manuel Pro Bono Certificate (for Startup Legal Garage)
2021