Adjunct Law Professor
- JD, 2010, University of California, Davis School of Law
- BS, 2007, University of Michigan
Areas of Expertise
Professor Ijadi-Maghsoodi teaches Poverty Law.
Professional Experience
Professor Parisa Ijadi-Maghsoodi is the Director of California Advocacy at the National Housing Law Project, which works to advance housing justice for individuals in poverty and communities. She also serves on the California Commission on Access to Justice Pro Bono Coordinating Committee, and is the United Nations CEDAW Advisor to the San Diego County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.
Professor Ijadi-Maghsoodi’s legal background includes extensive experience advocating for social justice and asserting the rights of marginalized communities in poverty law and civil rights cases, both individual cases and impact litigation. Professor Ijadi-Maghsoodi previously served as a Staff Attorney and then Managing Attorney at Legal Services of Northern California where she represented low-income families and seniors in housing and public benefit cases, including under President Obama's Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program; as San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program’s Pro Bono Manager and Supervising Attorney, where she oversaw cases for individuals with HIV/AIDS and unhoused veterans; as a Senior Attorney at Disability Rights California where she spearheaded systemic litigation advancing the rights of low-income tenants in subsidized housing, and asserting the rights of unhoused individuals and children with disabilities during the pandemic; and as a litigator at Pease & Ijadi, APC, a public interest law firm dedicated to enforcing civil rights, advancing environmental justice, and holding government agencies accountable.
She previously served on the State Bar’s Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services and the Equal Justice Works National Advisory Committee. For the last five years, she served as an appointed Commissioner on the San Diego County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, where she took a lead in drafting the County’s recently adopted CEDAW ordinance, and is the Commission’s immediate past Chair.
Honors and Affiliations
Professor Ijadi-Maghsoodi is a 2021 Racial Justice Institute Fellow through the Shriver Center on Poverty Law.
Scholarly Work
- Eradicating Race-Based Health Disparities by Effectuating the Fair Housing Act’s De-Segregation Intent, 58 San Diego Law Review 903 (2021)
- Redlining of our Era: Land-Use Voter Initiatives, 2018 Clearinghouse (Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law) Rev. 1 (2018)