Edith Z. Friedler

Edith Z. Friedler
Professor Emeritus of Law

Contact Information
Phone: (213) 736-1072
Fax: (213) 380-3769
E-mail: edith.friedler@lls.edu

919 Albany St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211


Educational and Professional Background

JD, summa cum laude, University of Chile
JD, Loyola Law School

Following her graduation from the University of Chile, Edith Friedler studied at the University of Paris (Sorbonne) from 1964-65, where she was the recipient of a French Government Scholarship. She was a professor at the University of Chile from 1966-69. Before joining the Loyola Law School faculty in 1983, she practiced immigration law in Southern California. Friedler was a Fulbright Scholar in Santiago, Chile in 1990.


Recent Scholarship

La Reglamentacion de la Abogacia en Estados Unidos, 32 Revista del Abogado, Publicacion del Colegio de Abogados de Chile (16) 2004.

"Judicial Review in Chile," 7 Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas 321 (2001)

"Immigration and Naturalization," Chapter 33 in Law of Trade and Investment, Kozolchyk & Molloy eds. (Fred B. Rothman Publications) (2001)

Shakespeare’s Contribution to the Teaching of Comparative Law: Some Reflections on the Merchant of Venice, 60 Louisiana Law Review 1087 (2000).

Judicial Review in Chile, Symposium on Judicial Review in Latin America, 7 Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas 321 (2000).

The Trial of Jesus As A Matter of Conflict of Laws? 32 The Irish Jurist 398 (1997).

"The Jurisprudence of Yogi Berra," 46 Emory Law Journal 697 (1997) 39 authors


Courses Taught

Comparative Law, Conflict of Laws, Immigration Law, Latin American Law Roman Law

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