Zahra Takhshid

Zahra Takhshid

Assistant Professor of Law

Specialization(s)

Privacy Law, technology, Torts

Professional Biography

Zahra Takhshid joined the University of Denver Sturm College of Law as an Assistant Professor in July 2021. Before joining DU, she was the Lewis Fellow for Law Teaching and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School where she taught “Common Law and Privacy Torts.” Her teaching and research focus on tort law, privacy, and the legal and ethical implications of emerging technologies, with particular attention to children’s digital privacy and their evolving relationship with AI. Her scholarship at the intersection of law and technology has been recognized through multiple competitive research grants and institutional awards. A second strand of her interest is Islamic and comparative law. Professor Takhshid is also a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and an invited Member of the Network of Experts for the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence.

Professor Takhshid’s research has been published or is forthcoming in Georgetown Law Journal, Texas Law Review, Journal of Tort LawCardozo Law ReviewMinnesota Law Review OnlineBuffalo Law ReviewUCLA Journal of Islamic & Near Eastern Law, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, among others. She has contributed to the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology Digest and Harvard Islamic Law Blog.

Professor Takhshid holds a doctorate (S.J.D.) from Fordham Law School. She earned an LL.M. from the George Washington University Law School where she was the recipient of full tuition Thomas Buergenthal Scholarship. She also has an LL.M. (Summa Cum Laude) and an LL.B. (Magna Cum Laude) from University of Tehran School of Law and Political Science.

She is a native speaker of Farsi and proficient in French and Arabic. She is licensed to practice law in the State of New York and Iran.

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Degree(s)

The Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.), Fordham University School of Law
Master of Laws (LL.M.), George Washington University Law School
Master of Laws (LL.M.) (Private and Islamic Law), University of Tehran, School of Law and Political Science
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), University of Tehran, School of Law and Political Science

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