Dr. Victor Gold

Professor

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Biography

Victor Gold is a Senior Scholar at UCLA School of Law, specializing in teaching Contracts and Evidence. He has retired in 2025 after a distinguished career spanning over forty years at Loyola Law School, where he served as the sixteenth Dean and held the title of Loyola William H. Hannon Professor of Law. Prior to his tenure at Loyola, Gold was a Professor of Law at Arizona State University College of Law and worked as an attorney at Nossaman LLP in Los Angeles, from which he declined a partnership to pursue his teaching career. He obtained a B.A. cum laude from UCLA and later received his J.D. from the same institution, graduating Order of the Coif and serving as Comment Editor for the UCLA Law Review. Gold has also worked as a Legal Consultant for CBS News and was a Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge University. Throughout his career, he has taught Contracts and Evidence for BARBRI and has published six books on Evidence law, contributing to multiple editions over the years.

Research Interests

Experience

Senior Scholar

2025-01-01 — 2025-12-31

UCLA School of Law • Los Angeles, CA

Teaching Contracts and Evidence.

William H. Hannon Professor of Law

1985-01-01 — 2025-01-01

Loyola Law School • Los Angeles, CA

Served as the sixteenth Dean and taught various law courses.

Professor of Law

1980-01-01 — 1985-01-01

Arizona State University College of Law • Tempe, AZ

Taught various law courses.

Legal Consultant

— Present

CBS News • New York, NY

Provided legal consultation on various issues.

Courses

LAW 100 Contracts

Requirements for University of California Los Angeles

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
Verbal
Required:160
Quantitative
Required:160
Analytical Writing
Required:5
Overall
Required:5
TOEFL
Total
Required:87
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree Strong background in Economics and Mathematics
Application Checklist
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  • 3 Letters of Recommendation
  • GRE General Test scores
Specialization Notes

Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.