Christy Mallory teaches LGBT Law and Policy. She is currently the State & Local Policy Director at the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, where she oversees state law and policy work. In that capacity, she focuses on a variety of topics, including sexual orientation and gender identity non-discrimination protections, bathroom access for transgender people, interactions between law enforcement and the LGBT community, and other state and local level laws and policies impacting LGBT people. Her work has been published in several media outlets, journals, and books including When Mandates Work (UC Press, 2013), the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, the LGBTQ Policy Journal at the Harvard Kennedy School, and the Albany Government Law Review.

Christy received her B.A. magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Arizona, and her J.D. from UCLA School of Law.