Dov Fox

About Dov Fox

Dov Fox was born in Rehovot, Israel. His first languages were Hebrew and Arabic. Fox is Herzog Endowed Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law, where he directs the Center for Health Law Policy & Bioethics. He’s been named professor of the year for outstanding scholarship, teaching excellence, and University Professor, the highest academic honor bestowed on faculty in any field.

His recent books include "The Conscience of Care: Navigating Health in the Culture Wars" (Harvard University Press) and "Birth Rights and Wrongs: How Medicine and Technology are Remaking Reproduction and the Law" (Oxford University Press). Fox’s two-season Audible Original "Donor 9623” was named Audible's #1 podcast, submitted for a Pulitzer Prize in investigative journalism, covered in feature interviews with outlets including The Atlantic and Armchair Expert.

Fox is the author of more than 80 scholarly articles in leading journals of law (e.g., Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal), medicine (e.g., New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association), and public health (e.g., Foreign Affairs, American Journal of Public Health). He has been quoted in popular outlets including The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, and provided on-air analysis for CNN, ABC News, CBS This Morning, NBC Nightly News, and the Today show.

Fox’s work with local communities earned him recognition as a "San Diego Changemaker" and "Urgent Challenges Innovator.” He has served as a law clerk to the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and also worked at the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; the consulting firm of McKinsey & Company; and the Civil Appellate Staff at the U.S. Department of Justice. Fox serves on advisory boards of the American Constitution Society, Appellate Defenders, and the Association of American Law Schools.

His Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans supported his legal education from Yale Law School, where he was projects editor of the Yale Law Journal and all three years awarded the prize for best paper in law and science. Fox was also awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford University, where he earned his doctorate in political theory and served as a lecturer in politics and philosophy.