Full Time Faculty

ISRAEL MOYA

Visiting Assistant Professor of Law

DEGREES

J.D., University of Michigan Law School
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles

COURSES

Professional Responsibility

BIOGRAPHY

Professor Israel Moya brings a diverse background as a diplomat, human rights advocate, and dedicated public servant with vast international experience over the past two decades in South America, Africa, and Asia.

In Nepal, Professor Moya was a Human Rights and Trafficking in Persons Specialist with the U.S. Department of State. In Rwanda, he was the National Research Coordinator for a Columbia University child protection study in Rwanda’s protracted refugee camps. He previously worked on immigration and labor law community education in Michigan, low-income housing preservation in Brooklyn, NY, and on a major international environmental human rights case in Ecuador (Aguinda v. Chevron). His international career began in Uzbekistan, where he taught community health in a clinic for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer.

Professor Moya is the author of an upcoming young adult coming-of-age novel set in rural Central California during the anti-immigrant mid-90’s. Monarchs in the Wild is set for release in Spring 2026 by Tu Books.