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Veena Dubal

Also known as Veena B. Dubal

Veena Dubal is a law professor at UC Irvine who studies algorithmic wage discrimination and algorithmic management at work. She completed a PhD at UC Berkeley in 2014 with an ethnography of the San Francisco taxi industry, after working as a public interest attorney at the Asian Law Caucus until December 2012. In July 2023 Equitable Growth published her working paper 'On Algorithmic Wage Discrimination', and the Columbia Law Review article of that title defines the practice as hourly pay calculated with ever-changing formulas. In January 2025 the Yale Law Journal published her essay 'Data Laws at Work', and in February 2026 AI Now named her to its Board of Directors. The Marguerite Casey Foundation named her a 2026 Freedom Scholar.

Timeline

  1. 2003

    A Stanford degree with honours

    She graduates from Stanford with honours in 2003.

  2. 2012

    An Asian Law Caucus attorney

    She works as a public interest attorney at the Asian Law Caucus until December 2012, where she founds a taxi worker project.

  3. 2014

    A doctorate on the taxi industry

    She earns a PhD in jurisprudence and social policy at UC Berkeley in 2014, with an ethnography of the San Francisco taxi industry.

  4. July 2023

    Algorithmic wage discrimination

    In July 2023 Equitable Growth publishes her working paper 'On Algorithmic Wage Discrimination'. Her Columbia Law Review article of the same title, in volume 123, defines the practice as hourly pay calculated with ever-changing formulas for broadly similar work.

  5. January 2025

    A Yale Law Journal essay

    The Yale Law Journal publishes her essay 'Data Laws at Work' in January 2025. It argues that EU data laws do not account for the ways in which workplace algorithmic management systems often create new harms that existing laws of work do not address.

  6. February 2026

    An AI Now board seat

    AI Now announces Lucy Suchman, Karen Hao and Veena Dubal as its Board of Directors in February 2026. All three are longstanding advisors and supporters of the institute.

  7. 2026

    A Freedom Scholar award

    The Marguerite Casey Foundation names her a 2026 Freedom Scholar. Each Freedom Scholar receives a onetime $250,000 award.

  8. As of October 2026

    Law professor at UC Irvine

    She is a professor of law at UC Irvine School of Law and serves as general counsel of the American Association of University Professors.

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  1. Veena Dubal - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Veena Dubal law.uci.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. On Algorithmic Wage Discrimination - Equitable Growth equitablegrowth.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. ON ALGORITHMIC WAGE DISCRIMINATION - Columbia Law Review columbialawreview.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Data Laws at Work | Yale Law Journal yalelawjournal.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. AI Now Team Updates - AI Now Institute ainowinstitute.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  7. Marguerite Casey Foundation | Freedom Scholars caseygrants.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  8. Veena Dubal to Deliver Spring 2026 Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice | Yale Law School law.yale.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.