William S. Koski is the Eric & Nancy Wright Professor of Clinical Education, Professor of Law, and Professor of Education at Stanford University. Reflecting his multidisciplinary background as a lawyer and social scientist, Professor Koski's scholarly work focuses on the related issues of educational accountability, equity, and adequacy; the politics of educational policy reform; and judicial decision-making in educational policy reform litigation. An accomplished clinical teacher and litigator, he is also the founder and director of the law school's Youth and Education Law Project and has represented hundreds of children and families in securing equal and appropriate educational opportunities.
Professor Koski's current research concentrates on the normative case for and policy implications of ensuring equality of educational opportunity in the current context of educational standards, adequacy, and accountability. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 2001, Professor Koski was a lecturer in law at Stanford and a supervising attorney at the law school's East Palo Alto Community Law Project. He was also an associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and then Alden, Aronovosky & Sax.