Nirav Bhardwaj is an associate in Goodwin’s Litigation department. He joined Goodwin in 2023.
Areas of Practice
While attending law school, Nirav worked at a Sacramento-based law firm as a Sacramento County Bar Association Fellow. He also worked as a research assistant and a teaching assistant at the Law School and the Graduate School of Management.
Nirav served as an Articles Editor of the UC Davis Law Review.
Prior to law school, Nirav studied Islamic Law for six years. He also worked in the player development and baseball operations departments of a Major League Baseball team.
Credentials
Education
JD2023
University of California, Davis School of Law
MAIslamic Law2020
Zaytuna College
(magna cum laude)
BAIslamic Law and Theology2018
Zaytuna College
(magna cum laude)
BABusiness Administration2012
University of California, Irvine
(Chancellor’s Award of Distinction)
Admissions
Bars
- California
Publications
- Co-Author, “Fostering First-Gen Student Success in Law School,” Alabama Law Review, (forthcoming 2024)
- Co-Author, "Navigating California’s Bans Against Non-compete Clauses," Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal, May 1, 2024
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
- Speaker, “A Place for Prosperity in Islamic Economics.” International Muslim Intellectual Forum, Feb. 2020
- Speaker, “Legal Theory and Theology: Islam’s Proscription of Ribā (Usury) and the Dilemma of Islamic Finance.” McGill Institute of Islamic Studies, Apr. 2019