Professor Sandoval is well known in the world of academia for her research on business and public interest issues, focusing on policy research in international telecommunications development law and policy. She has had extensive experience as a leader in numerous government organizations, as well as in the private sector. Sandoval attended Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship, and she was the first Latina elected from California to receive this honor.

Prior to joining the Santa Clara University School of Law faculty, Professor Sandoval served as the vice-president and general counsel for Z-Spanish Media Corporation, providing legal advice on media mergers and acquisitions. She also advised the company on regulatory matters at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Department of Justice. At the Law Offices of Munger, Tolles & Olson, Sandoval was an associate, focusing on business litigation including securities, contract, and labor matters. She clerked for Judge Dorothy W. Nelson on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals from 1990-1991.

• Undersecretary, Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, 2003-04
• Director, Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Communications Business Opportunities, 1995-99
• Vice-President, U.S. Delegation to the World Telecommunications Development Conference, 1994
• Member, California Bar
• Member, Federal Communications Bar Association
• Member, Sacramento County Bar Association
• Member, La Raza Lawyer’s Association

• Communications Law
• Contracts, Property
• Business Organizations
• Civil Procedure
• Regulated Industries
• Administrative Law