Victor J. Gold is the current dean at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California.[1] He is considered one of the country’s top experts in legal evidence.
Gold was educated at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a BA and a law degree. He is the author of six books on the Federal Rules of Evidence and has written numerous articles on evidence and advocacy law. He is a member of the American Law Institute and the author of bar exam questions on contracts, remedies and evidence in California and Arizona.
He has served as a legal analyst for CBS News and provided legal commentary to The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, ABC News, NBC News, CNN and other outlets.
In February 2011, Gold told Super Lawyers that the legal profession "owe[s] something to society." "You owe something to people who give you this monopoly called a license to practice law. When the state gives you that license, you owe back."[2]