Larisa Bowman will join the Bobcat community in Spring 2026, with deep expertise in housing law and legal education.

Bowman earned degrees from Brown University and Stanford Law School. Previously, Bowman clerked on both the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the U.S. District Court and has practiced as a housing attorney across multiple states. Bowman has also supervised law students at Stanford and Harvard and currently serves as the inaugural Court Innovation Fellow at Stanford Law School and Project Fellow for the American Law Institute’s civil adjudication initiative. Her scholarship explores housing justice and legal access.

Scott DeVito joins us from Jacksonville University College of Law, where he served as a founding faculty member, and currently teaches commercial law. DeVito’s research focuses on quantitative empirical analysis of the law and legal education.

Previously, DeVito served as dean of Florida Coastal School of Law and earned his J.D. from the University of Connecticut, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Connecticut Law Review. DeVito also holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Rochester. His teaching and research interests include commercial law, evidence, legal pedagogy and the use of AI in legal systems.

This fall, DeVito will bring his expertise and knowledge to teach evidence - Laws331, and offer consultation around our bar support programming.

Danielle Gentin Stock comes with more than 20 years of litigation experience. A graduate of Yale Law School, she began her career clerking in federal court in Manhattan and later served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York. She has also held senior in-house roles at major pharmaceutical companies and was a partner at an international law firm. Her expertise spans class actions, government enforcement and complex litigation. This fall, she will teach torts - Laws 107. 

John Martin comes from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a research assistant professor and fellow at the Karsh Center for Law and Democracy.

A Columbia Law School graduate, Martin clerked for Judge Edward G. Smith of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and previously worked at the Brennan Center for Justice. His research focuses on election law, campaign finance and democratic institutions. This fall, he will teach civil procedure - Laws101, and Laws 102.