In 1989, Volokh entered the UCLA Law School, graduating first in his class in 1992 with a Juris Doctor After law school, he clerked for Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, then for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court. Upon completing his Supreme Court clerkship in 1994, UCLA hired Volokh as a professor of law. He has remained there ever since, and currently holds the position of Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law.