Professor Rhonda V. Magee is a renowned teacher of mindfulness-based stress reduction interventions, specializing in applications for lawyers, law students, and reducing social-identity-based bias. A faculty member at the University of San Francisco since 1998 and a full professor since 2004, she has earned distinctions such as being named a Dean’s Circle Research Scholar and a fellow of the Mind and Life Institute in April 2015.

Magee has expertise in teaching Torts; Race, Law and Policy; and courses in Contemplative and Mindful Law and Law Practice. Trained in mindful communication at the University of Massachusetts’s School of Medicine’s Oasis Teacher Training Institute and the Stanford Graduate School of Business Facilitator Training Program, she is a highly practiced facilitator.

Magee has served as a visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Law and Society, visiting professor of law at UC Berkeley School of Law, and a senior fellow with the Berkeley Initiative for Mindfulness and Law. She has contributed to various scholarly journals and media outlets, including the Virginia Law Review, the Alabama Law Review, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Mindful Magazine.

Her work reflects a commitment to education for effective problem-solving, presence-based leadership, and humanizing legal education. She is the author of pivotal articles in the field, such as "Educating Lawyers to Meditate?" and "The Way of ColorInsight: Understanding Race and Law Effectively Using Mindfulness-Based ColorInsight Practices." Recognized as a leader in contemplative legal education, law practice, and teaching in higher education, Magee has played a foundational role in various organizations, including the AALS’s Section on Balance in Legal Education and its subsection on Mindfulness in Legal Education.

Magee serves on several advisory boards and committees, including the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine’s Center for Mindfulness and the Steering Committee of the Mind and Life Institute. She is also a founder of Transforming Justice, an initiative aimed at infusing mindfulness and compassion practices into the criminal justice system.

Her current work explores mindfulness and contemplative pedagogy as tools for fostering effective learning in diverse communities, developing equitable law and policy, and enhancing collaborations for transformative change.