[5][6] He is currently the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, the Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an affiliate at the law firm Schaerr Jaffe.

[7][8] Volokh was born in the Soviet Union to a Jewish family residing in Kyiv, Ukraine.

At the age of 9, he was attending university-level mathematics and calculus courses after he was found studying differential equations on his own.

[17] During this period, Volokh's achievements were featured in an episode of OMNI: The New Frontier, a television series hosted by Peter Ustinov.

[8] In 2024, Volokh retired from UCLA, becoming a Professor of Law Emeritus, and moved to the Hoover Institution at Stanford, where he is the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow.

[33] Volokh advocates free speech on campus, religious freedom, and other First Amendment issues, and has been widely quoted as an expert.

[39][40][41][42] On his weblog, Volokh addresses a wide variety of issues, with a focus on politics and law.