Araiza received his B.A., summa cum laude, 1983, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University,[1][2] and studied a year abroad at the London School of Economics in 1981-1982.
in international relations, graduating with Highest Honors, 1985, from Georgetown University,[1][3] worked in banking for a few years,[3] and then attended Yale Law School, where he received his J.D., 1990, and was a notes editor for the Yale Law Journal.
[3][4] He worked as an environmental and insurance litigation associate at Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe[1][3] and as an environmental and general litigation associate at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown and Enersen in Los Angeles.
[3] He was named an associate dean of faculty in 2005,[3] and during his Loyola tenure the Rev.
[7] Araiza is the author of several articles, casebooks, treatises, and books on First Amendment Law, Constitutional Law, including topics related to gay rights and same-sex marriage.