Professor Sax has a J.D. Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Her Ph.D. is in Cell and Molecular Biology. Professor Sax combines her background in biomedical science and her legal education to focus on ways to incentivize the advancement of science. She also has expertise in the policies of the Food and Drug Administration; although she focuses on the food side. Professor Sax joined the faculty at California Western School of Law in 2009. She teaches Contracts, Trusts & Estates and a seminar entitled Law, Science & Medicine.