Through various initiatives and continued engagement within the Law Review, Paul has demonstrated his willingness to go above and beyond for this community. Paul is an associate at Keker, Van Nest & Peters, where he has worked on a variety of litigation matters, including professional liability, copyright, environmental law, antitrust, criminal defense, immigration, and contract disputes. Before joining KVP, Paul served as a law clerk for…

Kerry Kumabe is universally known as a phenomenal educator and staunch advocate at Berkeley Law. Professor Kumabe joined the faculty of the First Year Skills program in 2018. The First Year Skills program is explicitly designed to introduce students to the theory and practice of professional lawyering skills. Thus, it is not shocking that Professor Kumabe found her home there…

Seema N. Patel serves as a Practitioner in Residence at the UC Berkeley Labor Center and a Lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Law. For twenty (20) years, Seema has advocated for low-wage workers’ rights. Previously, Seema served as Clinical Director for the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC), where she oversaw Berkeley Law’s eight community-based clinics and taught movement lawyering…

Noor-ul-ain S. Hasan is an associate at Bartlit Beck LLP, a licensed diversity, equity, and inclusion management strategist, and the co-founder/co-director of the Muslim Judicial Law Clerkships Network. Her work on judicial procedure and inequality is forthcoming in theUniversity of Louisville Law Review and has been published in theGonzaga Law Review. Previously, she served as a law clerk to…

The annual Service Award recognizes the third year student who made the greatest contribution toCLR. This year, the award is presented to Hiep Nguyen. Hiep grew up in San Jose. He went to Cal for undergrad (Go Bears!), where he majored in biology and built homes with Habitat for Humanity. During his gap years, Hiep helped a public health agency conduct opioid overdose outreach…

The annual Diversity Award goes to the member who has embodied and exemplified our diversity initiatives and goals. This year, the award is presented to Chantel Johnson. Chantel’s personal and academic interests relate to criminal law. During law school, Chantel participated in the Clean Slate Clinic at the East Bay Community Law Center, an internship at the Federal Public Defenders in Oakland…

I really enjoyed my time inCLR. It was a pleasure to get to know so many people from different backgrounds, who had different experiences at Berkeley Law, and who had different goals and ambitions in pursuing legal careers. One of my favorite memories was assisting our “Happiness Czar” with soliciting input from the membership as to what we should buy and stocking upCLR’s…

That’s an easy one! I met my wife, Sarah Wilson ‘94 (Vol. 82 Notes & Comments Editor), onCLR. She was one year ahead of me, and she was the leader of my Notes and Comments seminar. A friend from myCLR class, Jennifer Rodgers (who is now a CNN commentator), set up our first…

Thank you to all who came out for theCLR panel on “108 Years of theCalifornia Law Review” during Alumni Reunion Weekend! Click here to watch our panel with three of our fabulous former editors: Mary Ellen Kanoff (’84), Matt Kline (’99), and Jami Floyd (’89). Watch to the end…

It definitely was one of the most fun parts and most intensive parts of being in law school. We were in offices that were not far from where you are now, but they were really in terrible condition – it was a dump. I just have tons of memories of the Executive Editors all in the same…

As a first year student, you were elected, and in those days it was strictly grades. So the top 10% of the class was invited, and you were led to understand that it is an accolade, a credential that you should pursue and have. And then you were assigned to articles to edit as a new member…