University of San Francisco School of Law
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Sachiko Yoshitsugu
Sachiko is a second year at the University of San Francisco School of Law. She is vice-chair of the USF Public Interest Law Foundation and a junior staffer for the USF Law Review. She is also actively involved with the Environmental Law Student and Alumni Society. Most recently, she was a judicial intern for the Honorable Jon B. Streeter of the First District Court of Appeal. She is particularly interested in learning about improvements in agricultural water management practices and water rights reform in California. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, open-water swimming, playing soccer, and camping. |
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Elisa Rivas
Elisa is a 2L at The University of San Francisco School of Law who was born and raised in California. She is particularly interested in energy law—specifically in the use of renewable energy partnerships with Native American Tribes, and how those partnerships might help support advancing tribal sovereignty. Currently, Elisa is a Staff Editor for the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal. She hopes to make a meaningful impact in the environmental law field by bringing an indigenous perspective to important policy discussions. |
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Angad Dhadda
Angad is excited to go to this symposium. His family farms in the Central Valley, therefore water rights are important and directly affect him and his family. Angad has a strong interest in water law and hopes to learn and contribute to the discussion. |
UC Davis School of Law
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Kate Hamilton
Kate is a second year at King Hall and currently serves as the symposium organizer for ELS as well as Water Association of Law and Policy (WALP). She grew up in Washington state and graduated from Seattle University with a degree in International Relations. Prior to attending law school, she channeled her passion for environmental justice as an organizer and project manager on various electoral and coalition building campaigns. In her free time, she enjoys running, reading, rock climbing, and ski mountaineering. |
Stanford Law School
Callie Walker
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Stephen Read
Stephen is a 2L Stanford Law School and a joint-M.S. candidate in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability's Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER). Before returning home to the Bay Area for law school, Stephen lived in Washington, D.C., where he interned on Capitol Hill, worked as a campaign consultant during the 2018 midterm election cycle, and spent several years in communications and research roles with the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU School of Law. At Stanford, Stephen is involved with the Environmental Law Society, Law Students for Climate Action, the Energy and Infrastructure Club, and the Stanford Environmental Law Journal. Stephen interned with the Land Use and Conservation Section of the California Attorney General's Office during his 1L summer, and will be a clerk with Earthjustice's Biodiversity Defense Program this coming summer. Stephen is an alum of the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he majored in political science and environmental studies. |
UC Berkeley School of Law
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Katie Chicojay
Katie is a 2L at Berkeley Law. She received a BA in Environmental Studies from Colby College and a master's degree in Marine Affairs from the University of Washington. Prior to law school she was a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow working on environmental and natural resource policy in the U.S. House of Representatives. At Berkeley, Katie is an Articles Editor for Ecology Law Quarterly and an active member of La Alianza Law Students of Latin American Descent. |
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Laura Tepper
Laura Tepper is a 2L at Berkeley Law, where she is an active member of the Ecology Law Quarterly and researching the impact of California's state housing laws on local land use policy. She transitioned to law after a decade of work in urban design and development with a focus on public parks. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and U.C. Berkeley's College of Environmental Design (MCP). |
UC College of the Law, San Francisco
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Donato Vincenzo Catrina
Donato is a third-year law student at UC Law SF. After receiving a B.A. in Environmental Studies at Baylor University, Donato worked at the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office as a law clerk to assist with environmental enforcement. Donato has also worked on issues involving water utilities as a clerk for the Administrative Law Judges Division of the California Public Utilities Commission. Most recently, Donato has interned with the US DOJ in the Environmental Crimes Section. |
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Lauren Uhlig
Lauren is a second-year law student at UC Law SF where she is on the board of the Environmental Law Association. Prior to law school Lauren received a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Sustainability from George Washington University. As an undergraduate student Lauren worked at a law firm serving the nonprofit community, and at the Environmental Protection Agency in the Health and Ecological Criteria Division. Lauren hopes to dedicate her career to environmental advocacy for water resources, food security, and public health. |
Golden Gate University School of Law
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Brian Gillis
Brian is a second-year student at Golden Gate University School of Law. Brian returned to law school after a 10-year career in marketing and communications for health and sports nutrition companies in the bay area. During law school, he has worked as a law-clerk at the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office, and he is currently a member of GGU’s Environmental Law & Justice Clinic. He is the rising Executive Articles Editor for the Law Review at Golden Gate. |
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Yasmeen Gharib
Yasmeen is a fourth-year evening student at Golden Gate University School of Law. She graduated from San Francisco State University with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and hopes to pursue a career in Environmental Law when she graduates. Yasmeen grew up in Cairo, Egypt and moved to the United States to pursue a law degree. She enjoys cooking, reading, and learning new languages. |
Thank You to Our Participating Schools
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