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Lia Foster
President and Co-Founder, Water Law Society at Berkeley Lia Foster is a 2L at Berkeley Law from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, where she developed a passion for freshwater conservation and indigenous water rights. She graduated from UCLA in 2021 with a degree in Geography/Environmental Studies and was a member of the Women’s Swimming Team. At Berkeley, Lia serves as an associate editor for the California Law Review. Most recently, Lia externed for the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court. In her free time, Lia enjoys hiking, embroidery, and swimming. She aims to be a legal advocate for her communities in Hawaiʻi and California. |
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Austin McNichols
Vice-President and Co-Founder, Water Law Society at Berkeley Austin is from Fredericksburg, Virginia and graduated in 2024 from the University of Virginia. There she studied Environmental Science and Political Philosophy, Policy and Law. Austin spent two years researching environmental water transactions in western states such as Nevada and Oregon to evaluate how state water management structures influence their frequency. Outside of law school, Austin spends her time on the water at Berkeley Marina and hiking in the Berkeley Hills. |
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Nick Porsborg
Director of Operations and Co-Founder, Water Law Society at Berkeley Nick is a 1L at Berkeley Law, and is thrilled to be a part of his first Water Law Symposium. Before attending law school, he worked in the grants office at US EPA Region 2, managing the National Estuary Program and the Water Infrastructure Community Grants Program for New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. He hopes to return to the federal government as a lawyer someday. |
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Joe Cullen
Treasurer and Co-Founder, Water Law Society at Berkeley Joe is originally from Atlanta, GA, but has lived in the American West for the last eight years, most recently in Anchorage, Alaska. He first became interested in water law through his work at conservation nonprofit, Sheep Mountain Alliance, in southwest Colorado, where he first learned about the intricacies of "first in time, first in right," water rights and the delicate balance of water allocation among diverse stakeholders. Joe is currently a 2L at Berkeley Law and hopes to return to Anchorage after law school. |
