EJS welcomes new law clerks

 

Danielle Tizol (pictured above left), a second year law student at the University of San Francisco, School of Law (USF), will be researching judicial nominations and the intent doctrine. Tizol, who graduated from Clark University in Government and International Relations, serves on the board of the USF-EJS Chapter, and is also active in the National Lawyers Guild, PrideLaw, and the Public Interest Law Foundation. Last summer, Danielle worked in Jackson, MS for the Office of Capital Defense Counsel.

Jenny Lam (pictured above right), a second year law student at U.C. Berkeley's Boalt Hall, is earning post-graduate degrees in both law and public policy. Last year, she completed the first year of the public policy program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Prior to clerking at EJS, she was a judicial extern for the Honorable Marsha S. Berzon, U.S. Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit as well as an intern for San Francisco Supervisor Leland Yee, the Greenlining Institute, and The Asia Foundation in the Philippines. Her focus at EJS will include projects on race consciousness in law and public policy.

EJS Board Members Honored, Exhibited, Appointed

EJS board member Anthony Solana was honored with the Father Cuchulain Moriarty Award from the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights at the organization's annual Martin Luther King Luncheon on February 12 in San Francisco. The award "recognizes an attorney who has made an extraordinary pro bono contribution to the Lawyers' Committee Asylum Project." Solano, an associate at Winston Strawn and founder of the nonprofit organization For People of Color, which empowers people of color to enter law school and become attorneys, was jointly honored with attorney Pamela Dobie. The award noted that because of Solana's and Dobie's excellent representation, asylum was granted in 2006 to their indigenous Quechua client, who had suffered decades of domestic abuse condoned by authorities in Peru.

Attorney James Brosnahan, a partner at Morrison & Forster, better known for his brashness in a courtroom than his brushes in a studio, was featured at a benefit art exhibit in Berkeley in January. His California landscapes brought great acclaim, and much-needed funds to the Options Recovery Services, which treats clients with addictions and mental illnesses.

Tobias Wolff has been appointed to a tenured faculty position at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Wolff, who is currently teaching at Penn Law School as a Visiting Professor from the University of California School of Law at Davis, will start his position in July. He will be teaching constitutional law and complex litigation.

EJS Co-Founder Wildman honored by SALT

Stephanie Wildman, a co-founder and Advisory Board member of EJS, was honored with the 2007 SALT Teaching Award by the Society of American Law Teachers at its annual dinner in Washington, D.C. on January 5. Wildman, a professor at the University of Santa Clara Law School, was awarded for "her many years of inspired teaching and mentoring."

 

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