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Sonja Tonnesen, a rising 3L at UC Berkeley School of Law, and Pedro Hernandez, a rising 2L at UC Hastings College of the Law, started their EJS summer clerkships this week. Sonja was the 2011 Coblentz Civil Rights Research Fellow at Berkeley Law’s Henderson Center for Social Justice; she also received two public interest fellowshipsContinueContinue reading “EJS Welcomes Summer Law Clerks: Sonja Tonnesen, Pedro Hernandez”

Sonja Tonnesen, a rising 3L at UC Berkeley School of Law, and Pedro Hernandez, a rising 2L at UC Hastings College of the Law, started their EJS summer clerkships this week. Sonja was the 2011 Coblentz Civil Rights Research Fellow at Berkeley Law’s Henderson Center for Social Justice; she also received two public interest fellowshipsContinueContinue reading “EJS Welcomes Summer Law Clerks: Sonja Tonnesen, Pedro Hernandez”

EJS Legal Director Allison Elgart provided public comment on May 24 before the California Public Utilities Commission in opposition to a natural gas storage project proposed for Sacramento’s Avondale/Glen Elder neighborhoods, which are largely African American. Legal Services of Northern California (LSNC), which is advocating for the community, is helping coordinate efforts to ensure thatContinueContinue reading “EJS Joins LSNC in Opposing Natural Gas Storage Project in Sacramento Neighborhood”