Sheppard Mullin Black History Month Webinar on Affirmative Action with EJS Legal Director Mona Tawatao

Sheppard Mullin’s Black Lawyers Network is hosting a virtual event for Black History Month on “Affirmative Action—Its History and Its Future: Exploring the Potential Implications for the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision” Featuring EJS Legal Director Mona Tawatao, civil rights litigator, activist, and co-author of an amicus curiae brief in support of the respondents in the Harvard and UNCContinue reading “Sheppard Mullin Black History Month Webinar on Affirmative Action with EJS Legal Director Mona Tawatao”

Thank you for helping us celebrate Eva Paterson and EJS’s 22nd Anniversary!

To our friends and supporters, we cannot thank you enough for coming out to join us in person this past Saturday at our 22nd Anniversary Gala, new President Lisa Holder’s inauguration, and most importantly, Eva Paterson’s Retirement Dance Party! Despite the inclement weather, you arrived at the UC Theatre in Berkeley with your party outfitsContinue reading “Thank you for helping us celebrate Eva Paterson and EJS’s 22nd Anniversary!”

Staff Attorney Alex Santa Ana on Panel at NLADA Annual Conference

Staff Attorney Alex Santa Ana presented on a panel at the annual conference of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) held October 26-29 in Arlington, Virginia. The panel was on “Cultivating Impactful Organizational and Community Partnerships in Systemic Education Legal Advocacy.” Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, Equal Justice Society, Disability RightsContinue reading “Staff Attorney Alex Santa Ana on Panel at NLADA Annual Conference”