10-Second Bio

10-Second Bio: Tyler Slay

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NAME
Tyler Slay
EMAIL
tslay@law.berkeley.edu
MY ROLE:
Staff
DEPARTMENT/UNIT
FSU
WHEN I STARTED WORKING HERE:
June 2015 in my current role, though I had assisted during exam periods since 2011.
WHAT I DO IN FIVE WORDS OR LESS:
Printing. Lots of printing these days…
THE BEST PART ABOUT WORKING HERE:
The vibrant community at the law school.
SOMETHING YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME:
I was once helped on the side of a road by John Grisham.
ONE OR TWO TIPS ABOUT THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO AROUND THE BAY AREA:
Monthly classic movie screenings at the Paramount Theatre. BBQ from Everett and Jones.

10 second bio: Cheryl Berg

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NAME
Cheryl Berg
EMAIL
cberg@berkeley.edu
MY ROLE:
Faculty
WHAT DO YOU TEACH?
I teach first-year legal research, analysis, and writing. This includes both predictive writing in the fall and persuasive writing and oral argument in the spring.
WHEN I STARTED WORKING HERE:
2008
WHAT I DO IN FIVE WORDS OR LESS:
Teach lawyers to practice effectively.
THE BEST PART ABOUT WORKING HERE:
My 1L legal writing colleagues! They are smart and accomplished, and are committed to teaching Berkeley’s 1Ls. I love to collaborate with my colleagues to create new LRW and WOA problems, to design new classes, and to rethink our pedagogy. They make me better at my job, and they make my job better and more fun.

The other highlight of my workday is seeing my students. They constantly surprise and impress me with their insights and enthusiasm. I love to see how much they learn between the start of school in fall and their oral arguments in spring. It’s impressive!
SOMETHING YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME:
As a teenager, I was a member of a folk dance troupe. We toured every summer, and I danced at such glitzy locations as the Pentagon, Disney World, a World’s Fair and a Scottish castle.
ONE OR TWO TIPS ABOUT THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO AROUND THE BAY AREA:
I love to hike with my dog, Pippa. Two of our favorite locations are Muir Beach and Claremont Canyon Regional Park. Both are dog-friendly and beautiful.
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10 second bios: Anne Bloom

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NAME
Anne Bloom
EMAIL
annebloom@law.berkeley.edu
MY ROLE:
Staff
DEPARTMENT/UNIT
Civil Justice Research Initiative
TITLE
Executive Director
WHEN I STARTED WORKING HERE:
November 2017
WHAT I DO IN FIVE WORDS OR LESS:
research, write, organize, fundraise, teach
THE BEST PART ABOUT WORKING HERE:
The people! (And Top Dog, of course)
SOMETHING YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME:
I speak Nepali
ONE OR TWO TIPS ABOUT THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO AROUND THE BAY AREA:
SFMOMA, Vik’s Chaat
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10 second bios: Michelle Cole

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NAME
Michelle Cole
EMAIL
michellecole@law.berkeley.edu
MY ROLE:
Faculty
WHAT DO YOU TEACH?
Legal Research & Writing AND Written & Oral Advocacy
WHAT IS YOUR AREA OF RESEARCH OR WRITING?
I focus on teaching legal writing.
WHEN I STARTED WORKING HERE:
January 2010
WHAT I DO IN FIVE WORDS OR LESS:
Teach legal research, analysis, and writing
THE BEST PART ABOUT WORKING HERE:
My team of amazing colleagues in the Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing group, as well as my students, who challenge and inspire me.
SOMETHING YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME:
I have three kids between the ages of 11 and 17, none of whom have any intention of going to law school (at least not yet!).
ONE OR TWO TIPS ABOUT THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO AROUND THE BAY AREA:
Hiking/running in Redwood Regional Park, the Sunday Farmers Market in Montclair/Oakland

Emily Bruce 10-second Bio

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NAME
Emily Bruce
EMAIL
ebruce@law.berkeley.edu
MY ROLE:
Staff
DEPARTMENT/UNIT
Student Services
TITLE
Assistant Director of Student Services – Equity and Inclusion
WHEN I STARTED WORKING HERE:
June 2018 in this role, but I have been affiliated with Berkeley Law since 2008
WHAT I DO IN FIVE WORDS OR LESS:
Academic advising, as well as student-facing programs related to equity and inclusion
THE BEST PART ABOUT WORKING HERE:
I’m grateful to work for an organization that has a sense of mission as a public university serving a diverse population of students.
SOMETHING YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME:
I can count to 100 in Hungarian.
ONE OR TWO TIPS ABOUT THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO AROUND THE BAY AREA:
Favorite day out: Hike down to Tennessee Valley Beach with a picnic & a book
Favorite evening out: Dinner in Hayes Valley followed by a show at SF Jazz Center

David S. Bloch

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NAME
David S. Bloch
EMAIL
dbloch@winston.com
MY ROLE:
Faculty
WHAT DO YOU TEACH?
I supervise law students in the IP Lab practicum.
WHAT IS YOUR AREA OF RESEARCH OR WRITING?
Intellectual property law, and in particular the intersection of IP and Government contracts.
WHEN I STARTED WORKING HERE:
2015
WHAT I DO IN FIVE WORDS OR LESS:
I’m an intellectual property lawyer
THE BEST PART ABOUT WORKING HERE:
Working with bright young people on the cusp of their professional launch.
SOMETHING YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME:
I’ve played the drums in a Tiburon dad’s band called Overbite for the last 6-7 years, and we gig occasionally around the Bay Area.
ONE OR TWO TIPS ABOUT THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO AROUND THE BAY AREA:
There’s no better place to enjoy a baseball game than the Oakland Coliseum. And Tiburon has a great wine bar (called, uninspiringly, Tiburon Wine) that nobody knows about ….
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Kara Acevedo

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NAME
Kara Acevedo
EMAIL
kacevedo@ebclc.org
MY ROLE:
Faculty
WHAT DO YOU TEACH?
The East Bay Community Law Center Clinic and Seminar (Consumer Justice Clinic).
WHAT IS YOUR AREA OF RESEARCH OR WRITING?
Clinical legal skills and practice and Consumer law (specifically as applied to low-income consumers and communities of color).
WHEN I STARTED WORKING HERE:
2014
WHAT I DO IN FIVE WORDS OR LESS:
Fight predatory businesses & wealth stripping.
THE BEST PART ABOUT WORKING HERE:
Collaborating with students and clients in the fight for social change. Together we have discharged nearly $2.5 million dollars in debt since I joined the Consumer Justice Clinic and have gotten several pieces of state legislation passed.
SOMETHING YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME:
I was a student at Berkeley Law and a clinical student in EBCLC before I worked here.
ONE OR TWO TIPS ABOUT THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO AROUND THE BAY AREA:
Walk around Lake Merritt (or hang out all day on the grass), hike at Land’s End in SF and eat clam chowder from the gift shop, eat at some of the amazing and affordable restaurants in San Leandro.
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Prof. Bruce Budner –

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I am a native of Texas where I was a trial lawyer for 25 years. My wife and I moved to Berkeley in 2003 looking for a new adventure in life. I have taught legal ethics at Berkeley Law since 2009. One of my main teaching goals has been to stimulate students to think about their values and to consider how they will model those values in their professional and personal lives. Our son Kevin is a 2012 grad of Berkeley Law.

KT Abilston

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NAME
KT Albiston
EMAIL
calbiston@law.berkeley.edu
MY ROLE:
Faculty
WHAT DO YOU TEACH?
I teach several courses in the Ph.D. program (J.D. students can take these courses too!), including Sociology of Law, Social Movements and Law, Research Design, and Gender, Law & Society. I teach Employment Discrimination in the J.D. program. I also teach undergraduate Sociology of Law and Women and the Law.
WHAT IS YOUR AREA OF RESEARCH OR WRITING?
My work focuses on the relationship between law and social change, and it is primarily empirical research based on original data. I have two major strands of research right now. One examines public interest law and the legal profession, including a study of a representative sample of more than 200 public interest law organizations in the United States, and a six school comparative study of public interest career choices among a decade of California law graduates. The second strand of research examines inequality in employment, including whether law can mitigate bias against mothers and family leave takers in the workplace, whether wage and future employment penalties for being fired vary with race, and a large scale study on whether race and gender bias operates in the hiring process for STEM faculty in major research universities. I’m also interested in how obscure procedural rules (e.g., which opinions must be officially published, what is the standard for prevailing party for the purposes of fee shifting in civil rights actions) affect civil rights enforcement and the development of civil rights law.
WHEN I STARTED WORKING HERE:
2003
WHAT I DO IN FIVE WORDS OR LESS:
Teach law and social science.
THE BEST PART ABOUT WORKING HERE:
The students at Berkeley are unparalleled. Not only are they exceptionally talented, they are creative, committed to civic engagement, and typically have already lived very interesting lives before arriving here.
SOMETHING YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME:
Based on my internet searches, google thinks I’m a 34 year old man interested in law, statistics, baseball, and computational text analysis. All that is true except for the 34 year old man part.
ONE OR TWO TIPS ABOUT THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO AROUND THE BAY AREA:
Point Reyes National Seashore is only an hour away and one of the most amazing places on earth to hike, explore, camp, or just visit the beach. Don’t miss it.
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