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.
Rachel Johnson-Farias
Rachel Johnson-Farias is the Executive Director of the Center on Reproductive Rights & Justice (CRRJ). She returns to Berkeley Law (class of ’12) from Esq. Apprentice, a non-profit she founded which helps low-income people of color become lawyers without debt via legal apprenticeship. Rachel is from Gary, IN by way of Stone Mountain, GA. But, after living in Oakland for 10 years and having two homebirths here, she now calls Oakland home.
Anthony Chin
Anthony Chin recently joined Berkeley Law as a Financial Analyst. He has previously worked at Haas and CSS in various roles, but most recently as a Research Administrator. Before working on campus, he worked at various biotech companies around the Bay Area like Roche and BioMarin. He has a BS in Pharmacological Chemistry from UC San Diego, and loves watching and playing basketball.
Emma Lindley
Emma Lindley recently joined Berkeley Law as the Academic HR Analyst for instructional titles. Previously she worked as an Academic HR Analyst in the Department of Mathematics. She likes walks on the beach, office plants, and Nixle alerts about mountain lions. She works hard so her dog can have a better life.
Marissa Ha
Marissa Ha is a recent Berkeley graduate who has joined Berkeley Law as a new Academic HR Analyst. She previously worked as a program management assistant for the Haas School of Business, a research assistant in a molecular toxicology laboratory, a contributing author of an neuroscience blog, and a writing tutor for college students. She is literate in four languages and is currently training for her first long distance race.
Development and Alumni Relations – DAR
The Development and Alumni Relations team, under the very capable leadership of our new Sr. Assistant Dean Mary Briese Matheron, works to engage Berkeley Law alumni and friends in the support of the school. Our main programs are fundraising, alumni engagement, and donor relations. There are 11 of us on the team today, but we also have the support of student and temporary staffers to help with data clean up and our major annual event, alumni weekend (Reunion). We hope to add a few additional permanent staff later this year. Brett Canter in IT, Rachel Deletto in Communications, and Catie Cariaga in Business are collaborative members, even though they sit with their distinct departments. We also work very closely with the Events Services Unit, the dean’s office, and the administration of the centers and clinics. While our average tenure at Berkeley Law is 6+ years, it’s noteworthy that half of us have been here more than 15 years and the others have been here for two years or less. Our mission is to raise money to make it possible for all the great teaching, learning, and advocacy at Berkeley Law to happen. Please let us know about all the wonderful things you are doing and come to us with any questions and suggestions.
Ripley Canfield, Lounger extraordinaire
Ripley would like you to know that she is perfectly comfortable, thank you very much.
Amanda Prasuhn – New LRAP Advisor
Amanda Prasuhn recently joined the Financial Aid Office as the Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) Advisor. Amanda is originally from St. Louis, Missouri. She holds a B.S. in Biology from the University of Missouri and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. Prior to joining UC Berkeley, she was a senior associate attorney at a private public interest environmental law firm working on protecting California’s water, consumers, public lands, and threatened and endangered species. Before that, she was a legal fellow at the Center for Biological Diversity focused on oceans and environmental health. She currently lives in Berkeley and spends her free time running, hiking, camping, and volunteering with local youth organizations.
Thank you Jairus and Roberto!
Roberto and Jairus provide amazing support to everyone who is organizing events around the law school – we are so lucky to have them both as colleagues!
Eric Stern (CDO)
I Love the Registrar’s Office!
A huge and overdue Thank You to the entire staff of the Registrar’s Office: Carol, Christin, Trish, Beth, and especially Claire. I so appreciate the care and effort you take with our advanced degree students and the interesting and unusual challenges they often bring. Your professionalism, creativity, kindness, and sense of humor make working with you all a joy. Thank you!