COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES MAY 15, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
PROGRAM
OPENING OF CEREMONIES
WELCOME REMARKS FROM THE CHANCELLOR AND DEAN REMARKS FROM THE VALEDICTORIAN COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
CONFERRAL AND PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES REMARKS FROM THE CLASS OF 2021
REMEMBERING GREGORY LI
CLOSING REMARKS
A MESSAGE TO THE CLASS OF 2021
Carl W. “Chip” Robertson Chair, UC Hastings Board of Directors David L. Faigman Chancellor and Dean Hannah Suh
U.S. Representative Jackie Speier (’76) Dr. Michael V. Drake President University of California Emmanuel Garcia Asante Nkosi Kenitra Dominguez Violeta Alvarez Roswald J. Morales David L. Faigman Chancellor and Dean John Crawford Professor of Law
Greetings from Chancellor & Dean David L. Faigman Congratulations! It is with great pleasure and a true honor to welcome you to the 140th commencement exercises of the University of California Hastings College of the Law. When people achieve milestones in life as momentous as graduating law school, it is a commonplace truism that they did not get there on their own. It takes a community. In fact, it takes many communities. We come together today to celebrate all of these communities, and particularly so this year. The Class of 2021 confronted, and surmounted, so much this past year, including a pandemic that turned their lives and the lives of their families and friends upside down. And the challenges of illness were compounded by threats to the very fabric of civil society and our constitutional democracy. The members of our greater community have been there for one another, and it is on days like this one that we celebrate them as well. Foremost, today is a day to celebrate the graduates. Before ever entering the halls of UC Hastings, our graduates traveled multiple and diverse paths. These paths varied considerably, from working odd jobs in high school and college to support their education (and, sometimes, their families), to public service such as the Peace Corps or Teach for America. Together with their shared academic excellence, these rich experiences prepared our graduates well for the challenges and opportunities of law school. We also celebrate the communities of families that supported today’s graduates along the way, from their earliest formative years through the excitement and, occasionally, the angst, of the law school classroom. These families are as diverse as the individuals that they supported, and include various combinations of parents, spouses, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and often just those who came together in friendship and love. Whatever the diversity of their constitutions, they all shared the commitment of support to our graduates. UC Hastings is composed of many layers, all of which also support our mission as a law school. UC Hastings is our current students, a multitalented and extraordinary group of young people who have the potential to change the world. UC Hastings is the more than 20,000 living alumni in California and across the nation who are already changing the world. UC Hastings is our staff, whose commitment to excellence ensures the smooth operations of the school day in and day out. And UC Hastings is our faculty, whose teaching prepares the next generation of lawyers and whose scholarship brings the UC Hastings name to
lawyers, judges, policy makers, and academics, both nationally and internationally. We celebrate all of those who contributed to this momentous day, for the road of life is never traveled successfully alone, and however busy we get and however much we keep our heads down to attend to life’s details, we should never forget to look up and thank those around us who have made the road so fulfilling to walk. Best Wishes,
David L. Faigman Chancellor and Dean
A Note of Welcome from President of the U.C. Hastings Alumni Association Board of Governors To the distinguished and persevering Class of 2021, CONGRATULATIONS from the U.C. Hastings College of the Law Alumni Association Board of Governors! Also, many thanks to your family and friends who supported you throughout law school and celebrate with this honor today (whether in person with you or via Zoom)! Today, you join a family of more than 20,000 alumni making their mark here in the San Francisco Bay Area, throughout California, in the highest levels of our state and federal governments, and around the globe who dedicate their legal careers to solving the most pressing challenges facing society and lifting up causes and diverse communities in the name of justice. Like you, many generations of U.C. Hastings alumni applied the skills and education received here to change California, the nation and the world. The fact that you will join our accomplished alumni in doing great things in just a few short months—after almost 1½ years of distance learning due to the COVID–19 pandemic—makes the commencement of your legal career at this unique time in history all the more special. Hard work and dedication brought you to this point—the culmination of one journey, but the commencement of another. As you savor this accomplishment, I hope you appreciate that just as you relied on your professors, your classmates, your friends, and your family to help you through law school’s trials and tribulations, your new family of U.C. Hastings alumni will help you as you grow throughout your budding career. Even with the pandemic challenges you faced in your final semesters of law school and that continue to challenge our nation, you also join an alumni family which still takes time to honor the amazing leadership and accomplishments of outstanding alumni like Vice President Kamala Harris ’89. In a profession often seen as adversarial, many attorneys become tempted to view every dispute and issue in terms of “us” and “them”. But that thinking likely won’t help you do justice—whether you choose a career path that takes you inside a courtroom, inside a boardroom, on the frontlines of a protest against injustice, working countries with different legal systems, or demanding redress in the halls of government. Every dispute, every trial, and every negotiation demands empathy and learning to view issues through the eyes of clients, colleagues, opponents, judges, and juries to achieve a just resolution.
A career in law never proves easy, but your alumni family stands ready to help. The U.C. Hastings Alumni Association Board of Governors offers mentoring, alumni networking, educational programs and community building—whether you stay in San Francisco or venture to the East Coast, there’s an alumni chapter waiting for you. In return, we only ask that you commit to helping us improve the U.C. Hastings experience for the next generations of students and alumni with your ideas, energy, and support. Our U.C. Hastings family is only as vibrant, as connected, as welcoming, and as engaged as you help make it. So excited to see how you will make us all proud! Congratulations again,
Jerome Pandell ’08 President, U.C. Hastings College of the Law Alumni Association Board of Governors
Jackie Speier (’76) Congresswoman, California 14th District Congresswoman Jackie Speier (’76) is a fearless fighter for women’s equality, LGBTQ+ rights, and the disenfranchised. She has dedicated her life to eliminating government corruption while working to strengthen America’s national and economic security. She was named one of Newsweek’s 150 “Fearless Women” in the world, and one of “Politico's 50” most influential people in American politics for bringing the #MeToo reckoning to Congress. Congresswoman Speier proudly represents California’s 14th Congressional District, which stretches from the southern portion of San Francisco through San Mateo County to East Palo Alto. She serves on the House Armed Services Committee, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. She also co-chairs the Democratic Women's Caucus, the Congressional Armenian Caucus, the Bipartisan Task Force to End Sexual Violence, and the Gun violence Prevention Task Force. Congresswoman Speier received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at Davis and her J.D. from UC Hastings Law. She is a proud fan of the San Francisco Giants, the Golden State Warriors, and a lover of all things California.
PRO BONO RECOGNITION The California Bar Association and the American Bar Association encourage Attorneys to devote at least 50 hours annually to the provision of pro bono (free) legal services. At UC Hastings, we believe the delivery of pro bono services is an integral part of legal education and the practice of law. Therefore, graduates engaged in pro bono are recognized with the following distinctions.
PRO BONO SOCIETY Graduate met the UC Hastings goal for the provision of pro bono legal services.
Alexander Duvoisin
Emilia Shelton
Mario Gutierrez
Alice Giang
Emily Mayers
Nicole Mirkazemi
Annalee Davis
Geoff Fitzpatrick
Olivia Medina
Anna Lovelace Owen
Jacob Freitas
Patricia Ribiero
Ashley Quan
Jasper Ford- Monroe
Richelle Gernan
Brynna Bolt
Julie Bourdoiseau
Sara Zeimer
David Rodriguez
Kristin Lahaszow
Sarah Mojarro
Eli Love
Lauren Trambley
Sean Frawley
Elizabeth Peters
Linda Doan
Shannon Gillespie McComb
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PRO BONO Graduate met the aspirational pro bono goal set for licensed attorneys.
Alice Giang
Emilia Shelton
Olivia Medina
Eli Love
Mario Gutierrez
Patricia Ribiero
TONY PATIÑO FELLOW-ELECT The Tony Patiño Fellowship was created to support those individuals whose personal and academic histories show leadership, academic achievement, ethical and honorable conduct, good moral character, dedication to human values, participation in public service activities, well-adjusted personality, and good judgment. The fellowship provides education and living expenses and is renewable for two subsequent consecutive academic years based on the fellow-elect’s personal and academic performance and his or her participation in the legal profession. Upon receiving the two renewals of fellowship, the final approval of the renewal committee, and a Juris Doctor degree, the fellow-elect is then known as a Tony Patiño Fellow.
Shannon P. Gillespie McComb
JOINT DEGREE CANDIDATES The following students completed the requirements for the UC Hastings Joint Degree Program: William J. Brennan J.D., LL.M., University of London SOAS Alisha M. Eastep J.D., LL.M., University of London SOAS Ken T. Kobayashi J.D., M.B.A., UC Davis Cole Smith-Crowley J.D., M.B.A., UC Davis
CANDIDATES FOR THE M.S.L. DEGREE MAY 2021 In 2012, UC Hastings launched the Masters of Studies in Law (M.S.L.), an advanced degree program aimed to equip experienced professionals from various arenas with a sophisticated understanding of the law. The M.S.L., originally aimed at health and science professionals with the support of the UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science, and Health Policy, has since expanded to include business and technology professionals, as well as those experts wishing to design their own program of legal study. Equipped with an education in an array of legal subjects, UC Hastings M.S.L. degree holders return to their fields able to “think like a lawyer:
Meron Agonafer (G) University of the District of Columbia Howard University Amanda Armas San Francisco State University Melvin Davis Jr. Southern Illinois University Indiana University University of San Francisco
Jack R. Halpern (B) Vassar College University of Texas Dylynn Misner UC Davis Rosalie Lack University of Minnesota UC Berkeley Rachelle Raudes San José State University
Kenitra Walker Dominguez (SJ, W) University of the Incarnate Word
Mitchell Soto Torres (CJ) InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico
Mariana Gonzalez Rojas CSU East Bay
Jordan Steinhauser (CJ) UC Riverside
Jieqing Guan Northeast University at Quinhuangdao CheungKong Graduate School of Business
CANDIDATES FOR THE M.S.L. DEGREE DECEMBER 2020 Nikita Mercado Keimyung University UC San Francisco
Sima Ohadi Sheikh Bahaee University Golden Gate University
_________________________________ Note: The letters which appear next to each graduate’s name represent their area of specialization B CL G SJ W
Business Criminal Law Government Social Justice Work Law
CANDIDATE FOR THE H.P.L. DEGREE MAY 2021 In 2015, UC Hastings and UCSF began to offer the joint Masters of Science in Health Policy & Law (HPL) degree. The HPL is a multidisciplinary program that has attracted candidates with backgrounds ranging from medicine, to law, to business and journalism, all with a shared interest in advancing health and health care through policy and law. HPL alumni use their degree in a variety of professional settings around the country including health care administration, law, government, academia, nonprofits, clinical care, and scientific research.
Harold Collard, MD Duke University School of Medicine
CANDIDATES FOR THE LL.M. DEGREE MAY 2021 In 2002, UC Hastings began to offer an LL.M. degree in United States Legal Studies for students holding law degrees from foreign institutions. Over the years, the LL.M. program has attracted candidates as diverse in their international experience as countries they represent. LL.M. alumni represent students in over 50 countries around the world as judges, lawyers, and educators.
Samy Amirouchen (IBT) Paris II Panthéon-Assas France Géraldine Dupérier Paris II Panthéon-Assas France I-Kai “Kai” Lee Wuhan University People’s Republic of China
Shany Shaioviche Klein (IBT) The College of Management Academic Studies Israel Haruka Suzuki Rikkyo University Japan Laura Wondratschek (IBT) Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena Germany
CANDIDATES FOR THE LL.M. DEGREE DECEMBER 2020
Ralph Chinedu Anieke (CL) Seminary of SS. Peter & Paul Enugu State University of Science and Technology Nigeria David Prosperi (T) Libera Universita Maria Ss. Assunta Italy
Raafat Semary Ain Shams University Egypt
_________________________________ Note: The letters which appear next to each graduate’s name represent their area of specialization CL IBT T
Criminal Law International Business and Trade Tax
CANDIDATES FOR THE JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE MAY 2021 Evan Abbaszadeh magna cum laude Member, Honors Society University of Wyoming Ava Biren Agree, LfA summa cum laude Member, Honors Society Hampshire College Susana María Aguilera (E) magna cum laude Member, Honors Society UC Los Angeles Zahra Arif Alamire UC Berkeley Violeta Angelica Alvarez UC Berkeley Nashra Anwer UC Irvine Kathryn Apsens (IP) University of Washington Lilit Shushanik Arakelyan UC Los Angeles
Christian Arevalo (SJ) CSU Fresno Megan Armstrong (SJ) University of Bristol Alexandra Katherine Ashbrook Allegheny College Erika Athens cum laude Tulane University Joseph Baker UC Berkeley Steven Balogh Portland State University Maya Basilia Barba cum laude University of San Francisco Erin Ashton Barlow (E) cum laude UC Santa Cruz
Mitchell L. Barraza cum laude UC Davis Joyeta Basu cum laude Ithaca College Lindsey Berger cum laude UC Santa Barbara Margeaux Stewart Bergman (B) University of Kansas
Marah Addison Bragdon magna cum laude Member, Honors Society Occidental College Mark Brandon UC Berkeley Andrew W. Britton (C) Fordham University Jack K. Broersma California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Anna Bernstein Syracuse University
Jenna Brosi University of Southern California
Veena Bhatia UC Berkeley
Aslan Brown UC Berkeley
Sam Atabay Bidgoli California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Kendra K. Brust UC San Diego
Troy Blumenthal UC Santa Barbara Sasha Elizabeth Bobrowicz cum laude College of the Holy Cross Brynna Bolt cum laude UC San Diego Stefania Borda UC Los Angeles Madison J. Boucher cum laude University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Amalia Ximena Bowley Fuentes (E) UC Santa Cruz
Evelynn Xuan Ai Bui Baylor University Lincoln Burgess UC Berkeley Wyatt M. Butler UC Berkeley Helen Byrens cum laude University of Arizona Woong Jin Byun (B) Handong Global University William Campbell (B) Pennsylvania State University Kelly E. Carson (B) cum laude University of Virginia
Victoria Melissa Carter UC Berkeley
Jennifer L. Davis Sonoma State University
Upjeet Cheema CSU Sacramento
Tomas De Jesus (T) UC San Diego
Courtney T. Chew (B) cum laude Member, Honor Society Dominican University of California
Jessica Dean (SJ) Westmont College
Kristin C. Choi Chapman University Kaynan Chong (L) Loyola Marymount University Ivette Chow University of San Francisco Brandon M. Church UC Los Angeles Christina Jayne Connolly (SJ) UC Berkeley Zaren Craddock (C) magna cum laude Member, Honors Society CSU Fresno Julia Crawford cum laude University of Washington, Seattle Alexander Crutchfield Yale University Thomas Dal Pino University of Oregon Tanya David Syracuse University Annalee Louise Davis (SJ) UC Riverside
Karina Demirchyan (LH) UC San Diego William Joseph Denapole cum laude Arizona State University Hannah Diamond cum laude University of Arizona Jasmin Marie Dimson cum laude UC Santa Cruz Linda Doan UC San Diego Michelle Dong magna cum laude Member, Honors Society University of Southern California Ana Dragojevic cum laude UC Santa Barbara Matthew Dugoni (B) University of San Diego Mathew C. Dunlap (T) magna cum laude Member, Honors Society California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Alex Duvoisin (LH) Occidental College
Karolina A. Dziadosz University of Rzeszow UC Hastings
Jasper K. Ford-Monroe cum laude St. John's College
Katrina G. Eckweiler University of San Diego
Jacob D. Freitas magna cum laude Member, Honors Society UC Santa Cruz
Molly Edgar magna cum laude Member, Honors Society Santa Clara University
Joshua Samuel Friedberg Willamette University
Noa Elazar UC Santa Barbara
Pablo Galán UC Los Angeles
Lilit Elechyan Pepperdine University
Emmanuel Garcia UC Los Angeles
Christina M. Ennis (I) Virginia Tech
Alex Garcia University of Nevada, Reno
Alexandra Farley (L) cum laude Washington State University
Yessenia Garcia-Vazquez magna cum laude Member, Honors Society UC Berkeley
Andrew Elijah Fausto (B) Cal State Los Angeles Joseph H. Feldman UC Santa Barbara Ruben Anthony Felix cum laude Member, Honors Society UC Santa Barbara Farzad Fred Feyzi (IP) Santa Clara University Ariana Fil UC Los Angeles Che Fitchett (E), LfA cum laude Member, Honors Society Geoffrey Ryan Fitzpatrick University of San Francisco
Michael Callaghan Gasbarro (E) Ursinus College Abby Gasser Colorado State University Emma Laurie Geering cum laude Bryn Mawr College Gianna C. Geil (LH) magna cum laude Member, Honors Society Princeton University Kyle Genovese (C) magna cum laude Member, Honors Society Texas Christian University Richelle Gernan cum laude San Francisco State University
Camilla Getz, LfA Occidental College
Mario Gutierrez Loyola Marymount University
Alice Giang (B) UC Los Angeles
Brenda Guzman cum laude Stanford University
Blake Gibbs CSU Chico Isaac L. Gilbert CSU Chico Grant Glander UC Santa Cruz Elizabeth Glomstad The University of Stirling Diana Godwin Ohio State University Shayda Golshan (I) University of Washington Maxim Gorbunov cum laude UC Irvine
Rima Haggar California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Oliver Hamilton magna cum laude Member, Honors Society University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Kate A. Harding UC Santa Cruz Adam Harris UC Santa Barbara Angela Anting He New York University
Lauren Goto Bryn Mawr College
Miranda Carol Holeton (E) magna cum laude Member, Honors Society Pitzer College
Jonathan Gottlieb University of Wisconsin, Madison
Katerina Isabelle M. Hora cum laude UC Santa Barbara
Mauricio Grande (B) Stanford University
Reed S. Horowitz (B) UC Los Angeles
Clara Marie Greaney (LH) cum laude University of San Diego
Steven A. Iannacci (T) Boston College Fordham University
Cecilia Grimaldi cum laude California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Si Kyun Cindy Im (T) Tufts University
Michael Guan UC Davis
Breana Mayumi Inoshita magna cum laude Member, Honors Society UC Davis
Bismah Jaffer San José State University Justine Halhay Jung cum laude Member, Honors Society UC Santa Barbara Amul Kalia cum laude UC Berkeley Chantele Karim (B) cum laude UC Davis Sharon (Gursharan) Kaur (T) University of Washington, Seattle Holden Keijer (T) University of Maryland, College Park Demiana Isam Khoury cum laude Santa Clara University Chang-kon Kim UC Los Angeles Emily Kimmel Kirsch University of San Francisco Chapman University Justin Knight (SJ) UC Berkeley Matt Kohanbash University of Southern California Katherine Marie Kronick (T) magna cum laude Member, Honors Society Bowdoin College Matthew Kwon (B) University of Southern California
Kristin Lahaszow (G) cum laude Member, Honors Society San Diego State University Heather R. Lanyi magna cum laude Member, Honors Society Rutgers University Evan Leili summa cum laude Member, Honors Society CSU Fullerton Safa Taha Lele cum laude UC Santa Barbara Liliana A. León Rivera UC Los Angeles Kan Morimoto Lew (B) UC Berkeley Gregory Li Californa Polytechnic State Unversity, Pomona Shannon K. Lindsay (LH) cum laude Member, Honors Society CSU Chico Katie Lindsay (E) UC Berkeley Tianhao Liu (T) Queen’s University Ruichao Liu (T) cum laude Miami University Oxford Sharon XueEr LiuBettencourt UC Riverside
Angilbert Nobel Loho Northwestern University Samantha Looker magna cum laude Member, Honors Society UC Berkeley
Griffin McEvoy cum laude Drew University Olivia Rose Medina CSU Fullerton
Eli Love University of San Francisco
Christopher G. Michail University of Southern California
Benjamin Paul Luke University of Miami (FL)
Ryan Michael Mihovan University of Campbell
Kimberly Macey cum laude Northern Arizona University
Adam McCarthy Millard University of Rhode Island
Katelyn Madar (B) cum laude San Diego State University Adriana R. Magbanua UC Irvine Kevin Mann cum laude University of Michigan Dominique MarangoniSimonsen University of Denver Madeline T. Martin cum laude Member, Honors Society Boston University Emily Rose Mayers cum laude California Baptist University Maxton M. McClaskey (C) San Francisco State University Britlyn L. McCormick (C) UC Berkeley
Madison Olivia Miller UC Berkeley Hanah Mirahmadi UC San Diego Margot Gwilliam Minor University of Mississippi Nicole Mirkazemi CSU Bakersfield Zavig Mkrdech UC Riverside Kao Wei Mo New York University Sarah Mojarro University of San Francisco Kerry Ann Moller cum laude Member, Honors Society Claremont McKenna College MacGregor Mooney Boston College Roswald J. Morales Union College
Clare Moran UC Santa Cruz
Marco Antonio Ornelas Lopez UC Riverside
Abel Preston Mouton (C) UC Berkeley
Anna Lovelace Owen UC Merced
Noelani M.S. Nasser UC Los Angeles
Josiah Kwang Young Pak (SJ) California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Yusof S. Nazari (I) University of Texas, Dallas Nicole Asya Nazarian (B) Boston University
Mario Sebastian Pallari Purdue University Matthew Parsons (B) Loyola Marymount University
Ayushi Neogi cum laude UC Los Angeles
Paula S. Pastuskovas UC Santa Cruz
Catherine Nguyen CSU Long Beach
Samay Patel UC Santa Barbara
Asante Talib Nkosi UC Santa Cruz
Meera Patel UC Irvine
Laura Nectar Nofal magna cum laude Member, Honors Society UC Los Angeles
Smita Patil cum laude UC Irvine
Hee Min Noh Yonsei University Shayan Nourmohammadi UC San Diego Kayla D. O'Brine (T) UC Santa Barbara Rebecca R. Odelson California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo William Okamoto Loyola Marymount University Kiki Okpala cum laude UC Irvine
Michael Maclaren Patterson Sonoma State University Brenly L. Pereira magna cum laude Member, Honors Society UC Berkeley Rene Perez (B) Whittier College Rachael Pestana CSU East Bay Elizabeth Quenon Peters (LH) Washington University Harvard University Ashley Keiko Quan Loyola Marymount University
Melissa Catherine Rake (I) UC Santa Barbara
Leena T. Sabagh (SJ) University of Dayton
Rachna Ram cum laude UC Berkeley Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Christine Said cum laude UC Los Angeles
Anthony Alexander Rascon Ramos UC Davis
Cecilia Maria Salem Kent State University Jesse Sanchez cum laude UC Santa Barbara
Zachary Reeves cum laude Member, Honors Society University of Oregon
Jessica Ann Savelli (C) California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
James Reilly (LH) UC Santa Barbara
Richard Aidan Schaefer (IP) Loyola Marymount University
Alexandra Relat magna cum laude Member, Honors Society UC San Diego
Ada Shao (H) UC Berkeley
Patrícia Carvalho Junqueira Ribeiro (S) Mills College Jonathan Rivera Diaz (G) UC Santa Cruz David Rodriguez (B) UC Riverside
Emilia J. Shelton (SJ) Loyola Marymount University Justin W. Sher (T) University of San Francisco Lucas Shimizu (C) Saint Mary's College of California Sarah Jane Simmons University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Monica G. Rodriguez (T) cum laude UC Santa Barbara
Gursimrat Singh Drexel University
Lara Rogers CSU Long Beach
Hayden Kyle Soria UC San Diego
Danika Lily Rothwell (LH) Whitman College
Lemuel Soto San Francisco State University
Tyler Runsten magna cum laude Member, Honors Society UC San Diego
Kyle Souza Sonoma State University
Helena A. Sowah Union College Brittany J. Stahl (B) cum laude University of Florida Aaron David Starfire (LH) University of San Francisco University of Puget Sound
Tori Timmons magna cum laude Member, Honors Society University of Washington, Seattle Nora Elizabeth Titus cum laude UC Davis
Adam Steele CSU Chico
Danielle Y. Torres cum laude University of Southern California
Hannah Suh summa cum laude Member, Honors Society UC Davis
Jon Torres Anglin San Francisco State University
Hailey V. Sullivan magna cum laude Member, Honors Society DePaul University Katharine Sundberg magna cum laude Member, Honors Society UC Santa Barbara
Lex Alan Townsley New York University Lauren Anne Trambley magna cum laude Member, Honors Society UC Berkeley Emerald M.C. Tsui University of Southern California
Olivia Savanna Suraci California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Audrey Valli Loyola Marymount University
Allison Sweeney Johnston (SJ) University of Oregon
Mitchel Douglas Vanderpool UC Irvine
Ashley Khanh Thy Ta University of Southern California
Jose Ignacio Vega Ruiz UC Riverside
Armani K. Tehrani (T) UC Riverside Kai Thordarson cum laude UC Santa Cruz
Amrutha Venugopal UC Irvine Garvey Caldwell Vincent Santa Clara University Menisha Virdi UC Berkeley Mariya Waheed (T) UC Berkeley
Julie Wands-Bourdoiseau cum laude Université de Rennes (France) Eric Wang UC Santa Cruz Lauren A. Warwick cum laude Member, Honors Society University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign Camille Alexis Watson cum laude CSU Northridge Emery Welton Cornell University James White University of Michigan Brittany Wightman (I) Occidental College Rachel B. Winer University of Arizona Serena Witherspoon UC Berkeley Robert Hsin Hsien Wu (G) magna cum laude Member, Honors Society George Washington University
Andrew Z. Wu San José State University Brian W. Yanagi magna cum laude Member, Honors Society Santa Clara University Lute Yang cum laude Member, Honors Society Northwestern University Amanda Leigh Zachwieja UC Santa Barbara Jake Zanutto (B ) magna cum laude Member, Honors Society Colorado State University Sara M. Zeimer University of Rochester Jenna Rose Zendarski UC Santa Barbara
CANDIDATES FOR THE JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE DECEMBER 2020 Sean Frawley UC Davis
Jennifer Simone Preys (SJ) University of Pennsylvania
Shannon P. Gillespie McComb Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Arnulfo Sánchez CSU Northridge
Enne Mae Batacan Guerrero University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Cole Smith-Crowley The Evergreen State College Warren Wilson College
Ken Kobayashi University of Portland
CANDIDATES FOR THE JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE AUGUST 2021 Bruce De Niro Calderon San Francisco State University
Jakob Ladanyi Cal State Los Angeles
CANDIDATES FOR THE JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE DECEMBER 2021 Hilary Burke Chan Wesleyan University Luis Gomez University of Pennsylvania
Gabrielle Sue (IP) California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Michelle Qin University of Maryland, College Park
CONCENTRATIONS AND LAWYERS FOR AMERICA The legend below indicates completion of one or more of the following areas of concentration and the Lawyers for America: B I SJ C IP T E L G LH LfA
Business Law International Law Social Justice Lawyering Criminal Law Intellectual Property Taxation Environmental Law Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Government Law Law and Health Sciences Lawyers for America Lawyers for America provides UC Hastings students an academic year of practical experience as part of their legal education, followed by one year of post-graduate employment. During their 3L year, LfA fellows work nearly full-time in a closely supervised externship at a non-profit or government law office. After graduating and taking the bar exam, fellows return to the same placement site for a full year, earning a stipend paid by LfA.
ACADEMIC HONORS Honors shown are based on five semesters of course work at UC Hastings College of the Law. Final determination of honors will be based on six semesters of course work. summa cum laude – top 1% of the graduating class and all academic work completed at UC Hastings College of the Law. magna cum laude – top 10% of the graduating class. cum laude – top 30% of the graduating class. Membership in the UC Hastings Honor Society is awarded to the top 15% of the class based on a student’s cumulative grade point average before the start of the final year of studies at UC Hastings College of the
FACULTY (This list includes distinguished, regular, emeritus, long-term contract, adjunct and visiting, faculty, lecturer, and program directors)
Mark Aaronson, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., J.D. Jonathan Abel, B.A., J.D Drew Amerson, J.D. Alice Armitage, B.A., M.A., J.D. Matt Avery, B.S., J.D., M.S. Hadar Aviram, LL.B., M.A., Ph.D. Alexandra Avram, B.A., J.D. Alina Ball, J.D., M.A., Ph.D. Hanifa Baporia, B.S., J.D. Dana Beldiman, M.A., LL.M., J.D. Paul Belonick, B.A., J.D., Ph.D. Hon. Marsha Berzon, B.A., J.D. Justin Bezis, B.A., J.D., M.A. George Bisharat, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., J.D. Jasmine Blackmeir, J.D. Lawrence Blau, J.D., LL.M. Kate Bloch, M.A., J.D. Binyamin Blum, B.A., LL.B., M.A., Ph.D. Steven Bonorris, A.B., J.D. Luke Boso, B.A., J.D., LL.M Richard Boswell, B.A., J.D. Diane Boyer Vine, B.A., J.D. Emily Burns, B.A., J.D. Patrick Burns, B.A., M.A Abraham Cable, B.A., J.D. Betsy Candler, J.D., LL.M. Jo Carrillo, B.A., J.D., J.S.D. Carl Chamberlin, A.B., J.D. Mike Chang, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., J.D. Gregg Cochran, B.A., M.D., J.D. Marsha Cohen, B.A., J.D. Matt Coles, B.A., J.D. Paul Cort, B.S., M.S., J.D. John Crawford, B.A., M.A., J.D. Mark D'Argenio, B.A., J.D. Scott Darling, B.A., J.D. Josh Davis, A.B., J.D., LL.M. John Dean, B.A., J.D. Ben Depoorter, J.D., M.A., Ph.D., LL.M., J.S.D. Lothar Determann, J.D., Ph.D. John Diamond, B.A., J.D. Reza Dibadj, S.B., M.B.A., J.D. Bret Dimarco, B.A., J.D. Scott Dodson, B.A., J.D. Jamie Dolkas, B.A., J.D. Veena Dubal, B.A., Ph.D., J.D. Jared Ellias, B.A., J.D. D’Lonra Ellis, B.A., J.D. Evan Epstein, B.C.S.H., L.D., LL.M. David L. Faigman, B.A., M.A., J.D.
Samuel Farkas, B.S. J.D. Robin Feldman, B.A., J.D. Heather Field, B.S., J.D. Sandy Flagge-Phillips, B.A., J.D. Eric Fleming, B.S., J.D. Manuel Foley, B.A., J.D., M.L.T. Jennifer Freeland, B.A., J.D. Clark Freshman, B.A., M.A., J.D. Michael Gaitley, B.A., J.D. Nira Geevargis, B.A., J.D. Angela Gius, B.A., J.D. Brittany Glidden, B.A., J.D. Shane Glynn, B.S., J.D. Miye Goishi, B.A., J.D. Charles Tait Graves, B.S., J.D. Thomas Greaney, B.A., J.D. Brandon Greene, B.A., J.D. Thomas Greene, B.A., J.D. Margaret Greer, B.A., J.D. Lucia Guh-Siesel, B.A., J.D. Shirish Gupta, B.A., J.D. Emily Haan, B.A., J.D. Theda Haber, B.A., M.A., J.D. Keith Hand, B.A., M.A., J.D. Geoffrey Hansen, B.A., J.D. Hilary Hardcastle, B.A., J.D. Steven Harris, B.A., J.D. Howard Herman, A.B., J.D. Holly Herndon, J.D., M.L.I.S. James Higa, B.A., J.D. Wendy Hill, B.A., J.D. Sarah Hooper, B.A., J.D. Juan Carlos Ibarra, B.A., J.D. Carol Izumi, B.A., J.D. Scott James, B.S., J.D. Julia Jayne, B.A., J.D. David Jung, A.B., M.A., J.D. Mary Kay Kane, B.A., J.D. Chimène Keitner, A.B., M.Phil., D.Phil., J.D. Michael Kernan, B.S., J.D., M.B.A. Amy Kimmel, B.A., J.D. David Kostiner, B.S., J.D. Amit Kurlekar, B.A., J.D. Laura Kurpad, B.A., J.D. Andrew Lah, BA., J.D. Carol Langford, B.A., J.D. Paul Lanois, J.D., M.A., LL.M. Dan Lathrope, B.S.B.A., J.D., LL.M. John Leary, B.S.F.S., J.D. Jeffrey Lefstin, Sc.B., J.D., Ph.D. Nicole Lehtman, B.A., J.D.
David Levine, A.B., J.D. Rory Little, B.A., J.D. Andrea Lollini, J.D., Ph.D. David Longinotti, B.A., M.A., J.D. Alicia Luchetti, B.A., M.A., J.D. Allison Macbeth, B.A., J.D. Jesse Mainardi, B.A., M.A., J.D. Richard Marcus, B.A., J.D. Harry Maring, B.A., J.D., LL.M. Shauna Marshall, A.B., J.S.M., J.D. Leo Martinez, B.S., M.S., J.D. Daisy Mateo, B.A., J.D. Ugo Mattei, J.D., LL.M. Robert McFarlane, B.A.S., J.D. Joanna Meldrum, B.A., M.A., J.D. Samuel Miller, B.A., J.D. John Mills, B.A., J.D. Setsuo Miyazawa, LL.B., LL.M., M.A., M.Phil., S.J.D., Ph.D. Kavya Mohankumar, B.S., M.S., J.D. Stefano Moscato, A.B., J.D. Emily Murphy, A.B., J.D., Ph.D. Karen Musalo, B.A., J.D. John Myers, B.S., J.D. Christina Natoli, B.A., J.D. Michele Benedetto Neitz, B.A., J.D. Melissa Nelken, B.A., M.A., J.D. Julie Nice, B.A., J.D. Michael Nieto, B.A., J.D. Tal Niv, B.S., LL.B., M.A., J.D. Lisa Noshay-Petro, B.A., J.D. Jessica Notini, B.A., J.D. Meredith Osborn, A.B., M.Sc., J.D. Mari Overbeck, B.A., J.D. Dave Owen, B.A., J.D. Roger Park, A.B., J.D. Joel Paul, B.A., M.A.L.D., J.D.. Barksdale Penick, B.A., J.D. Kai Peters, B.A., J.D. Nicole Phillips, B.A., J.D. Ascanio Piomelli, A.B., J.D. Zachary Price, A.B., J.D. Sheila Purcell, B.A., J.D. Donald Quigley, LL.M., J.D. Shahzia Rahman, B.A., J.D. Evelyn Rangel-Medina, B.A., J.D. Radhika Rao, A.B., J.D. Aaron Rappaport, B.A., J.D. Morris Ratner, B.A., J.D.
Graham Ravdin, B.A., J.D. Dorit Reiss, LL.B., Ph.D. Adrienne Rogers, A.B., J.D. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, B.A.,M.P.P., J.D. Doug Saeltzer, B.A., J.D. Richard Sakai, B.S., J.D. Ryan Sandrock, A.B., M.A., J.D. Amelia Sargent, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., J.D. Reuel Schiller, B.A., M.A., J.D., Ph.D. Jonathan Schmidt, B.A., M.A., J.D. James Schurz, B.A., M.A., J.D. Lois Schwartz, B.A., M.A., M.A., J.D. Rob Schwartz, B.A., J.D. Harold Selan, B.A., J.D. Jodi Short, B.A., J.D., Ph.D. Cassandra Shryock, B.A., M.A., J.D. Marc Siegel, B.A., J.D. Gail Silverstein, B.A., J.D. Shanin Specter, B.A., J.D., LL.M. Mai Linh Spencer, B.A., J.D. Amy Spivey, B.A., J.D. John Steele, B.A., J.D. Therese Stewart, B.A., J.D. John Sylvester, M.A., J.D. Rob Taboada, B.A., M.F.A., J.D. David Takacs, B.A., M.A., J.D., Ph.D. John Tang, B.A., J.D. Stephen Tollafield, B.A., J.D. Abigail Trillin, B.A., J.D. Yvonne Troya, B.A., J.D. Camilla Tubbs, B.A., J.D, M.L.I.S. Greg Turner, B.S.B.A., J.D. Jessica Vapnek, B.A., J.D. Virginia Villegas, B.A., J.D. Manoj Viswanathan, S.B., S.B., S.M., J.D., LL.M. Clint Waasted, B.A., J.D. James Wagstaffe, A.B., J,D, Robert Walker, B.A., J.D. Theresa Wall-Cyb, B.A., M.A., J.D. Kelly Weisberg, B.A., M.A., J.D., Ph.D. Lois Weithorn, B.S., M.S., J.D., Ph.D. Joan Williams, B.A., J.D. Ryan Williams, B.S., J.D. Anansi Tabias Wilson, B.A., J.D., Ph.D. Antoinette Young, B.A., J.D. Paul Zarefsky, A.B., J.D., LL.M. Laurie Zimet, B.S., J.D.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Carl W. “Chip” Robertson, B.A., M.B.A., J.D., Chair Simona Agnolucci, B.A., J.D., Vice-Chair Michael Ehrlich, B.A., J.D., M.B.A. Andrew Giacomini, B.A., J.D. Claes Lewenhaupt, B.A., J.D., LL.M. Courtney Power, A.B., J.D. Mary Noel Pepys, J.D. Rahul Prakash, B.A. Albert Zecher, B.A., J.D. Emeritus Ralph Abascal, B.S., M.B.A., J.D. Donald Bradley, B.A., J.D., LL.M. Tina Combs, A.B., J.D. Joseph Cotchett, B.S., J.D.
Marci Dragun, B.A., J.D. Carin Fujisaki, B.A., J.D. Tom Gede, B.A., J.D. Lois Haight Herrington, A.B., J.D. Charlene Kiesselback, B.A., M.A., J.D. John Knox, B.A., J.D. Jan Lewenhaupt, great-grandson of Clinton Serranus Hastings Jim Mahoney, B.A., J.D. Brian Monaghan, B.A., J.D. Bruce Simon, A.B., J.D. John K. Smith, B.A., LL.B. John Sproul, A.B., J.D. Sandi Thompson, B.A., J.D. Derek A. “Tony” West, B.A, J.D.
COLLEGE OFFICERS Michael V. Drake, President of the University of California, A.B., M.D. David L. Faigman, Chancellor & Dean, Professor of Law, B.A., M.A., J.D. Morris Ratner, Academic Dean, Professor of Law, B.A., J.D. Grace Hum, Assistant Dean of Students, B.A., J.D., J.S.M. John DiPaolo, General Counsel, Secretary to the Board of Directors, B.A., J.D. David Seward, Chief Financial Officer, B.A., M.B.A. THIRD-YEAR COUNCIL Marco Antonio Ornelas, President Violeta Alvarez Sam Bidgoli Andrew Fausto Geoff Fitzpatrick Sharon XueEr Liu-Bettencourt Nikki Marangoni-Simonsen David Rodriguez Jose Ignacio Vega Ruiz Jordan Steinhauser, M.S.L. Representative Laura Wondratschek, LL.M. Representative ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF UC HASTINGS Madison Olivia Miller, President ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Jerome Pandell ’08, President, B.A., J.D. Rachel Ehrlich ’96, President-Elect, B.A., J.D. UC HASTINGS FOUNDATION Debra Bogaards ’81, President, B.S., J.D.