LAW FIRM - Key Persons
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- Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor
- Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law / Dean
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- Director of Diversity and Student Life
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- Admission & Financial Aid Assistant
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- Paralegal
- Paralegal / UC Immigrant Legal Services Center
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- Co - Chair, Environmental Law Society
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- Web Applications Developer
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- Associate Dean for International Programs, Director of LL.M. Programs and Lecturer in
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- Senior Assistant Dean for Administration
- Senior Assistant Dean for Administration / Dean
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- Associate Director of Annual Giving & Alumni Relations
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- Co - Chair, Environmental Law Society
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- Administrative Specialist / Key Control Manager
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- Assistant Dean for Academic Success and Lecturer in
Craig Compton graduated from UC Berkeley School of Law in 2001 and then went to work for the international law firm of Fish & Richardson P.C. as a patent litigator, where he remained for 10 years. From 2009-2011 he was a principal at the firm. While at Fish & Richardson, Craig took on a number of roles within the firm including, Hiring Principal and Marketing Chair for the Silicon Valley Office. He was also active in Fish & Richardson's Diversity Initiative, including the review and selection of Diversity Fellows. While in private practice, he also served as a volunteer Special Deputy District Attorney for a rural county in Northern California. Before working as a volunteer for the District Attorney, he took on pro bono matters as a criminal defense attorney. Craig graduated from UC Davis in 1998 with a degree in Mathematics.
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- Undocumented Student Program Paralegal
Dan Quinley was the Center's 2016-2017 Environmental Law Fellow. As CELPC's Environmental Law Fellow, Dan supported the Center's environmental policy initiatives, research projects, events, and fundraising activities. Dan published an analysis of renewable energy tax programs: More Power to the Wealthy: Renewable Energy Tax Programs, Market Distortions, and the Ramifications on the Cost of Electricity in May 2017, available here. Dan's research also focused on the intersection of civil rights, race, and environmental law; with publication forthcoming. Dan graduated from King Hall in 2016 and is a recipient of the law school's Environmental Law Certificate and Public Service Certificate. At King Hall, he earned academic honors, was an active member of the environmental law community, and served as an Executive Editor of Environs. He served externships at the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and Friends of the River. Dan received his master's degree in war studies from King's College London and his undergraduate degree in history from The American University in Washington, D.C. Dan is currently an Associate Attorney at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLC.
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- Business Transaction Assistant
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- Senior Research Law Librarian
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- System and Network Administrator
Assistant Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Kristen Mercado served on a panel April 16 for a Rutgers Law symposium on anti-racist legal education.
Assistant Dean Ide-Don appointed to state bar's Law School Council
Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs Emily Scivoletto was selected as president of the National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals.
Dean Scivoletto previously served as the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs at UCLA School of Law and taught Leadership and the Law and Professional Responsibility. Prior to UCLA, she served as Dean of Students at the University of San Diego Law School as well as the Director of Academic Success at UC Davis and McGeorge Law Schools. Before entering academia, she practiced law in Sacramento for six years where she handled insurance defense and civil rights litigation cases. Emily is a founding member and the Treasurer of the National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals (NALSAP).
Education and Degree(s)
B.A. Political Science, University of California, Irvine
M.A. Higher Education Leadership, CSU Sacramento
J.D. Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Honors and Awards
Co-founder, National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals (NALSAP), a 501 (c)(6) professional corporation that serves as the professional "home" for more than 600 law student affairs professionals in the United States and Canada. 2016 to pre
Developed and taught Leadership and the Law, a course at UCLA School of Law for student leaders and those who aspire to lead within the legal profession. 2017-2019
Finalist, UCLA Graduate Students' Association Lu Valle Distinguished Service Award, 2015
Chair, American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Section on Student Services, 2014-2015
Executive Board, AALS Section on Student Services, 2011-2013
Program Chair, AALS Section on Academic Support, 2011-2013
Awards Committee Chair, AALS Section on Academic Support, 2012
Founding Chair, West Coast Consortium of Academic Support Professionals, 2012
University of San Diego Women of Impact Award Nominee, 2012
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- Director of Externship Programs
- Director of Externships at UC Davis School
Dena Bauman is the Director of Externships at UC Davis School of Law. Prior to joining King Hall, she was an adjunct professor of the Externship Program at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, and a co-author of the chapter on externships in Building on Best Practices: Transforming Legal Education in a Changing World. She also directed the School of Law's Office of Career and Professional Development and, prior to joining UDC David A. Clarke School of Law, practiced law in several public interest settings. She earned her J.D. from Cornell Law School, a M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Chicago, and her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College.
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- Chairman of Law, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, and Director of Clinical Legal Education
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- Collections and Metadata Librarian
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- Assistant
- President
- Affairs Professionals
- Senior Assistant
- Senior Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
- Senior Assistant Dean for Student Affairs / Dean
Emily Scivoletto, Senior Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, was selected as president of the National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals.
Emily Scivoletto is the Senior Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and provides leadership for and management of programs and services in areas relating to student services and success. Dean Scivoletto regularly presents workshops and meets with students to provide academic advising, personal counseling, as well as guidance on student life & activities, diversity and inclusion issues, conflict management, state bar licensure and overall success in law school. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Irvine, an M.A. degree in Higher Education Leadership from CSU Sacramento and her J.D. from Pacific McGeorge School of Law. She also holds a Graduate Certificate from the International Institute for Restorative Practices and is trained in restorative justice and restorative practices conflict management. She is a member of the State Bar of California.
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- Development and Alumni
- Development and Alumni Relations Coordinator
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- Staff Attorney
- Staff Attorney / UC Immigrant Legal Services Center
Janelle Krattiger was the Center's 2014-2015 Environmental Law Fellow. She performed research and writing for the Center's various policy initiatives, and planned and coordinated speaking events for the Center. Janelle graduated from King Hall in 2014, and was a recipient of the law school's Environmental Law Certificate and the King Hall Public Service Law Program Certificate. While at King Hall, Janelle actively participated in the environmental law community. In 2013 she founded the Water Association of Law and Policy (WALP) at King Hall, and also served as WALP's inaugural President. Janelle was an executive board member for the King Hall Wine Law Society, helped co-found and manage the online California Water Law Journal, served as a Senior Articles Editor for Environs, Environmental Law & Policy Journal, and organized King Hall's panel for the California Water Law Symposium as a 2014 Symposium Panel Co-Chair. Janelle received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 2010, where she was inducted into Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology.
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- Senior Research Specialist
Jessica Schroeder was the Center's 2015-2016 Environmental Law Fellow. As CELPC's Environmental Law Fellow, she worked on a wide array of the Center's environmental policy initiatives, research projects, events, and fundraising activities. Her research at the Center focused on the constitutionality of tiered water rates in California under Proposition 218, with final publication forthcoming. Jessica graduated King Hall in 2015, and is a recipient of the law school's Environmental Law Certificate. At King Hall, she earned academic honors and was a leader within the environmental law student community, serving as an editor of Environs and managing editor of the California Water Law Journal. She also served externships with Governor Jerry Brown's Office of Planning and Research; the State Water Resources Control Board; with a prominent, Sacramento-based environmental law firm; and was a Teaching Assistant in King Hall's Legal Research and Writing program. Jessica received her undergraduate degree in Human Environmental Science from the University of Alabama, graduating summa cum laude. Jessica currently specializes in water rights at the California Department of Fish & Wildlife and the Wildlife Conservation Board.
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- Director of Admission and Outreach
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- Academic Administrator ( Associate Director of International Programs )
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- Executive Director of Development and Alumni Relations
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- Co - Director
- Acting Professor of Law at King Hall
Karrigan Börk is an Acting Professor of Law at King Hall. He examines legal and ethical issues in ecological restoration. His past work has focused on the management of guest species, those invasive species that managers invite in and make comfortable, and on the evolution of law via administrative actions. He is currently working on local governance issues in ecosystem management.
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- Executive Director of Marketing and Communications
- Executive Director of Marketing and Communications / Marketing and Communications
- Executive Director of Marketing and Public Relations
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- Dean
- Dean and Mabie - Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana / O Studies
- Dean and Mabie - Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana / O Studies / Dean
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- Faculty Support Administrative Assistant
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- Manager of Recruitment Programs
Kim joined the Career Services staff in January 2002. She manages our recruitment programs, including the Fall and Spring On-Campus Interview Programs. Prior to UC Davis, Kim was the Assistant Director of Career Services at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan.
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- Assistant Dean of Admission and
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- Budget and Fiscal Officer
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- Director and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor
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- Academic Personnel Analyst
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- Faculty Support Administrative Assistant
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- Associate Director of Admission
Lisa earned her undergraduate degree in psychology at UC Davis in 1993 and her law degree from King Hall in 1997. While at King Hall, Lisa served as Managing Editor of the UC Davis Law Review. Upon graduation from law school, Lisa worked as an associate in the Sacramento office of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman), where she specialized in real estate and corporate transactional matters. In 2002, Lisa returned to King Hall to assist the Career Services office with various employment initiatives. Over 19 years later, Lisa serves current students, recent graduates, and alumni in all matters of career counseling.
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- Human Resources Manager, HRBP
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- Electronic Resources and Interlibrary Loan Specialist
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- Co - Editor in Chief, Environs: Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
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- Professor of Law and Director, Center for Innovation, Law, and Society
Education and Degree(s)
A.B. History and Science, magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1998, Phi Beta Kappa
J.D. Yale Law School, 2005
Honors and Awards
Autonomy, Copyright, and Structures of Creative Production reprinted in ENT. PUB'G & THE ARTS HANDBOOK (2023)
Elected Member, American Law Institute (2022)
Distinguished Roger L. Shidler Lecturer (2021)
Reconceptualizing the Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Shaping Industry Structure reprinted in INTELL. PROP. L. REV. (2020)
The Law of Look and Feel reprinted in INTELL. PROP. L. REV. (2018)
Distinguished Teaching Award (2016)
UC Davis Chancellor's Fellow, 2012-17
14th Annual Niro, Haller & Niro Distinguished Intellectual Property Lecturer (2011)
Samsung-Stanford Patent Prize (2011)
Patent Law and the Two Cultures reprinted in INTELL. PROP. L. REV. (2011)
Law Clerk for The Honorable Barry G. Silverman, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Phoenix, AZ, 2005-06
Schell Fellowship in International Human Rights
Senior Editor, The Yale Law Journal
New York City Urban Fellows Program, 1998-99
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- Associate Director of International Outreach
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- Assistant Director of International Programs
Mike Murza was the Center's Environmental Law Fellow for 2013-2014. He planned and coordinated events for the Center, and conducted research and writing for the Center's policy initiatives. Mike graduated from King Hall in May 2013 and received the school's Environmental Law Certificate. While a student, Mike was an active member of King Hall's environmental law community as co-chair and symposium co-chair for the Environmental Law Society and as a senior articles editor for Environs, Environmental Law & Policy Journal. He received undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Philosophy from College of Charleston, Honors College, graduating Magna Cum Laude. His work at CELPC culminated in the publication of his white paper on SB4, California's first comprehensive legislation addressing hydraulic fracturing and acidization. His paper, Senate Bill 4: A Past and Future Look at Regulating Hydraulic Fracturing in California, was published by The Reader Magazine in the Fall of 2015. He is currently the legal advisor to Chair Robert B. Weisenmiller at the California Energy Commission where he specializes in strategy development to double energy efficiency by 2030 as required by SB 350.
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- Member of the Board
- Assistant City Attorney
- Environmental Law Fellow
Miles Hogan was the Center's inaugural Environmental Law Fellow serving from 2012-2013 after graduating from King Hall in May 2012. While with the Center, Miles wrote papers on genetically engineered food labeling, hydraulic fracturing and water resources in the West, and water neutral development in California. He also guest lectured class sessions for Food Justice and Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy, and presented at or moderated panels for several environmental law symposia. His final research paper was California's Proposition 37: A Legal & Policy Analysis. Miles currently practices as an assistant city attorney to the City of Ventura in Southern California. He specializes in water and environmental law, including water rights, water quality, groundwater management, rates, environmental review and regulatory compliance. He is an active member in the State Bar's Environmental Section and serves as editor of the Section's official publication, Environmental Law News. Miles is the Assistant City Attorney II specializing in Water Law for the City of Ventura.
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- Business Transaction Assistant
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- Associate Director of Career Services and Judicial Clerkships
After graduating with a joint J.D./M.B.A. from UC Davis in 2008, Natalie clerked for Alaska Superior Court Judge John E. Suddock. Upon her return to California, Natalie worked as an associate attorney at Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould and Birney, LLP in Sacramento, where she focused her practice on business transactions and litigation, healthcare law, and probate and estate planning. Natalie received her B.A. in Sociology from Georgetown University. She joined the Career Services Office in the beginning of 2013.
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- Administration
- Administrator, UC Davis School of Law Centers / Davis, CA
- School Centers Program Coordinator
Olivia Filbrandt-Clark was the Center's 2017-2018 Environmental Law Fellow. At the Center, she published papers on administrative procedures of the State Water Resources Control Board amidst drought exacerbated by climate change. Her other research while working at the Center focused on reformation of the Colorado River Compact. Olivia also aided Rick Frank in course instruction, and she worked on the major, interdisciplinary symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the California Air Resources Board. Olivia graduated from King Hall in 2017, and she is a recipient of the law school's Public Interest and Pro Bono certificates as well as the Environmental Law Certificate. At King Hall, she was active in leadership of the Environmental Law Society, Negotiations Team, and Wine Law Society, among other law student groups. She also served clerk positions with California Attorney General, the Governor's Office of Planning and Research, and a Sacramento law firm specializing in water rights. Before law school, Olivia earned an undergraduate degree in Anthropology with a minor in Spanish Literatures from UC Berkeley. Currently, Olivia practices as an Associate Attorney for Kronick Law Group in Sacramento, California.
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- Events & Facility Manager
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- Library Assistant
- Principal
Peter Lee teaches and writes in the field of intellectual property law, particularly focusing on patent law, innovation, and technology transfer. His current scholarship explores the institutional context of innovation and the intersection of intellectual property law and the structure of innovative and creative industries. His scholarship has appeared in The Yale Law Journal, Stanford Law Review, California Law Review, Duke Law Journal, Michigan Law Review, and other leading journals. Professor Lee is an elected member of the American Law Institute, and he has received numerous awards for his scholarly work, including the UC Davis Chancellor's Fellowship, the Samsung-Stanford Patent Prize, and inclusion in West/Thomson's annual Intellectual Property Law Review. Professor Lee has held visiting or invited positions at the University of Oxford, Seoul National University, and Melbourne Law School, and he speaks widely on intellectual property matters in the United States and abroad. He is the founding director of the Center for Innovation, Law, and Society.
Professor Lee received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University, where he studied the history and philosophy of science. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was a member of The Yale Law Journal. Professor Lee joined the UC Davis faculty after clerking for Judge Barry G. Silverman of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
At UC Davis, he teaches Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Copyright, Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, International Intellectual Property and Development, Innovation and Technology Transfer, and Property. Professor Lee received the Distinguished Teaching Award in 2016.
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- Associate Director of Public Interest and Government
Rachael specializes in public interest and government counseling. While in law school, Rachael completed internships and externships with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the Center for International Environmental Law in D.C, and the Missouri Public Defender's Office. Following graduation she worked with the Appellate Division of the Missouri State Public Defender's Office, for a civil rights firm in Seattle, and a boutique products liability defense firm in New York City. WashU Law (J.D. '21).
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- Co - Director
- Member of the King Hall
Richard Frank concurrently serves as a member of the King Hall faculty and teaches courses in environmental law and policy. Formerly the executive director of the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) at UC Berkeley School of Law, Frank returned to UC Davis School of Law in January 2010. Before coming to CLEE and UC Berkeley, Professor Frank practiced law with federal and state agencies for 32 years, most of that time with the California Department of Justice.
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- External Relations Specialist
If you are interested in the Alumni Association Board of Directors, and the nomination process to become a member, please contact our Alumni Relations office at 530.754.5328, or alumni@law.ucdavis.edu.
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- Director of Global Outreach and Strategic Initiatives
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- Co - Editor in Chief, Environs: Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
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- Business Office Supervisor
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- Associate Director for Public Interest & Government
Sofia graduated from UC Davis in 1999 where she earned a B.S. in Environmental Policy, Analysis, and Planning. She then went onto the University of San Diego School of Law where she earned her JD in 2002. Following law school, Sofia worked as a staff attorney for Legal Services of Northern California in its Sacramento Office for several years. Sofia then went onto work as a staff attorney for the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment in Oakland. During her 9 years with CRPE Sofia was promoted to Senior Attorney and Assistant Director. She joined the Career Services Office in 2017.
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- Executive Assistant to the Dean
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- Assistant Dean of IT and Faculty Support / CIO / Information Technology
- Assistant Dean of IT and Faculty Support CIO
- Information Technology
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- UC Davis Law Review Publications & Production Specialist
Sunshine Saldivar is the Center's 2018-2019 Environmental Law Fellow. At the Center, she is working on environmental policy initiatives, various research projects, events and fundraising. During her previous time as a law student at King Hall ('18), she was active in leadership of the Environmental Law Society, she was a Moot Court Competitor and she was the Managing Editor of the Journal of International Law & Policy. Sunshine assisted a professor as a Teaching Assistant for the Legal Research and Writing Program at King Hall. She also earned the law school's Environmental Law Certificate, based on her research concerning the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. She spent her first summer in law school as a law clerk for the California Department of Water Resources and she went on to work at various prominent Sacramento-based law firms, which included the practice areas of environmental law and civil litigation. She received her undergraduate degree in Sociology with a minor in Global Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Sunshine accepted a position as an attorney with the CA Farm Bureau Federation in July of 2019.
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- Associate Director of Development
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- Water Justice Clinic Administrative Assistant
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- Faculty Support Administrative Assistant
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- State Water Resources Control Board
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- Budget and Finance Analyst
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- Artificial Intelligence Conference Features Professor Lee