Public Interest & Pro Bono

The Public Interest and Pro Bono Graduation honors and thanks graduating Berkeley Law J.D. and LL.M. students who have demonstrated a commitment to public interest, pro bono, and social justice work. Watch it live here on May 20, 2021, at 5 p.m.!

2021 Awards

Meet the winners of this year’s pro bono, clinical, and practicum awards!

The Pro Bono Pledge

As part of its long-standing commitment to pro bono service, Berkeley Law encourages all students to pledge to perform at least 75 hours of law-related volunteer work before they graduate. The Pro Bono Pledge is voluntary and aims to instill a career-long commitment to meeting this important professional obligation. During their time at Berkeley Law, many students far exceed the 75-hour challenge. To qualify as pro bono service, the work must be law-related, supervised by an attorney, in the public interest, uncompensated, and not undertaken for academic credit. Students engage in this work through Student-Initiated Legal Services Projects (SLPS), Berkeley Law Alternative Service Trips (BLAST), and independent projects with legal services organizations or government offices. This year’s graduating class reported a cumulative total of approximately 26,280 hours of pro bono service. 
Individuals who reported completing at least 75 hours of pro bono service earned Pro Bono Honors and students who completed over 200 hours of pro bono service earned Pro Bono Honors with Highest Distinction.  These benchmarks are prorated for LL.M. students.  The Pro Bono Pledge is one avenue by which Berkeley Law students engage in meaningful public service work. Many students also work in public interest or government jobs during the summer or academic year and serve the public through Berkeley Law’s robust clinical and field placement programs. We commend the members of the Class of 2021 for all of their important work in the public interest.

Public Interest and Social Justice Certificate Recipients

Troy Emiliano Aguirre
Orren Arad-Neeman
Mattie M. Armstrong
Emma Atuire
Elizabeth R. Baggott
Bethany Wang Balchunas
Sarah Katharina Bauer
Linda M. Blair
Justin Lamar Brooks
Sela Gabrielle Brown
Griffin Andrew Brunk
Somers Brush
Ella Cady
Maya Elizabeth Campbell
Jaleel Ryan Chandler
Elizabeth Oakley Cheever
Lucia Childs-Walker
Dylan Colbert
Katherine Carter Courtney
Dylan Gray Crary
Lindsay DeRight Goldasich
Sarah Domenick
Miranda Rose Drolet
Ivey Dyson
Tempestt Karima Edward
Lee Ann Felder-Heim
Hannah Sophie Feldman
Isaac Flegel-Mishlove
Kerensa H. Gimre
Sarah Goldwasser
Hope Goodman
Maya Harmon
David Maxson Harris
Alexa Homewood
Savelle T. Jefferson
Ashley Nicole Johnson
Charlotte Jean Kamai
Jina Jiwan Kim
Anirudh (Raja) Krishna
Justin Lam
Janelle R. Lamb
Molly Kim Lao
Tae Hwan (Ted) Lee
Simone Lieban Levine
William Cousteau Hai-Yu Liang
Madison Lips
Sarah E. Loughman
Ashleigh Lussenden
Eliana Yakova Machefsky
Hayley MacMillen
Liat Marks
Eliza Meredith
Mohsin M. Mirza
Claire Elizabeth Molholm
Angela H. Moon
Jasjit Kaur Mundh
Franklin Braulio Muñoz
Samantha Murray
Emma Nicholls
Serena D. Nichols
Daniel Noel
Joshua Nomkin
Kelsey Peden
Aaron Pressman
Katherine Read
Vanessa Rivas-Bernardy
Estefani Rodriguez
Oscar Sarabia Roman
Poojitha Shivaprasad
Sarae T. Snyder
Carmen Sobczak
Schuyler Standley
Jim Su
Stephanie Elizabeth Tilden
Daniel Twomey
Alix Vadot
Jenna Zalis Waldman
Nora Wallace
Emma Cesia Walters
Savannah Wheeler
Jessica McCarthy Williams
Liv Williams
Hailey Hu Min Yook

Pro Bono Honors

Pro Bono Honors with Highest Distinction

Mattie Armstrong
Brandon Ayersman
Vanessa Azad
Melissa Barbee
Veronica Bognot
Corbin Brooks
Griffin Brunk
Bryan Burgoon
Ari Chivukula
Miranda Drolet
Ivey Dyson
Lee Felder-Heim
Isaac Flegel-Mishlove
Michael Fu
Rose Garber
Harrison Geron
Kerensa Gimre
Hope Goodman
David Harris
Rianna Hidalgo
Erin Hilliard
Allan Holder
Benjamin Holston
Will Kirkland
Emily Kohlheim
Anirudh Krishna
Justin Lam
Tae Hwan Lee
Simone Levine
Madison Lips
Ashleigh Lussenden
Virginia Lyon
Allaa Mageid
Liat Marks
Eliza Meredith
Chris Moon
Jasjit Mundh
Daphne Ng
Joshua Nomkin
Oki Osawa
Kelsey Peden
Rohit Pendyala
Julian Ritzi
Vanessa Rivas-Bernardy
Marta Rocha
Armbien Sabillo
Oscar Sarabia Roman
Jim Su
Alix Vadot
Jenna Waldman
Olivia Williams

Pro Bono Honors

Youssef Abdelmonem
Samah Ahmed
Orren Arad-Neeman
Alvin Arceo
Francesco Arreaga
Bethany Balchunas
Sarah Bauer
Devin Bergstein
Madison Bower
Elizabeth Brilliant
Sela Brown
Somers Brush
Daria Butler
Jaleel Chandler
Shih-wei Chao
Elizabeth Cheever
Lucia Childs-Walker
Matthew Chung
Naya Coard
Katherine Courtney
Alyssa Crooke
Jessica Cuddihy
Madeeha Dean
Lindsay DeRight Goldasich
Sarah Domenick
Jin Du
Evan Enzer
John Gellatly
Sarah Goldwasser
Julia Gonzalez
Natalie Heim
Dylan Helgeson
Marissa Hernandez
Naomi Hill
Alexa Homewood
Christine Hulsizer
Ellen Ivens-Duran
Ashley Johnson
Charlotte Kamai
Emile Katz
Snehee Khandeshi
Jina Kim
David Kim
Clara Knapp
Janelle Lamb
Molly Lao
Elly Leggatt
Yang Li
William Liang
Shannon Lieu
Marissa Lilly
Samson Lim
Clarissa Limon
Ruoyang Lin
Madison Lo
Angela Luh
Hannah Lukanuski
Margaret Lynch
Eliana Machefsky
Konstantina Margariti
Ishita Mattoo
Devin McGahey
Yuchen Meng
Mohsin Mirza
Chelsea Mitchell
Angela Moon
Franklin Munoz
Miho Nakashima
Emma Nicholls
Emmanuel Perez
Kimberly Plumer
Jonathan Rasmusson
Megan Raymond
Katherine Read
Estefani Rodriguez
Ernesto Rojas Guzman
Christina Romak
Bryce Rosenbower
Ehsan Sadeghi
Saroop Sandhu
Shreya Santhanam
Jonathan Schreiber
Penn Scoble
Joshua Sedgwick
Will Shepherd
Poojitha Shivaprasad
Sarae Snyder
Carmen Sobczak
Tara Srinivasan
Schuyler Standley
Lauren Strauss
Sean Sullivan
Rachel Terrell-Perica
Stephanie Tilden
Julia Tsui
Ezekiel Wald
Emma Walters
Savannah Wheeler
Jessica Williams
Xiaohan Wu
Karen Yang
Ling Yao
Hailey Yook
Michelle Zhou
Bingyao Zhou
Michelle Ziperstein
Ayyan Zubair