Executive Director
Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice
Office: 337B Boalt Hall (North Addition)
Tel: 510-642-2250
Fax: 510-643-2672
Email Address: donek@law.berkeley.edu
David Onek is the Founding Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice. He also serves as a Commissioner on the San Francisco Police Commission, appointed by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to a four-year term in 2008.
Prior to joining Berkeley Law, Onek served as Deputy Director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice in San Francisco, where he led numerous criminal justice policy initiatives for Mayor Newsom. Previously, Onek served as a Senior Program Associate at the W. Haywood Burns Institute for Juvenile Justice Fairness and Equity in San Francisco, where he worked to reduce racial disparities in the juvenile justice system in ten sites throughout the country. Following graduation from Stanford Law School, Onek received a Skadden Fellowship to work as a Staff Attorney at Legal Services for Children in San Francisco. Before attending law school, Onek was a Research Associate at the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD), where he researched and developed model juvenile justice programs and systems nationwide.
Onek’s publications include “Reducing Disproportionate Minority Confinement in Seattle: The W. Haywood Burns Institute Approach” (with Bell and Finley) in No Turning Back: Promising Approaches to Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities Affecting Youth of Color in the Justice System (2005); “What Works with Juvenile Offenders? A Review of ‘Graduated Sanction’ Programs” (with Krisberg and Currie) in Community Corrections: Probation, Parole and Intermediate Sanctions (1998); and Pairing College Students with Delinquents: The Missouri Intensive Case Monitoring Program (1994).
Education:
B.A., Brown University (1991)
J.D., Stanford Law School (1999)