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Jess Bravin ’97, The Wall Street Journal’s U.S. Supreme Court correspondent, will speak at Berkeley Law April 15 as part of the Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Bravin has received national awards for his coverage of the International Criminal Court, the legal response to 9/11, and the Supreme Court’s health care case. He has also written for the Washington Post and Harper’s Bazaar. Bravin’s latest book, The Terror Courts, is an award-winning account of military trials at Guantanamo Bay.

Lemon ’80 Hailed for Domestic Violence Work >>

Nancy Lemon ’80, who directs the Domestic Violence Practicum at Berkeley Law, was recently given the American Society of Criminology’s Praxis Award. The annual award honors those who increase the quality of justice for groups that have experienced class, ethnic, gender, racial, and sexual disparities in policing and punishment. Earlier in 2014, Lemon also received the Abby J. Liebman Award from the California Women’s Law Center, as well as the Lady Justice Innovator Award from the Pro Bono Project of Silicon Valley. Lemon pioneered the study of domestic violence in law schools and authored the subject’s seminal textbook. (1/16/15)

Pineda ’77 Named One of Most Powerful Latinas >>

People en Español magazine has named Patricia Salas Pineda ’77 one of the 25 most powerful Latinas of 2014. The highest-ranking Hispanic executive at Toyota North America, the world’s largest automaker, Pineda is group vice president of Hispanic business strategy. She joined Toyota in 2004 as group vice president of corporate communications and general counsel, and later oversaw its national philanthropy efforts. Previously, Pineda spent 20 years at New United Motor Manufacturing, a corporate joint venture between Toyota and General Motors, where she was vice president of human resources, government, and legal affairs. (1/13/15)

Connolly ’88 Joins Marin County Supervisors >>

Damon Connolly ’88 began his elected position this week on the Marin County Board of Supervisors. Connolly has served in several public policy positions, including chair of the Marin Energy Authority’s Board of Directors, vice mayor and city council member in San Rafael, and president of San Rafael’s Dixie School District Board. A certified mediator, he was a partner at Girard Gibbs before starting his own practice in 2008. As a Supervising Deputy Attorney General for California, Connolly prosecuted energy companies that engaged in fraudulent practices. Those efforts resulted in a $1.6 billion settlement, the largest of its kind. (1/9/15)



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