The Center for Youth Development through Law is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1999.
We operate in cooperation with the U.C. Berkeley School of Law, but we are funded independently.
We are grateful to our generous
major sponsors for 2026:
The Mary and Stan Friedman Family
Greg Smith Charitable Fund
West Contra Costa Unified School District
Bernard E. and Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation
and to our many other supporting
organizations and individuals
For a complete list of our 2025 donors, click here
Hon. Brenda Harbin-Forte (center),
CYDL Leadership Council Member, with students after their Mock Trial
Our Leadership
Board of Directors
Anitha Anne
Attorney
Jesse Berkowitz
Attorney
Jesse Berkowitz Law
Attorney
California Public Utilities Commission
Allyson Deraps
Attorney
Deraps Law
Hon. Joni Hiramoto
Judge
Superior Court of
Contra Costa County
Hon. Jesse Hsieh
Judge
Superior Court of
Contra Costa County
Hon. Glenn Kim
Judge
Superior Court of
Contra Costa County
Law Clerk
Centro La Familia Advocacy Services
Khiari Neal
CYDL Alumna '17,
Law Student
UC Berkeley School of Law
James G. Roberts
Attorney
Hon. Charles Smiley
Associate Justice
California First District
Court of Appeal
Christopher Sun
Partner
Keker, Van Nest & Peters
Cherrie Tan
CYDL Alumna '09,
Attorney
Kimball, Tyrey & St. John LLP
Adam Wilks
Deputy District Attorney
Contra Costa County
Michael Wilson
Assistant Public Defender
Alameda County
Leadership Council
Brian Barsky
Ray Cardozo
Stanley Friedman
Ben Hamburg
Hon. Brenda Harbin-Forte
Hon. Barbara Lee
Melissa Nelken
Reginald Oh
Dorian Peters, Program Alumnus
Miriam Rokeach
Winslow O. Small
UC Berkeley School of Law Faculty Advisor
Catherine Albiston
Professor
UC Berkeley School of Law
Executive Director
Nancy Schiff