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ABOUT US
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, although we are funded independently.
We are grateful to our generous
major sponsors for 2023:
The Mary and Stan Friedman Family
pH Family Foundation
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 2023 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
Cooley LLP
Jesse Berkowitz
Deputy Public Defender
Santa Clara County
Theresa Buckley
Attorney
California Public Utilities Commission
Allyson Deraps
Attorney
Levin Law Firm
Hon. Danielle Douglas
Judge
Superior Court of
Contra Costa County
Alison Gilliam
Director, Emerging Legal Issues
Seagate Technology
Hon. Joni Hiramoto
Judge
Superior Court of
Contra Costa County
Jesse Hsieh
Deputy Public Defender
San Francisco County
Jin Im-Saeteurn
Senior Counsel
Chan & Punzalan
Su-Jin Lee
COO and General Counsel
Axyz
Khiari Neal
Program Alumna '17
Undergraduate student
UCLA
James G. Roberts
Attorney
Cherrie Tan
Program Alumna '09
Attorney
McManis Faulkner
Ben Therriault
Police Detective
City of Richmond
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