page_title: List of UC Berkeley School of Law alumni
section_title: Nonprofit and non-governmental organizations
hierarchical_section_title: List of UC Berkeley School of Law alumni / Nonprofit and non-governmental organizations
caption_attribution_description: English: Ira J. Kurzban
context_page_description: UC Berkeley School of Law has produced many influential alumni in law, government, business, academia and society.
  The following are prominent alumni of Berkeley Law. Within each category below, alumni are listed by their graduation date from the law school. Alumni may appear more than once if they hold or have held roles that encompass multiple categories. Individuals were conferred with J.D. or LL.B. degrees unless otherwise noted in parentheses.
context_section_description: Cyril Magnin, 1900s – President of the Port of San Francisco, President of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, regional Treasurer for President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1944 reelection campaign, and Finance Chair of President Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 campaign in the California Democratic presidential primary
  Richard M. Leonard, 1932 – Noted environmentalist and rock climber who served as President of the Sierra Club and the Save the Redwoods League
  Jacobus tenBroek, 1938 (LL.B.) and 1940 (J.S.D.) – noted disability rights activist and legal academic who organized the National Federation of the Blind and the International Federation of the Blind
  Dobby Walker, 1942 – first woman President of the National Lawyers Guild and leader in the Gray Panthers
  Al Bendich, 1955 – notable ACLU civil rights lawyer
  Royce R. Lewellen, 1957 – Founding Director, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts Foundation and the Community Bank of Santa Maria, California
  Uriel Lynn, 1960s (LL.M.) – President of the Tel Aviv and Central Israel Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce
  Richard L. Wright, 1960s – Executive Director of Amnesty International
  Alan Cooke Kay, 1960 – former director of the Legal Aid Society of Honolulu, Hawaii (1968—1971)
  Frank Fahrenkopf, 1965 – chief executive, American Gaming Association (1995—2013) and member of the board of trustees, Economic Club of Washington and Federal City Council
  Marc McGinnes, 1966 – notable environmental lawyer and legal academic who served as Founding President of the Community Environmental Council, Founding Chief Counsel of the Environmental Defense Center, and chair of the national Environmental Rights Day Conference in 1969, a precursor to the future Earth Day holiday
  Warren Widener, 1967 – former president, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
  Raymond Shonholtz, 1968 – Founder of Community Boards and Partners for Democratic Change
  Gordon C. Strachan, 1968 – General Counsel to the United States Ski and Snowboard Association and member of the Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Games
  Steven Walther, 1968 – Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights, former ABA Representative to the United Nations, former Chair of the Fellows of the American Bar Association, and former President of the State Bar Association of Nevada, the Western States Bar Conference, and the National Caucus of Bar Associations
  John R. Phillips, 1969 – Co-Director of the Center for Law in the Public Interest (CLIPI) in Los Angeles and Founder of Taxpayers Against Fraud
  Michael Pack, 1970s – President and CEO of the Claremont Institute (2015–2017)
  Richard Paez, 1972 – Executive Director (1980—1981) and Director of Litigation (1978—1979, 1980—1981) of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
  Andrew Drzemczewski, 1974 – Secretary General, Association of the Friends of the International Institute of Human Rights and Board Member, European Human Rights Association
  Barry Scheck, 1974 – co-founder of the Innocence Project
  Steven Ferrey, 1975 – legal advisor, World Bank
  Eva Paterson, 1975 – President and Founder of the Equal Justice Society, Vice President of the ACLU National Board, and Chair of the California Coalition for Civil Rights. Authored landmark U.S. Supreme Court lawsuits challenging state policies that prohibit race-conscious admissions.
  Ira J. Kurzban, 1976 – Founder, Institute of Justice & Democracy in Haiti, Board Member, Immigrants' List, General Counsel, American Immigration Lawyers Association (1987—1988)
  Cathy Silak, 1976 – President and CEO of the Idaho Community Foundation
  Joan Abrahamson, 1980 – Founder of the Jonas Salk Foundation and the Jefferson Institute and Assistant Chief of Staff to Vice President George H.W. Bush (1981—1985)
  Brad Adams, 1980s – Executive Director of the Asian Division of Human Rights Watch
  Mark Anchor Albert, 1988 – noted lawyer, philanthropist, impresario, and lay Catholic leader. Member of Los Angeles Archdiocese defense team during clergy sex abuse scandal
  Fernando M. Olguin, 1989 – Education Program Director of the Mexican
caption: Ira Kurzban '76, Founder, Institute of Justice & Democracy in Haiti
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