CBL Scholars
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Bubba Gleaves
CBL Scholar Class of 2027
Bubba Gleaves is a 1L at UC Law San Francisco, originally from North Idaho. She played Division I softball at Columbia University, earning a degree in Political Science with a concentration in Business Management. Prior to law school, Bubba co-founded a real estate company with her younger brother, which ignited her passion for business law.
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Erik Israel
CBL Scholar Class of 2027
Erik Israel is a 1L student at UC Law San Francisco. Raised in rural North Carolina, he is a proud first-generation high school and college graduate. Erik graduated from East Tennessee State University and worked in healthcare as a radiologic technologist before pivoting to finance and working as a self-employed securities trader. As an accredited investor,
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Marilyn Aguilar-Portillo
CBL Scholar Class of 2027
Marilyn Aguilar-Portillo is a 1L student at UC Law San Francisco. She is Salvadorian-American, from Los Angeles, and a proud Trojan from the University of Southern California. There, she earned a double major in Psychology and Philosophy, was a member of the USC Mock Trial Team, and graduated with honors. Before law school,
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Veronica Mendoza
CBL Scholar Class of 2026
Veronica Louise Mendoza is a 2L at UC Law San Francisco and a Bay Area native. She is a proud alumna of UCLA, where she graduated with a BA in Psychology and Communication Studies. Before graduate school, Veronica built celebrity client brands at United Talent Agency and spearheaded the GoNoodle x Tonies Mindfulness collaboration.
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Malik Jefferson
CBL Scholar Class of 2026
Malik Jefferson is a 2L student at UC Law San Francisco. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, and attended the University of California Berkely where he received a bachelor’s degree in legal studies with an emphasis in economics and monetary policy. Prior to law school, Malik worked as a substitute teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District,
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Joanna Chen
CBL Scholar Class of 2026
Joanna Chen is a dual degree JD/MBA student at UC Law SF and UC Berkeley. Joanna was a Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholar at UC Berkeley, where she double majored in Political Science and Media Studies. Prior to law school, Joanna worked in investment banking, primarily in debt capital markets and technology M&A. She has also worked with startups and startup founders in a variety of capacities–finance,
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Sai Sumana Kaluvai
CBL Scholar Class of 2025
Sumana Kaluvai (Hometown: Roseville, CA) is a 3L at UC Law SF. She studied Bioengineering with a Tech Management focus at UCLA. She worked in pharmaceutical consulting at IQVIA prior to coming to law school.
She interned at Quinn Emanuel (with a client secondment at Ripple) during her 1L summer, returned as a diversity fellow at Quinn her 2L summer and will be joining Quinn’s SF office after graduation.
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Ricardo Parada
CBL Scholar Class of 2025
Ricardo Parada is a 3L at UC Law San Francisco. As a social justice concentrator, he is particularly interested in the intersection of transactional law and community economic development.
Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Ricardo earned his bachelor’s degree in politics with a minor in Latino/Latin American Studies from Occidental College in Los Angeles,
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Dilani Logan
CBL Scholar Class of 2025
Dilani Logan is a 3L student at UC Law SF and a proud first-generation college graduate. She was born and raised in Mississauga, Canada and studied Medical Science and Spanish at the University of Western Ontario before obtaining her master’s degree in Global Health from Duke University. Prior to law school, Dilani worked as a researcher at the American Institutes for Research and interned with organizations including the World Health Organization,
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Sharareh Zerang
CBL Scholar Class of 2024
Sheila Zerang is currently an associate in the Los Angeles office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
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