Leana Weissberg is a Research Fellow at the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) working on issues related to forests and wildfire in California. Before joining CLEE, she worked as a forester with the Bureau of Land Management and the Sierra Institute for Community & Environment. Her previous work involved planning and implementing forest management projects, including post-fire recovery; facilitation of a regional forest collaborative; and research and use of collaborative tools to increase the pace and scale of forest restoration.

Sharon Jacobs teaches and writes in the areas of energy law, environmental law, and administrative law. Her work has been published in the Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, Columbia Law Review, Duke Law Journal, and the Ecology Law Quarterly.

Before joining Berkeley Law, Professor Jacobs was an Associate Professor of Law and the John H. Schultz Energy and Natural Resources Law Fellow at the University of Colorado. She was also a Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. Professor Jacobs began her legal career with the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, D.C. where she practiced as a member of the energy and environmental regulatory groups. Prior to attending law school, Professor Jacobs was a professional cellist. She holds a master’s degree from the Juilliard School and a bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. At Berkeley, Professor Jacobs teaches Energy Law and Policy, Administrative Law, and related courses.

When not at the office, Professor Jacobs can be found on the trails in Tilden Park or in the kitchen trying to bake the perfect French macaron.

Gabe Greif is an Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law for 2022-2024. He was previously an Emmett Family Public Service Fellow in Environmental Law with Communities for a Better Environment.

Greif received his B.A. in Business Economics magna cum laude from UC Riverside. He earned his J.D. from UCLA School of Law with a specialization in Environmental Law. During law school, Greif was a summer law clerk with Mental Health Advocacy Services and Los Angeles Waterkeeper and was a legal extern at Earthjustice. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy.

Greif’s comment addressing statutory climate protections for unhoused persons in California has been published in the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy.

Jason Gray is Project Director, Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force, at the UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

Katherine Hoff is a Climate Change Research Fellow in the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE). Katherine’s research focuses on offshore wind energy, electric vehicles, California climate change law and policy, and the achievement of California’s climate change-related goals. Prior to joining CLEE, Katherine worked on California oil and gas issues, including oil drilling and refining in environmental justice communities, and electric vehicle adoption in California.

Shruti Sarode is a Climate Change Research Fellow at UC Berkeley's Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment (CLEE).

Aidan is a Research Fellow at the Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment, where he works to advance the Network for Digital Economy and the Environment. The Network is an initiative that supports research on the energy and environmental impacts of the digital economy.

Prior to joining CLEE, Aidan was an outreach coordinator for the City of Boston’s Environment Department. He managed the outreach, communications, and community engagement strategy for the Community Choice Electricity Program — a program that promotes greater local control over the energy supply and higher levels of affordable, renewable energy for Boston’s residents.

He earned a Master’s in Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment where he studied environmental anthropology, the environmental humanities, and conservation and development.

Aidan holds a B.A. in biology from Vassar College. After graduating from college, he spent two and a half years conducting biofuels research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.