
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Dec. 8, 2020; director, clinical instructor, supervising attorney, staff attorney, East Bay Community Law Center, 2000-20; Soros Justice Fellow, Urban Justice Center, Homelessness Outreach and Prevention Project, New York, NY, 1998-2000
Law School: Columbia Univ SOL; New York NY
OAKLAND -- Superior Court Judge Sharon Djemal says the desire to make an impact on her community was the driving force behind her legal career, even though she went around the world to get there.
She spent two decades at the East Bay Community Law Center, where she worked her way up from staff attorney to director of the Consumer Justice Clinic before her appointment to the Alameda County court by Gov. Gavin Newsom.