Katherine Old, Legal Intern
Katherine is currently a third year student at University of San Diego School of Law where she is focusing on environmental and business law. Prior to law school Katherine worked for a defense contractor as a systems engineer. At Coastkeeper, Katherine hopes to pursue her interest in environmental law, policy, and local conservation. Katherine graduated from University of California San Diego with a bachelor’s degree in physics. She plans to graduate from law school in the spring of 2010.
Leslie Gaunt, Legal Intern
Leslie, a former Coastkeeper intern, is returning this semester after graduating from California Western School of Law with cum laude honors in the spring of 2009. While at CWSL, she focused on environmental law and was an associate editor for the CWSL Law Review/International Law Journal and Treasurer of the Environmental Law Society. Leslie was a legal intern at Earthjustice in Denver, CO during the spring 2009 semester. She has also worked as a research assistant for a green real estate book project, and for CWSL's L.L.M. program in comparative law. This is her third semester as a legal intern at San Diego Coastkeeper. Leslie is excited to start a career in a field she is so passionate about - environmental law.