Eva Jefferson Paterson was born on 16 June 1949 and is the president and founder of the Equal Justice Society, a national legal organization focused on civil rights and anti-discrimination.
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Eva Paterson graduated from UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law and was admitted to the California State Bar in 1975.
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Eva Paterson then worked at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights for 23 years, and served as its executive director for 13 years; before founding the Equal Justice Society.
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Eva Paterson led the organization's work providing free legal services to low-income individuals, litigating class action civil rights cases, and advocating for social justice.
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Eva Paterson co-founded and chaired the California Coalition for Civil Rights for 18 years, and was a leading spokesperson in the campaigns against Proposition 187 and Proposition 209 and numerous other statewide campaigns against the death penalty, juvenile incarceration and discrimination against lesbians and gay men.
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Eva Paterson served as Vice President of the ACLU National Board for eight years, and chaired the boards of Equal Rights Advocates and the San Francisco Bar Association.
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Self-described beneficiary of affirmative action, Eva Paterson is passionate in support of equal educational opportunities.
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Eva Paterson co-authored several landmark lawsuits in support of affirmative action: the federal lawsuit challenging California's Proposition 209, the successful litigation against U C Berkeley's admissions policy limiting access to students of color and an amicus brief in Grutter v Bollinger, in which the US Supreme Court upheld the race-conscious admissions policy at the University of Michigan Law School.
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Eva Paterson was a leading spokesperson for the “No on 54? Campaign.
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Eva Paterson has delivered commencement addresses on college campuses across the nation, and she has served as an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law and at University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
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Eva Paterson received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Northwestern University on June 13,2022.
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