Therese M. Leone serves as Deputy Campus Counsel for UC Berkeley. In her role, she advises UC Berkeley’s administration on a broad range of higher education legal issues, including labor and employment, discrimination and harassment, student affairs, Title IX and Clery compliance, free speech and protests, research misconduct, general business matters, and internal investigations. Therese also served as University Counsel for the systemwide legal office of the Regents of the University of California for almost six years. She provided labor and employment advice/counseling regarding faculty, staff and student employees to leadership at the 10 campuses and 5 medical centers in the UC system, and was Chief Campus Counsel for UC Merced. From 2008-2012, Therese was Vice President and General Counsel at Mills College in Oakland, California where she was a member of the College’s executive leadership team. She oversaw all legal matters for the college and also was counsel to the Board of Trustees. Before becoming a higher education attorney, Therese worked as a labor and employment attorney in private practice. Therese served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of College and University Attorneys (“NACUA”) from 2010-13, and has served on numerous board committees, in addition to presenting at conferences and CLEs. For the State Bar of California, Therese served on the Council on Access and Fairness and the California Law Academy Strategic Task Force (CLAS). She is a former Board member for the Alameda County Community Food Bank. Therese received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and her JD from the BerkeleyLaw.
Therese M. Leone serves as Deputy Campus Counsel for UC Berkeley. In her role, she advises UC Berkeley’s administration on a broad range of higher education legal issues, including labor and employment, discrimination and harassment, student affairs, Title IX and Clery compliance, free speech and protests, research misconduct, general business matters, and internal investigations. Therese also served as University Counsel for the systemwide legal office of the Regents of the University of California for almost six years. She provided labor and employment advice/counseling regarding faculty, staff and student employees to leadership at the 10 campuses and 5 medical centers in the UC system, and was Chief Campus Counsel for UC Merced.
From 2008-2012, Therese was Vice President and General Counsel at Mills College in Oakland, California where she was a member of the College’s executive leadership team. She oversaw all legal matters for the college and also was counsel to the Board of Trustees. Before becoming a higher education attorney, Therese worked as a labor and employment attorney in private practice.
Therese served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of College and University Attorneys (“NACUA”) from 2010-13, and has served on numerous board committees, in addition to presenting at conferences and CLEs. For the State Bar of California, Therese served on the Council on Access and Fairness and the California Law Academy Strategic Task Force (CLAS). She is a former Board member for the Alameda County Community Food Bank.
Therese received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and her JD from the BerkeleyLaw.
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