Kara Anderson Email and Phone Number

• Conducted legal research using Westlaw and Lexis for matters pending before the Court• Drafted memoranda and orders for motions to dismiss, motions for remand, requests for judicial notice, and others• Assessed findings and recommendations from Magistrate Judges for adoption or rejection by the District Judge

• Produced reports with statistical analyses of Court trends and policy assessments for the CEO and judges• Researched legislation related to the judicial branch and formulated recommendations for the Court• Conducted survey and produced report for California Trial Court Consortium on behalf of 43 trial courts regarding the court reporter shortage• Improved access for low-income litigants as project manager for the Court’s Traffic Ability to Pay program• Increased access for 700+ court users by creating and managing the Court Navigator Internship Program coordinated with a local college• Created satellite offices in strategic collaboration with Probation and Revenue Services to increase public access to the Court and its justice partners

• Managed 24 JusticeCorps members by leading trainings, monitoring timesheets, hosting check-ins, and liaising between student members and program staff• Increased recruitment by 20% from two major Bay Area universities• Identified exceptional candidates, hosted informational sessions, represented the program at career fairs, and held office hours with applicants• Designed administrative and creative projects to increase program engagement

• Delivered more than 215 hours of direct legal assistance to unrepresented civil litigants• Assisted over 200 litigants with 180 forms to file legal matters including divorce, child custody and support, restraining orders, guardianship, small claims, name changes, and unlawful detainers• Served the public via walk-in clinic appointments, phone hotlines, and workshops

• Research assistant for several projects under the immediate supervision of the Director• Coded and analyzed 100+ immigration appeal court opinions• Coded and analyzed 50+ interviews with judges and staff of the Ninth District• Regularly produce reports and executive summaries with research findings• Collected and organized citations for 30+ references in published academic paper

• Analyzed, visualized, and presented research on student community engagement to Center administrators• Provided recommendations to administrators on strategies to increase public service engagement• Organized records for nearly 200 student service projects using Excel and Salesforce• Represented the Public Service Center to the greater campus and city of Berkeley at training days, opportunity fairs, and via email, phone, and front desk communication

• Collected survey data for a nationally representative, 3,500+ respondent sample of K-12 schools for Unlocking Time, funded by the Gates Foundation• Analyzed data in Stata and Python for open-source report and dataset on time use in schools• Assisted with creating survey questions for future research on time use in schools

• Volunteered more than 100 hours assisting attorneys, paralegals, and judges in the District Attorney’s Office and Sacramento County Superior Court• Reviewed over 50 hours of police body camera footage, 911 calls, and jail call recordings for evidence• Provided administrative support by making and receiving calls; filing and transcribing notes; and communicating between the District Attorney’s Office and Sacramento County Superior Court

• Assistant teacher in a self-contained class of 13 kindergarteners diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder• Responsible for literacy development: created lesson plans, tracked student data, and facilitated small group and class-wide instruction• Collaborated with behavioral therapists, speech therapists, and the head teacher to maintain IEPs and meet student learning goals