Practice Focus:
- Constitutional and civil rights law
Professional Experience:
- Staff Attorney, Prison Law Office, San Rafael, California, 1991-1996
- Family Court Mediator, Alameda County, 1987-1989, and Marin County, 1986-1987
- Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Marin County, 1984-1986
- Associate, Law Offices of Peter Sandmann, 1983-1984
Presentations:
- Mental Health Claims: Moving Past Traditional Models, Prisoners’ Rights Workshop, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, March 4, 2010
- Investigating Prison Mental Health for Trial and Post-Conviction, 2010 Capital Case Defense Seminar, Monterey, CA, February 12-14, 2010
- “Strategies for Challenging the Housing of Prisoners with Mental Illness in Administrative Segregation, Secured Housing and Super Max Environments”, Michael Bien, Jane Kahn, Craig Haney, Ph.D., and Terry Kupers, M.D., Prisoners’ Right Litigation: Workshop for Plaintiff Attorneys, University of Southern California Law School,October 14-15, 2005
- “Investigating Prison Mental Health History”, Sarah Chester and Jane Kahn, Capital Case Defense Seminar, February 13-16, 2009, Monterey, California
Education:
- Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, J.D., 1983
- Northwestern University, M.A., Sociology, 1979
- Brandeis University, B.A., cum laude, 1977
Admissions:
- California, 1983
Community Service:
- Officer, board member or committee member for numerous community organizations, including the Disability Task Force of Jewish Family and Children’s Services, Camp Tawonga, Brandeis Hillel Day School, Congregation Beth Shalom and Prison University Project.
