Roxana Akbari

Roxana Akbari is a 2L at Berkeley Law. She was born in Tehran, Iran, and lived in Orange County, California after immigrating to the U.S. in 2010. In 2019, she earned B.A.’s in Political Science and Sociology from UC Irvine, where she was President of the Iranian Student Union and a Board Member of the College Democrats. Prior to law school, Roxana worked as Legislative Deputy to Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan, where she drafted city regulations and ordinances, including the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Resolution, and organized community events, including an Iranian American Town Hall focused on hate crime/incident prevention. Roxana is a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution team at Berkeley Law.