Isabel Tahir
Isabel Tahir is an attorney at Adams Broadwell Joseph & Cardozo. Isabel represents clients on environmental and land use matters, with a focus on issues arising under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Prior to joining Adams Broadwell Joseph & Cardozo, Isabel was an associate at Perkins Coie LLP, focusing on environment, energy & natural resources law. While at UC Berkeley School of Law, Isabel was a student advocate in the Human Rights Law Clinic, Articles Editor for the California Law Review and a Senior Board Member of the Ecology Law Quarterly. Prior to law school, Isabel worked at the California State Senate and the U.S. Energy Foundation.
Isabel Tahir
Practice Areas
Environmental Law
Land Use and Sustainable Development
Community Protection and Environmental Justice
Climate Change
Renewable Energy
Education
UC Berkeley School of Law, J.D.
- Certificates of Specialization, Energy and Clean Technology Law and Environmental Law
- Prosser Prize, Environmental Law and Policy
Mills College, Master of Public Policy
Mills College, B.A. Political, Legal, and Economic Analysis; B.A. Ethnic Studies
Community Involvement, Publications, Recognitions
Academic Mentor, UC Berkeley – Students of Color Environmental Collective
Academic Mentor, Northeastern University – Trailblazer Scholars Program
California’s Electric Cars and Charging Infrastructure, Santa Clara Business Law Chronicle, 2023.
The U.S. Climate Crisis and The “Otherization” of Climate Change, California Law Review, 2022.
Envisioning Offshore Wind for California, Berkeley Law Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, 2021.
Women Suffer More: Climate Change and Gender Disparity, Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice, 2020.
International Climate Displacement: The Case of Latin America, Berkeley Journal of International Law, 2020
Admissions
State Bar of California
