Overview
Erin Simonitch is a passionate advocate committed to building equity, justice, and educational access for all. Before joining YM&C, Erin worked in legal aid and public interest law, focusing on administrative writs, K-12 education, civil rights, and government agency law, including Brown Act and California Public Records Act compliance. Prior to law school, Erin studied clinical psychology and cognitive science while working with UCSD to provide services through a state program supporting young women in pursuit of their educational goals. A fierce litigator with an ever-curious mind, Erin’s person-centered approach favors innovative legal strategies, creative conflict resolution, insight, and professional integrity in service of client priorities. Erin’s personal experience as an early beneficiary of alternative school models, along with a belief in the importance of free public education, shaped a lifelong conviction that learning should never be a “one size fits all” proposition and all students should have access to schools that support their unique needs.
Education
- University of California, Davis School of Law (J.D.)
- University of California, San Diego (B.S.), cum laude
