Education
Leonida attended University of California, Santa Cruz, as an undergraduate majoring in American Studies. In 1993, she received a Bachelor's degree with College Honors and Highest Honors in the major and was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa.
She attended law school at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law in Berkeley, California. In law school she was director of the Homeless Outreach Project and a founding member of the Boalt Hall Chapter of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as well as a volunteer at the California Asylum Representation Clinic. Ms. Leonida received her JD in 1996. On December 3, 1996, she was admitted to California State Bar.
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