Introduction
Emma is a member of the firm’s Projects, Environment, Energy & Resources practice.
Emma Johnston earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, where she served as a senior production editor of the UC Law Journal and co-president of the Environmental Law Association. During law school, she externed for the Natural Resources Law Section of the California Attorney General’s Office and with the Administrative Law Judge Division of the CPUC.
Prior to her legal career, Emma developed and implemented risk regulation for energy utilities at the CPUC and state climate change policy at the California Natural Resources Agency.
Education & credentials
- University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco, J.D., 2026
- Cornell University, B.A., Government, 2016
- Not yet admitted
- Judicial Extern for the Honorable Jacqueline Scott Corley, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco, CA, 2026
- Stoel Rives LLP, Sacramento, CA, Summer Associate, 2025
- California Attorney General’s Office, San Francisco & Sacramento, CA, Extern of Natural Resources Law Section, 2025
- California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco & Sacramento, CA, Summer Law Clerk, 2024; Senior Regulatory Analyst, Safety Policy Division, Executive Division, 2019-2023
- California Natural Resources Agency, Sacramento, CA, Climate Policy Analyst, Executive Fellow, Office of the Secretary, 2016-2019
Impact
- Clean Energy Leadership Institute, Bay Area Fellow, 2022
- Sunrise Sacramento, Political Team Lead, 2021-2023
- California Center for Civic Participation, Program Instructor, 2018-2020