Lorena Essak-Hernandez

J.D. Candidate at Yale Law School

Role: Legal Intern at Office of the State Appellate Defender
Location: New Haven, CT, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

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Experience

Legal Intern
Office of the State Appellate Defender
Jun 2023 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
Drafted portions of a direct appeal opening brief in the First Judicial District of Illinois on a statutory issue and a direct appeal opening brief for the Illinois Supreme Court on a Second Amendment issue. Assisted in preparation for oral arguments in the First Judicial District of Illinois. Researched legal issues as requested.

Education

Tomball Memorial High School
High School Diploma
2011 — 2015
University of California, Berkeley
Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellow, Goldman School of Public Policy
Yale Law School
Doctor of Law - JD
2022 — 2025
Washington and Lee University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics
2015 — 2019

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Current company

State of Illinois

Government Administration · 12K employees

The government of Illinois, under the Constitution of Illinois, has three branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial. The executive branch is split into several statewide elected offices, with the Governor as chief executive, and has numerous departments, agencies, boards and commissions. Legislative functions are granted to the General Assembly, composed of the 118-member House of Representatives and the 59-member Senate. The judiciary is composed of the Supreme Court and lower courts. The government of Illinois has numerous departments, agencies, boards and commissions, but the code departments, so called because they're established by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, provide most of the state's services: Department on Aging Department of Agriculture Department of Central Management Services Department of Children and Family Services Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Department of Corrections Department of Employment Security Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Department of Healthcare and Family Services Department of Human Rights Department of Human Services Department of Juvenile Justice Department of Labor Department of the Lottery Department of Natural Resources Department of Public Health Department of Revenue Department of State Police Department of Transportation Department of Veterans' Affairs

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Experience

Legal Intern

Education

Tomball Memorial High School

University of California, Berkeley

Yale Law School

Washington and Lee University

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