Bio
Isaq received her B.A. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley and her J.D. from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco where she completed a concentration in Social Justice Lawyering.
Professor Isaq is currently an Associate attorney at Valerian Law, where she represents employees in negotiations and litigation in state and federal court and alternative dispute resolution forums. Professor Isaq previously worked as the managing attorney at Equal Rights Advocates (“ERA”) in the Advice & Counseling Program where she provided advice and representation to students and workers across the country who experienced gender-based discrimination or harassment. Professor Isaq started her attorney career at Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams, LLP, a plaintiff-side employment law firm, where she represented California workers experiencing discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination. She continued her work in plaintiff’s side employment law at Legal Aid at Work, representing workers experiencing pregnancy and lactation discrimination, denial of paid family leave, and other forms of protected leave on the Work & Family team.
Professor Isaq’s experience working with diverse individuals and communities, and her familiarity with Critical Race Theory and Black Feminist Theory, inform her legal advocacy and approach to workplace harms.