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Contributors
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Leigh Cole
Leigh Cole is an Attorney and Director of Dinse P.C., a law firm in Burlington, Vermont. As Chair of the firm's Higher Education practice group, she assists colleges and universities with compliance, immigration and international matters. She also serves as Immigration Counsel to Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP, an employment boutique law firm. She has been a Senior Editor of the former Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook, published by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). She earned a J.D. from Albany Law School of Union University, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Albany Law Review. She holds a B.A. in government from Cornell University. Leigh is a member of the NACUA Board of Directors (Class of FY 2017-2020) and its Finance Committee. In the past, she has served on the NACUA Committee on Membership and Member Services and Advisory Committee for the Journal of College and University Law. She co-taught NACUA’s online course on Immigration Law.
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Charles Robinson
Charles F. Robinson began his tenure as General Counsel and Vice President, Legal Affairs for the University of California in January 2007. Operating out of the University’s Office of the President, he is the Chief Legal Officer of the University system, providing advice and counsel to The Board of Regents, the President, the campus Chancellors, and other senior University officials. He oversees a legal staff of 125 attorneys throughout the University system (ten campuses, six medical centers and one national laboratory); represents the University in all legal and regulatory proceedings; and retains and manages outside counsel. Prior to joining the University, Robinson served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for California’s wholesale electric transmission operator, the California Independent System Operator Corporation, where he oversaw the Government Affairs and Market Analysis Departments, in addition to the Legal Department. Prior to that, he served as Assistant General Counsel for Litigation for Packard Bell NEC in Sacramento, as Division Counsel for the Raychem Corporation in Menlo Park, and as a Litigation Partner at the law firm Heller Ehrman White and McAuliffe in San Francisco. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and a Juris Doctorate degree from Yale University.