Back in chambers, Judge Anderle expresses his delight when he learned that Yassi was the first of all lawyers that the judge had sworn in over the last 21 years who did not attend law school. Yassi epxolained to him that she studied law while working at the Sustainable Economies Law Center, Oakland, Calif., where she completed her legal apprenticeship under the supervision of Janielle Orsay, the Executive Director and co-founder. He said, I can’t wait to tell this story to my tennis buddies, Don Boden and Judge Bruce Dodds (retired).