Ari Chivukula
Legal Intern at Berkeley Student Cooperative
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAri Chivukula is a Berkeley-based technologist and JD candidate who blends eight years of software engineering and security experience with technology-focused legal practice. He has shipped product and infrastructure work at scale—from user-safety systems at Facebook and cloud and policy work at the U.S. Digital Service to front-end contributions for the DoD open-source experiment Code.mil—while now managing policy-oriented legal research at Berkeley Law’s Technology & Public Policy Clinic. Ari’s background spans principal engineering and system administration roles for human rights investigations, randomized trial design for access-to-justice projects, and founding a cooperative housing board leadership role serving 1.2k residents. He brings a rare combination of hands-on technical depth (CS degree, 3.9 GPA) and policy-savvy legal training, with a creative streak evident in co-founding an independent media venture.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Law - JD, Technology Law, Doctor of Law - JD, Technology Law at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.9/4.0 GPA, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.9/4.0 GPA at University of Michigan
Github Skills (4)
javascript10
front-end-development10
html9
open-source8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Code-dot-mil/code.mil
Jan 2018 - Aug 2018
An experiment in open source at the Department of Defense.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 112 commits, 49 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Ari primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the website. Their commits involve modifying the `assets/js/main.js` file to implement features like sub navigation, decision tree interaction, and support for hash-based history. The user updated code to support smooth scrolling behavior, and implemented features to improve user experience. The commits center around improving the front-end usability of the site.
department-of-defensecode-mildepartmentgovernmentdefense
deptofdefense/code.mil
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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