Administrative Director, Children's Advocacy Institute
- JD, 1990 University of San Diego
- BA, University of San Diego
Elisa Weichel serves as administrative director and staff attorney for the Children's Advocacy Institute (CAI) at the University of San Diego School of Law. Weichel directs all of CAI’s administrative functions, managing CAI’s master budget and coordinating all fundraising, development, and outreach; oversees all of CAI’s programs and grant projects; coordinates the drafting and production of all of CAI’s special reports and regular publications such as the Children’s Legislative Report Card and the CAI Annual Report; supervises legal interns participating in CAI’s academic program, as well as other volunteers; collaborates with and assists other child advocacy and public interest organizations; serves as an Educational Representative under appointment by the San Diego Juvenile Court; and performs legal research, litigation, and advocacy.
Weichel, a graduate of the USD School of Law, was 1989's Outstanding Contributor to the Center for Public Interest Law's California Regulatory Law Reporter. Before taking her current position with CAI, Weichel served for several years as staff attorney for CPIL and as legal editor for Lexis Law Publishing.