Background
Shope, Claudia was born on June 16, 1954 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Came to the United States, 1955. Daughter of Richard Allan and Patricia Ray (Palmer) Shope.
Shope, Claudia was born on June 16, 1954 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Came to the United States, 1955. Daughter of Richard Allan and Patricia Ray (Palmer) Shope.
Student, Rider College, 1973. Bachelor cum laude, Boston University, 1976. Paralegal certified, Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1977.
Postgraduate, Oxford University, England, 1980. Juris Doctor, Santa Clara Law School, 1982.
Substitute teacher, City of Boston, 1976;
weekend manager, Bostonian Society Old State House Museum, Boston, 1976-1979;
graphic computer builder, Adage, Boston, 1977;
special service worker, Massachusetts Parole Board, Boston, 1978-1979;
law clerk, Atwood & Hurst, Sharon Hermosilo, Mattews & Marzula, San Jose, California, 1981;
law clerk, Comty. Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, San Jose, 1981-1982;
housing counselor mortgage default, San Jose Housing Svc. Center, 1982-1984;
senior property specialist, Santa Clara (California) County, since 1984.
Program developer New Jersey State Home for Girls, Trenton, 1973. Member Santa Clara Public Interest Law Foundation, 1980-1982. Negotiator local 715 Social Superior vena cava syndrome, San Jose, 1985-1987, assistant chief steward, since 1989, union steward, since 1984.
Vice president, board directors Dawn Democratic Activist Women Now, San Jose, since 1993. Active Democratic Central Committee, San Jose, since 1994. Board directors Pro-Choice Coalition, San Jose.
Member South Bay American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Labor Council, since 1994. Member National Organization of Women (board directors, delegate Democratic national convention 1996), National Lawyers Guild, Sierra Club.