Background
Yohalem, Jane Bloom was born on December 30, 1949 in Newark. Daughter of Harold Richard and Cynthia Eleanor (Slavin) Bloom.
Yohalem, Jane Bloom was born on December 30, 1949 in Newark. Daughter of Harold Richard and Cynthia Eleanor (Slavin) Bloom.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, with honors in English Literature, 1972). Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1975). Georgetown University Law Center (Master of Laws, 1976).
Staff attorney, Mental Health Law Project, District of Columbia, 1976-1984; director children's program, Mental Health Law Project, District of Columbia, 1985; contract attorney, Simon & Oppenheimer, Santa Fe, 1987-1993; partner, Simon & Oppenheimer, Santa Fe, 1993-1995. Member N. Mexico Supreme Court Appellate Rules Committee, Santa Fe, since 1993, Conversion Task Force, since 1994.
"Litigation on Behalf of Mentally Disabled Children: Targets of Opportunity," Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter, Part I at 70, Part II at 145, 1986. Federal Funding for Community—Based Residential Services, Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1987. "The Rights of the Mentally Disabled: Progress in the Face of New Realities," 19 Trial Magazine 68-76, December 1983.
"Social Security Disability Insurance and SSL The Chronically Mentally 111 Face Arbitrary Cutoffs," Clearinghouse Review, March 1983. "Exclusionary Zoning" and "Federal Housing Programs for the Mentally Disabled,” Legal Rights of Mentally Disabled Persons, Practising Law Institute, 1979.
Member Appellate Practice Section N. Mexico Bar Association, Women's Bar Association.
Married Daniel Yohalem, June 25, 1972. Children: Jeffrey B., Hannah S.