Editing Howard Berman (section)

==Early life, education, and legal career==
Berman was born in [[Los Angeles]], to [[Judaism|Jewish]] parents,<ref>[http://www.njdc.org/site/page/howard_berman National Jewish Democratic Council, "Jewish Members of Congress"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105050717/http://www.njdc.org/site/page/howard_berman |date=November 5, 2010}}. Retrieved September 24, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Zach Silberman|title=Calif. Rep. Howard Berman raps coalition behind anti-Israel billboards|agency=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency|JTA]]|date=June 25, 2012|url=http://www.jta.org/2012/06/25/news-opinion/united-states/calif-rep-howard-berman-raps-coalition-behind-anti-israel-billboards}}</ref> the son of Eleanor (née Schapiro) and Joseph Berman. His maternal grandparents immigrated from [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/berman.htm|title=Howard Lawrence Berman profile |publisher=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com|access-date=September 10, 2012}}</ref> He graduated from [[Alexander Hamilton High School (Los Angeles)|Alexander Hamilton High School]] in 1959 and earned his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[international relations]] in 1962 and his [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]] in 1965 at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] where he befriended future congressman [[Henry Waxman]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dailybruin.com/2015/01/07/alum-henry-waxman-retires-from-congress-leaves-legislative-legacy | title=Alum Henry Waxman retires from Congress, leaves legislative legacy }}</ref> Blanche Bettington, his high school civics teacher, inspired him to enter politics and government.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=December 4, 2010|title=Obituaries – Blanche Bettington; Inspired Generations in L.A. Schools|date=March 3, 2001|first=Kenneth|last=Reich|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-03-me-32668-story.html|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701174021/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/mar/03/local/me-32668/2|archive-date=July 1, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

He was a [[Volunteers in Service to America|VISTA]] volunteer (1966–1967) in [[Baltimore]] and [[San Francisco]], and was an [[Associate attorney|associate]] at a [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] [[law firm]], Levy, Van Bourg & Hackler (1967–72) specializing in [[labor relations]].<ref name=Barone1998a>{{cite book|last=Barone|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Barone (pundit)|author2=Grant Ujifusa|title=[[The Almanac of American Politics]]|edition=1998|year=1997|publisher=[[National Journal Group|National Journal, Inc.]]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/almanacofamerica00mich_4/page/206 206–08]|location=Washington, D.C.|isbn=0-89234-081-9}}</ref><ref name=Barone2008a>{{cite book|last=Barone|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Barone (pundit)|author2=Richard E. Cohen|author2-link=Richard E. Cohen|title=The Almanac of American Politics|year=2007|edition=2008|publisher=National Journal, Inc.|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/almanacofamerica00mich_0/page/233 233–37]|isbn=978-0-89234-117-7|url=https://archive.org/details/almanacofamerica00mich_0/page/233}}</ref><ref name=Carrolla>"Howard L Berman", ''Carroll's Federal Directory'', [[Carroll Publishing Company|Carroll Publishing]], 2008. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Document Number: K2415002198. Fee, via [[Fairfax County Public Library]].</ref><ref name=Barone2004a>{{cite book|last=Barone|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Barone (pundit) |author2=Grant Ujifusa |author3=Douglas Matthews|title=The Almanac of American Politics|year=2003|edition=2004|publisher=National Journal, Inc.|location=Washington, D.C.|pages=236–39|isbn=0-89234-106-8}}</ref><ref name=WhoWhoa>"Howard Lawrence Berman." Marquis Who's Who TM. [[Marquis Who's Who]], 2008. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. [[Farmington Hills, Michigan|Farmington Hills, Mich.]]: [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]], 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Document Number: K2017593147. Fee.</ref>