The body of the missing UC Berkeley law student who fell off a cliff into a waterfall in Oregon a month ago was found by hikers, officials said Friday.

Officials believe Brian Lewinstein, 23, crossed a safety fence on Aug. 12 at Toketee Falls in the Umpqua National Forest while trying to get a close-up photograph of the waterfall and slipped down the embankment, off a cliff and into the water below, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.

Search and rescue crews scoured the steep terrain and battled fast-moving waters since the fatal fall. The region’s treacherous waters made it impossible for search and rescue divers to search the pools.

Two hikers spotted his body in the second pool of the waterfall at around 5:45 p.m. Thursday. Search and rescue crews conducted steep angle rappelling to reach the lower pool and brought his body back to the trail around 10 p.m Thursday, according to the sheriff’s office.

“We are glad that we were able to provide his family with some answers and sincerely hope that they are able to find some comfort in the fact that he was located,” said a sheriff’s office statement.

It is unknown if Lewinstein first plunged into the small pool or large pool beneath the 113-foot high waterfall, but rescue crews told The Chronicle in late August they believed he fell into the upper pool and may have been carried over the second fall.

Lewinstein was an intern in juvenile defense at the East Bay Community Law Center, where he worked with juvenile offenders.

Equal Justice America, a nonprofit that provides legal services to people in need, announced last month that it would establish a memorial fellowship in his name. Lewinstein had been a fellow with the organization at the time of his death.

Lauren Hernandez is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: lauren.hernandez@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @LaurenPorFavor