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2010–2011 Annual Report

Students Play Key Role in Proposed Consumer Protection Bill (3/9/12). read the article

EBCLC opposed police crackdown on Occupy Oakland (11/01/11). Letter to Mayor Jean Quan

Addressing the Funding Crisis Facing Our Nation’s Largest Court System. read the article

EBCLC weighs in on impact of Alameda County Court cuts. read the article

Berkeley Law Transcript article, “EBCLC Builds Greenhouse for Green Entrepreneurs.” read the article

Another Clean Slate partner stepping up to national stage! (6/22/11) read the article

Excerpts from Sax Prize Speech by Rudy Alejo (6/13/11) read the speech

EBCLC’s Green-Collar Communities Clinic, Launching Fall 2011 (5/17/11) read the article

Immigration Reform Advocates Find Roadblocks in Washington (5/10/11) read the article

Rudy Alejo ’11 Wins Sax Prize for Excellence in Clinical Advocacy (4/25/11) read the article

Local Attorneys to Call for Common-Sense Immigration Solutions at National Day of Action on Capitol Hill (3/30/11) read the press release

EBCLC and Western Center on Law and Poverty win important welfare case (3/4/11) read the article

EBCLC and Consumers Union team up to issue report on debt collection industry abuses (January, 2011) read the report (pdf)

EBCLC helping to expose faulty process service in foreclosure eviction cases (10/31/10) read the article

EBCLC Executive and Faculty Directors, Tirien Steinbach and Professor Jeff Selbin, help host the first national conference on law and meditation at Berkeley Law
BerkeleyLaw  |  SF Gate  |  The Mindful Lawyer

BOSS honors EBCLC with Sesa Woruban (Transformation) Award, Celebration October 7, Oakland. event information

EBCLC Faculty Director, Jeff Selbin’s, editorial regarding attack on law school clinical programs (05/13/10) read the editorial (pdf)

Some Lawyers Want to Keep Debt Collection Out of the Courts – New York Times (4/30/10) read the article

EBCLC student, Atteeyah Hollie, wins 2010 Sax Prize for Excellence in Clinical Advocacy (04/19/10) read more

New video report on the Clean Slate program! (01/15/10) watch the video

EBCLC fights to save Alameda County welfare benefits (12/30/09) read the article (pdf)

EBCLC’s work to protect tenants featured on the California Report: “Renters Also Suffer When Homes Foreclosed” (06/11/09) listen online

EBCLC featured in Transcript Magazine: “It Takes a Community” (/05/09) read the article (pdf)

EBCLC intern, Lindsay Harris, wins 2009 Sax Prize for Excellence in Clinical Advocacy read more

Equal Justice Works produces video tribute to Alumni featuring EBCLC Executive Director, Tirien Steinbach. watch video