Clinic Team

Samuelson Clinic Reveals Sallie Mae’s Flawed Security Practices

Students at the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law recently accused Sallie Mae—the nation’s largest student lender—of placing millions of its customers at risk of identity theft through improper and potentially illegal authentication practices. Although Sallie Mae revised its authentication practices this spring after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the Clinic, law students say the new practice remains flawed and leaves student borrowers vulnerable to identity theft.  read more »

Jean Sakahashi Hayes

Occupational title: 
Center Administrator, Center for Clinical Education
email: 
jhayes [at] law.berkeley.edu
Office Phone: 
1 510-643-4800
Education: 

A.B., Botany, U.C. Berkeley, 1981

For the last 30 years Jean has worked in various positions on the campus, with the last three years as the Center Administrator for the Center for Clinical Education, which encompasses the Death Penalty Clinic, East Bay Community Law Center, International Human Rights Law Clinic, and the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic.

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