Berkeley Law’s surging Clinical Program continues to expand its impact on the school’s student community and in the world. Driving California legislation that will erase billions in criminal justice system debt. Guiding small businesses threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Exposing racial discrimination, abuse, corruption, and impunity in various law enforcement practices at home and abroad. Bringing more transparency and democratic control to local government use of surveillance technology. And those are just a few examples. Here are some figures that help illustrate the program’s growing reach.
- 328: Students who participated in clinics during the 2020-21 school year
- 220: Students who worked at in-house clinics, Berkeley Law’s largest cohort ever
- 5,250+: Hours of collective student clinic work each week (16 to 22 per student)
- 9: The Clinical Program’s national ranking by U.S. News & World Report
- 7 to 1: Largest ratio of students to faculty
- $360 million+: Amount of regressive juvenile system fees California families were relieved of in a recent bill spearheaded by the Policy Advocacy Clinic
- 2,285: Families protected from eviction and displacement by the East Bay Community Law Center last year
- 72: IP scholar signatories on a Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic amicus brief in the Google v. Oracle case
- 50+: Startups that receive individualized legal assistance or workshop training each semester from the New Business Community Law Clinic
- 20: Countries visited by International Human Rights Law Clinic students
- 6: States where Death Penalty Clinic students and faculty help defend clients
- 6: California Public Utilities Commission proceedings where the Environmental Law Clinic achieved key progress for clean energy and climate justice