In the fall of 2020, clinic faculty asked Death Penalty Clinic alumni to let them know about their efforts to protect their incarcerated clients during the pandemic. The responses reflect the tenacity and creativity with which they are advocating for the health and safety of the adults and children who are especially vulnerable to COVID-19. […]
Death Penalty Clinic alumni protect clients during COVID-19
Jack Chang ’20: Who’s on the Hook for Refinery Accidents?
We believe that people deserve to know whether fossil fuel companies can pay for their mistakes. As it turns out, after two months of digging, we finally were able to obtain Phillips 66’s insurance documents at the California Office of Spill Prevention and Response, a branch of the state’s Fish and Wildlife Department that protects waterways.
Center Successfully Requests Publication of Case Holding Arbitration Contract Unconscionable
By the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice November 3, 2020 The Second District Court of Appeal granted the Center’s request to publish Swain v. LaserAway Medical Group, a decision holding that LaserAway’s arbitration contract was unconscionable and therefore unenforceable. The Center was joined on its amicus letter by the Katharine & George […]
Newsletter – October 2020
By the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice October 30, 2020 It has been a year of upheaval and insecurity, of racial injustice and financial crisis. We have believed from the Center’s founding that economic injustice underlies many of the most urgent problems faced by this nation. And we have worked steadily ever since […]
Robbins Fellow Lena Salaymeh Elected to Prestigious Chair
The Robbins Collection and Research Center is proud to announce that former Robbins Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Research Fellow Lena Salaymeh was recently elected to the prestigious chair in Sunni Islam at the École pratique des hautes études, section des Sciences religieuses, in Paris. The École pratique des hautes études is counted among France’s most […]
Robbins Fellow Spotlight: Mahwish Moazzam
Undertaking a Robbins Fellowship during the COVID-19 pandemic comes with a unique set of travails but Mahwish Moazzam is no stranger to contending with challenges. “I am used to adversity in my academic pursuits” explained the Robbins Collection and Research Center’s most recent fellow. Mahwish received her JD from the Punjab University Law College, graduating […]
Clinic Publishes “Money and Punishment, Circa 2020” with National Partners
Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale Law School, Fines & Fees Justice Center, PAC, 10/8/2020
Press Release: California Abolishes Regressive and Racially Discriminatory Juvenile Legal System Fees
Youth Justice Coalition, Western Center on Law & Poverty, 9/30/20
Court Grants Center’s Request to Publish Case Upholding Californians’ Right to Seek Public Injunctions
By the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice September 22, 2020 On September 15, 2020, the California Court of Appeal (Fourth District, Division 3) granted the Center’s request to publish Mejia v. DACM, a decision holding that the arbitration clause in a consumer credit contract was unenforceable. The opinion in Mejia […]
California Governor Signs Historic Bill Abolishing Unjust Criminal Fees
Debt Free Justice California, 9/21/20