Samuelson Clinic, Fall 2019
Samuelson Clinic Fall 2019 Newsletter
Families Still on the Hook For Juvenile Justice Fees After Passage of SB 190, Depending on Where They Live
Witness LA, 11/9/2019
Clinic Files Amicus Brief on the Importance of Flexibility in the Fair Use Analysis of Mash-Ups of Culturally Significant Works
Samuelson Clinic, 10/11/19
Kristina Sinclair ’19: Evolution of the Pesticide Project
For two semesters, I witnessed the scope of our representation expand dramatically as we learned more about our client’s long-term goals and saw first-hand how our strategies changed over time. Through visuals and explanations, I demonstrate how this project evolved over time.
Some Governments Slam the Brakes on Facial Recognition Software
ABA Journal, 7/24/19
Digital Jail: How Electronic Monitoring Drives Defendants Into Debt
New York Times, 7/3/19
Natalie Collins ’20: How a client’s toxics exposure case unfolded
While Hardeman v. Monsanto was taking place in San Francisco, my clinic team was watching rural North Carolina. In spring 2018, North Carolina artist Yvonne Hegney had called ELC with a question: how could she identify the inert ingredients in a given pesticide?
Candice Youngblood ’19: Lessons in zealous advocacy
Part of the value of clinic participation is learning how to advocate for a real-life client, as opposed to the hypothetical clients we deal with in our legal writing courses.
Adam Buchholz M.P.P. ’20: A new attitude towards numbers
“Numbers are not worth the sweat we pour into them.” As a policy student in a program focused on quantitative methods, that sentence … was hard to read. It seemed that my primary interest might not be worth the time. Fortunately, first readings can be misleading.
Camila Gonzalez ’20: Confessions of an administrative law nerd
Not only are dispersants an ineffective oil spill response strategy, but they also harm human health and marine ecosystems.