Suzanne Martindale (’10), staff attorney at Consumers Union and chair of the Center’s public advisory board, has recently been featured discussing the Trump Administration’s reversal of efforts to help student loan borrowers victimized by fraudulent colleges and vocational schools. Suzanne’s appeared on KQED’s Forum program to discuss the resignation of the CFPB’s top watchdog over […]
Berkeley Alum & Center Advisor Suzanne Martindale Featured in Media on Student Loans
Berkeley Law Students Submit Public Comments to FTC, CFPB
Berkeley’s Consumer Advocacy and Protection Society (CAPS) has recently submitted public comments to the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on several important consumer protection topics. The FTC comments, one of which can we read here, were submitted in response to the FTC’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. CAPS […]
The 90-Day Report
The 90-Day Report The Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice opened its doors 90 days ago. Click HERE for our first 90-day Report: https://conta.cc/2Lu7JmE. Here is a snapshot of some of what the Center has been up to so far: Fighting for the Rights of Defrauded Students On April 16, the first day of […]
Interim Director Ted Mermin Discusses New Center & Consumer Law in “Corporate Crime Reporter”
The “Corporate Crime Reporter” recently featured an interview with Ted Mermin about Berkeley’s new Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice. You can find the article here: https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/ted-mermin-berkeley-center-consumer-law-economic-justice/.
California Law Review Publishes Article on Berkeley’s Consumer Justice Clinic
The California Law Review has recently published an article about the East Bay Community Law Center’s Consumer Justice Clinic. The piece was authored by Center Interim Director Ted Mermin, who helped create the the Consumer Justice Clinic. The article can be accessed here: http://www.californialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/8-Festschrift_Mermin.pdf.
CCLEJ Featured in Berkeley Law Alumni Magazine
The Spring 2018 issue of the ‘Berkeley Law Transcript’ published an article about the Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice. The article features Ted Mermin, the Center’s Interim Director, and Elizabeth Cabraser, renowned litigator and founding donor for the new Center.
Opening Week
The Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice opened its doors last week – on Monday, April 16, 2018 – and what a week it was. On Monday, we filed an amicus brief in Manriquez et al. v. DeVos, a class action brought by former students of Corinthian Colleges against Betsy DeVos and the U.S. […]