Stephanie Campos-Bui (she/her) is a Co-Director in the Policy Advocacy Clinic at Berkeley Law. Since joining the clinic in 2015, Stephanie has researched and documented the impact that fees and fines have on communities of color. She is the co-author of High Pain, Low Gain: How Juvenile Administrative Fees Harm Low-Income Families in Alameda County, California (2016), Making Families Pay: The Harmful, Unlawful, and Costly Practice of Charging Juvenile Administrative Fees in California (2017), and Fee Abolition and the Promise of Debt-Free Justice for Young People and their Families in California (2019). Stephanie has worked in coalition with community groups across multiple states on fee abolition bills in the juvenile and criminal injustice systems and currently co-leads a national effort to abolish all fees and fines imposed on youth in the justice system.
Prior to joining the clinic, Stephanie served as a Public Interest Fellow at the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) in its Education, Defense and Justice for Youth Practice where she held school-based legal clinics in Oakland and provided special education representation to youth at risk of dropping out of school and entering into the juvenile system. During law school, she participated in EBCLC’s Health/Welfare Clinic and then-Policy Advocacy Clinic and received the Brian M. Sax Prize for Excellence in Clinical Advocacy-Honorable Mention in recognition of her work.
Stephanie graduated from Berkeley Law in 2014 and from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in English and minor in ethnic studies in 2011. She is a member of the California Bar.
Education
B.A., UC Berkeley (2011)
J.D., Berkeley Law (2014)
Stephanie Campos-Bui is teaching the following course in Spring 2023:
• 295.5X sec. 001 - Advanced Policy Advocacy Clinic
Courses During Other Semesters
| Semester | Course Num | Course Title |  Teaching Evaluations | Fall 2022 | 290A sec. 001 | Policy Advocacy Clinic Seminar | View Teaching Evaluation | 290B sec. 001 | Advanced Policy Advocacy Clinic Seminar | View Teaching Evaluation | 295.5P sec. 001 | Policy Advocacy Clinic | View Teaching Evaluation | 295.5X sec. 001 | Advanced Policy Advocacy Clinic | View Teaching Evaluation | Spring 2022 | 295.5X sec. 001 | Advanced Policy Advocacy Clinic | View Teaching Evaluation |
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What a Year: Looking Back at the Stories That Made 2022 So Memorable for Berkeley Law
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Restitution Relief: Policy Advocacy Clinic Spearheads Reform Efforts to Lift a Lifelong Burden
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“We had an extraordinary year in hiring,” Dean Erwin Chemerinsky says, including two senior scholars, three junior faculty, and a clinical professor.
Stephanie Campos-Bui ’14 Wins UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Teaching
Deputy director of Berkeley Law’s Policy Advocacy Clinic, Campos-Bui is honored for her impactful work on the effects of criminal legal system fees and fines.
Advocacy Groups Launch Nationwide Campaign to End Juvenile Court Fines and Fees
Stephanie Campos-Bui, Clinical Supervising Attorney in the Policy Advocacy Clinic, explains why juvenile court fines and fees are bad practice, as PAC and a coalition of prominent youth advocacy groups launch Debt Free Justice, a national campaign to abolish court-imposed fines and fees
Clinic’s Winning Playbook for Abolishing Harmful Juvenile Fees Gains Momentum Nationwide
Berkeley Law’s Policy Advocacy Clinic leads the way in abolishing harmful juvenile fees nationwide, with five states eliminating fees this year alone.
Change-Making at the Capitol: Governor Signs Seven Bills Driven by Berkeley Law Clinics and Centers
Governor Newsom signs a whopping seven bills that focus on protecting residents’ civil, financial, and environmental rights — all driven by Berkeley Law clinics and centers.
Berkeley Law Clinic Helps Sway Orange County to Stop Collecting Juvenile Justice System Fees
Research by the Policy Advocacy Clinic spurs Orange County’s decision to end collection and discharge $18.5 million in fees charged to families with children in the juvenile system before 2018.
OC agrees not to collect $18.5 million from families whose children were locked in juvenile hall
Stephanie Campos-Bui, Clinical Supervising Attorney in the Policy Advocacy Clinic, discusses the decision from the Orange County Board of Supervisors to join other counties throughout California in ceasing collection of old juvenile fines and fees
Clinics Help Protect State Families from Debt Collection During COVID-19 Crisis
Two Berkeley Law clinics give immediate financial relief to vulnerable families by persuading California to stop collecting government debt during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Policy Advocacy Clinic’s Report Aims to Ensure Debt-Free Justice in California
The clinic is monitoring enforcement of a law that bars California counties from charging fees to parents and guardians of youth in the juvenile legal system.
Policy Advocacy Clinic Students Driving Force Behind Nevada Youth Justice Bill
Thanks to the initiative of two Policy Advocacy Clinic students, Nevada families will no longer have to pay thousands of dollars for everything from food to a public defender when they have a child in the juvenile delinquency system.
Nirali Beri ’19, Hannah Flanery ’19 Win Sax Prize Honors for Clinical Advocacy
Both displayed exceptional leadership and diligence as housing rights advocates.
Music to Their Ears: Students Spur Juvenile Fees Victory in New Orleans
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Berkeley Law Hosts National Convening to Confront Juvenile System Fines, Fees
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Leading the Fight for Fairness
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Clinical Program Celebrates Sax Prize Winner Salena Tiet ’17
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Alex Kaplan ’16 Wins Sax Prize for Clinical Advocacy
Kaplan was honored for his extraordinary work with Berkeley Law’s Policy Advocacy Clinic and East Bay Community Law Center.