Freedom of Information Advocates (FOIA) is a new offering among UC Berkeley Law’s 41 Student-Initiated Legal Services Projects. The group will help students gain practical skills and knowledge related to free speech, access rights, and public institutions. Working with the university’s First Amendment Project and Investigative Reporting Program, FOIA members will engage with journalists, advocates, and academics and learn about the basics of open records statutes, drafting and filing public records requests, litigating on such requests, pre-publication review, and other media law issues.