Berkeley’s Consumer Advocacy and Protection Society (CAPS) have submitted a public comment to the U.S. Department of Education opposing its proposal to rescind the ‘gainful employment’ rule. Under the current rule, career education programs that repeatedly leave students with unaffordable levels of debt relative to their earnings can lose access to federal Title IV funds (i.e., federal student […]
Berkeley Law Students Submit Comment to Department of Education on ‘Gainful Employment’ Rule
Center Featured in “What Great Law Schools Do” Blog
The law blog “What Good Law Schools Do” has published a new article featuring Berkeley’s Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice! You can read the article here: https://www.whatgreatlawschoolsdo.com/2018/07/uc-berkeley-law-center-consumer-law-economic-justice/
Berkeley Alum & Center Advisor Suzanne Martindale Featured in Media on Student Loans
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 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 […]
Conference: Comparing Constitutional Change in the United States and Korea
Co-sponsored by the Korea Legislation Research Institute; the Korea Law Center; and the California Constitution Center. This conference will take place at the Faculty Club on the UC Berkeley campus, August 30, 2018.
Korea Law Center at Berkeley Law Hosts Conversation with Congressman Tae Sup Keum from the Republic of Korea
On April 3, 2018, the Korea Law Center hosted a conversation with Congressman Tae Sup Keum from South Korea. Keum was one of the key drafters of the impeachment bill in 2016 and took part in the “Candlelight Revolution” that brought the world’s attention to South Korea’s political change. Prior to the National Assembly, Keum served as a prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutors’ […]
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 […]
Berkeley Law Alumni Club Welcomes Dean Chemerinsky to Seoul
More than 100 members of “the Berkeley Club,” the law school’s alumni organization in Korea, extended a warm welcome to Dean Erwin Chemerinsky at its annual meeting, on June 29, 2018. Dean Chemerinsky first spent time meeting Berkeley alumni and officials at important government bodies (the Korean Constitutional Court and Supreme Court), universities (Seoul National […]
Interviews: Away Field Placement Program
Berkeley Law’s Away Field Placement Program grants J.D. students academic credit for legal work performed for a non-profit or government agency outside the Bay Area. The Robbins Collection provides financial support for students working in a country, region, or city outside the U.S. that is characterized by civil or religious law traditions and institutions. In 2017, the […]
Robbins Collection Digest, Spring 2018 Issue Now Available
The Robbins Collection invites you to read about the latest events, scholars, acquisitions, and more in our new Digest issue.