Stephanie Campos-Bui is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and co-director of the Policy Advocacy Clinic at Berkeley Law where she supervises interdisciplinary teams of law and public policy students in the pursuit of non-litigation strategies to address systemic racial, economic, and social injustice.
Stephanie’s research and advocacy focuses on the impact that fees, fines, restitution, and bail have on communities of color. She has co-authored several reports including 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), Fee Abolition and the Promise of Debt-Free Justice for Young People and their Families in California (2019), and Coming Up Short: The Unrealized Promise of In re Humphrey (2022). Stephanie has worked in coalition with community groups across multiple states on successful fee and fine abolition campaigns in the juvenile and criminal injustice systems.
In 2022, Stephanie received the U.C. Berkeley Chancellor’s Award for Community Engaged Teaching. She received an honorable mention by the Clinical Legal Education Association for Excellence in a Public Interest Case or Project in 2020. While she was a law student, Stephanie was awarded the Brian M. Sax Prize for Excellence in Clinical Advocacy – Honorable Mention. She is a graduate of Berkeley Law and a member of the California Bar.
Education
B.A., UC Berkeley (2011)
J.D., Berkeley Law (2014)
Stephanie Lian Campos-Bui is not teaching any Law courses in Fall 2024.
Courses During Other Semesters
| Semester | Course Num | Course Title |  Teaching Evaluations | Spring 2024 | 295.5X sec. 001 | Advanced Policy Advocacy Clinic | Fall 2023 | 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 | Spring 2023 | 295.5X sec. 001 | Advanced Policy Advocacy Clinic | View Teaching Evaluation |
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California sent a mentally ill man to a state hospital. Then it charged him $760,000
“If we really think it’s in our interest as a society to be placing these people in state hospitals, that should be on the general fund, the taxpayers, to do that, not on people who are involuntarily being committed to these facilities,” said Professor Stephanie Campos-Bui.
Berkeley Law Hosts National Workshop Addressing Challenges for Latinas in the Legal Academy
Latina law faculty share experiences and strategies for collective and professional development for Latinas, who comprise just 1.6% of tenured and tenure-track law professors.
‘Illegal late fees’ that ‘penalized poverty.’ Fresno court to end traffic ticket program
Stephanie Campos-Bui, an assistant clinical professor of law at Berkeley Law and Policy Advocacy Clinic, said California law previously authorized the criminal legal system to charge people with over 90 different fees.
What a Year: Looking Back at the Stories That Made 2022 So Memorable for Berkeley Law
Twelve Pack: A dozen Berkeley Law homepage stories from 2022 that illustrate the school’s excellence, community, and public mission.
Restitution Relief: Policy Advocacy Clinic Spearheads Reform Efforts to Lift a Lifelong Burden
The Policy Advocacy Clinic is tackling restitution, a financial charge which saddles people with lifelong debt, adding to its nationwide work eliminating juvenile legal system fees and fines.
Full Steam Ahead: Clinical Program Names Roxanna Altholz ’99 and Ty Alper New Co-Directors
A change in leadership of Berkeley Law’s clinics arrives as the surging program adds faculty and plans to add more clinics.
Stellar Six: Latest Crop of New Professors Continues Berkeley Law’s Strong Hiring Trend
“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
A Berkeley Law clinic’s yearlong effort prods the South’s first court to stop charging administrative fees to families of youth in the juvenile system.
Berkeley Law Hosts National Convening to Confront Juvenile System Fines, Fees
Lawyers, researchers, and advocates discuss best practices and strategies for abolishing these regressive charges nationwide.
Leading the Fight for Fairness
CLINIC STUDENTS POWER MOVEMENT TO ELIMINATE REGRESSIVE JUVENILE JUSTICE FEES NATIONWIDE Berkeley Law students are at the forefront of a national effort to help families overwhelmed by draconian juvenile justice fees. Students and lawyers at the East Bay Community Law Center first identified the problem among their clients. Then research by the Policy Advocacy Clinic