295.5P sec. 001 - Policy Advocacy Clinic (Fall 2022)
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Units: 1 - 10
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Course End: December 07, 2022
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 16
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 16
As of: 02/17 06:39 AM
This is the fieldwork component for the Policy Advocacy Clinic (https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/clinics/policy-advocacy-clinic/), where interdisciplinary teams of law and public policy students pursue creative, non-litigation strategies to address systemic racial and economic injustice. The clinic’s approach is ground-up (informed by impacted people), problem-based (addressing pressing issues), and client-driven (accountable to community organizations).
Current projects are focused on abolishing racialized wealth extraction in the criminal legal system, with a special emphasis on ending harm to youth in the juvenile system. Students support state and local abolition campaigns while exploring their capacities and limits to influence law and public policy. A multi-year campaign to end juvenile fines and fees nationally may require clinic-funded travel outside of California (if travel is permitted).
In the clinic, students learn substantive law and policy skills. You will interview clients and experts, conduct legal and social science research and analysis, consult stakeholders (community members, policy and advocacy organizations, public officials, academics), file public records requests, and participate in state and local abolition campaigns.
On behalf of clients and partners, students complete written assignments, including draft legislation, rules, and policies; internal work product such as legal, policy, and fiscal memos; and external work product for public dissemination, such as fact sheets, policy briefs, research reports, and know your rights materials.
Students will also hone their oral advocacy skills by preparing, mooting, and delivering testimony and public comment to a variety of audiences, including city councils, county boards of supervisors, regulatory bodies, and state legislatures.
The enrollment target is 10-12 JD students and 10-12 MPP students to work on project teams. Returning students may serve as senior mentors on teams. There are no prerequisites. Prior experience working for racial and economic justice may be taken into consideration, and the instructors are committed to an equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist environment.
Because of project demands, first-time clinic students may not enroll concurrently in another clinic or field placement. Enrollment in the seminar (2 credits) and clinic (4-9 credits) is by permission of the instructors. Interested students should apply here: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/forms/clinics/clinical_application.php.
Prerequisites:
The 2-credit clinic seminar (Law 290A) is a co-requisite.
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Requirements Satisfaction:
Work in the clinic may satisfy Option 2 of the J.D. writing requirement with instructor approval. In order to satisfy Option 2, clinic students must complete a paper or series of written work that comprises 30 or more pages. Students who wish to satisfy the writing requirement must get instructor approval and submit their draft for comment and revision.
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Exam Notes: (None) Class requires a series of papers, assignments, or presentations throughout the semester
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Clinics
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Race and Law
Social Justice and Public Interest
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