UC Berkeley’s Policy Advocacy Clinic aims to tackle issues concerning community

Jeffrey Selbin and Stephanie Campos-Bui in The Daily Californian, August 24, 2015

Faculty director Jeffrey Selbin wanted to address larger, systemic issues that trickle down to many of the clinic’s clients by providing students with opportunities to research and advocate for marginalized communities.

“A lot of people or families with youth involved in the juvenile justice system are more often than not people of color or living in poverty,” Campos-Bui said. “So handing bills over to kids and their parents (make them) stuck with a huge amount of debt.”