Please join us in welcoming CLJC’s Fall 2024 interns! These students provide pivotal assistance in the Centers many research and advocacy projects, we couldn’t do it without them! #weloveourinterns #ucberkeley #justice #education #lawschool #advocacy #internship #cljc

Join @berkeleylawcljc and @bjclberkeley TOMORROW 9/4 12:50pm rm 141 @berkeleylaw for a meet & greet! Scan the QR code to register for a free lunch! See you there! #lawschool #berkeley #students #criminaljustice #probono #lawjournal #criminallaw #lawyer

We are thrilled to debut CLJC’s newest project, in partnership w/the Alameda District Attorney’s Office, which allows students to help review cases for potential post conviction resentencing! Learn more @berkeleylawcljc link in bio! #lawschool #districtattorney #criminaljustice

🌟 Join CRRJ for Our First Talk of the Semester! 🌟 We are excited to host Meredith Wallis, a family defense attorney from Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, for a critical conversation on dismantling family policing systems.

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BREAKING: We've filed a lawsuit against CDCR for unlawfully withholding money from people leaving prison. CDCR is required, by state law, to give people $200 to assist in their reentry. CDCR's actions harm vulnerable individuals and jeopardize public safety. #reentry

A new investigation led by @berkeleyjournalism in partnership and published by San Francisco Chronicle shows a secret system that covers up police misconduct— and ensures problem officers can get hired again sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/…

Join Mass Media at Berkeley Law (MMaBL) and Berkeley alum @sukeylewis (‘15), host of the award-winning podcast “On Our Watch” from @npr and @kqed for a conversation about investigative journalism, government, transparency, and corruption and violence in California prisons.

Please join CLJC as we host a vibrant discussion with Miriam Aroni Krinsky! We will discuss lessons learned around police accountability and prosecutorial reform, among various other topics. 9/27 1-2pm @berkeleylaw room 134. Scan the QR code to RSVP for lunch! #criminaljustice

Join us 10/16 1pm Rm 140, with Elisabeth founder of @coloradofreedomfund for a screening & discussion of the film “How We Get Free,” a short documentary about the cash bail system & the fight to end the criminalization of poverty!

Join us with Defenders at Berkeley in hosting the San Francisco Public Defenders on 3/3 12:50pm rm 110 UC Berkeley Law

Check out our recent filing in partnership with @aclu_or on the right to timely counsel! Full brief on our website now!

We’re continuing to track the case of Diana Teran—a case that threatens to chill compliance with constitutional obligations in California, particularly the duty of prosecutors and law-enforcement to disclose police credibility evidence. boltsmag.org/the-curious-ca…

🧬🚓Law enforcement misusing DNA data can have serious consequences. In this Daily Journal OpEd, Chesa Boudin (Criminal Law & Justice Center and former San Francisco District Attorney) examines the risks of improper access and use of DNA evidence. Read more: dailyjournal.com/articles/38408…

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Everyone accused of a crime has a right to an attorney. California allows counties to privatize public defense services by contracting with for-profit lawyers and firms. A new report sheds light on how these “flat-fee” contracts lead to subpar lawyering and higher incarceration.

Check out the latest op-ed written by Center Director Chesa Boudin sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

"The Enablement of Mass Incarceration by the CA Supreme Court & the Need for a Legislative Solution by J. Anthony Kline dailyjournal.com/articles/38550…

This @calmatters article explores the consequences of our underresouced public defense system by illustrating how a single case can go woefully wrong without a dedicated investigator calmatters.org/investigation/…

CLJC is going global! 🌍  Swedish news outlet Aftonbladet interviewed ED Chesa Boudin on prison policy in the United States and Sweden.  Read the full article in Swedish here: aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/W0zE2…