After asking the U.S. Attorney General to act, our Policy Advocacy Clinic and other advocacy groups celebrated a Department of Justice letter urging states and local courts to reduce criminal legal system fines and fees.

Jeffrey Selbin, the clinic’s co-director, says lawmakers, agencies, and courts are “on notice that it’s time to stop trying to fund the justice system on the backs of those least able to afford it.”

Clinic Gains Federal Win
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/spotlight/policy-advocacy-clinic-gains-federal-win/

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Celebrating #followfriday with a warm #welcome to friends and colleagues @Giano (#author #prof #chicago) and @jselbin (@berkeleylaw #lawprof, working to abolish racialized wealth extraction, #BerkeleyLaw Policy Advocacy Clinic, #DebtFreeJustice).