立法 & 公共政策诊所的目标与结构

This Clinic provides an opportunity for students to represent client sponsors to develop legislative or public policy change. Students engage with experienced professionals in the Legislature and can develop a network of Capitol area contacts.

立法 & Public Policy Clinic provides a practical skills experience in researching, drafting, and pursuing adoption of California state legislative and public policy changes. 学生将与客户赞助商互动, 选举和任命的州政府官员及其工作人员, lobbyists, 公共事务专业人士. Students often work to develop coalitions and interact with the media in support of a legislative proposal.

学生参加每周一次的教学研讨会. 每学期总共需要150个学时. The Clinic is a year-long, 3-credit-per-semester clinic, open only to graduating students.

入学条件

需要提交书面申请. 先前注册或同时注册 加州的立法(822) 是必需的. Students participating in the Capital Lawyering Concentration will receive preferred enrollment.

教授

凯西·克里斯蒂安教授是尼尔森公司的退休合伙人, Merksamer, Parrinello, Gross, and Leoni, 具有丰富的选举经验, campaign, 以及政府法律. 作为律师和立法倡导者, she represented governmental and commercial interests before the Legislature and state agencies. Previously, she handled litigation and legislative issues in the California Attorney General's office, 是农业劳动关系委员会的上诉律师, 还是一个法律服务项目的专职律师. 你可以联系Christian教授 cchristian1@bukatara.com.

Professor Aaron Brieno served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for California State Senator Ben Hueso and recently completed a graduate program at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. 他也是Inspire California的创始人, a social impact nonprofit that provides college access resources to historically underserved communities within California's San Joaquin Valley. Aaron also has extensive political campaign experience as a senior advisor for multiple regional California races. 你可以联系布里诺教授 abrieno@bukatara.com.

立法和公共政策诊所账单

2020-2021

  • AB 9 (Wood): Includes vegetation management in an omnibus fire safety and prevention bill. 客户:加州农场局联合会. 9月11日获总督批准. 23, 2021.
  • SB 790 (Stern): Authorizes mitigation credits for establishment of wildlife corridors to prevent wildlife-vehicle collisions. 客户:California Environmental & 能源咨询. 总督于10月10日批准. 8, 2021.
  • AB 610 (Kalra): Modifies the circumstances under which a school principal 是必需的 to notify law enforcement of student behavior. (学生参加各种少年司法改革组织.比尔死于委员会.

2019-2020 All bills suspended in the Legislature due to COVID shutdown

  • AB 2402: (Committee on Insurance): requires an accurate description of actual cash value for losses be included in the residential property disclosure form. 客户:个人保险联合会.
  • AB 2958: (Maienschein); establishes a Behavioral Health and Justice Center to provide resources for counties for mental health programs. Client: McGeorge 社区法律服务, Homeless Advocacy Project
  • AB 648: (Nazarian): prohibits health care service plans and insurers from sharing personal information or data collected through a wellness program or taking any adverse action based on such information, 包括拒绝入学. (Students joined Consumer Reports and others working on a two-year bill.)

2018-2019

  • SB 338 (Hueso): Provides legislative direction to law enforcement agencies to update operational manuals and training to better serve disabled or elderly Californians who are subject to various abuses. (Students Stephanie Chavez and Spencer Saks) (client: The Arc of California and 社区法律服务, Elder & 健康法律诊所).

2016-2017

  • SB 350 (Galgiani): Ensures continuity of care of inmates by requiring their electronic health records to follow them to a new facility when there is electronic communication. (学生:Melerie Michael, Elizabeth Vice)
  • SB 791 (Glazer): Requires institutions of higher education to disclose more information on the status of student loan repayments to prospective students. (学生:Elizabeth Vice, Ryan Mahoney, Jordan Catalano)
  • AB 90(韦伯):改革CalGang共享的帮派数据库程序. (学生:Louie Ponce, Nicholas Scheuer)
  • AB 413 (Eggman): Allows survivors of domestic violence to record their abuse and submit those recordings as evidence in a court proceeding without fear of being sued by the abusive party for invasion of privacy. (学生:Lilliana Udang, Jessica Gosney, Charles Wiseman)

2015-2016

  • ab1554 (Irwin): Prohibits the sale of "powdered alcohol" in California (aka "palcohol"). Brandon Bjerke, '16, Sean Creadick, '16, and Emily Reynolds, '16 worked on AB 1554 as students. 该法案已由纽约州州长奥巴马签署成为法律. 杰里·布朗. 2016年8月28日，由国务卿主持.
  • AB 1740(阿莱霍): Creates a paid fellowship for law school graduates to work in the State Capitol. 16岁的纳瑞克·艾维提森和16岁的坦纳·普伊尔研究过AB 1740. This bill did not advance after it was referred to the Assembly Rules Committee.
  • AB 2505(古怪)禁止使用二氧化碳气体对动物实施安乐死. McGeorge的学生Navnit Bhandal说, '17, 还有泰莎·内瓦雷斯, 1717年致力于AB 2505, 由州长签署成为法律. Jerry Brown on July 25, 2016 and chaptered by the Secretary of State. 学生团队也在努力 ab1825(高登), which was signed into law on July 25 and ensures that dogs seized as part of a fighting ring are not automatically put to death, 而是评估是否适合采用.
  • SB 1064(汉考克):将允许县创建协作, 全面的项目来识别, treat, 并使受商业性剥削的儿童改过自新. Riha Pathak, '16, and Kayla Thayer, '16, worked on this bill, 由州长签署成为法律. 杰里·布朗. 2016年6月26日，由国务卿主持.
  • SB 1339(早上): Ensures that Medi-Cal eligible patients continue to receive health care services during the transfer from one county to another. Brittney Barsotti, '16, and Lauren Ngo, '16, and student Anam Hasan, '17, worked on SB 1339. 该法案已由纽约州州长奥巴马签署成为法律. 杰里·布朗. 2016年9月29日，由国务卿主持.

2014-2015

  • AB 100(阿莱霍)-法律奖学金(已死)
  • AB 291 (Medina) — CEQA Notices / Multi-County Water Transfers (was active in the Senate, 死于委员会)
  • AB 791 (Cooley) -在线高级医疗保健指令(已死亡)
  • AB 1200 (Gordon) — Procurement Lobbying (passed by Legislature, vetoed by Governor Brown)

2013-2014

  • AB 2643 (Wieckowski) -复仇色情(签署成为法律)
  • AB 2452 (Pan) -高级医疗指示(已死亡)
  • AB 2623 (Pan) — Peace Officer Training — Elder Law (signed into law)
  • AB 2632 (Maienschein) — State Dependent Care Facilities (signed into law)
  • SB 1058 (Leno) — Discredited Expert Witness Testimony (signed into law)

其他问题?

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