Tag: Defending Democracy Clinic
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Los Angeles Times: How ‘El Diablo,’ a corrupt Mexican lawman, helped create a narco-state*
The Los Angeles Times recognized UC Irvine Law’s Defending Democracy Clinic for its role assisting in a federal human rights lawsuit.
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UC Irvine Law Clinics Launch Community Workshop Series at El Centro Cultural de México in Santa Ana
IRVINE, Calif. (February 11, 2025) — University of California, Irvine School of Law’s Clinics have launched a workshop series for community members in partnership with El Centro Cultural de México in Santa Ana. Coordinated with the help of inaugural Santa Ana Legal Empowerment Attorney Sarah Beydoun (’23), the workshops aim to empower community members with…
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UCI Law’s Civil Rights Litigation Clinic Scores Major Victory: Panel Reverses and Remands OC Superior Court Judge Derek W. Hunt’s Decision*
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OC Register: Southern California kids sue EPA for not protecting them from climate change
The case, which was filed with help from UC Irvine’s Civil Rights Litigation Clinic and a law firm in Hermosa Beach, also asks the court to recognize that the EPA has acted outside the scope of its congressionally delegated authority to control pollution.
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UCI Law Clinics Win Appeal in Case Against Orange County District Attorney Over Controversial DNA Collection Scheme
IRVINE, Calif. (April 21, 2023) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Civil Rights Litigation Clinic and Criminal Justice Clinic won a major appellate victory in a case filed in February 2021 on behalf of local taxpayers against Orange County and Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer. The suit alleges that the…