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“We’ve long speculated about patterns and trends among eviction cases in San Mateo County,” says Lauren Romagnoli, JD ’25, one of the student-researchers who contributed to a new report from the Community Law Clinic, which serves low-income clients in the county. “But it wasn’t until we... got the data from the filed cases that we could finally put hard numbers to the trends we had long suspected.”

“Evictions in San Mateo County, 2019-2023” offers an in-depth look at eviction patterns in the county where rents are among the highest in the nation. The top line finding: There has been an uptick in evictions in San Mateo County, with the vast majority based on nonpayment of rent.
https://stanford.io/423a7ZN

Is Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) dodging the law? The nonpartisan program Open to Debate recently took on the question.

Stanford Law School Professor Michael McConnell argued “no.” According to McConnell, a former federal judge and constitutional law expert,... DOGE might be controversial, but it operates within its legal mandate to enhance government efficiency. Concerns about conflicts of interest are speculative, he contended, and DOGE’s initiatives align with the administration’s goals to improve governmental operations.

Read more here: https://stanford.io/4j750Pw

January was a busy month at the Environmental Law Clinic (ELC), where five students showcased their advocacy skills in three different court hearings across California, taking on oil and plastic production.

Lear more about these ELC students' work here: https://stanford.io/4iQ1Cs2