Clinical Projects

Students at the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law recently accused Sallie Mae—the nation’s largest student lender—of placing millions of its customers at risk of identity theft through improper and potentially illegal authentication practices. Although Sallie Mae revised its authentication practices this spring after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the Clinic, law students say the new practice remains flawed and leaves student borrowers vulnerable to identity theft.  read more »

Samuelson Clinic student interns Hari O’Connell and Domenic Ippolito, with help from Clinic faculty Jennifer Lynch and Jason Schultz, filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Elecronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in support of accused “coupon hacker” John Stottlemire’s motion to dismiss in the case Coupons, Inc. v. Stottlemire in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The Clinic argued that Coupons, Inc’s DMCA claims and common law trespass to chattels and conversion claims constitute a strained and improper interpretation of the law and should be dismissed.  read more »