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Jeffrey Selbin

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Poverty Law, Policy And Practice, Juliet Brodie, Clare Pastore, Ezra Rosser, Jeffrey Selbin Dec 2013

Poverty Law, Policy And Practice, Juliet Brodie, Clare Pastore, Ezra Rosser, Jeffrey Selbin

Jeffrey Selbin

Poverty Law, Policy and Practice is the first new poverty law casebook in 17 years and only the second since 1976. With current literature from multiple viewpoints, the book provides an overview of the field, including cases, data and major government programs that map onto important theoretical, doctrinal, policy and practice questions.
The preface and table of contents are attached. The publisher's page is here: http://www.aspenlaw.com/aspen-casebook-series/id-9781454812548/poverty_law_policy__practice.

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The Obamacare Opportunity: Implementing The Affordable Care Act To Improve Health, Reduce Hardship, And Grow The Economy For All Californians, Jeffrey Selbin, Ann O'Leary, Theresa Cheng, Stephanie Campos, Katherine Adamides, Rey Fuentes Aug 2013

The Obamacare Opportunity: Implementing The Affordable Care Act To Improve Health, Reduce Hardship, And Grow The Economy For All Californians, Jeffrey Selbin, Ann O'Leary, Theresa Cheng, Stephanie Campos, Katherine Adamides, Rey Fuentes

Jeffrey Selbin

States are implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which will expand health coverage to tens of millions of Americans. At the same time, many states, including California, have low participation rates among eligible individuals and families in key safety net and work support programs. This policy report, written on behalf of the Next Generation, describes how California can take advantage of ACA implementation to increase access both to health coverage and to vital public benefit programs.

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The Clinic Lab Office, Jeffrey Selbin, Jeanne Charn Dec 2012

The Clinic Lab Office, Jeffrey Selbin, Jeanne Charn

Jeffrey Selbin

This essay describes the potential for law school clinics to serve as sites of empirical research to answer pressing questions about delivery of legal services in low-income communities. With others, we have noted the research imperative in legal services, made the case for infrastructure to support such research, and advocated renewed ties between law school clinics and legal services programs. For reasons set forth in the paper, now is an opportune time for clinics to contribute to a growing civil justice research agenda. We call this opportunity the “Clinic Lab Office.”

In Part I, we map the common origins and …

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Does Sit-Lie Work: Will Berkeley's "Measure S" Increase Economic Activity And Improve Services To Homeless People?, Jeffrey Selbin, Joseph Cooter, Ericka Meanor, Ericka Soli Dec 2011

Does Sit-Lie Work: Will Berkeley's "Measure S" Increase Economic Activity And Improve Services To Homeless People?, Jeffrey Selbin, Joseph Cooter, Ericka Meanor, Ericka Soli

Jeffrey Selbin

In November 2012, Berkeley voters will decide whether to enact Measure S, an ordinance that would ban sitting on public sidewalks during business hours in the City’s commercial districts.
Proponents of the “Civil Sidewalks Ordinance” – called “Sit-Lie” in the municipalities which have enacted such laws in recent years – argue that it will: (1) increase local economic activity (“saves jobs”), and (2) improve services to homeless people (“helps people”).
To test whether Sit-Lie laws deliver on these promises, we reviewed data on economic activity and homeless services in other Sit-Lie jurisdictions nationally, statewide and locally; surveyed community organizations, municipal …

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