justlce through educatlon and advocacy

east bay community law center AnnuAl RepoRt 2007-08Justice through education and advocacy

The East Bay Community Law Center’s 20th Anniversary Annual Report is not just an opportunity to thank our remarkable community of supporters, it is also a chance to reflect on the evolution and growth of this outstanding organization. In this report, we highlight EBCLC’s alums, over 1,000 of whom have graduated from our clinical training program since 1988. Law students and recent graduates created EBCLC and have always played a central role in EBCLC’s development. Our students and alums not only make it possible to provide excellent services to more clients, they also infuse EBCLC with their energy, brilliance, and passion for justice.

In this report, you will read about EBCLC alums who came to the law center and never left! Eight of our 15 supervising attorneys are EBCLC graduates. You will also read about alums who work in every sector of the legal profession—from public interest to corporate defense—and for each of them, EBCLC made a significant impact on their lives, careers, or outlooks. We have heard from many alums that EBCLC’s focus on learning through service and reflection created an environment where they could

gain skills and substantive knowledge, but also explore issues of professional ethics and personal morals that arise through practicing law. Some alums told us that they were forever changed by working directly with clients and seeing clearly the challenges facing those living in poverty.

EBCLC’s alums are crucial to serving EBCLC’s clients, and YOU are crucial to EBCLC’s ability to provide JUSTICE THROUGH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY. The support of individuals, law firms, corporations, foundations, government agencies, and the UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), allows EBCLC to continue providing legal training and services in this time of economic crisis and political uncertainty. I can not thank you enough for your unwavering support.

As we look back on the past 20 years, we are proud of EBCLC’s accomplishments on behalf of low-income clients. As we look forward to the challenges and possibilities ahead, we know it will take all of us—EBCLC, our partners and supporters, our friends and alums—working together to increase justice and to make our communities more secure, productive, healthy, and hopeful. Thank you for your contributions to EBCLC’s efforts.

eBClC’s FutuRe: our alums

Following are stories about a handful of alums who spent a semester

or more working at EBCLC on behalf of low-income clients and

communities. More than 1,000 law students have interned at EBCLC

during the past 20 years, and we regularly hear from hundreds of alums

who keep us updated on their work and whereabouts. From Anchorage

to Des Moines, Hawai’i to New York, Denmark to Tanzania, EBCLC

alums are scattered far and wide and work in every legal (and non-

legal) field imaginable. For many, EBCLC continues to be a touchstone

marking a time when they practiced being the advocates that they

hoped to become. Our alums were inspired by the clients and inspiring

to their supervisors, who are constantly made better teachers and

lawyers because of the energy and commitment of EBCLC students.

The East Bay Community Law Center is grateful to have been a part of

the lives of our alums, and we are even more grateful that our alums

are still part of EBCLC. 1

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“Before law school, I worked in the Clinton administration and in the United States Senate on

children and family policy, including welfare reform. I knew first-hand that the goal of the 1996

welfare reform bill was to help women and families transition from government assistance to

meaningful and sustainable jobs. However, my experience with a client in EBCLC’s Income

Support practice helped me to understand the unforeseen impact of policy changes on the

people those policies are designed to help.

At EBCLC, I worked with a limited English proficient client who was told she was no longer eligible

for welfare because she reached the 60-month time limit. She was working at a low-paying

factory job while on aid, reporting her income, and receiving minimal cash assistance and health

benefits. However, she was told she “timed off” welfare just weeks after she had been laid off

from her factory job. Just when she needed welfare benefits the most—to serve as a bridge to

securing another job—she found that she was no longer eligible.

Welfare-to-work time limits were not designed to punish those who work to support their families,

yet this was what happened to my client. As my supervisor, Ed Barnes, and I worked to save

our client’s financial support, we also transformed this case into a legislative effort. Working

with a coalition of former welfare recipients, we drafted the CalWORKS Bill of Rights (AB 503,

sponsored by Assemblywoman Sally Lieber (D-MountainView). While the political climate was

ultimately unfavorable for the bill’s passage, the experience of seeing the full circle of policy

reform—from federal legislation to local implementation to individual impact—was eye-opening

and has informed my approach at Berkeley CHEFS, where we hope to work with EBCLC to

engage the community directly in the creation of policy recommendations in order to identify and

problem-solve unintended consequences of policy reforms.” ANN O’LEARY

Ann O’Leary is the founding Executive Director of the new Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security (Berkeley CHEFS) at Berkeley Law. Ann previously served as a Deputy City Attorney for the City of San Francisco, law clerk for the Honorable John T. Noonan, Jr., legislative director for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, and in several capacities in the Clinton White House. Ann sits on the boards of Public Advocates and the Bay Area American Constitution Society Chapter. In law school, Ann was a student in EBCLC’s Income Support Clinic, served as a student representative on EBCLC’s board of directors, and was the 2005 recipient of the Sax Prize for Excellence in Clinical Advocacy, Berkeley Law’s highest clinical honor.

Purvi Shah grew up in Florida and, after law school, she returned to her home state armed with a stellar legal education from Berkeley Law and a New Voices Fellowship to work with low-income communities on affordable housing and disaster-related matters at Legal Services of Florida. In law school, Purvi participated in the Community Economic Justice practice at EBCLC for four semesters, where she developed legal skills and explored problem-solving strategies. Purvi also embraced the clinical education component of EBCLC’s dual mission. In Florida, Purvi has replicated EBCLC’s community-based clinical training model, and she is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami School of Law’s Community Economic Development & Design Clinic.

“I knew before going into law school that I would pursue

a public interest legal career working with the diverse

community that I was from in Miami. To me, law is a powerful

tool that is best used in the service of justice and those

who have been historically disenfranchised. Working in the

Community Economic Justice Practice at EBCLC helped

me to focus my efforts by presenting a dynamic model of

community lawyering. Margaretta Lin (CEJ Practice Director)

addressed issues of economic injustice with a collaborative

community-empowerment approach that brought together

disparate partners—community organizers, local government,

developers, and residents—to solve problems facing people

living in poverty. EBCLC’s clinical teaching component

encouraged law students to learn through working on actual

cases and projects, but also to care about injustice and to

commit to finding compassionate and creative solutions to

existing economic disparities. EBCLC served not only as an

inspiration for my current work, EBCLC staff have provided

ample training and teaching materials that have made my

project possible.” PURVI SHAH


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Kathi Pugh has been active with EBCLC since the very beginning. As a first-year law student, she was one of a handful of students in cofounding the Berkeley Community Law Center. At the time, Kathi was an elected Commissioner to the City of Berkeley’s Rent Stabilization Board so she was able to secure the support and some initial funding from the City. Kathi was originally on the first Board of Directors for EBCLC and joined the board again in 2007.

In 1990, Kathi received her joint JD/MBA from Boalt Hall and the Haas School of Business. Since graduating, she has been at Morrison & Foerster where she has been the firmwide Pro Bono Counsel since 1995. In this position, she is responsible for administering all aspects of the firm’s extensive pro bono program. She and her husband, Josh Maddox, live in Berkeley where they enjoy sailing on the San Francisco Bay and bike riding in off-leash dog areas with their two tenacious Terriers, Rosie and Fannie.

“From my experience on the

rent board, I knew how vital

it was since Berkeley did not

have a free legal clinic assisting

tenants as well as others in

need. I also was appalled at

the lack of clinical opportunities

for the Boalt law students. I felt

like the law school had a moral

obligation to give back to the

community. I am so proud of

how far EBCLC has come in the

past 20 years and encouraged

that Berkeley Law has now fully

embraced the clinical program.

It’s a win-win-win—for the

people, the community, and the

law school.” KATHI PUgH


Samson Asiyanbi was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, the youngest of five children. At fifteen, his family moved to Houston, Texas, and he later graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with bachelor’s degrees in government and Economics and a minor in African and African-American Studies. Samson began Berkeley Law in 2005, where he was active in Law Students of African Descent, California Law Review, and the Coalition for Diversity. Samson recently began a post-graduate fellowship to work at the Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama. In law school, Samson was a member of the Clean Slate Clinic at EBCLC in the spring of 2007.

“The clinic reignited my passion to use my law degree

to serve others. I have humble roots, but I’ve also been

fortunate and had more opportunities than most. Clean

Slate reminded me of this fact. The clinic began to teach

me how to work with indigent clients, both as an advocate

and as an ally. It taught me the value of progressive

lawyering and the need to avoid the attendant pitfalls.

Our clients helped me understand how thin the line is

between a criminal record and a clean one, and that those

of us without a record are no more righteous or deserving.

EBCLC values relationships with clients, and my supervisors

(Margaret Richardson, Eliza Hersh, and River Abeje) never

relented in inculcating this value. The seminar allowed the

clinical students to grow together and to vet our own beliefs.

I am more confident about my lawyering skills because of

my EBCLC pedigree.” SAMSON ASIYANBI

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2003 1986

Student Steering Committee (SSC) forms

1987

501(c)(3) non-profit status obtained

1988

Bernida Reagan becomes founding Executive Director

Berkeley Community Law Center (BCLC) opens its doors September 26

Services include Housing assistance and Welfare advocacy

Budget = $118,314; staff of 3

1989

Loma Prieta Earthquake Relief

1990

HIV/AIDS Law Project

Homeless Action Center

1991

Housing Eviction study

100th law student trained

1992

Boalt Hall financial support

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1994

Tenant Workshops

Legal Services Development Collaborative

1995

HIV/Homeless Outreach Project

Community Economic Development

1996

Welfare “Reform”

Swift Report to Boalt Faculty

1997

Family Care Network


1998

Name change: East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC)


1999

Family Advocacy and Services Team (FAST)

HIV Back-to-Work Initiative

Low Income Eviction Project

2000

Bay Area Construction Sector Intervention Collaborative

AIDS Lanka Project

Regional Nonprofit Pro Bono Initiative

2001

UC Chancellor’s Award

Suitcase Clinic Legal Services

People’s Credit Union opens


2002

Jeff Selbin becomes second Executive Director

ABA gambrell Professionalism Award

State Bar of California Loren Miller Award

HIV/AIDS Immigration Project

Budget = $1,630,043, staff of 21

2004

Worker’s Rights Collaborative

Berkeley Community Award

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program


2005

Clean Slate Clinic

Class action lawsuit on behalf of low-income tenants

Kick-off of Building for Justice Campaign

8-year affiliation agreement with Boalt Hall

2006

Medical-Legal Partnership with Children’s Hospital

West Oakland Train Station collaborative

Building campaign raises $3.25 million

Purchase and renovation of new building

2007

Tirien Steinbach becomes third Executive Director

Move to new offices at 2921 Adeline Street in Berkeley

Community Legal Access Services Site (CLASS) opens at old Shattuck Avenue location

Victory in Pacific Renaissance case

2008

Children’s Health Justice Policy Advocacy Project

1,000th law student trained


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Richard S. TaylorDiane TokugawaKarl and Rochelle TorkeHon. gary B. and

Janet TranbargerAbigail Trillin and Brian C. LeeHon. John M. True, III and

Hon. Claudia A. WilkenArline S. TylerShirley L. Van BourgMark R. VermeulenLawrence N. WalkerMarshall WallaceKimberly S. WareHoward W. WayneAlan WeathersFred and Dorothy WeissRaymond P. WeschlerRandye West and Robert WentenChristina M. WheelerMolly WilliamsWarren B. WilsonDorothy WisniowskiPhilip WitteDan WolkTom and Amy Worthgarrett A. WrightRandall W. Wulff

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Steve PaskowitzPhyllis BrightZelda BronsteinMaeve Elise BrownMary A. Brownstein

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Andrew Reicher

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In 2007-2008, EBCLC’s practice groups worked

harder than ever to meet the growing need for

services and the increasing desire for hands-on

clinical legal education. Over 100 law students

worked with clients in one of our six programs, where

we served more than 7,000 low-income members of

the East Bay community. Following are some of the

highlights 1

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The Clean Slate Practice provides legal information and assistance to people with prior criminal records who have paid their debt to society and now are trying to successfully reintegrate in the community. Through policy advocacy and direct services, the goal of the program is to reduce recidivism and promote societal reentry by removing civil barriers to jobs, education, housing, and civic participation. This year, practice director Eliza Hersh (Berkeley Law, ’05), along with staff attorney River Abeje, Boalt Bridge Fellow Meredith Desautels (Berkeley Law, ’08), intake specialist Serina Rankins, and their students served clients at our two court-based clinic sites in Oakland and Hayward.

total served from July 1, 2007– June 30, 2008 = 1,681

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The Community Economic Justice Practice works alongside labor, neighborhood, and community groups, organizers, and politicians to bring meaningful, sustainable, and community-centered progressive change to Oakland’s diverse working class communities. Practice director Margaretta Lin (Berkeley Law, ’91), staff attorney John Engstrom, their interns, and pro bono attorneys are currently working on two important collaborative efforts: the Children’s Health Justice Policy Change Project, which will address the socioeconomic roots of children’s ill-health through grassroots policy development, and the 16th & Wood Street Train Station Partnership, a collaboration of community and labor organizations that will redevelop a historic train station and transform it into a community institution serving the needs of West Oakland’s residents, showcase the African American and labor organizing history, provide financial and employment services, and harness the sustainability movement to directly benefit the community.

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In August 2007, we launched the Community Legal Access Service Site at our original office at 3130 Shattuck Avenue. Directed by EBCLC attorney Elisa Della-Piana (Berkeley Law, ’02), with assistance from consulting attorney Osha Neumann and project coordinator Jen Neuber, CLASS provides essential tools to enable community members to navigate the legal system, including computer stations, self-help materials, referral guides, and legal forms and instructions. CLASS’s daytime self-help center is staffed by Berkeley Law students supervised by EBCLC staff and volunteer attorneys, and is open several mornings each week. Most evenings, CLASS hosts free legal workshops on topics including: Tenants’ Rights, Workers’ Rights, and Criminal Citation Defense.

total served from July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008 = 1,117 clients

community legal access service site (class)


The Health Practice is now an umbrella for three distinct projects related to law and health: (1) the HIV/AIDS Law Project, delivering holistic services to low-income, HIV-positive clients throughout Alameda County, including the Family Care Network that focuses on HIV+ women and children; (2) the Medical-Legal Partnership with Children’s Hospital Oakland, serving children and families at a CHO outpatient clinic; and (3) the Health & Immigration Project, helping immigrant clients regularize their legal status to allow them to stabilize their lives and gain access to vital medical care and treatment. Clients are identified and referred by EBCLC’s HIV/AIDS project and the medical-legal partnership. Through the work of director Sheila Hall (Berkeley Law, ’84), staff attorneys Liam galbreth, Linda Tam, and Yvonne Troya, and their clinical law students, the Health Practice serves as a model for multidisciplinary advocacy for low-income individuals and families.

total served from July 1, 2007– June 30, 2008 = 452

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The Housing Practice, with director Laura Lane (Berkeley Law, ’96), staff attorneys Jaimee Arnone Modica, Sharon Djemal, and Marc Janowitz, contract attorney Phil Rapier, intake specialist gracie Jones, and student interns, continues to serve hundreds of clients each month through direct representation, at Tenants Rights workshops throughout the East Bay, and at self-help clinics at the Alameda County Courthouse-based Low-Income Eviction Project. Housing Practice attorneys and students have also engaged in community education, media campaigns, and policy advocacy regarding the impact of the current mortgage crisis on Alameda County tenants.

total served from July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008 = 3,833

housing


The Income Support Practice, after 20 years, continues to serve welfare recipients who are facing reductions in their grants and services by the Social Services agency. The practice maintains a focus on clients with language barriers, particularly within the Southeast Asian community. Director Ed Barnes, staff attorney Luan Huynh, and clinical students have worked with clients to preserve and increase the base income provided by welfare. Additionally, they have advocated for broader policy and practice changes for low-income people, including work to push for state-wide repeal of the law that excludes children from welfare assistance if they were born when a family is already on benefits. Also, Ed Barnes successfully spearheaded an effort to block a reduction of general Assistance in Alameda County — a diminution of already meager cash and employment assistance that would have been devastating to our client community.

total served from July 1, 2007– June 30, 2008 = 88

income support

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michael J. Loeb, ChairJudicial Arbitration &

Mediation Services (JAMS)

Frank A. cialone, Vice ChairShartsis Friese LLP

theotis F. Oliphant, TreasurerCapital Window LLC

denise Abrams, SecretaryKazan, McClain, Abrams,

Lyons, greenwood & Harley, PLC

eric m. brooksUS Securities and Exchange

Commission

christine chavezOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

LLP

daina c. chiuMcKesson Corporation

Peter h. GoldsmithTownsend and Townsend and

Crew LLP

henry L. hechtUC Berkeley School of Law

(Boalt Hall)

michael S. KwunElectronic Frontier

Foundation

daven G. LowhurstThelen LLP

James r. meehanPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Samuel r. millerSidley Austin LLP

Warrington S. Parker, iiiOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

LLP

Kathi J. PughMorrison & Foerster LLP

thomas Z. reicherCooley godward LLP

Joel S. Sandersgibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Stephen d. SugarmanUC Berkeley School of Law

(Boalt Hall)

Steven tindallRukin, Hyland, Doria &

Tindall LLP

Leti P. volppUC Berkeley School of Law

(Boalt Hall)

duane r. valzYahoo! Inc.

Student bOArd memberS

matthew b. henjum (‘09)

Joey J. hipolito (’09)

Jennifer A. Stalzer (’09)

ebcLc bOArd OF directOrS

river AbejeSupervising Attorney,

Clean Slate

ed barnesDirector, Income Support

martha brownDirector, Finance &

Administration

elisa della-PianaDirector, CLASS

Sharon djemalSupervising Attorney,

Housing

John engstromSupervising Attorney,Community Economic Justice

victoria FloresContracts Associate

Liam GalbrethSupervising Attorney, Health

Sheila hallDirector, Health

eliza hershDirector, Clean Slate

Luan huynhSupervising Attorney,

Income Support

marc JanowitzSupervising Attorney,

Housing

Gracie JonesIntake Specialist, Housing

Laura LaneDirector, Housing

margaretta LinDirector, Community

Economic Justice

Jonathon marleyDirector, Development &

Planning

Jaimee Arnone modicaSupervising Attorney,

Housing

deborah moss-WestDevelopment Officer

Ayana muhammadOffice Manager

Jen neuberCLASS Coordinator

Osha neumannConsulting Attorney,

Community Legal Outreach

Serina rankinsIntake Specialist, Clean Slate

Phil rapierContract Attorney, Housing

tamura SaxtonReceptionist

tirien SteinbachExecutive Director

Linda tamSupervising Attorney,

Health & Immigration

yvonne troyaSupervising Attorney, Health

chauniqua youngDevelopment Associate

carolina ZanniAdministrative Assistant

ebcLc StAFF


PrO bOnO vOLunteerS 2007-2008

Stephen Abreu, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Chris Ahearn, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Aisea AlusaJillian ArdreyPeter Bach-y-Rita, gibson,

Dunn & Crutcher LLP grace Jasmine Bagnulo,

University of California, Berkeley

Julia Barry, gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Doug Bloch, Change to Win John Brauer, Oakland

Workforce Development Collaborative

Cheryl Brice, The Clorox Company

greta Brodlez, gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Jesse BrooksLysle BuchbinderToya Carmichael, Morgan, Lewis

& Bockius LLPAngela CarterFrancis Chang Katharine Chao, Paul, Hastings,

Janofsky & Walker LLPChris Chavez, Orrick, Herrington

& Sutcliffe LLP Moniuqe Chenault, Morgan,

Lewis & Bockius LLPWendall Chin, Alameda County

Central Labor Council Thea ChhunEner Chiu, East Bay Asian Local

Development Corp.Jillian CookJeremy DancyErin Darling Cynthia DeNardiDavid Dologite, East Bay Asian

Local Development Corp.Robert Edesses, Morgan, Lewis

& Bockius LLPEmily Fedman, gibson, Dunn &

Crutcher LLP Amie Fishman, East Bay

Housing Organization

David Foster, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Masamichi FukuiVince gibbs Margaret gordon, West Oakland

Environmental Indicators Project

Michelle Hall, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Lindsay Harris, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Nancy Harris, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Ann Hatanaka, The Clorox Company

greg Hodge Jumoke Hodge Adam Hollander-UrbachArt Hom Lauren HongMadeline HowardJackie Howell, Oakland Private

Industry Council Phil Hutchings Tammy HwangSabreen S. JalilPedram JanatiKiosha JonesProfessor William Kell, UC

Berkeley School of LawTenisha KeysRobert Kim, gibson, Dunn &

Crutcher LLP Chris KnightRachael Knight Chris LandCaitlin LeachLynette Lee, East Bay Asian

Local Development Corp.gabrielle Lessard, Insight

(formerly NEDLC) Kimberly LimRebecca LiuKimberly Lynn, Justice Corps Mia MalloryHideki ManiwaLinda Maranzana, UC Berkeley

School of Law Erika MartinJames Martin, Shartsis Friese

LLP

Nick Mascolin, gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Laura Mask, gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Eli MillerAlisha Montoro, Morgan, Lewis

& Bockius LLPKate MorinRichard Munziner, Shartsis

Friese LLP Aaron Myers, Howrey LLP Tuan Nguyen, Morgan, Lewis &

Bockius LLPAnwar Nunez-ElizaldeJoe OddoTheo Oliphant, Esq. Brie OrtegaWesley OuchiBenjamin Packard, The Clorox

Company Anthony Panarese, ACORN Zachary PedrazziDavid Peterson, The Clorox

Company Dawn Phillips, Just Cause

Oakland Mike Rawson, California

Affordable Housing Law Project

Bernida Reagan Smita Reddy, gibson, Dunn &

Crutcher LLP Roxanne Romell Adreana RotenberryProfessor Naomi Roth-Arriaza,

UC Hastings College of the Law

Camellia RougeauxCristina Rubke, Shartsis Friese

LLP Jesus RuizChristine Safreno, Morgan,

Lewis & Bockius LLP Naomi Schiff, Oakland Heritage

Alliance Russell SchwartzSarah Sexton, UC Berkeley

School of Law Jaclyn Shull-gonzalez, Morgan,

Lewis & Bockius LLP

Joshua Simon, Northern California Community Loan Fund

Daniel ShriroCraig SmallJodi Smith, Paul, Hastings,

Janofsky & Walker LLPConcepcion SolisAndre Spearman, SEIU 1021 Lynohila WardImani WesleyJoel Willard, gibson, Dunn &

Crutcher LLP Orrian WillisMaia WinkelAlan Yee, Siegel & Yee

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* Unaudited financials. Audited financial statements are available upon request.

ASSetS Cash $ 482,640

Marketable securities 1,105,669

grants and contracts receivable 571,249

Prepaid expenses 72,512

Other current assets 27,974

Fixed assets 2,240,560

Other assets 63,841

total assets 4,564,443

LiAbiLitieS And net ASSetS Accounts payable $ 36,001

Pension plan contribution payable 61,615

Trust funds payable 31,660

Accrued vacations 136,676

Other liabilities 20,608

total liabilities 286,560

Unrestricted fund balance $ 1,410,732

Temporarily restricted 599,656

Property and HPN fund balance 2,267,496

ending fund balance 4,277,883

tOtAL LiAbiLitieS And Fund bALAnce 4,564,443

StAtement OF FinAnciAL POSitiOn June 30, 2008*

revenue grants and contract support $ 1,653,066

Donations 926,452

Interest and dividend income 62,597

Fees & miscellaneous income 337,822

Total revenue 2,979,937

Less: Pass through grants ($77,500)

net revenue 2,902,437

exPenSeSSalaries and wages $ 1,547,712

Benefits and payroll taxes 523,613

Contracted services 101,144

Non-personnel costs 283,812

total expenses 2,456,281

net from operations 446,156

Other incOme & exPenditureS Building fund income $ 45,125

Realized gains/losses 9,790

Change in value of investments (81,654)

Depreciation & amortization (75,926)

Miscellaneous revenues 20,267

building account balance (82,398)

net SurPLuS/(deFicit) 363,758

StAtement OF ActivitieS FoR the yeAR ending June 30, 2008*


A core value of our society is equal access to justice. The complex

nature of the legal system limits equal access, especially for people

in poverty and those faced with language and cultural barriers.

well-trained legal advocates should be available to all people,

regardless of economic status. To that end, EbClC provides:

1 desperately-needed legal services to the low-income community

in the areas of housing, welfare, HIV & health, homelessness

and economic development; and

1 hands-on clinical education to law students to make these future

lawyers aware of and skilled in addressing the needs of indigent

communities.

Since its founding in 1988 by law students at UC berkeley School

of law (boalt Hall), EbClC has become the largest provider of free

legal services in the East bay and a nationally-recognized poverty

law clinic.

EbClC’s work makes the lives of East bay community members

more healthy, secure, productive, and hopeful.

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