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CJRC files amicus brief with U.S. Supreme Court

Clinic students Stacie Damazo, Jonny Gersten and Maxwell Evans helped craft the brief. Researching, writing and filing an amicus curiae brief is valuable experience and may effect nationwide change.
June 14, 2017

Clinic students Stacie Damazo, Jonny Gersten and Maxwell Evans helped craft the brief. Researching, writing and filing an amicus curiae brief is valuable experience and may effect nationwide change. Read it here.

Criminal Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC) is located in Wood Hall on the Law Campus.



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  • Criminal Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC)
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    10101 S. Terwilliger Boulevard MSC
    Portland OR 97219

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