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Paid Student Research Assistants – Spring 2025
The CA Institute is seeking three law students (2Ls or 3Ls) for Spring 2025 to serve as Research Assistants/Student Fellows. Each Research Assistant will work 2–4 hours per week, including regular meetings with supervising members of the CA Institute. There is potential for additional hours during Spring Break.
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Collaboration Grants: Advancing Social Justice and Literacy Outcomes
The California Institute on Law, Neuroscience, and Education (CA Institute) is excited to announce our inaugural Collaboration Grants, which encourage innovative, cross-disciplinary research to address the intersection of social justice, education, and neuroscience. This funding opportunity invites applicants from UC ...
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UC Law SF: Bench to School
At any given moment, thousands of young people—disproportionately youth of color—occupy juvenile detention centers in California, raising the odds that they’ll spend time in prison as adults and face more challenges finding jobs, housing, and thriving in society.
At UC ...
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CA Institute Advisory Board Governor’s Appointee
Evelyn Gonzalez Reyes, of San Jose, has been appointed to the California Institute on Law, Neuroscience and Education. Gonzalez Reyes has been a Youth Voice Coach for Fresh Lifelines for Youth since 2022. She was a Youth Justice Consultant and ...
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USA Today: Rancho Cielo
SALINAS, Calif. – Superior Court Judge John Phillips remembers the day 23 years ago as if it were yesterday.
A kid who had committed a murder stood in his courtroom, a young man who was still angry and unrepentant. Then ...
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