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Ted Mermin on Berkeley Law’s Thriving Consumer Law Offerings
In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Ted Mermin ’96, a Berkeley Law alum, a lecturer at the law school, and the executive director of our Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice, which since its 2018 founding has become a hub for faculty, students, and advocates focused on economic security and consumer protection — not just at Berkeley but around the country and even the world. Ted has built his career on public advocacy, particularly in the area of consumer protection, and is a well-known face in the halls of California’s Capitol.
Ted teaches a variety of consumer law courses and advises both the student-led economic justice organization Consumer Advocacy and Protection Society (CAPS) and the consumer-policy focused Consumer Protection Public Policy Order (C-3PO), one of 40 Student-Initiated Legal Services Projects (SLPS) at the law school. He has also guided the Center’s litigation work, filing amicus briefs in consumer protection, public health, and economic justice cases around the nation as well as overseeing the unique Published Justice project, which has led to the publication of numerous California court of appeal decisions that would not otherwise have seen the light of day.
Ted co-founded and co-convenes an irrational number of conferences, including the Consumer Law Scholars Conference, the Economic Justice Policy Advocates Conference, and the Law School Consumer Clinics Conference, along with first-of-their-kind summits on the application of consumer protection law to the criminal legal system, in the domestic violence context, and in efforts to address climate change. He also co-created and has co-led the Consumer Law Advocates, Students and Scholars (CLASS) Network, which is building a web of consumer law-oriented programs at law schools around the nation.
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“Berkeley Law Voices Carry” is a podcast hosted by Gwyneth Shaw in Berkeley Law's Office of Communications about how the school’s faculty, students, and staff are making an impact — in California, across the country, and around the world — through pathbreaking scholarship, hands-on legal training, and advocacy.
See the episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast hub for transcript and more information.
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