Margaret "Peggy" Stevenson, J.D.

Professor Peggy Stevenson

Lecturer, Record Clearance Project Director

J.D., University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law; Los Angeles, CA

 

联系信息:

电子邮件: 玛格丽特.stevenson@litpliant.net
电话:408-924-2758

Office: Student Services Center Building

Record Clearance Project 电子邮件: expunge@litpliant.net

Office Hours Spring 2024: 

JS 140:星期二 & Thursday 1:30–2:45 Boccardo 业务 Center 201

JS 141/142:星期二 & Thursday 10:30 – 11:30 by arrangement

关于 Professor Peggy Stevenson:

Margaret "Peggy" Stevenson began teaching 法院与社会 at San José State University 在2007年秋天. She developed the Record Clearance Project as a class project to give students hands-on experience with the law and the court system. 12年来 before that, Stevenson taught students at Stanford and Santa Clara law 学校s to provide legal assistance to low-income communities, primarily focusing on employment issues facing low-wage workers. During that time, she was the Executive Director of two clinical programs and brought innovative approaches to teaching students to meet 客户的法律需要.

In the Fall of 2018, Peggy Stevenson received California State University's Faculty 创新 和领导能力 Award for the Record Clearance Project. The award acknowledges faculty who have demonstrated leadership in a department or university level to improve student success and outcomes in courses with traditionally low success rates or persistent 股本缺口.

Stevenson has d一个 part-time and consulting work for the National Employment Law Project’s Second Chance Labor Project involving employment issues that people with convictions face; she helped launch the East Palo Alto Youth Court; she prepared training materials for undergraduate volunteers with the Santa Clara County Superior Court’s self-help center; she helped develop legal advice clinics for the Watsonville Law Center, among 其他项目.

Prior to teaching, Stevenson was a legal services attorney for 10 years in California, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. She worked on various poverty law issues, including employment, housing, immigration, consumer, health, and other matters. 她写过 numerous training materials for students and legal rights materials for clients.

Stevenson received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her J.D. from UCLA School of Law. She clerked for a federal judge after graduating from law 学校. She speaks and writes fluent Spanish.

兴趣范围:

  • 法院与社会
  • Record Clearance Project and consequences of clearing criminal convictions
  • Experiential and Service Learning
  • Provision of Legal Services to Low-Income Communities
  • Low-Wage and Immigrant Workers’ Rights
  • 恢复性司法.

Selected Publications:

"Helping Clients Clear Criminal Records,” 50-page manual and attachments.

“What Every Worker Should Know: Your Rights as an Employee” (editor of publication and author of several sections), Santa Clara County

“Your Right to Overtime and Minimum Wage,” East San Jose Community Law Center

“Preventing Workplace Injuries,” East San Jose Community Law Center

Training materials on interviewing, giving community education presentations, legal interpreting, and topics related to providing legal services to low-income communities.