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Goodwin Liu, education justice
- 08-02-2011
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
If the two lawsuits seeking to overturn the state’s K-12 funding systems ever make it to the State Supreme Court, they will likely find a receptive ear and an informed voice in its newest member, Goodwin Liu – assuming, of course, he gets to serve on the court. In Liu, the associate dean and professor of constitutional law at UC Berkeley School of Law, Gov. Jerry Brown nominated a national expert on education law and an advocate for equitable school funding. He has contributed a rare combination of a broad legal analysis and detailed proposals for school finance reform. “He’s among the top scholars in the education arena. He knows his stuff,” said William Koski, a Stanford Law School professor and a chief plaintiffs’ attorney for Robles-Wong v State of California, one of two cases claiming that the state has violated the state constitution by failing to adequately fund K-12 schools. (more...)
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