Director SJSU Record Clearance Project

Email

Preferred: margaret.stevenson@sjsu.edu

Alternate: margaret.stevenson@sjsu.edu

Telephone

Preferred: (408) 924-2758

Office Hours

Tues 10:30 - 11:30 & by appointment

I direct the SJSU Records Clearance Project (RCP), the only undergraduate legal services clinical program in the county. More information appears at www.sjsu.edu/rcp. I also teach Courts and Society some semesters.

Education

• JD, Univ Of Cal-Los Angeles, 1983
• Bachelor of Arts, Stanford Univ, 1975

Licenses and Certificates

• Admitted to practice law in California, 1984

Bio

Margaret (Peggy) Stevenson began teaching Courts and Society at San Jose State University in Fall 2007. She developed the Record Clearance Project as a to give students hands-on experience with the law and the court system. For 12 years before that, Stevenson taught Stanford and Santa Clara law students at community-based clinics, and was the Executive Director of two clinical programs. Prior to teaching, Stevenson was a legal services attorney for 10 years in California, New Jersey and Massachusetts. She worked on a range of poverty law issues, including employment, housing, immigration, consumer, health and other matters. She has written numerous training materials for students and legal rights materials for clients. Stevenson received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her JD from UCLA School of Law. She clerked for a federal judge after graduating from law school. She speaks and writes Spanish.