Student Legal Services Annual Summary and Assessment Report
The Annual Summary is a one-page snapshot of key data and metrics from the year. The Assessment Report offers a detailed analysis of the accomplishment of the SLS mission, student learning outcomes, and client satisfaction based on data collected from confidential online surveys of SLS clients.
(See below for SLS Annual Summaries and Assessment Reports from previous years)
Recent Data Highlights
1,398 client consultations provided in 2020-21 (up 4.7% from 1,335 in 2019-20)
Top SLS consultation topic areas in 2020-21:
- Landlord/roommate/lease issues (64.9%, highest ever)
- Small claims court actions
- Credit problems/consumer fraud
- Police citations for alcohol, shoplifting and other misdemeanor offenses
- Auto insurance/accidents/other personal injury matters
- Family Law
Top SLS client referral sources in 2020-21:
- Friend/word of mouth or previous SLS client
- Campus administrative or academic department (200+ referrals from 68 different departments)
- Personal research by student
- Social media (primarily Twitter, Facebook, Reddit)
- City of Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board
- Student organizations: ASUC Student Legal Clinic, ASUC Renter’s Legal Assistance, and Student Advocate
Student Legal Services Annual Summary and Assessment Report Archive
- SLS Annual Summary 2019-20 (PDF)
- SLS Annual Summary 2018-19 (PDF)
- SLS Annual Summary 2017-18 (PDF)
- SLS Annual Summary 2016-17 (PDF)
- SLS Annual Summary 2015-16 (PDF)
- SLS Annual Summary 2014-15 (PDF)
- SLS Annual Summary 2013-14 (PDF)
- SLS Annual Summary 2012-13 (PDF)
- SLS Annual Summary 2011-12 (PDF)
- SLS Annual Summary 2010-11 (PDF)
- SLS Annual Summary 2009-10 (PDF)
- SLS Annual Summary 2008-09 (PDF)
- SLS Annual Summary 2007-08 (PDF)
- SLS Assessment Report 2019-20 (PDF)
- SLS Assessment Report 2018-19 (PDF)
- SLS Assessment Report 2017-18 (PDF)
- SLS Assessment Report 2016-17 (PDF)
- SLS Assessment Report 2015-16 (PDF)
- SLS Assessment Report 2014-15 (PDF)
- SLS Assessment Report 2013-14 (PDF)
- SLS Assessment Report 2012-13 (PDF)
- SLS Assessment Report 2011-12 (PDF)
- SLS Assessment Report 2010-11 (PDF)
- SLS Assessment Report 2009-10 (PDF)
- SLS Assessment Report 2008-09 (PDF)