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
1,527 client consultations provided in 2021-22 (up 4.7% from 1,398 in 2020-21)
Top SLS consultation topic areas in 2021-22:
- Landlord/roommate/lease issues (47.9%)
- Police citations for alcohol, shoplifting and other misdemeanor offenses
- Small claims court actions
- Auto insurance/accidents/other personal injury matters
- Family law
- Employment
Top SLS client referral sources in 2021-22:
- Friend/word of mouth or previous SLS client
- Campus administrative or academic department (240+ referrals from 62 different departments)
- Personal research by student
- City of Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board
- Parent of student
Consistent with previous years, the following demographic groups consulted with SLS in a proportion higher than their average numbers on campus in 2021-22: African-American students (44.9% higher than the campus average), Latinx students (8.6% higher than the campus average) Native American students (163.8% higher), transfer students (58.3% higher), students age 24+ (51.4% higher), Pell Grant-eligible students (32.8% more likely to be Pell eligible), and lower-income students (47.0% of SLS undergrad clients had family incomes less than $50,000/year, and median income of SLS clients is 20% lower than the campus median). [All student demographic data is aggregated.]
Among all SLS clients in 2021-22, 4.4% were encountering severe financial distress, 5.4% were dealing with housing insecurity or significant habitability problems, and 3.0% were at risk of potential violence and/or targets of harm.
Student Legal Services Annual Summary and Assessment Report Archive
- SLS Annual Summary 2020-21 (PDF)
- 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 2020-21 (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)