Lara Bazelon

director of the criminal juvenile justice clinic and the racial justice clinic at University of San Francisco Law School

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Director of the Criminal Juvenile Justice and Racial Justice Clinical Programs at the University of San Francisco School of Law.

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Julie Swetnick signed an affidavit accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct at parties when he was a Georgetown Prep School student.

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