Two recent UC Law SF graduates played a pivotal role in a case that is expected to make it easier for laid-off workers to obtain unemployment benefits in California.
More than two years after Paul Huff ’22 and Eileen Ollivier ‘22 helped a woman appeal the denial of her unemployment insurance claim, a California appeals court ruled she was entitled to those benefits, rejecting a former employer’s claim that she left her job voluntarily.
Huff and Ollivier first got involved in the case in the summer of 2020 when they joined the Workers’ Rights Clinic – Covid 19 Response at UC Law SF. The clinic was set up in the early days of the pandemic to help workers who lost their jobs. It also gave law students a chance to gain experience after many summer internships were cancelled due to office shutdowns.
Both first-year law students at the time, Huff and Ollivier did research, gathered evidence, and helped write a brief to appeal an administrative law judge (ALJ)’s denial of client Reena Johar’s claim. The California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (CUIAB) upheld the denial, refusing to consider new evidence and finding that Johar owed additional penalties for alleged unemployment fraud.
That’s when Professor Mai Linh Spencer, who co-supervised the summer clinic with Professor Miye Goishi, reached out to attorney Gary Garfinkle, who agreed to take the case pro bono. In September, the appeals court reversed the board’s decision and found Johar was entitled to unemployment...
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