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CELPC Presents Rob Mullaney & Melissa Quintero of the Aoki Water Justice Clinic
"Human Right to Water"
Professor Robert Mullaney directs King Hall’s Aoki Water Justice Clinic, where King Hall alum Melissa Quintero has served as the Clinic’s most recent Fellow. Hear from them about the Clinic’s key priorities and current cases. The Aoki Water Justice Clinic combines transactional law, policy advocacy, and strategic research to ensure low-income California communities receive clean, safe, and affordable drinking water. It is the first law school clinic of its kind in the country.
Rob Mullaney is the Director of the UC Davis Aoki Water Justice Clinic. In 2012, California became the first state in the nation to enact legislation recognizing the “human right to water.” At the Water Justice Clinic, certified law students work to turn that legislative goal into a reality for some of the one million California residents currently without clean drinking water. Before joining the Davis faculty, Rob worked at Golden Gate University School of Law’s Environmental Law and Justice Clinic, representing disadvantaged communities in environmental cases.
Melissa Quintero supports SGC’s legal compliance, procedural excellence, legislative, and advisory activities. Prior to joining SGC, Melissa was a fellow at the UC Davis School of Law Aoki Water Justice Clinic. She has previously worked on water rights, water quality, land use, and environmental justice matters across various State agencies and nonprofits. Originally from California’s Central Valley, Melissa is particularly interested in supporting climate resilience and adaptation strategies in California’s rural, underserved communities.
For more information, please contact Nina Marie Bell at nbell@ucdavis.edu