Conferring with world business leaders in Switzerland, Patel emphasized the law’s importance in ensuring sound corporate oversight, fostering trust in private transactions, and creating accountability for all stakeholders.
Former U.S. Department of State legal adviser meets with UC Berkeley Law students to discuss the dangers posed by an expanding institutional imbalance in American foreign affairs.
Mitchell is one of six UC Berkeley graduate students chosen to join the AI Policy Hub, which aims to shape AI’s future by translating scientific research into governance and policy frameworks.
Presented by the school’s Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law, the event draws lawyers and activists in person and virtually to continue efforts to turn the revelations sparked by the #MeToo movement into systemic change.
Two students from UC Berkeley Law’s Death Penalty Clinic fuel an amicus brief highlighting the importance of state constitutional independence and California’s deep record of discrimination in administering capital punishment.
Legal consultant at the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations, Alabdali represents his country in the main forum that considers legal questions in the UN’s General Assembly.
From a Supreme Court justice’s visit and an innovative leadership initiative to impactful pro bono work and influential AI guidance, the school’s commitment to excellence, community, and public mission was on full display.
Professor Kenneth A. Bamberger wrote an amicus brief on behalf of a coalition of publishers, book sellers, and libraries in the upcoming Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v.Paxton case.
It will further expand the school’s Clinical Program, fill an urgent legal need in the area, and enable students to represent indigent parents threatened with the removal of their children.
An all-star roster of legal department leaders at major organizations — from Microsoft and the San Francisco Giants to Instacart to Asana — offers students valuable insights on in-house lawyering.
The five-part series addressed the state of American democracy and its nexus with the press and social media, elections and the courts, presidential power, and judicial power.
Over two days in various settings, judges Karin Immergut ’87 and Kelli Evans give students prime insights and practical tips on pursuing clerkships, law school happiness, and career success.
A growing number of alums take on key positions in Alaska’s court system, public sector, and private practice, drawn to a collegial legal community that fosters early opportunities.
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky analyzes the U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent monumental term with Cornell Law Professor Michael Dorf and CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst Joan Biskupic.
With faith in America’s democratic institutions waning, the center — named after former dean Christopher Edley Jr. — will probe underlying problems and train students to become effective guardians of our political system.
The three-year scholarship covers full tuition and fees for select incoming students with a demonstrated dedication to public interest work and an orientation toward leadership and initiative.
She has worked on contract matters, litigation, real estate law, pharmaceutical law, and privacy law, attended a seven-hour mediation, and responded to a customer complaint filed with an attorney general.
After receiving a Philip Frickey Fellowship, Hammond received funding to work on behalf of California’s largest tribe, which he calls “one of the greatest honors of my life.”
Renowned corporate law attorney Kenton King ’87, health policy leader Tam Ma ’11, esteemed Professor Eric Rakowski, and public interest powerhouse Ann Brick ’75 receive Berkeley Law’s top honors.
Four Class of 2024 alums form the inaugural cohort of the Chris Larsen Justice Fellowship, which will fund their first year of public interest work on criminal justice issues.
Davis won the law school’s Rutter Award for Teaching Excellence, while Holmquist was recognized for “sustained excellence in teaching” with a Distinguished Teaching Award, given to five professors across the Berkeley campus this year.
A natural resource specialist before law school, Lewis says Berkeley Law has expanded her skills, tools, and motivation to protect vulnerable ecosystems and communities.
The unique two-event welcomed experts in business, government, academia, and the nonprofit sector to discuss ways corporations can propel a more sustainability-focused economy.
Desai, who wrote an article recently published in the Fashion & Law Journal, probes some of the compelling aspects, important nuances, and timely issues at the nexus of law and fashion.
Legal scholars from across the country unpacked recent decisions they say depart from historical precedent and jeopardize the rights of minorities and other vulnerable groups.
3Ls and Salzburg Cutler Fellows Heidi Kong, Sophie Lombardo, Paloma Palmer, and Angela Chen spent two packed days in Washington, D.C., exploring global issues, presenting their work, and building connections.
In an hour-long conversation with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Sotomayor described the Court’s challenges and culture and discussed clerkships, work-life balance, oral arguments, citizen engagement, and more.
She works to connect citizens with lawyers for free consultation and representation, increases legal literacy, raises legal awareness in young women and girls, and co-hosts a national television show highlighting legal options.
The longtime advocate for democracy and human rights in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina, currently serving as its ambassador to Germany, received the award at UC Berkeley’s winter commencement.
With policy inaction and a Supreme Court setback, Gwen Iannone ’24 and Grace Geurin-Henley ’25 help students pivot to international law to pursue justice and reform.
The ‘Berkeley Speaks’ podcast features a recent panel with journalism dean Geeta Anand, UC Irvine Chancellor Howard Gillman, and ACLU lawyer Emerson Sykes.
From helping to write a tribe’s constitution to providing free training worldwide on digital investigations of human rights violations to propelling crypto industry reform, the school had quite a year.
Top scholars from around the world describe her massive impact on digital copyright law, intellectual property, cyberlaw, and information policy, and her enormous influence on colleagues in those fields.
U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Morgan Christen and U.S. District Court of Massachusetts Judge Angel Kelley share their insights during Berkeley Law’s 10th annual Judges-in-Residence program.
A full crowd hears about the push to strengthen unions and the surging labor movement from Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, chief officer of the 2.1 million-member California Labor Federation.
David McCraw, the paper’s lead newsroom lawyer, talks with Berkeley Law students about protecting journalists’ safety, freedom of the press, and the growing concern of disinformation online.
Li discusses how Netflix is surging into the video game market, the benefits and challenges of working as a general counsel, and how best to approach law school.
With the U.S. now a patchwork of state systems with immense variety and harsh consequences for those in restrictive states, the center ramps back up to develop strategic initiatives.
Daniel Yost ’98 and his husband Paul Brody launch the Sacramento Briefing Series to help our Center for Law, Energy & the Environment bring quality research to California policymakers.
From intellectual property adapting to AI creations to emerging concerns in corporate law and reproductive justice efforts, Berkeley Law brings students to the forefront of timely topics.
Boyd has relished an eye-opening summer working for Magistrate Judge Katharine Parker with the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York.
A Berkeley Law symposium highlights barriers to officer accountability and victims’ access to the courts, including police department culture and dubious causes of death given by medical examiners.
Thomas von Danwitz gives Berkeley Law’s annual Irving G. Tragen Lecture on Comparative Law, takes part in a panel on data privacy, and visits our “Borderlines” podcast.
The executive director of Berkeley Law’s California Constitution Center leads the agency that studies problem areas in state law and proposes reforms, over 90% of which become law.
