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.
Perry assesses the Respect for Marriage Act, and how his family’s experience with the marriage equality issue fueled his interest in Berkeley Law and career aspirations.
The Asian American Law Journal at Berkeley Law event welcomed prominent attorneys who helped gain a measure of justice for Japanese Americans sent to internment camps during World War II.
The renowned litigator and former U.S. Attorney enlists a who’s-who of senators, congresspeople, journalists, scholars, and celebrities in “Talking Feds.”
Responsible for conducting and supervising all Supreme Court litigation on behalf of the United States, Elizabeth Prelogar offers savvy advice for the law school’s future litigators.
Privacy experts Catherine Crump and Rebecca Wexler take on key posts with the White House Domestic Policy Council and White House Office of Science Technology Policy, respectively.
A whopping 18 courses are available to Berkeley Law students for the first time this semester, including 3 focused on emerging areas in the corporate sector.
The current U.S. Supreme Court majority, Bridges argues, only remedies racism against people of color when it encounters something that resembles the pre-civil rights era, from poll taxes to eugenics.
Mass Media at Berkeley Law guest Mike Gillis describes charting new terrain to protect parody in support of an Ohio man whose Facebook page spoofed a local police department.
Hewlett tells Berkeley Law students, “Don’t hesitate to make the change you want to see, don’t be afraid to challenge yourself, and don’t be afraid to dream big.”
The Our Better Web initiative examines how the prevalence of deceptive and exploitative content threatens the health of communities and U.S. democracy.
Released today, Worse Than Nothing provides a deep legal and historical analysis and argues that the increasingly popular method for understanding the Constitution is unworkable.
Chair of the California Privacy Protection Agency, Urban illuminated the arc of privacy awareness — and importance — to Americans amid technology’s expanding reach.
The Center for Law, Energy & the Environment brought together three experts for a recent webinar to discuss the implications of the ruling for climate policy.
Luker, who co-founded Berkeley Law’s Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice, has interviewed hundreds of women about their experiences before and after the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision allowing many states to end or sharply curtail abortion rights will have profoundly harmful effects on those who are forced to continue unwanted pregnancies and on democracy itself, says Berkeley Law scholar.
Navigating a new regulatory frontier, Patel works with everyone from growers to licensing agencies, dispensary owners to police officers, nonprofit leaders to city administrators.
Four Berkeley Law professors, including Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, discuss the court’s anticipated conservative decisions on some of America’s most divisive issues.
A Berkeley Law student-led project details the legal mechanisms used by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s regime to exert increasing control over the arts.
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and a panel of experts analyzed how the doctrine has evolved, and how changing it could increase accountability for officers and other government officials.
Holmquist’s far-reaching impact at Berkeley Law includes expanding academic support, practical legal training, curricular flexibility, and diversity and inclusion.
Frances Coles’ generosity will help the Center for the Study of Law & Society expand programming and buoy students through fellowships support and research grants.
Chacón, who specializes in immigration and constitutional law, and education scholar Glater further bolster a faculty on the rise, with nearly two dozen hires in recent years.
Chancellor Carol Christ, hailing the Berkeley Law professor’s work and commitment to truth, reform, and justice, says Zimring “embodies the very best” of the university.
A longtime leader in Berkeley Law’s tech-law clinic and center, Urban will help the innovative agency protect consumers’ privacy rights over their personal information.
A $250,000 gift from Orrick and the family of its chair Mitch Zuklie ’96 unlocks a $1 million anonymous gift to help expand the Environmental Law Clinic’s impact and reach.
