Faculty News

Led by Professor Victoria Plaut, the lab highlights the implications of incorporating diversity and inclusion in businesses, legal institutions, and schools.

In her new book, Professor Amanda Tyler looks at the erosion of U.S. citizens’ legal rights during wartime.

Expert policymakers, attorneys, and scholars will gather at Berkeley Law November 3 to explore the doctrine’s growing importance.

After 37 years on the federal bench, Henderson takes on a new role as a distinguished visitor.

Highlights include new faculty, flourishing programs, high-impact research, and expanding student opportunities.

Catherine Fisk ‘86, an expert in labor law and legal history, is Berkeley Law’s newest faculty member.

Berkeley Law faculty, staff, and students provide legal guidance and support to program participants and other undocumented immigrants.

Renowned experts from government and academia illuminate emerging issues in the legal world.

Record number reflects concerted effort by faculty, staff, and alumni to help offset the lack of racial diversity in America’s judicial chambers.

Angela Onwuachi-Willig and three colleagues fuel effort to eliminate such policies in a growing number of American schools.

New “Access to Entrepreneurship” program partners with Code2040 and Wilson Sonsini to help underrepresented founders find success in Silicon Valley.

Abbye Atkinson, Adam Badawi ’03, and Joy Milligan begin their new positions this week, with Frank Partnoy to join the school in 2018.

Linos will study an urgent global challenge: the European refugee crisis.

Charles Denton, Janice Kosel ’71 and Antonio Rossmann are honored for their service to the law school.

Clinic wins case against California state agency forcing it to release cell phone radiation guidelines.

The brief explains why Congress gave the agency broad, flexible authority to respond to evolving threats.

Professors Melissa Murray, Kenneth Bamberger, Christopher Tomlins, Sonia Katyal and Angela Onwuachi-Willig were feted at a recent ceremony.

Professor Zimring’s latest book reveals unsettling truths about police shootings in the U.S.

The annual award honors a Berkeley Law educator who inspires students and demonstrates a deep commitment to teaching. 

The book documents the court’s compelling history and far-reaching impact on California’s cultural, socio-economic and political landscape.

A ruling by the Supreme Court of California in People v. Macabeo strengthens privacy rights and curtails unlawful police searches. 

Professor Lauren Edelman ’86 shows how symbolic anti-discrimination policies are increasingly seen as proof of compliance with civil rights laws.

A slew of ballot propositions are on the state ballot, from repeal of the death penalty to legalization of recreational marijuana.

Berkeley Law fetes its faculty authors and their most recent books on legal theory, ocean law, juvenile justice and more.

Renowned business law experts Jill Fisch and Zenichi Shishido are among Berkeley Law’s six visiting professors this semester.

Angela Onwuachi-Willig and Tejas Narechania cite the school’s collegial culture and collaborative environment as major selling points.

Karen Tani’s book traces New Deal welfare programs across four decades.

In a new law review article, Professor Albiston argues that paid family leave will only work if it offers job security, as well as wage replacement.

Professor Kristin Luker, recipient of many accolades, is most proud of her work founding the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice at Berkeley Law. She will be honored at a conference celebrating her scholarship on April 1. 

Law professor Melissa Murray has been named interim dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law. Her appointment, which begins today, was decided with broad input from Berkeley Law faculty, students and staff following the March 10 resignation of former Dean Sujit Choudhry.

Court ruling grants the widow and daughter of one of the accused’s murder victims the right to participate in his criminal proceedings.

Students hail her dedication and interest in them both as people and budding lawyers.

Herma Hill Kay, former dean of Berkeley Law and professor for more than 50 years, has received the Association of American Law Schools’ 2015 Triennial Award for Lifetime Service to Legal Education and the Law.

The renowned civil liberties lawyer and six other top scholars bring proven teaching skills and wide-ranging expertise to Berkeley Law’s classrooms.

A new book by Professor Christopher Kutz, On War and Democracy, examines the moral rationale democracies often cite to wage war. 

Berkeley Law’s renowned criminal law experts forecast the impact of President Obama’s recent set of executive orders promoting gun safety reform.

Consumers are easily fooled by ads masquerading as editorials, according to a new paper, yet they’re proliferating online at a rapid rate.

Justin McCrary and other Berkeley Law scholars are using new search technologies and various efficiency models to improve the study, analysis, and predictive quality of their work.

A Korea Law Center conference delves into key issues facing both countries in corporate governance, technology law, administrative bureaucracy, and more.

A professor of public policy and political science, as well as law, Farhang is eager to forge interdisciplinary projects with Berkeley Law and other campus units.

Michele Roberts ’80, John Phillips ’69, Eleanor Swift, and Tirien Steinbach ’99 are recognized for their talent, drive, and willingness to give back.

This intensive five-nation study delves inside corporations to examine how privacy officers actually do their work with surprising findings.

Supreme Court justices rely on Berkeley Law scholars in deciding issues of solitary confinement, same-sex marriage, income taxation, and housing discrimination.

Berkeley Law’s New Business Practicum is trying to change that equation. Since 2007, the practicum has been the law school’s engine of startup development in the Bay Area, bringing together two groups: entrepreneurs who need early-stage legal advice that they can’t afford, and students who need opportunities to practice.

Working with the Goldman School’s Steve Raphael, Professor Justin McCrary helped to build a new website for the California Attorney General with extensive information on arrests, violence against officers, and deaths in custody. Although there are still gaps, thanks to their work California now has the most comprehensive and user-friendly system in the nation for providing this kind of information.  You can check it out here: http://openjustice.doj.ca.gov/

An award-winning scholar and a Berkeley Law professor since 2006, Murray aims to expand the center’s work as its new faculty director.