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SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 10, 2016 – The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law today (May 10) published a new report on how solar energy development in the San Joaquin […]

Berkeley, Calif., April 21, 2016—UC Berkeley Law Professor Russell Robinson is the Pride Law Fund’s 2016 Trailblazer Award winner for his work as a pioneer and leader in the LGBTQ […]

Berkeley, Calif., December 2, 2015 – California has not taken full advantage of opportunities to increase its in-state biofuel production, despite state policies that encourage biofuel consumption as a way […]

BERKELEY, CA. – May 7, 2015 – Hunger, fear of deportation, and a lack of financial aid shape the experience of undocumented students at UC Berkeley, according to a new […]

BERKELEY, Calif., March 4, 2015 – A new report released today finds that California lacks adequate and effective college opportunities for students in—or released from—prison and jail, despite the fact […]

Berkeley, CA, January 22, 2015 – Expanding customer access to energy data can bring cleaner, more efficient power to Californians, save money, and boost emerging clean technologies, according to a […]

Berkeley, CA Sept. 17… As California searches for cheap energy storage options, a new report by the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative at the UCLA and UC Berkeley law schools […]

For Immediate Release Berkeley, CA Aug. 13… The images of world-renowned photographers Sebastião Salgado, Gilles Peress, Susan Meiselas, and others will be showcased in Envisioning Human Rights—a celebration of the […]

Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936 Berkeley, CA-July 23, 2014… A new report released today calls on the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to mitigate the impact of climate change […]

Contact: Susan Gluss, 510-642-6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA-June 3, 2014… A new report released today calls on the U.S. Department of the Interior to mitigate the impact of climate change by […]

UC student artists explore human rights and social justice Berkeley, CA-April 15 — Provocative work from fourteen student artists will be showcased at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific […]

For Immediate Release New Online Course on U.S. Law Expands Berkeley Law’s Global ReachContact: Susan Gluss, 510-642-6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu An “Anti-MOOC” interactive course created for prospective LL.M. students and foreign attorneys […]

Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936   Berkeley, CA-March 4, 2014…Forty family and child welfare law professors filed a friend-of-the-court brief today opposing Utah’s same-sex marriage ban. In the brief, the […]

Korea’s former prime minister will serve as advisor to new research center Contact: Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu University of California, Berkeley, School of Law today announced the opening of a […]

Human Rights Center recommends to UN ways to improve protections in refugee camps   Contact: Andrea LamprosHuman Rights Center communications manager510.847.4469 or 510.643.7215, alampros@berkeley.edu Camp Claudine St. Fleur in Port […]

Contact information:WWW.JUSTICE.GOV AG(202) 514-2007 TTY (866) 544-5309 BERKELEY, CALIF. Thank you, Dean Edley, for those kind words – and thank you all for such a warm welcome. It’s a privilege […]

Independent analysis reveals risks to state water resources Contact: Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA-April 11, 2013… A new report on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in California warns of the risks […]

Thursday, January 17, 2013 For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-682-6936   Berkeley, CA…. On the eve of the 40-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade, UC Berkeley School of […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Andrea Lampros, Human Rights Center, (510) 643-7215, alampros@berkeley.edu   Berkeley, CA….The Human Rights Center (HRC) at UC Berkeley School of Law today announced that Alexa Koenig—a respected scholar […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936 Berkeley, CA….A new Privacy and Advertising Mail survey by UC Berkeley School of Law finds that a very large majority of Americans, […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936    Berkeley, CA….On November 6, Berkeley voters will decide whether to enact Measure S, a “Sit-Lie” ordinance that would ban sitting on […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936   Berkeley, CA—A new research group finds that at least 200 wrongful convictions have been thrown out since 1989 in California, costing […]

For Immediate Release New California Constitution Center to serve as state constitutional clearinghouse for attorneys and academics  Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936 Berkeley, CA—August 29, 2012…. Executive director and founder […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936 Berkeley, CA—June 7, 2012…. A new report released today provides a blueprint for California to meet and surpass its ambitious local renewable […]

SAN FRANCISCO – The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hold a special sitting March 14 at the UC Berkeley School of Law. Oral arguments will […]

By Susan Gluss A mandatory biometric employment verification card for all U.S. workers could cost at least $40 billion, infringe on Americans’ civil liberties, and fail to stop the employment […]

For Immediate Release Berkeley Law: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936 UCLA Law: Lauri Gavel, gavel@law.ucla.edu, 310-206-2611 Berkeley, CA—October 24, 2011…. California’s ambitious goal of 33 percent renewable energy by 2020 could […]

For Immediate Release Contacts: Aarti Kohli, Warren Institute 510-642-0383, akohli@law.berkeley.edu Susan Gluss, 510-642-6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, California, October 19, 2011 – The majority of people arrested in a fast-growing federal immigration […]

Current TV will launch THE WAR ROOM WITH JENNIFER GRANHOLM, hosted by the former two-term Michigan Governor. The announcement was made today by Al Gore, Chairman and co-founder, Current TV; […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA-September 1, 2011… UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu won confirmation Wednesday as the newest Associate Justice of the […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu UC Berkeley Law School Dean Christopher Edley, Jr., today called Gov. Brown’s nomination of law professor Goodwin Liu to the Supreme Court […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Lauri Gavel, 310-206-2611, gavel@law.ucla.edu Berkeley, CA-July 12, 2011… A new report offers steps that California policy makers and businesses can take to […]

For Immediate Release Report recommends harnessing energy potential of rooftops, roads, aqueducts Berkeley Law: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu510-642-6936UCLA Law: Lauri Gavel, gavel@law.ucla.edu310-206-2611 As world leaders prepare for climate change talks in Copenhagen, […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley School of Law media director (510) 642-6936 Mary Boyle, Common Cause(202) 736-5770 The UC Berkeley School of Law’s Center on Health, Economic […]

For Immediate Release Contacts:Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu  Joe Diorio, 215.746.1798 jdiorio@asc.upenn.edu Berkeley, CA and Philadelphia, PA—September 30, 2009… Contrary to what marketers claim, most Americans do not want online advertisements […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—September 16, 2009… A Hispanic community in a small southern city that lived in fear of police after a spike in […]

For Immediate Release Contacts:Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.eduKathleen Maclay, 510.643.5651, kmaclay@berkeley.edu Berkeley—September 4, 2009… Two University of California, Berkeley, professors are teaming up with two colleagues to launch “Cyberlaw Cases,” a […]

For Immediate Release Contacts:Susan Gluss, Berkeley Law, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.eduRebecca Jeschke, Electronic Frontier Foundation, 415.436.9333, press@eff.orgRobynRobyn Shepherd, American Civil Liberties Union, 212.549.2666, media@aclu.org New York, NY—September 8, 2009… A coalition of […]

Contact: Susan Gluss (510) 642-6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—September 3, 2009… As part of a series of measures to help its students and alumni during the current economic crisis, the University […]

For Immediate Release Contact:Sarah Yang, 510.643.7741, scyang@berkeley.eduShaena Engle, 310.206.5951, engle@gseis.ucla.edu Berkeley, CA—February 5, 2009… The Berkeley Unified School District’s plan to maintain diversity could serve as a model for other […]

For Immediate Release Contacts:Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley School of Law, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Lauri Gavel, UCLA School of Law, 310.206.2611, gavel@law.ucla.edu Berkeley, CA—August 27, 2009… UCLA School of Law and the […]

For Immediate Release Contacts:Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley School of Law, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.eduMelissa Rodgers, 510-643-4283, mrodgers@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—Aug 27, 2009… The Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security (CHEFS) at […]

For Immediate release Contact: Kathleen Maclay (510) 643-5651, kmaclay@berkeley.eduSusan Gluss, 510.642.6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—June 2, 2009… Two University of California, Berkeley, professors who have been named the federal government’s top […]

For Immediate Release Health Care Expert Jacob Hacker First to Detail How to Structure “Healthy Competition” Between Public Health Insurance Plan and Private Plans CONTACT: Toby Chaudhuri (IAF), 202-955-5665Susan Gluss […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—April 2, 2009…UC Berkeley School of Law’s top students will have an opportunity that few attorneys experience in a lifetime during […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—April 1, 2009… The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law today announced two new funds in honor […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—March 17, 2009… Associate Dean and Professor of Law Goodwin Liu of the University of California, Berkeley, School […]

For Immediate Release Contacts:Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.eduLauri Gavel, director of communications, 310.206.2611, gavel@law.ucla.edu Berkeley—March 11, 2009… The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Berkeley Law) and […]

For Immediate Release Contacts:Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.eduLauri Gavel, director of communications, 310.206.2611, gavel@law.ucla.edu Berkeley, CA—February 26, 2009… Students at UC Berkeley School of Law and UCLA School […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu To view the full report, go to https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/thelton-e-henderson-center-for-social-justice/research/ Berkeley, CA – February 20, 2009… In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers […]