Press Releases

Law school establishes new loan forgiveness program

UC Berkeley Contact: Janet Gilmore, Media Relations(510) 642-5685jangilmore@berkeley.edu Boalt Hall Contact:Helaine Schweitzer, Boalt Hall Communications(510) 642-6936hschweitzer@law.berkeley.edu BERKELEY – When Claudia Medina began studying law at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law three years ago, she did so not with dreams of becoming an attorney at a lucrative law firm – but of using […]

Boalt Files Supreme Court Brief on Behalf of Ex-Chancellors in Voluntary School Desegregation Cases

Attention: U.S. Supreme Court, Legal Affairs and Education Reporters Contact: Helaine SchweitzerBoalt Hall Communications(510) 642-6936hschweitzer@law.berkeley.edu BERKELEY – October 10, 2006 Law Building Dean Christopher Edley, Jr. and Assistant Professor Goodwin Liu filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court today on behalf of 19 former chancellors of the University of California, urging the high […]

Tulane-UC Berkeley Study Shows Katrina Rebuilding Leads to Violations of Workers’ Rights

UC Berkeley Media Contact:Rob Wynne/Seth JacobsonWynne Communications, 310.593.4496 Tulane University Media Contact:Madeline Vann 504.865.5210 Undocumented Workers Receive Lower Pay and Minimal Access to Health Care NEW ORLEANS – June 7, 2006 – A new study released today by researchers at Tulane University and the University of California, Berkeley reveals that undocumented workers are being abused […]

Warren Institute at University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Announces Recommendations to Amend the Voting Rights Act

Attention: News desks; national, political, legal affairs and higher education reporters Contacts: Ana Henderson, Warren Institute (510) 643-6307Jacqueline Phillips, Boalt Hall Communications (510) 643-6549 BERKELEY, Calif., May 10 – The Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity (the Warren Institute) at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall) today […]