Spotlights

Alum Angie Kang ’08 was named global general counsel for Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+. Previously Hulu’s deputy chief counsel, she led its business and legal affairs with Fox, NBC, and others before Hulu merged with Walt Disney in 2019. Kang steered major deals for the Emmy-nominated series “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Casual,” and was integral […]

A Chronicle of Philanthropy feature explains how our Human Rights Center deftly used a $1 million MacArthur “genius” award from 2014 to “transform the research process for some of the globe’s most hard to document war crimes” and other abuses. It says the center offers valuable lessons in student engagement and strategic partnerships to effectively […]

A growing destination for aspiring professors, Berkeley Law recently hosted a forum for students who may want to pursue that path. Professors Ofer Eldar, Laurel Fletcher, and José Argueta Funes (pictured) joined Director of Judicial Clerkships Anna Han for the Academic Placement Committee event, which addressed their academic journeys and strategies for navigating a teaching […]

‘Asked and Answered with Ava,’ our new Instagram series with communications intern Ava Freeman, helps prospective law students gain insights from current Berkeley Law students. In the first entry, when asked about her path to criminal law, 2L Alice Choi (pictured) recalls being a teacher with students involved in the legal system, working at the […]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, America’s most important court for intellectual property issues, recently heard case arguments at Berkeley Law as part of its national jurisdiction and statutory requirement to enable citizens to see the court function outside of Washington, D.C. Students were able to observe a federal court in action, […]

Our Berkeley Center for Law and Business partnered with two organizations in producing a resource guide for the Nov. 5 election to help businesses limit the potential risks of corporate civic engagement and promote employee voter participation. As workers face voting time and accessibility constraints and bosses fear legal repercussions from time off to vote […]

Caity Lynch ’25 won a Women Veterans Trailblazer Award from the California Department of Veterans Affairs, recognizing her military service and her work at Berkeley Law on behalf of marginalized veterans. A Bronze Star recipient who served in Afghanistan, Lynch helped low-income vets gain key benefits, co-authored a report on veteran deportation, and leads the […]

Smita Rajmohan LL.M. ’14 was among 100 people named to the Obama Foundation Leaders USA program, a six-month initiative for emerging leaders age 24 to 45 across varied sectors. Senior counsel at Autodesk and a tech law authority, she will focus on how to harness AI’s power for social good. Members hold weekly virtual meetings […]

The broad, impactful work of our Clinical Program over the past year is presented in its newly published annual report, which showcases the many ways the clinics advance racial, economic, and social justice. From pursuing equity in jury selection and assisting asylum seekers to protecting the environment and helping authors navigate privacy and defamation issues, […]

A new ranking of 114 U.S. tax law professors with Google Scholar pages lists our Alan Auerbach (pictured) No. 2 and Dhammika Dharmapala No. 7. The list tallies the number of publications a scholar has been cited in by other scholars at least that same number of times. Auerbach is past president of the National […]