Spotlights

The International Human Rights Law Clinic filed testimony from three former Department of Homeland Security officials who point to a cover-up in a major case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Filed for the family of a man beaten by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, leading to his death, the brief says the […]

A film on the pivotal life of Pauli Murray LL.M. ’45, by the Oscar-nominated filmmakers of “RBG,” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival Jan. 31. “My Name Is Pauli Murray” shows how Murray, orphaned at age 3 and non-binary, was a key influence on leading jurists, California’s first Black deputy attorney general, and the Episcopal […]

A new documentary on the late Harry Pregerson ’50 was released Jan. 26 on Vimeo and Amazon. “9th Circuit Cowboy,” by two-time Academy Award winner Terry Sanders, tells the inspiring story of Pregerson, who was wounded as a Marine in World War II and later became a longtime U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judge […]

Four members of our Human Rights Center, including Executive Director Alexa Koenig ’13, will teach an 8-week course on methods of open source investigations. The first formal School of Journalism-HRC collaboration, the class will focus on developing a long-form investigative story about improprieties in microfinance and their impact on poor people around the world.   […]

Fernando Aenlle-Rocha ’86 was confirmed as a U.S. District Court judge (Central District of California). A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge since 2017, Aenlle-Rocha spent 12 years as a partner at White & Case focusing on white-collar criminal defense and business litigation. He was also a federal and state prosecutor and president of the […]

Faculty member Joy Milligan received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Administrative Law. A Berkeley Law assistant professor since 2017, Milligan was recognized for her paper, Plessy Preserved: Agencies and the Effective Constitution, during an online awards ceremony at the AALS annual meeting on January 5.

UC Berkeley is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the UC Regents’ decision to admit women on equal terms with men. The 150W History Project, a trove of online content about remarkable Berkeley women, includes essays on eight from Berkeley Law — including America’s first woman law school professor and California’s first Black woman lawyer.

Berkeley Law Anti-Trafficking Project students Anjanaye Jariwala ’22, Phoebe Lavin ’22, Waen Vejjajiva ’22, and Rachel Wilson ’22 co-drafted a new T-visa practice advisory with lawyers from the Legal Resource Center. Emily Avazian ’21 (pictured) led the project. The guide details key factors for trafficking survivors and their advocates when deciding whether to pursue a […]

Judges, academics, litigators, and senior IP counsel from major corporations probed the latest developments in patent law and practice at the annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute Dec. 10-11. Highlights included keynotes by U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Director Andrei Iancu and European Patent Office President António Campinos.

The Norwegian Human Rights Fund recently formed a unique collaboration with our International Human Rights Law Clinic to bring quality, tailored legal advice and support to partners that protect human rights defenders. Clinic students are helping to amplify the work of these front-line activists while gaining pivotal experience and advancing justice.