The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, which fuels our leading intellectual property law program for both students and practicing lawyers, is offering sessions from its successful IP & Tech Month initiative […]
Tailored Tech Talks
Helping to Raise the Bar
Professor Russell K. Robinson was elected to the American Law Institute, which enlists top scholars to clarify and improve the law through Restatements, Principles, and Model Codes. Focusing on anti-discrimination […]
Getting a Startup Leg Up
Our Startup Law Initiative and its benefits for students and clients was featured in a recent Daily Californian article. Under lawyer supervision, the project enables Berkeley Law students to give pro […]
Corporate Finance Prize
Professor Andrew C. Baker and two co-authors won the Jensen Prize for best paper on corporate finance and organizations. Their paper studies a method used often to assess the impact of […]
In Service of Civil Rights
Professor Jonathan D. Glater was appointed to the California Civil Rights Council, which issues regulations that implement the state’s civil rights laws, conducts inquiries, and holds hearings. Glater, who joined the […]
A Top Tech Policy Voice
Professor and Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Co-Director Deirdre Mulligan was named Principal Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, which she joined […]
Racial Disparity Metrics
Led by Professor john a. powell, UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute created a new Racial Disparities Dashboard that tracks changes from 1970 to 2020 in the U.S. across 15 categories, […]
Leading a New Agency
Fatima Abbas ’11 was named director of the new Office of Tribal and Native Affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department. As the National Congress of American Indians’ vice president of […]
Law & Society Luminary
Professor Christopher Tomlins was awarded the Law & Society Association’s Harry J. Kalven Jr. Prize, which honors empirical scholarship that contributed most effectively to advancing research in the field. Tomlins, […]
Entertainment Law Zone
Berkeley Law’s standing in the entertainment law field was touted recently by Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter. The former included seven alums on its 2023 Best Music Lawyers list while the latter […]