Communications
The Office of Communications serves the law school by leading the schoolwide communications program and by providing direct service to individual units.
Our Primary Areas of Activity Are:
Media Relations
Conduct outreach to general and legal news media outlets to disseminate the school’s most compelling stories; provide expert commentary on issues of the day; and represent the school to regional, national, and international audiences
Publications
Create publications to help recruit students, communicate with alumni, promote philanthropy, attract and inform research partners, and engage people with diverse interests in the life of the school
Web Management
Develop the school’s Web site into an increasingly effective tool for informing and involving all constituencies, providing news content, overseeing design, and promoting an intuitive, interactive user experience
Identity Program
Manage the school’s branding standards, products, and services by defining appropriate uses of the school’s name, articulating its distinctive character, and providing logo files and letterhead templates for the school and its affiliates
The Communications Team
Sybil Wyatt
Executive Director of Communications
swyatt@law.berkeley.edu
1.510.642.4143
Contact for help with:
- major communications and marketing initiatives
- communications strategies for advancing school or unit-specific goals
- publications for the school’s central services
- campaign communications
- comunications group management
Jared Simpson
Associate Director of Communications
jsimpson@law.berkeley.edu
1.510.643.6147
Contact for help with:
- all aspects of the alumni magazine, Transcript
- access to writing services, internally and externally
- tracking and trouble-shooting requests submitted to the Communications group
- Communications group management in the executive director's absence
Susan Gluss
Media Relations Director
sgluss@law.berkeley.edu
1.510.642.6936
Contact for help with:
- media outreach, including placing stories, editing opinion pieces, arranging interviews, and issuing news releases and advisories
- developing media relations strategies for advancing school or unit-specific goals
- media training for on-record and on-camera interviews
- updates to the faculty experts list
Michael Bazeley
Editorial Director of Electronic Media
mbazeley@law.berkeley.edu
1.510.643.8010
Contact for help with:
- all editorial and design aspects of the Berkeley Law Web site, including news and featured events for the home page and faculty profiles and photos
- all aspects of eNews, an electronic newsletter for alumni and friends
- placing stories in the BBB, an online newsletter for students, faculty, and staff
- the BBB, and online newsletters for students, faculty and staff
- the online school calendar
Andrew Cohen
Senior Communications Writer
acohen@law.berkeley.edu
1.510.642.1654
Contact for help with:
- content being developed for the Web site home page, eNews, the Transcript, or other editorial projects in progress
Bobbi Sloan
Senior Communications Coordinator
rsloan@law.berkeley.edu
1.510.642.8526
Contact for help with:
- identity services and resources, including logo files, letterhead templates, and branded merchandise
- publications coordination, including cost estimating, purchasing, creating and tracking production schedules, interaction with designers and printers
- invoice and budget tracking for the Communications group
- identifying qualified communications professionals, including writers, photographers, designers, and printers
