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Published opinions by Berkeley Law faculty and scholars
- The KSM Trial Will Be an Intelligence Bonanza for al Qaeda (11/15/2009)
By John Yoo, The Wall Street Journal
- Fresh Look at Drug Courts Could Also Ease Prison Crisis (11/9/2009)
By Bobbie Stein, The Sacramento Bee
- Privacy Concern in Google Voice Call Recording (11/5/2009)
By James P. Tuthill and Michael Katz, San Francisco Chronicle
- A Letter to Obama (11/4/2009)
By Stanley Lubman, The Wall Street Journal
- Myths of Get-Tough Law (11/1/2009)
By Jeffrey Fagan and Franklin E. Zimring, St. Petersburg Times
- Chinese Law Reform on the PRC's 60th Birthday (10/29/2009)
By Stanley Lubman, The Wall Street Journal
- Why So Few Doctoral-Student Parents? (10/21/2009)
By Mary Ann Mason, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Google Books is Not a Library (10/13/2009)
By Pamela Samuelson, The Huffington Post
- 2 Commission Members Tout Plan’s Promise (10/11/2009)
By John Cogan and Chris Edley Jr., The Sacramento Bee
- A broken promise of "smart" immigration enforcement (10/7/2009)
By Aarti Kohli and Antonia Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle
- Sotomayor’s First Term (10/5/2009)
By Maria Echaveste, The Washington Post
- GBS and Students: Jason Schultz of UC Berkeley Examines Privacy (9/30/2009)
By Jason Schultz, freeculture.org
- Google Book Settlement 1.0 is History (9/24/2009)
By Pamela Samuelson, The Huffington Post
- Past As Prologue? (9/17/2009)
By Richard Frank, Daily Journal
- Google Books Settlement: Taking the Long View (9/16/2009)
By Peter S. Menell, The Media Institute
- How the “Snow-Woman Effect” Slows Women’s Progress (9/16/2009)
By Mary Ann Mason, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- History shows targeting the CIA is perilous move (9/13/2009)
By John Yoo, The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Fix health care. But fix the deficits, too. (9/9/2009)
By Alan Auerbach and William G. Gale, CNNMoney.com
- Assessment Denied: the National Research Council’s Sins of Omission (8/31/2009)
By Marc Goulden, Angelica Stacy, and Mary Ann Mason, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Walk this way – urge sustainable development (8/30/2009)
By Jared Huffman and Ethan Elkind, San Francisco Chronicle
- The Audacity of the Google Book Search Settlement (8/10/2009)
By Pamela Samuelson, The Huffington Post
- Myths or Facts in Feminist Scholarship? (8/10/2009)
By Nancy K. D. Lemon, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Deficit: What caused it, why it matters (7/30/2009)
By Alan Auerbach and William G. Gale, CNNMoney.com
- Budgets by the People, for the People (7/27/2009)
By Ethan J. Leib, The New York Times
- Who should bear the burden of UC budget cuts? (7/22/2009)
By Kristin Luker, Los Angeles Times
- Why We Endorsed Warrantless Wiretaps (7/16/2009)
By John Yoo, The Wall Street Journal
- UC system: layoffs, not pay cuts (7/16/2009)
By Robert Cooter and Aaron Edlin, Los Angeles Times
- Balancing privacy with better medical data (7/14/2009)
By James B. Rule, The Sacramento Bee
- "Family Values" and the Law: A Guest Post (7/9/2009)
By Jennifer Collins, Ethan J. Leib, and Dan Markel, The New York Times
- Here comes the next fiscal crisis (7/8/2009)
By Alan J. Auerbach and William G. Gale, The Los Angeles Times
- No more quotas: Supreme Court dealt a final blow to racially motivated hiring (7/7/2009)
By John Yoo, The Sacramento Bee
- Building a new UC – in cyberspace (7/1/2009)
By Christopher Edley Jr., Los Angeles Times
- California's lethal-injection plan is proven to be inhumane (6/27/2009)
Ty Alper, San Jose Mercury News
- 10 lessons for national health care reform (6/23/2009)
Melissa A. Rodgers, San Francisco Chronicle
- Sotomayor's remark does not make her a racist (6/2/2009)
Ian Haney-López, San Francisco Chronicle
- Can Californians afford to keep the death penalty? (5/17/2009)
Elisabeth Semel, The Sacramento Bee
- Is Tenure a Trap for Women? (4/22/2009)
Mary Ann Mason, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Can pro baseball save itself? (4/17/2009)
Jasper Rine and Stephen D. Sugarman, San Francisco Chronicle
- Don't hamstring the Endangered Species Act (4/15/2009)
Eric Biber, San Francisco Chronicle
- My Word: John Yoo's academic freedom is being guarded by UC Berkeley (4/4/2009)
Christopher Edley Jr., Contra Costa Times
- Role Models and Mentors (3/25/2009)
Mary Ann Mason, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Will democracy bring the demise of the hangman? (3/16/2009)
David Johnson and Franklin Zimring, New Scientist
- Amend telecommunications surveillance laws (3/1/2009)
Paul M. Schwartz, San Francisco Chronicle
- A plan to make imports safe (2/25/2009)
Kenneth A. Bamberger and Andrew T. Guzman, San Francisco Chronicle
- Give scholars access to the national DNA database (2/24/2009)
Erin Murphy, San Francisco Chronicle
- Men and Mothering (2/24/2009)
Mary Ann Mason, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Some thoughts on female leadership in male-dominated fields (2/20/2009)
Mary Ann Mason, San Francisco Chronicle
- Clean up taxes the EZ way (2/17/2009)
Christopher Kutz, Los Angeles Times
- Spending restraint and rainy day fiscal relief (2/17/2009)
Christopher Edley Jr., San Francisco Chronicle
- Resolve the Indian Trust litigation (2/17/2009)
Philip P. Frickey and Curtis Berkey, San Francisco Chronicle
- Head Start takes a back seat (2/10/2009)
David L. Kirp, San Francisco Chronicle
- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act won't close wage gap between men and women (2/4/2009)
Ann M. O'Leary, San Francisco Chronicle
- A road map to healthcare reform (2/3/2009)
Jacob S. Hacker, The Christian Science Monitor
- Obama Made a Rash Decision on Gitmo (1/29/2009)
John Yoo, The Wall Street Journal
- A Bad Reputation (1/27/2009)
Mary Ann Mason, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- How Obama can fix an illegal war (1/23/2009)
Oona Hathaway and Bruce Ackerman, San Francisco Chronicle
- Getting over the Rev. Rick (1/19/2009)
David L. Kirp, San Francisco Chronicle
- Restore the Senate’s Treaty Power (1/4/2009)
John R. Bolton and John Yoo, The New York Times
- A Message for Our New President (12/17/2008)
Mary Ann Mason, Chronicle of Higher Education.
- Marin Voice: Time for a new human rights agenda (12/10/2008)
Kimberly Weichel and Kirk Boyd, Marin Independent Journal
- Election Was No Sweeping Mandate (12/7/2008)
John Yoo, Philadelphia Inquirer
