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September 11-12: Transformative Justice in Communities of Color
This international convening, hosted by the Henderson Center, brings together two strands of recent conversation among scholars and activists related to reparations and transforming our communities.


September 18-20:
Alumni Weekend
Catch up with classmates and earn MCLE credit at our issues-packed program.



Spotlight:

The Environment

With climate change and sustainability front and center, environmental law is hot. Read about five ways Berkeley Law faculty and students are tackling pressing environmental issues.

Smokestacks
A Matter of Morals

Environmental law expert, Professor Daniel Farber, suggests the U.S. is morally obligated to compensate other nations for its outsized contribution to climate change. And recently, in an article on the CCELP site (.pdf), he challenged the logic of balking at reducing emissions until China agrees to do so.

House
Dueling Propositions

Californians will soon choose between two competing ballot measures aimed at curtailing or completely gutting the state's eminent domain and property rights statutes. The environmental law think tank, CCELP, hopes that its recent white paper will clarify the issues.

Water Warnings

Part of a task force charged with improving California’s troubling water status, CCELP’s Richard Frank warns of Katrina-like dangers.

Nuclear Revival?

The student-run Ecology Law Quarterly launches Currents with a themed issue that explores the revival of nuclear power.

Campus Connections

Berkeley Law's Henry Stern '09 co-chairs a student-led group that's trying to connect Cal's many energy and environmental schools, programs and labs.