News
August 29, 2008
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Emma Greenman '09 Targets Youth Vote at Democratic National Convention
"I came here for meetings on protecting voter rights and the integrity of the election process," says Greenman. "And I'm blogging about the convention, which is a totally new experience for me.''
August 13, 2008
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California Defense Attorneys Gain Help in Preserving Fair Jury Selection
State prosecutors seeking to exclude African-Americans or other minorities from jury selection may face a tougher task in the wake of People v. Lenix, a recent California Supreme Court decision.
August 12, 2008
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Roxanna Altholz to Represent Victims of Colombian Paramilitary Chiefs
Seeking justice for familiar atrocities with a new legal approach, International Human Rights Law Clinic Associate Director Roxanna Altholz ’99 has signed on to advocate for victims of Colombian paramilitary leaders extradited in May to the United States.
Featured Event
September 11:
ISUS X: 10th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies:
This four-day conference offers original research on all aspects of utilitarian moral and political theory. Clark Kerr Conference Center. Sponsored by the Kadish Center for Morality, Law & Public Affairs.
More Events
September 11-12: Transformative Justice in Communities of ColorThis 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.
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.
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.
