Top Stories

• Samantak Ghosh ’13 Wins Award for Paper on Patent Doctrine (1/2/2013)
  
• East Bay Community Law Center Launches ‘Fund for the Future’ (12/19/2012)
  
• Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte ’79 Receives Hall of Fame Award (12/13/2012)
  
• Library Dedication Honors Dean Sanford Kadish  (12/8/2012)
  
• Lecture by Britain’s Chief Rabbi Assesses ‘The Future of Judaism’ (12/3/2012)
  

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Press Releases and Media Advisories

• Press Release: War Crimes Expert Is Human Rights Center's New Executive Director 12/21/2012
• Press Release: Survey Finds Americans Support “Do Not Mail” 12/4/2012
• Media Advisory: "A Watched System" 11/14/2012
• Press Release: New Report Faults Berkeley’s Measure S, the “Sit-Lie” Initiative 10/25/2012
• Press Release: California Leads Nation in Exonerations of Wrongfully Convicted 10/24/2012

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News Briefs

Renata Hesse ’90 to Lead U.S. Antitrust Division

Renata Hesse ’90 has been named acting head of the U.S. Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. She previously led the department’s Networks and Technology Enforcement Section, but left to become partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s Washington, D.C. office. Hesse returned to the agency in March 2012 as special adviser for civil enforcement and deputy assistant attorney general for criminal and civil operations. Last year, while at Wilson Sonsini, she oversaw a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) review of AT&T’s $39 billion bid to buy T-Mobile. FCC and Justice Department opposition forced the companies to abandon the deal. (12/21/12)

Elena Cardona '85 Takes Top Post in Santa Fe

Santa Fe, New Mexico recently hired Elena Cardona '85 as its new full-time public defender. The Santa Fe City Council voted in August to create the full-time position for its Municipal Court, a marked departure from the city's longstanding practice of contracting for public defender services. Previously, Cardona handled felony cases for the New Mexico Public Defender Department, which takes on about 70,000 cases each year. Cardona's work included representing clients through appeal and post-conviction proceedings. (12/5/12)

Orrick Names Mitchell Zuklie '96 as Chair-Elect

The global law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has chosen Mitchell Zuklie '96 to become its chairman in January 2014. Zuklie’s selection capped an 18-month process in which Orrick's nominating committee obtained direct input from its 370 partners. Zuklie leads Orrick's Corporate Business Unit and is one of the country’s leading advisers to entrepreneurs, technology companies, and the venture capital community. As a student, he won Berkeley Law's Young Alumni Award in 2011 and served as editor-in-chief of the California Law Review. (11/30/12)

Justice Steven Gonzalez ’91 Wins ABA Award

The American Bar Association Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division has given Washington State Supreme Court Justice Steven Gonzalez ’91 its annual Difference Makers award. A former criminal and civil law attorney, Gonzalez regularly provided pro bono representation to disadvantaged clients. He also served as a trial judge on the King County Superior Court, as a top domestic violence prosecutor for the city of Seattle, and as an assistant U.S. attorney. Long active in community affairs, Gonzalez currently mentors students through the Future of the Law Institute. (11/27/12)

Henry Hecht Honored for 30 Years of Teaching

Lecturer in Residence Henry Hecht was recently honored for his 30 years at Berkeley Law. The first instructor to teach specific lawyering skills at the law school, Hecht guided its first courses in client interviewing, counseling, and negotiation. Three decades later, professional skills comprise more than 15 percent of Berkeley Law’s academic program, with a significant portion taught by leading practitioners and judges. Hecht is also an independent consultant on legal skills training and co-founder of The Hecht Training Group, a group of attorneys who have each taught lawyering skills for over 25 years. (11/6/12)

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