Malecha credits her law school efforts with easing her transition into practice as an associate in the intellectual property group at Haynes Boone’s San Francisco office.
As an NPR general counsel extern, Chung delves into myriad legal issues to advance free, creative, and safe expression — from antitrust AI to data privacy and intellectual property.
“Once again, our instructors have put together an incredible buffet of course offerings,” says Professor Jonathan D. Glater, the law school’s associate dean for teaching.
With a bevy of awards and other accolades, Dabbousi has made a meaningful impact throughout the law school — from clinics and advocacy competitions to research centers and student organizations.
The Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law’s co-editor-in-chief helped plan and moderate the PLAY Conference, a fruitful collaboration between UC Berkeley Law and the university’s Haas School of Business.
The new issue also describes how the school is turning students’ public service aspirations into reality, and highlights impactful and inspiring work from students, faculty, alumni, and staff.
Extending her international law work, Yousef helped the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and was named assistant to the chair of its Working Group on Communications and Inquiries.
“If they are trying to work out a diplomatic solution, and if the plaintiffs are satisfied that they’re actually trying to do that, it’s really kind of in their interest to let that play out,” said Judge Jeremy Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute. “One way or the other, there’s some mutual expectation that the facts on the ground are going to change” in the coming week.
“It’s enormously disturbing,” said Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the law school at the University of California, Berkeley. “It is so troubling to hear the president and top executive officials give so little regard to the Constitution. It’s important to emphasize that the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment says no person can be ‘deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law.’ It doesn’t say ‘citizen.'”
“I think [the legal community is] worried that there’s going to be a loss of independence,” said retired Judge Jeremy Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute. “There are a lot of fears.”
