Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, appears on Forum to discuss the Trump administration’s environmental record and its impact
Ted Mermin, Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice, says Californians facing a financial cliff or targeted by predatory financial products “are going to find that someone’s got their back”
Professor Catherine Fisk weighs in as San Francisco passes an emergency ordinance that temporarily bars employers from taking adverse action against employees and job applicants who tested positive for Covid-19 or who are or were isolating due to Covid-19 symptoms or exposure
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky writes that the Supreme Court’s dealings with issues concerning COVID-19 and the election process have made clear that it does not want the federal courts changing the rules of an election, even when necessary to protect the right to vote in a pandemic
Dr. Rohini Haar, Human Rights Center Research Fellow, discusses “less lethal weapons” used to disperse crowds and the serious, sometimes deadly, injuries they can cause
The LA Times Editorial Board calls for the passing of AB 3070, a bill that addresses discrimination in jury selection, and points to Berkeley Law’s Death Penalty Clinic’s report, “Whitewashing the Jury Box” to support the need for action
Jim Dempsey, Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, says TikTok’s lawsuit against the Trump administration faces an uphill fight, but the company may be successful with a due process argument
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky explains why John Eastman’s theory that Kamala Harris may not be eligibile to be Vice President are wrong under the language of the 14th Amendment and under Supreme Court precedent
Professor Jonathan Simon explains why this moment in time resents a unique opportunity to reduce prison overcrowding by making reforms, particularly by releasing women who could safely be released
Professor Rebecca Wexler says the California Supreme Court opinion in Touchstone v Facebook reflects a real skepticism of Facebook’s claims about the Stored Communications Act
Professor Roxanna Altholz, co-director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic, discusses the murder of activist Berta Cáceres and the fight to bring her killers to justice
Professor Elisabeth Semel, Director of the Death Penalty Clinic, explains why Batson process isn’t working on the state level, as prosecutors use Black Lives Matter to exclude black people from juries
Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, discusses the environmental impact of single family zoning laws
David Carrillo, Executive Director of the California Constitution Center, explains why remote voting by California legislators is constitutional and should be allowed
Professor Roxanna Altholz, co-director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic, comments on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ investigation into the killing of a man at the San Diego-Tijuana border a decade ago, in which she is co-counsel for the victim’s family
Professor Steven Davidoff Solomon, in his recurring Deal Professor column in DealBook, explores why special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, are having a moment
Professor John Yoo discusses presidential power, the Supreme Court DACA ruling and his new book, Defender in Chief: Donald Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power
Lecturer Mallika Kaur, as part of her ongoing series exploring managing trauma and the demands of lawyering, interviews UC Hastings Professor Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Professor Jennifer Urban explains why the push to strengthen the Digital Millennium Copyright Act could end up squelching online speech, how her research informs her thinking and advocates reformulating DMCA incentives
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky explains the ways federal agents in Portland appear to be going well beyond the authority to protect federal property and the rights the arrests of protesters are violating
Professor Orin Kerr says while the federal government does have the right to send troops to cities and states to protect its interests, the issue is what the troops are doing
Professor Pamela Samuelson, co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, backs the Internet Archive’s argument that its digital lending qualifies as fair use, comparable to traditional library lending, and says the idea that lending out a book is illegal is just wrong
The Human Rights Center Investigations Lab contributed to a study that found Uighur workers in forced labor settings in China are making masks for the US and other countries (credit to the lab – staff and students – in the video)
Professor Orin Kerr weighs in on the constitutionality of detention of protesters in Washington state by federal officers from the U.S. Marshals Service and Department of Homeland Security
Lecturer Mallika Kaur interviews a Fresno-based immigration lawyer to discuss the importance of giving clients more control and how to stay healthy while doing trauma inducing work, as part of her ongoing series exploring managing trauma and the demands of lawyering
An amicus brief authored by Professor Seth Davis on behalf of congressional lawmakers is highlighted as the courts decide whether the Penobscot Nation has authority over its namesake river’s waters in Maine
Stephanie Campos-Bui, Clinical Supervising Attorney in the Policy Advocacy Clinic, discusses the decision from the Orange County Board of Supervisors to join other counties throughout California in ceasing collection of old juvenile fines and fees
Professor Holly Doremus discusses the the Great American Outdoors Act, a bill before Congress that would invest billions in national parks in California and nationwide
Professor Rebecca Wexler discusses the issues with the current rules of evidence in criminal court, which do not account for the rise of forensic software, or for the entrance of trade secrets claims
Professor Bertrall Ross explains the challenges prosecutors face in proving hate crime charges against a Martinez couple who allegedly defaced a Black Lives Matter mural
Coverage of “Whitewashing the Jury Box”, the Death Penalty Clinic report that found California prosecutors disproportionately strike people of color, especially African-Americans, from serving on juries
Ted Lamm, Research Fellow at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, discusses California’s zero-emissions truck rule, which was approved last month, and explains the important health benefits for disadvantaged communities
Professor Sonia Katyal, co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, explains how the Black Lives Matter movement is helping make long overdue change in racist branding
