Taught by Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Executive Director Wayne Stacy — a former Big Law litigator and U.S. Patent Office leader — the course will focus on enhancing legal skills without lowering the threshold for human judgment and input.
A leader of multiple Berkeley Law student organizations, Dasgupta is enjoying her “crash course in the world of international law-making and diplomacy.”
Jerath and her co-founder incorporated lessons from over 25,000 billable hours to craft a virtual program for law students and new associates “to take the knowledge, skills, and understanding junior corporate lawyers usually spend years piecing together and teach it all upfront.”
Working with a feminist organization in Georgia and the Equality Law Clinic at the Free University of Brussels, the group wrote a brief on behalf of a woman who had been charged with defamation after accusing her supervisor of sexual harassment.
Swift’s brilliance and grace inspired the alum, who wishes to remain anonymous, to donate $250,000 to start the fund. He hopes other alumni join him in paying tribute to Swift, who died in 2023 after a legendary career.
Named one of the nation’s 100 most influential corporate governance leaders, Dobrygowski describes the motivations driving both his pioneering work and his new book.
Khiara M. Bridges’ new book probes how maternal health disparities affect Black mothers at every rung of the socioeconomic ladder and the impact of interpersonal and structural racism on their pregnancies.
The school’s newest graduates are clerking for the supreme courts of five states this fall — Alaska, California, Hawaiʻi, New Jersey, and Nevada — as well as intermediate courts of appeal in Alaska and Hawaiʻi and state superior courts in Alaska and California.
The landscape includes renowned faculty, lecturers with vast experience in the field, a surging research center, and a top journal that recently held its 50th anniversary symposium.
“This cohort has demonstrated why they will be fantastic litigators in the future,” says Judge Mario M. Choi, a former complex commercial litigator who teaches the course.
Sophia Wang, Toni Mendicino, and Amina Kirby are recognized for leading immigration rights advocacy, amplifying Berkeley Law’s international law work, and advancing technical innovations in the school’s classrooms and event spaces.
Quick start and tenacious defense help Berkeley stay undefeated in the annual Order on the Court basketball game with a 70-46 win fueled by spirited cheerleaders, stellar halftime performers, and hundreds of raucous fans.
The changing climate’s growing impact is acting as a powerful threat multiplier — exacerbating violence, exclusion, discrimination, and weak state protection and spurring migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Faculty, students, staff, and alumni call Chemerinsky uniquely positioned to lead Berkeley Law’s role in protecting the rule of law, chart an ambitious course for its future, and solidify its long-term financial footing.
Housers at Berkeley and the California Housing Initiative strive to achieve more affordable housing opportunities across the state and help train a new generation of advocates.
The Spring 2026 Transcript also features a photo essay sharing the motivations of student and alumni pro bono leaders, a 2L’s push to preserve the stories of military veterans, and much more.
Combining a full-time field work placement with a weekly seminar, the immersive semester-long program illuminates how federal statutes, regulations, and policies are made, interpreted, and applied in the nation’s capital.
While small towns are a less common path for most Berkeley alums, “the divide between cities and rural areas isn’t as big as we sometimes think it is,” Edwards says.
Research by J.S.D. candidate Mahwish Moazzam probes compelling questions about AI bias, religious expression, representation, and human dignity in algorithmic systems.
Recent rankings place Berkeley Law as the top public law school in the United States, and studies analyzing scholarly impact also place the school’s faculty among the best at public institutions.
The Edley Center for Law & Democracy event with three former federal prosecutors and the president of a prominent watchdog nonprofit describe growing barriers to investigating the abuse of power by government officials.
As industry defendants increasingly push state judges to adopt strict standing limits modeled on federal standards, the center’s Open Door Project is helping Californians keep their access to the state’s courts.
His research shows how diversity’s values have long been widely embraced by leaders in the military, business, education, and the law, and how it has benefited organizations and society.
The gift establishes the Zieff-Leitner Public Interest Fellowship, which will allow a graduating 3L student to spend their first year in practice with a nonprofit organization — at a starting salary of $80,000, significantly more than existing fellowships.
The first university-based center for sociolegal research marked its 65th anniversary with an engaging conference addressing criminal justice, inequality, democracy and civil society, and lessons for and from the legal profession.
Stood up on a quick timetable, the project fits perfectly into the Criminal Law & Justice Center’s work at the intersection of immigration detention and the criminal justice system.
The pragmatic course illuminates the economics and structure of large law firms, the substance of their different practice areas, and how best to succeed in them.
Panelists addressed the growing personal and political threats facing judges, and how modern pressures from social media harassment to political tribalism threaten the independence necessary for a fair society.
Song, a political scientist, started a three-year term as associate dean for the school’s Ph.D. program and an undergraduate major with more than 400 students last fall.
The tax law expert just published a book outlining a plan for fairer taxation at the federal level and is involved with an effort to put a billionaire tax on the ballot in California.
JD Genesis recently held a daylong retreat for its inaugural fellows, providing practical insights on the admissions process, shopping and paying for law school, career pathways, wellness and mental health, and more.
Human Rights Clinic Director Roxanna Altholz ’99 relied on support from the law school as she and two other international law experts probed the 2016 murder of the Honduran environmental activist.
Blockchain & Law at Berkeley and AI @ Berkeley Law both help students learn about timely issues from industry leaders and offer valuable programs, career insights, and networking opportunities.
Presented by the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law, the two-day conference featured leading experts addressing new legal developments and the main factors driving recent regression.
Stephanie Alvarez, Evelyn Correa, Rosie Rios, and Alejandro Castañeda Zúñiga worked with migrant-focused groups through the program, which earns students academic credit for doing supervised legal work at a nonprofit or government agency.
Berkeley Law, renowned for its innovative legal education and leadership in law and technology, has released the summer 2025 course schedule for the first-ever AI-focused Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree.
Over more than 15 years in higher education administration, Askins has thrived in dynamic, cutting-edge environments. The chance to bring that to the law school, he says, was a huge draw.
Amid an increasingly urgent climate crisis, Dan Adler, Craig Segall, and Alexis Pelosi ’00 bring deep expertise to boost the center’s capacity to deliver effective and equitable policy solutions.
Mohamed, an expert in international law, criminal law, and human rights, analyzes what’s happened, what could come next, and how governments and institutions outside the U.S. could and might respond.
His nonprofit Preserving the Stories — which began as a middle school project — has conducted over 200 interviews with former military members to document their memories and insights.
An intuitive problem solver, the senior counsel provides practical and solution-oriented legal advice to the company’s business teams and executives on a wide range of issues.
The New Orleans gathering brought laurels for Field Placement Program Director Sue Schechter, Clinical Professor and Environmental Law Clinic Director Claudia Polsky ’96, Instructional & Educational Technology Librarian Kristie Chamorro, 3L Virginia Frausto-Elizarraraz, and the late Professor Philip Frickey.
An accomplished performer who has toured worldwide, Browne serves as UC Berkeley’s interim carillonist — playing regular recitals, managing, and teaching in the Campanile studio while pursuing an international law career.
