Podcasts

Ethan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law joins Forum to discuss the impact of Trump’s approach to the environment and how California could respond.

Ken Alex, director of Project Climate at UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy, & Environment joins Your Call to discuss the Trump administration’s attack on environmental protections.

John Yoo joins podcast Studio 2 to weigh in on the question, “Are we headed for a Constitutional crisis?”

What if Trump defies court decisions that go against him? Dean Erwin Chemerinsky weighs in.

UC Berkeley Law Chancellor’s Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director, Death Penalty Clinic Elisabeth Semel discusses Richard Glossip’s new trial.

Dave Jones, director of the Climate Risk Initiative at UC Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, and former California Insurance Commissioner discusses the devastating effects of the ongoing Los Angeles fires and their impacts on California’s home insurance market.

Dave Jones, director of the Climate Risk Initiative at UC Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) joins Forum to discuss how the fires will impact the state’s insurance industry and the future of insurance in a climate change-charged world.

Professor John Yoo joins host Tara Palmeri to discuss the parameters of Donald Trump’s executive power. 

Ken Alex, director of Project Climate at UC Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment discusses what Project 2025 means for California’s climate goals and clean energy transition.

Louise Bedsworth, executive director at the Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment (CLEE) at Berkeley Law shares an update on the recent UN climate conference.

Ethan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law joins Forum to discuss what climate efforts may look like during a Trump Administration, and how California will respond.

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky joins Midday host Tom Hall to discuss the Constitution and his new book No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States.

Professor John Yoo provides a deep dive into what ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws are, their nuanced nature, and the legal protections Americans have in court.

Professor john a. powell speaks with Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson about her memoir, Lovely One. 

Ethan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law joins Forum to discuss the impact of big cars.

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky discusses his new book No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States.

Professor Rebecca Wexler discusses the intersection between reproductive justice and data privacy.

Professor Chris Hoofnagle discusses all things cybersecurity—its theory, history, and future. 

Professor Dylan C. Penningroth joins hosts Leah Litman, Kate Shaw, and Melissa Murray for a conversation about his book Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights. 

Leading constitutional scholar and UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky joins SpeechMatters to share both his insights on this Supreme Court term and his reflections on the tumultuous past year on campus.

Professor Colleen Chien discusses her recent field study of generative artificial intelligence (AI) for legal aid.

Professor Elisabeth Semel joins host Christopher Wright Durocher to talk about her recently released report, Guess Who’s Coming to Jury Duty? 

Ethan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law joins a discussion about the future of Amtrak in California.

Professor Elisabeth Semel discusses the implications of Batson v. Kentucky (1986) and California’s capitol punishment system. 

Berkeley Law Professor Colleen Chien discusses how a patent can protect your idea and breaks down everything you need to know before and during your patent application.

Lecturer Henry Hecht discusses his essay written for the forthcoming book Legal Briefs: The Ups and Downs of Life in the Law, in which he recounts his brushes with Nixon.

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky is a guest on the podcast Unreasonable to discuss the various interpretations of the First Amendment’s two religion clauses; freedom of speech in the age of artificial intelligence and political deep-fakes; staying positive and vigilant even as an overreaching Supreme Court undermines the constitution it is sworn to uphold; judicial term limits and expansion of the Court;  and the electoral college.

Ethan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law joins Forum to discuss what California needs to do to meaningfully expand its EV charging infrastructure ahead of its 2035 ban on the sale of new gas-powered cars.

Berkeley Law Professor and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, John Yoo, joins the podcast to discuss how the Court came to this decision, their expected ruling on presidential immunity, and its implications for the 2024 presidential race.

Ethan Elkind, director, the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment at UC Berkeley School of Law joins Forum host Mina Kim to discuss the strategies oil and gas companies are using to delay or avoid action on climate change — and how California is responding.

Professor Khiara Bridges joins hosts Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay to discuss conservative backlash to a San Francisco maternal health program for Black women.

Host Elizabeth Binczik speaks with Professor Catherine Fisk about the combination of labor wins this year and what 2023 could mean for labor moving forward.

Laura Riley, director of the Clinical Program at UC Berkeley School of Law and the author of “Homless Advocacy,” joins host Krystal Norton to discuss the stigma faced by unhoused people in the United States, the history of homelessness within the country, how being an effective advocate means competently and compassionately working with people experiencing homelessness, and models for homeless advocacy.

Professor Dylan C. Penningroth speaks with KQED Forum host Alexis Madrigal about his new book, ‘Before the Movement’: The Hidden and Vibrant History of Black Civil Rights.

Emily Rong Zang, assistant professor at UC Berkeley Law School, discusses her research on voter turnout in the United States. 

Professor Dylan Penningroth appears on LAist’s AirTalk to discuss his new book, Before The Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights.

Alexa Koenig and Andrea Lampos, co-founders of the Investigations Lab at Berkeley Law’s Human Rights Center discuss their new book Graphic: Trauma and Meaning in Our Online Lives.  

Chesa Boudin, founding executive director of Berkeley Law’s Criminal Law & Justice Center discusses his familial experience with incarceration, the backlash he received while in office, building out alternative infrastructures, and rethinking decarceration.

Ethan Elkind,director of the climate program at the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law discusses how California is addressing pedestrian safety issues.

Berkeley Law Professor Diana Reddy discusses what is behind this “hot labor summer” and whether the promising trends are here to stay.

Berkeley law Professor Kathryn Abrams discusses efforts by Republicans in Ohio and Missouri to undermine a push by pro-choice advocates for more reproductive rights.

Ethan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment and Berkeley Law discusses congestion pricing and LA Metro’s study examining which parts of the city could benefit most from adopting the practice, and the environmental and public health benefits it could bring.

Berkeley Law’s Dean Erwin Chemerinsky discusses the Trump indictment.

UC Berkeley law professor Orin Kerr explains how Fourth Amendment jurisprudence applies to a digital age.

Professor Khiara M. Bridges joins host Jonquilyn Hill to discuss the over-the-counter birth control pill on the podcast The Weeds.

Judge Jeremy Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute discusses ethics at the Supreme Court.

Ethan Elkind, director of the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law discusses what it would take to make cycling safer in California, and how can we improve the state’s biking infrastructure to encourage more riders?

Lecturer Spencer Pahlke discusses how advocacy skills transfer from law school to law practice to life; the forgotten lessons of mock trial that you should resurrect; and how learning, practicing, and teaching are part of a career-long cycle for the skilled advocate.

Professor of Law Khiara M. Bridges joins hosts Lori Adelman and Leila Durabi for a conversation about reproductive rights.