Their wide-ranging work reflects the school’s deep commitment to public service that champions justice, equality, civil rights, transparency, fairness, and accountability.
UC Berkeley’s only full-time AmeriCorps program, designed by the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, was recently recognized for its success — and hit with the loss of federal funding.
The school revives its annual Celebration of Faculty Books, highlighting a sampling of books published by faculty members since 2022 and offering a glimpse into their collective importance.
Lhamon, who chaired the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights for five years, describes the center’s mission as protecting American democracy “against any and every onslaught.”
Now deputy director of the Southern Center for Human Rights and the head of its Impact Litigation Unit, Hollie returns to UC Berkeley Law every year to meet with students.
With vast experience serving California Native Nations, Lopez-Keifer aims to integrate her legal expertise, community engagement, and strategic planning to build on UC Berkeley Law’s growing commitment to Native issues.
“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 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.
The Berkeley Center for Law and Business and UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business co-sponsored a cross-cutting gathering of leaders to address the evolving landscape of corporate responsibility and climate action.
Seth Frotman, Sam Levine, and Doha Mekki — former high-ranking members of the Biden Administration’s economic justice team — bring a broad range of expertise and decades of experience.
The former Policy Advocacy Clinic student and supervisor is continuing to make an impact while enrolled in the Jurisprudence & Social Policy Program and will start law school in 2026.
Dormant for several years, the renewed gathering drew clinic leaders from six law schools in the region and addressed myriad topics to empower their mission and maximize their impact.
Professors Daniel A. Farber and Jonathan S. Gould — experts on presidential power, constitutional law, and the U.S. Congress, and co-faculty directors of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy — discuss the implications of some of Trump’s first actions.
As the policy director for Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson, Paul Monge ’18 has a dizzying set of responsibilities managing the implementation of the mayor’s policy and legislative priorities.
Criminal Law & Justice Center Executive Director Chesa Boudin and Professors Colleen V. Chien ’02, Andrea Roth, and Rebecca Wexler spoke at a recent webinar for lawyers across the state.
From writing amicus curiae briefs to overseeing student projects and organizations to courtroom work, these professors are extending the school’s influence far beyond its walls — and legal academia.
A Bronze Star recipient who served in Afghanistan and later led UC Berkeley Law’s Legal Obstacles Veterans Encounter organization, Lynch relishes advocating for former service members.
A packed pro bono plate and a top role at a journal deliver a law school experience that’s deeply connected to her passion for making systemic change, at the street level and in the academic realm.
Presented by the school’s Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law, the event draws lawyers and activists in person and virtually to continue efforts to turn the revelations sparked by the #MeToo movement into systemic change.
Ball, an East Bay native, will lead the new Social Enterprise Clinic, which begins this fall and will work as outside counsel for local businesses with a social or environmental mission.
From a Supreme Court justice’s visit and an innovative leadership initiative to impactful pro bono work and influential AI guidance, the school’s commitment to excellence, community, and public mission was on full display.
Professor Kenneth A. Bamberger wrote an amicus brief on behalf of a coalition of publishers, book sellers, and libraries in the upcoming Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v.Paxton case.
The highly competitive program provides full scholarships, living expenses, a laptop, round-trip flights — and a platform for African students to “carry forward the aspirations of our continent.”
It will further expand the school’s Clinical Program, fill an urgent legal need in the area, and enable students to represent indigent parents threatened with the removal of their children.
After a quarter century of pathbreaking international work, the Human Rights Clinic expands its domestic agenda, with Professor Roxanna Altholz ’99 at the helm.
From a new, multipronged leadership initiative for students to our Human Rights Clinic’s hefty impact and growing domestic agenda, the latest Transcript issue is packed with examples of visionary work.
Mallika Kaur ’10 and Lindsay Harris ’09 co-edited How to Account for Trauma and Emotions in Law Teaching, which makes the case for engaging — and even encouraging — emotion in the classroom and the courtroom.
Litigating against fossil fuel companies and other polluters, Dunlavey has helped government entities, consumers, small businesses, workers, and homeowners recover over $16 billion while spurring changes in company practices.
With faith in America’s democratic institutions waning, the center — named after former dean Christopher Edley Jr. — will probe underlying problems and train students to become effective guardians of our political system.
The three-year scholarship covers full tuition and fees for select incoming students with a demonstrated dedication to public interest work and an orientation toward leadership and initiative.
The lineup is “a remarkable mix of classes covering topics relevant to practice areas old and new,” Professor and Associate Dean for J.D. Curriculum and Teaching Jonathan D. Glater says.
Research based on work she began as a Princeton undergraduate was recently published in a peer-reviewed journal — a challenging task for a full-time student with a full pro bono plate.
Calling Berkeley Law “the most intellectually exciting community that I have been part of,” Chemerinsky describes the school’s core values and why he’s excited for the coming school year.
Trejo had to flee Mexico after he secured indictments of government and military officials for their roles in the disappearance of 43 student teachers and subsequent cover-up.
Grayzel-Ward’s international human rights law career aspirations get a major boost with a valuable judicial externship at Austria’s Federal Administrative Court.
Each year the Berkeley Law clinic welcomes up to three UC Berkeley undergrads, who immerse themselves in weekly classes and environmental projects with law students.
It’s a school-record number of recipients in the highly competitive program, which welcomes recent law school graduates and newly admitted lawyers committed to a public service career.
Obasogie wants to bring the discredited theory out of hiding through a national conversation to confront the past and prevent its repetition in modern science.
Renowned corporate law attorney Kenton King ’87, health policy leader Tam Ma ’11, esteemed Professor Eric Rakowski, and public interest powerhouse Ann Brick ’75 receive Berkeley Law’s top honors.
Four Class of 2024 alums form the inaugural cohort of the Chris Larsen Justice Fellowship, which will fund their first year of public interest work on criminal justice issues.
They headline a deep public service commitment that this year saw students do nearly 28,000 pro bono hours and 91% of the graduating class engage in pro bono work.
A new report co-authored by students in the school’s Veterans Law Practicum describes vexing bureaucratic hurdles to obtaining medical care, disability benefits, and other life-changing services.
Edley led the school from 2004 to 2013 and spearheaded a significant expansion of its faculty, research centers, student public interest grants, and physical space.
