Over five days in Jordan, center staff and the International Center for Transitional Justice taught a 49-member delegation how to navigate digital open source investigations of human rights violations.
Providing tuition, fees, academic support, and mentoring for remarkable first-generation students like Alleyah Caesar ’24, the program has become a vital part of the school’s landscape.
Daniel Yost ’98 and his husband Paul Brody launch the Sacramento Briefing Series to help our Center for Law, Energy & the Environment bring quality research to California policymakers.
From intellectual property adapting to AI creations to emerging concerns in corporate law and reproductive justice efforts, Berkeley Law brings students to the forefront of timely topics.
Boyd has relished an eye-opening summer working for Magistrate Judge Katharine Parker with the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York.
Committed to strengthening the intersection of law and media, Patel-Martin brings vast international experience and abundant energy to help serve that goal at Berkeley Law.
The twin economic tremors of the pandemic and recent bank failures have helped raise his public profile and influence through op-eds, media coverage, and service on two state commissions.
Alumni connections led Tam to a partnership run by to the Jessica Vapnek ’91, faculty director of the International Development Law Center at UC College of the Law, San Francisco.
Working at the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, Davis has taken on several projects to help low-income clients, address police misconduct, and provide social service assistance.
Hollis works to connect Law Students of African Descent students with alumni and faculty mentors, and is a mentor herself for fellows with the Startup Law Initiative.
Students worked with Bay Area Afghan evacuees, under the supervision of attorneys from Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay, to help them submit their asylum applications.
Former San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin to pursue meaningful change as the founding executive director of Berkeley Law’s new Criminal Law & Justice Center.
Honored at the annual public interest and pro bono graduation ceremony, the recipients exemplify Berkeley Law’s far-reaching work to help disadvantaged people and communities.
The new Berkeley Law alums land top positions at law firms, judicial clerkships, public defender offices, nonprofits, government agencies, and military units.
She’ll spend the fall semester in Germany working on a project about failure of international human rights law to adequately address the treatment of soldiers by their states.
Separated from her sister in Mexico, César is on Hispanic Executive’s 30 Under 30 list for her wide-ranging work to benefit immigrant, Latinx, and BIPOC communities.
A Berkeley Law symposium highlights barriers to officer accountability and victims’ access to the courts, including police department culture and dubious causes of death given by medical examiners.
Presented by Military Veterans at Berkeley Law, the event raised awareness of concerning issues and bolstered connections between veteran students and alumni and their supporters.
From co-leading our business law journal and Catholic affinity group to helping renters secure key housing rights, Whitthorne has made the most of his Berkeley Law experience.
Thomas von Danwitz gives Berkeley Law’s annual Irving G. Tragen Lecture on Comparative Law, takes part in a panel on data privacy, and visits our “Borderlines” podcast.
Expert leaders dedicated to top-rate client representation and student training help the clinic become a national leader in serving people facing capital punishment.
The executive director of Berkeley Law’s California Constitution Center leads the agency that studies problem areas in state law and proposes reforms, over 90% of which become law.
Perry assesses the Respect for Marriage Act, and how his family’s experience with the marriage equality issue fueled his interest in Berkeley Law and career aspirations.
U.S. District Court Judges Sarala Nagala ’08 and Adrienne Nelson describe the inner workings of their judicial chambers and what they look for in prospective clerks.
Overcoming incarceration, homelessness, and hunger, Hensley has made the most of a California State University program that helps people reintegrate into the education system.
She aims to reduce gun violence and mass incarceration while rooting out racial, socioeconomic, and gender disparities within the county’s criminal legal system.
As Ukrainian law enforcement officials and NGOs prepare for war crimes trials, their efforts to collect evidence are guided by digital-age legal standards developed at Berkeley Law’s Human Rights Center.
Holding its annual gala Feb. 24, the Dale Minami ’71 Public Interest Fellowship connects API alumni, honors deserving graduates, provides financial support to deserving lawyers, and more.
Antonio Ingram II ’14, Allina Amuchie ’13, Tyler Garvey ’14, and Shanita Farris ’16 credit the student group for pivotal support, networking, and community.
The Asian American Law Journal at Berkeley Law event welcomed prominent attorneys who helped gain a measure of justice for Japanese Americans sent to internment camps during World War II.
Violent videos should be viewed with care, says Alexa Koenig, a faculty expert on psychological trauma and resiliency at Berkeley Law’s Human Rights Center.
They’re on board at the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, Berkeley Center for Law and Business, Human Rights Center, and Center for Law and Work.
Responsible for conducting and supervising all Supreme Court litigation on behalf of the United States, Elizabeth Prelogar offers savvy advice for the law school’s future litigators.
Privacy experts Catherine Crump and Rebecca Wexler take on key posts with the White House Domestic Policy Council and White House Office of Science Technology Policy, respectively.
A whopping 18 courses are available to Berkeley Law students for the first time this semester, including 3 focused on emerging areas in the corporate sector.
Selected to discuss their work at the recent event in Miami, where the vast majority of presenters were faculty scholars, “is a big deal,” says Professor Katerina Linos.
The current U.S. Supreme Court majority, Bridges argues, only remedies racism against people of color when it encounters something that resembles the pre-civil rights era, from poll taxes to eugenics.
