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Professor Jim Dempsey discusses the lawsuit former President Trump filed against Facebook, Twitter, and Google over their decisions to suspend or ban him from using their platforms

Professor Osagie K. Obasogie aims to build bridges between the law school and the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, where he has been a professor since 2016. 

Professor Rebecca Wexler discusses a key problem with using a proprietary algorithm in the criminal legal system

Professor Tejas Narechania says President Biden’s recent executive order concerning technology, competition and consumer choice, includes so many different directives and requests in so many disparate areas is itself a point worth paying attention to. The article also cites and links to Prof. Narechania’s recent paper.

Berkeley Law scholar describes the campaign as a ‘dangerous’ move against equality, democracy.

The New York Times reviews Savala Nolan’s book, Don’t Let It Get You Down

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky explains the significance of the Supreme Court decision protecting the free speech of students

Michael Kiparsky, director of the Wheeler Water Institute, discusses House Bill 4099, which would allocate $750 million dollars for federal grants to fund recycled water projects, such as turning wastewater into high-quality drinking water

Two graduates play leading roles at the States United Democracy Center, which works to advance free, fair, and secure elections.

David Carrillo, Executive Director of the California Constitution Center, says a plan under consideration in Richmond that could allow undocumented residents to vote in local elections, citing their lack of a public voice despite the “significant contributions” they make to the community and its economy, would not violate the California Constitution

Professor Claudia Polsky, director of the Environmental Law Clinic, discusses the EPA’s updated monitoring requirements for dispersants used in response to oil spills

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky says former president Trump’s new lawsuit against Facebook, Instagram and Google will fail due to basic principles of constitutional law 

Professor Steven Davidoff Solomon says Allen & Co.’s Sun Valley “summer camp” has become the biggest matchmaking service for media companies

Lecturer Shanin Specter explains the statute of repose, which sets a strict time limit on liability after construction

Rachel Johnson-Farias, Executive Director, Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice, discusses the history of the reproductive justice movement and her professional perspective on the violation of reproductive rights that Britney Spears’ has testified to experiencing

Professor Khiara M. Bridges explains the origins and framework of Critical Race Theory and her scholarship concerning it

Professor Andrea Roth discusses Orange County’s “spit and acquit” program, about which she’s researched and written a paper 

Professor Khiara M. Bridges discusses Critical Race Theory and debunks myths and misinformation

Lecturer Mark LeHocky says the most highly functional legal teams are the ones that are the most integrated

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky cautions against evaluating appeals courts by their Supreme Court reversal rates, and said the Ninth Circuit’s rate isn’t particularly notable when taking into account the overall rate

McGurk relishes helping Blend, a digital lending platform that simplifies applications for mortgages, consumer loans, and deposit accounts, streamline financial services for consumers.

Erik Stallman, associate director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, discusses attempts by police officers to deter activist groups and civilians from sharing recordings of officers and other officials by playing pop music to trigger copyright removal

California Constitution Center Executive Director David Carrillo and Senior Research Fellow Brandon V. Stracener suggest President Biden appointing Justice Kruger, who has executive branch experience and currently sits on a western state high court, would be a victory for diversity on several important fronts

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky writes Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision reversing Bill Cosby’s conviction reminds us that even those who commit despicable crimes are protected by the Constitution

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky says now is the time for Justice Breyer to step down if he wants someone with his values and views to take his place

Professor Dan Farber discusses the unprecedented wave of lawsuits, filed by cities and states across the US, aiming to hold the oil and gas industry to account for the environmental devastation caused by fossil fuels – and covering up what they knew along the way

The Berkeley Center for Law and Business virtual conference featured sharp discussions about the shadier elements of the breakneck financial sector.

Professor Jeffrey Selbin, director of the Policy Advocacy Clinic, says an unanimous Idaho Supreme Court decision on court fees sends a clear message that courts should not be in the business of making money off the poor

Professor David Oppenheimer, director of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law, says bigotry, unconscious bias and systemic racism have long manifested themselves in the relationships minority farmers have with banks, seed companies and equipment wholesalers

Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, explains the hurdles and learning curves cities face when they’re introducing rail projects

Lecturer Shanin Specter discusses his clients’ case against B. Braun which alleges toxic emissions from a company plant caused neighbors to develop sometimes fatal cancer cases

Professor Khiara M. Bridges, faculty director of the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice, discusses the legal implications of Britney Spears’ testimony and how it connects to a larger history of reproductive-rights violations

Frances Coles’ generosity will help the Center for the Study of Law & Society expand programming and buoy students through fellowships support and research grants. 

Professor Catherine Fisk says law has essentially incentivized companies to walk right up to the line of threatening their workforce

Professor Catherine Fisk says the Supreme Court decision limiting the ability of union organizers to enter the private property of growers in order to reach farmworkers in California will set a precedent for more challenges to unions and expand property owners’ rights, no matter the industry

Esq. Apprentice, a nonprofit helping low-income women of color train to become attorneys – which started by Rachel Johnson-Farias, Executive Director, Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice – is highlighted 

The LL.M. Program’s 60 new students represent 28 countries and bring an impressive list of accomplishments and perspectives.

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky writes legal arguments against D.C. statehood are really a partisan fight

Professor Chris Hoofnagle, Faculty Director at the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, suggests changes the new FTC chair could put in place, including developing a new basic internet privacy rule

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky appears on the Amicus podcast to discuss the sneaky significance of the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in the major religious freedom case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia

Professor Claudia Polsky, director of the Environmental Law Clinic, appears in a segment about PACE funding to discuss the ELC report, The Dark Side of the Sun: How PACE Financing Has Under-Delivered Green Benefits and Harmed Low-Income Homeowners 

Professor Jeffrey Selbin, director of the Policy Advocacy Clinic, explains the damage juvenile fines and fees do to families and says families can be responsible for fees from the probation department, the state court system, and even “child support” if their child ends up in the custody of the Oregon Youth Authority

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky says the current Supreme Court is a very conservative Court, even if we will only get glimpses of it this year

With nearly 80 million refugees and displaced people worldwide, the school’s wide-ranging research identifies core concerns and sensible solutions.

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky writes religious beliefs do not provide an exemption from civil rights laws and cannot be used as an excuse for discrimination

The gift, from Professor Pamela Samuelson and her husband, Robert Glushko, creates the Robert Glushko Clinical Professor of Practice in Technology Law. 

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky writes the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act breaks no new legal ground, but has enormous practical significance in that it means that 21 million people will keep their health insurance coverage

Professor Khiara M. Bridges says critical race theory seeks to make real the promises of the 1964 Civil Rights Act