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Lecturer Mallika Kaur interviews Blaine Bookey, whose successful case against the DOJ on behalf of a Salvadoran woman who fled domestic violence and was seeking asylum, has brought some hope to survivors of gender-based violence

A blog post by Professor Jonah Gelbach, which expressed reservations about the methodology used in a study that accused some federal judges of extreme racial and ethnic bias in sentencing, led to the authors withdrawing their conclusions 

Holmquist’s far-reaching impact at Berkeley Law includes expanding academic support, practical legal training, curricular flexibility, and diversity and inclusion. 

California Constitution Center Executive Director David Carrillo and Senior Research Fellow Brandon V. Stracener examine a number of concerns, for both Democrats and Republicans, related to the California recall election

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky explains why he believes the California recall election violates the U.S. Constitution

Professor Frank Partnoy discusses Nate Anderson and his upstart firm, Hindenburg Research, and says Anderson “seems fearless, even when going after some of the biggest corporate targets”

Professor Aaron S. Edlin explains why the California recall is unconstitutional and should be challenged in court

Among the Berkeley Law students who enjoyed rewarding summer work, Diarra found a great fit at Accountability Counsel, which helps communities harmed by internationally financed projects.

Professor Elisabeth Semel, Director of the Death Penalty Clinic, discusses the clinic’s recent report, “Whitewashing the Jury Box”, and the long history of stereotypes, often correlated with race, have been consistently used to justify striking jurors 

Professor Jonathan Simon discusses the case of a Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputy being tried for the death of an unarmed motorist now facing a less serious charge after prosecutors failed to demonstrate that he used a semiautomatic pistol in the 2018 shooting — even though there is no dispute that he did

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Professor Aaron S. Edlin explain why the California recall election violates basic election principles and should be declared unconstitutional

A whopping 17 offerings are available to students this semester that count toward Berkeley Law’s race and law certificate.

Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, appears on KQED’s Forum to discuss President Biden’s executive order that aims to make half of all new vehicles sold electric by 2030 and what impact California’s own policies and growing electric vehicle industry will have on the national plan

Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, says the California high speed rail project would be eligible for funding under President Biden’s infrastructure plan, but those funds will take years to translate into tangible improvements

Professor Jonathan Gould, with Harvard Law Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos, explores democracy reforms Congress could pass right now—even with the filibuster still in place

Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, says the California “hydrogen highway” started as kind of a bad bet by the state that has now become a “legacy zombie technology”

Professor Claudia Polsky, director of the Environmental Law Clinic, discusses her clients’ successful federal suit to compel the EPA to update an oil spill contingency plan they said was woefully out of date

Lecturer Shanin Specter explains that his firm decided to require vaccinations for all employees because they found it wasn’t practical to prep for trials remotely and mentorship suffered in a remote environment

Savvy students power the Atticus Project, which is blazing a new tech path of accelerated accuracy and efficiency in the legal profession. 

Professor Sonia Katyal explores why, when it comes to LGBTQ equality, the International Olympic Committee and its American counterpart, the US Olympic Committee, still have amends to make

Lecturer Hon. Elaine Rushing’s arbitration decision finds Tesla liable for harassment because it was perpetrated by an employee’s supervisors

Research and data from the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment was used in a Washington Post analysis of the Biden administration’s efforts to transform the nation’s energy and environmental landscape

Professor Rebecca Goldstein discusses President Biden’s action on policing reform thus far and says it’s a tightrope that even the most skilled politician might not be able to walk

Lecturer Rose Carmen Goldberg discusses the crisis of sexual assault in the military

Alexander Mesher ’22 finds an unexpected and rewarding match with his passion for public interest environmental law. 

Berkeley Law’s Policy Advocacy Clinic leads the way in abolishing harmful juvenile fees nationwide, with five states eliminating fees this year alone.

Lecturer Shanin Specter says we would be farther along in the pandemic if all businesses required their employees to be vaccinated

Berkeley Law alumnus Stuart K. Gardiner ’73 provides funding to help the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment identify, analyze, and elevate new climate solutions.

Professor Robert Bartlett discusses a new study he co-authored, “Consumer-lending discrimination in the FinTech Era,” which found rate disparities in the mortgage market that appeared unrelated to creditworthiness

Professor David Oppenheimer discusses affirmative action and his work on the origins of the diversity justification for it

Lecturer Shanin Specter’s recent essay on the Delta variant was quoted in commentary by Michael Smerconish on CNN

Ken Alex, director of Project Climate at the Center for Law, Energy and Environment, discusses carbon-capture technology and says we have to sequester carbon at a high rate

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky writes policies requiring vaccination against COVID-19 need not include, and should not include, exceptions for those who have religious objections to vaccinations

Brandon V. Stracener, California Constitution Center Senior Research Fellow, debunks misinformation surrounding personal belief exemptions for vaccinations of children

The searing new essay collection fixes a keen and critical eye on some of the most complex issues of our time, processed through the lens of her own experiences.

Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, says the execution of California’s high speed rail project was done backwards and now we’re seeing the political price of that decision

The Student Association of Berkeley Law’s incoming co-president relishes her time as a judicial extern for Chief Justice Steven González ’91.

Amelia Miazad, founding Director and Senior Research Fellow of the Business in Society Institute, says the idea of corporate purpose has been very ambiguous, but tying executives’ incentives to purpose-led goals is an obvious way to signal that companies are taking it seriously

An essay from Savala Nolan’s new book, Don’t Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender and the Body, about the role racism played in her father’s life and death, is excerpted

Professor Khiara M. Bridges says Texas Senate Bill 8, which prohibits abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, is bigger than abortion – it is a terrifying precedent to set for any person who cares about constitutional rights

Professor Frank Partnoy discovers just how easy it is to buy cryptocurrencies and crypto assets — and just how hard it is to get out

Michael Kiparsky, director of the Wheeler Water Institute, writes modernizing water rights information is a critical step toward enabling California to manage resources and plan for a drought-ridden future.

The San Francisco Chronicle reviews Savala Nolan’s new book, Don’t Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender and the Body

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.