UC President Janet Napolitano announced a first-of-its-kind systemwide fellowship program to support UC law students committed to practicing public service law.
Six years ago, Eric Stover, Alexa Koenig and Victor Peskin teamed up to try to understand why so many states ignore their legal obligations to arrest and try war crimes suspects.
A nearly six-year legal battle for justice took a new turn as the International Human Rights Law Clinic filed a petition against the U.S. for the death of a Mexican national by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
A new report offers a rare, in-depth look at ways online copyright disputes are handled between Internet companies, such as Google and YouTube, and content creators.
Professor Kristin Luker, recipient of many accolades, is most proud of her work founding the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice at Berkeley Law. She will be honored at a conference celebrating her scholarship on April 1.
A coalition of UC Berkeley and Davis law students are working on a project with the potential for real-world impact on California’s democratic process.
Law professor Melissa Murray has been named interim dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law. Her appointment, which begins today, was decided with broad input from Berkeley Law faculty, students and staff following the March 10 resignation of former Dean Sujit Choudhry.
On March 10, 2016, UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks accepted the resignation of Sujit Choudhry as dean of the School of Law, effective immediately.
Herma Hill Kay, former dean of Berkeley Law and professor for more than 50 years, has received the Association of American Law Schools’ 2015 Triennial Award for Lifetime Service to Legal Education and the Law.
Signed by 14 Berkeley Law organizations, the Fisher v. University of Texas brief cautions against eliminating race and ethnicity as admission considerations.
Berkeley Law buzzed with high-impact projects throughout 2015, honoring its public mission while making a difference in the Bay Area and internationally.
DeCarol Davis ’17, Jared Ginsburg ’17, Colin Jones ’16, and Jason Wu ’16 credit coaches Suzanne Jaffe ’12 and Emily Tienken ’12 for their national championship.
Berkeley Law faculty members and 10 alumni leaders in the field will join other judges, professors, and attorneys at the annual Advanced Patent Law Institute.
Justin McCrary and other Berkeley Law scholars are using new search technologies and various efficiency models to improve the study, analysis, and predictive quality of their work.
A Korea Law Center conference delves into key issues facing both countries in corporate governance, technology law, administrative bureaucracy, and more.
A professor of public policy and political science, as well as law, Farhang is eager to forge interdisciplinary projects with Berkeley Law and other campus units.
The Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice urges an Indiana court to overturn the conviction of an Indian-American woman charged with fetal homicide.
Law students are increasingly hungry to work with clients as early as possible. While such opportunities are rare at most law schools until students reach their second year, at Berkeley Law—thanks to the school’s Student-Initiated Legal Services Projects—they can dive in almost immediately.
The joint effort by Berkeley Law and the Haas School of Business looks at India’s responses to sexual violence against women and recommends legal reforms.
