Clinic Director Catherine Crump comments on the use of unmarked vehicles in immigration enforcement, stating, “This is yet another step ICE agents are taking to conceal their identities and avoid accountability.”
Navajo Nation Supreme Court Visit and Inaugural Roundtable Give Students Prime Insights Into Tribal Law (10/24/2025)
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.
Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project: Legal Personhood for Artwork
Join Associate Professor Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci (Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law) and Professor Carliss N. Chatman (SMU Dedman School of Law) for a discussion on whether artworks should […]
Jessica Sevey, Robbins Collection Research Center Communications and Publications Specialist
We are delighted to welcome Jessica Sevey as our new Communications and Publications Specialist. Bringing extensive editorial project management, book production, and print and digital communications experience to this position, […]
PAC’s New 1L Clinic Featured in Berkeley’s Ranking as a Top Law School for Criminal Law
The National Jurist, 10/06/2025
Clinic Staff Attorney Juliana DeVries highlighted problems with AI in criminal justice at UC Berkeley Law’s Race & Tech Symposium
California Assembly Bill 288: Enabling the State to Protect Labor Rights When the Federal Government Cannot
LAW & POLICY NOTE (September 2025) [updated]
In this Note, Professor Catherine Fisk explains the significance of Assembly Bill (AB) 288, which the California Legislature passed and Governor Newsom signed on September 30, and why the federal National Labor Relations Act does not preempt state labor laws like AB 288 that seek to provide a mechanism to enforce federal labor rights by employees covered by the NLRA. AB 288 provides a mechanism for prompt and effective resolution of disputes over unionization. Under the bill, when the National Labor Relations Board fails to act on an unfair labor practice case for six months or is defunct, workers or businesses can ask the California Public Employee Relations Board to enforce their rights under federal or state labor law. Thus, it enables California to step up to enforce the rights to unionize and to resolve labor disputes when the federal government no longer can or will.
Clinic Director Catherine Crump responds to Washington Post op-ed in favor of online age-verification: “This could make our speech problems worse.”
Legislating Generative Artificial Intelligence: Can Legislators Put a Box Around Pandora?
Michael Murray from the University of Kentucky, J. David Rosenberg College of Law, explores how contemporary generative artificial intelligence tools have revolutionized the creation of images, videos, and audio. In turn, this allows users to “fake” the appearance, voice, performances, and actions of real people with unprecedented speed and ease, leading to state and federal legislative actions.
Canvas, Issue 21
This month, we cover critical developments in art, law, and technology: deepfake legislation, virtual repatriation challenges, Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement, the shutdown of Christie’s digital art department, and the $136 million Sotheby’s Karpidas sale.