For Lorena Atzeri, researching Roman law is an act of discovery. “My idea of research is very much the idea of a kind of archeological excavation,” she says. “I like […]
Robbins Fellow Spotlight: Lorena Atzeri
Human Creativity in the AI Age: A Global Conversation on Intellectual Property
In November 2025, the Robbins Collection Research Center cosponsored the conference “IP and Human Creativity in the AI Age: A Global Conversation” in partnership with Berkeley Law’s Asia IP and […]
Art Prices, Disparities, and Cultural Leadership
Professor Rachel A.J. Pownall draws on over a century of auction sales data (1909–2024) to examine how income and wealth inequality shape art market pricing, fueling both booms and fragility. The paper also offers a framework for cultural leaders seeking to address these disparities as part of a broader arts management strategy.
Canvas, Issue 25
This month, Canvas spans the full landscape of art, law, and the market—the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025, a new U.S. copyright option, and Greece’s first art forgery law.
Berkeley Law Students and Faculty Learn from Molokai’s Energy Co-Op
PAC Price of Justice Report Finds Rural, Low-income and BIPOC Oregonians Suffer Disproportionate Financial Burden in Court
Oregon Public Broadcasting, 04/09/2026
OJRC, CLEAR Clinic, and PAC Report Finds Criminal Court Debt in Oregon Exceeds $1 Billion
Oregon Capital Chronicle, 04/08/2026
Legal experts express concerns over ‘violations of international law’ in the war.
Laurel Fletcher, Director of the Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic, joined over 100 international law experts in warning that U.S. strikes on Iran violate the UN Charter and may amount to war crimes.
CCWP and PAC Report: California Spends Millions to Incarcerate Elderly Women
David Vanguard, 04/02/2026
Legal Provenance and TWAIL: A Discussion
Join us in a Zoom discussion with speakers Dr. Anais Mattez, Dr. Sebastian Spitra, and Ms. Maria Perez on April 8, a collaboration with the Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project, the University of Geneva’s Art-Law Centre, and the Research Association for Provenance Research.