Public Law and Policy Program
Free Speech at American Universities 60 Years After Free Speech Movement: A Conversation Between Nadine Strossen and Erwin Chemerinsky
Chevron Auditorium, International House 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United StatesJoin Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky, and former Director of the ACLU Nadine Strossen, for their reflections on the legacy of the Free Speech Movement, current challenges, and visions for […]
Populist Revolutions
12 Law BuildingPrior to the year 2016, 'populism' was a word primarily relegated to textbooks on 19th and early 20th century American history. But in 2017, Cambridge Dictionary declared it the word […]
Restoring Democracy: The Debate Over Judicial Reform in Israel
Booth AuditoriumIn the 1990s, Israel’s judiciary and Supreme Court President Aharon Barak accumulated an unprecedented degree of power in what is now known as the "Constitutional Revolution," setting off decades of […]
Solicitor General Roadshow
100 Law BuildingLearn about the role and work of a state solicitor general from Eric Hamilton (Solicitor General of Nebraska), Alan Hurst (Solicitor General of Idaho), and Eric Wessan (Solicitor General of […]
Criminalizing Dissent? Evaluating the Threat That Lawfare Poses to Civil Liberties and Our Democratic Norms
Booth AuditoriumThroughout the world, concerns have emerged within democratic countries that the rule of law is being undermined and weaponized as a tool by leaders against their political opponents. While that […]
Property Rights and the Roberts Court: 2005–2025
297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesFor much of the past century, property rights were relegated to second-class status compared to the rest of the Bill of Rights. However, under the Supreme Court leadership of Chief […]
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