Lunchtime Panel: Fighting for Abolition

297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

In the face of major setbacks on criminal legal system reform in California and the Bay Area, local organizers are finding ways to fight back. This panel will feature Bay Area organizers, policy advocates, and lawyers who are working together to shrink the criminal punishment system and build real alternatives that keep communities safe and […]

Environmental Law Colloquium – Professor Hajin Kim

130 Law Building

The Environmental Law Colloquium welcomes University of Chicago Law Professor Hajin Kim for our last session of the semester. Professor Kim will present her project entitled Evaluating Sustainability Disclosures: Theory and Initial Evidence. Please email Professor Jacobs at sharon.jacobs@berkeley.edu if you would like a copy of the draft. 

Data Broker Teach In

134 Law Building

Come learn how LexisNexis and Westlaw, the legal research duopoly, are contributing to mass deportation! A coalition of law schools called the End the Contract Coalition (ECC) is bringing awareness to how LexisNexis and Westlaw’s parent companies share personal data with ICE that is used to find and deport immigrants. ECC is planning this teach-in to […]

A Critical History of Contemporary Art in Nicaragua

Virtual (Zoom)

La Alianza and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLASC) invite you to a virtual presentation by Gabriel Pérez Setright. Pérez Setright will provide an overview of the development of cultural art institutions in Nicaragua, highlighting their enterprise to depoliticize artistic practices and preserve dominant structures. This critical art history is divided into […]

“And blame is what you need my foe” — The Role of Emotions and Political Ideology in Discursive Escalation within Israeli-Jewish Political Discussions

297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

This research explores how blame drives discursive escalation in political discussions among left- and right-leaning Jewish-Israeli participants. Analyzing 100,000 words from 2014–2022, it identifies distinct emotional and ideological triggers fueling polarization: fear and anger dominate right-wing responses to preserve social order, while guilt and shame shape left-wing reactions around moral concerns for out-group suffering. These […]

SABL Listening Session

105 Law Building

SABL wants to hear from you! Come share your thoughts, concerns, and ideas with us. Lunch and boba will be provided. RSVP here.

BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: The State of ESG with MoFo

Law Building, Room 132

Please join the Berkeley Center for Law and Business for a leadership lunch talk with Michael Santos, Transactions Partner and Dan Irvin, Transactions Associate from Morrison & Foerster to discuss what ESG is and its role in the industry. Following the discussion, a Q&A will be hosted by the Berkeley Business Law Journal. The Leadership […]

Breaking Into the DC Antitrust Market + A Day in the Life

170 Law Building & Virtual

Interested in a career in antitrust, working in DC, or even both? Wondering what their daily routine, tasks, and lives look like?  Join our panel of esteemed attorneys currently working in DC antitrust! Ranging from civil side global regulatory work, class action litigation, and high-profile acquisitions, our panelists have a wide array of experiences! Panel […]

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