Promoting Hope and Opportunity in the Justice System: Mama Love and the Gemma Project
Online - Zoom75 minutes Virtual Interested in providing more hope and opportunity in the justice system? Please join Berkeley Judicial Institute and Moderator Judge Laurel Beeler for what promises to be an uplifting discussion. Lara Love Hardin will talk about her compelling and best-selling memoir, The Many Lives of Mama Love. Ms. Hardin and Cynthia Chase will talk about The Gemma Project. Please let us know your questions!
Generative AI & The Practice of Law
132 Law BuildingSituated in a global innovation hub, Berkeley Law is at the heart of discussions of the impact of emerging technologies on law, society, and legal practice. In recognition of this, we have arranged a four-part workshop series on Generative AI & The Practice of Law for our LL.M. executive track students. Led by Kristie Chamorro of the Berkeley […]
International Business & Comparative Law: A Brazilian Perspective
105 Law BuildingBrazil has become one of the most important countries in the world: it boasts the world's seventh largest population, fifth largest land mass, and eighth largest economy. Three distinguished scholars from Brazil will share their perspectives of some of the most important issues facing international business: resolution of international commercial disputes through arbitration, the alternative […]
SCOTUS Update
105 Law BuildingJoin us for an update from Dean Chemerinsky, one of the foremost constitutional scholars in the United States, on recent and upcoming decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)! This in-person event is offered for currently enrolled Berkeley Law students
Generative AI & The Practice of Law
132 Law BuildingSituated in a global innovation hub, Berkeley Law is at the heart of discussions of the impact of emerging technologies on law, society, and legal practice. In recognition of this, we have arranged a four-part workshop series on Generative AI & The Practice of Law for our LL.M. executive track students. Led by Kristie Chamorro of the Berkeley […]
Judges and the Press: Why Access Matters
Online - Zoom75 minutes Virtual Join Berkeley Judicial Institute and NPR’s Carrie Johnson as we talk to Judge Joshua Wolson, Washington Post’s James McLaughlin and Bowman and Brooke’s Jodi Munn Schebel about how media access issues play out in the courts. What are the competing concerns?
Lunch & Learn: Wildfire and Public Health: Barriers and Opportunities to State Policy Implementation
Virtual (Zoom)Wildfire smoke presents a population-wide health risk in California with significant environmental justice implications. However, the policy landscape addressing the public health impacts of wildfire remains siloed, posing challenges to integrated policy development and implementation. Join us on Zoom on July 17th for a discussion about the wildfire and public health policy landscape, based on […]
Lunch & Learn: What Does the Recent Supreme Court Ruling on the Chevron Doctrine Mean for Climate and Energy Policy?
Virtual (Zoom)In one of its final decisions of this term, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to overturn the Chevron Doctrine. The Chevron Doctrine, established forty years ago, stated that courts must defer to reasonable agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes. Legally, the Chevron Doctrine has been critically important and has been cited in thousands of court decisions, […]
Sustaining Your Professional Relationships
132 Law BuildingAt our networking presentation on May 30, we talked about building your network through attending events as well as identifying and reaching out to people who do the kind of work you want to do and requesting informational interview meetings, including what to do when you do not get a response to your inquiry. On […]
The Senate’s AI Roadmap: Where Will It Take Us?
Online - B-CLEB-CLE Webcast Register | Speaker Bios and Contact Information Topical questions to speakers can be sent via their contact information or LinkedIn profiles hyperlinked within the slide deck. After testimony from 150 experts, the Bipartisan Senate Working Group released its Roadmap for AI policy and governance. Will it be influential? And where will it take […]
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