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The American Way: Embracing Adversity Helps Stephen Johnson ’83 Soar in the Airline Industry
Stephen Johnson ’83, American Airlines’ executive vice president of corporate affairs, talks to Berkeley Law students about turning turmoil into innovation.
Scholarly Impact: Study Ranks Berkeley Law Faculty Sixth, With 13 Professors in Their Field’s Top 15
Thirteen professors, including Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, also made lists of the most-cited faculty in their fields.
Berkeley Conversation: Defending Against the Ravages of Disinformation
An elite panel of Berkeley scholars will explore how to limit the damage of disinformation — or whether that’s even possible.
High Flyer: Blake Mollberg ’19 Taps Proven Resilience and Adaptability as New Patti Legal Fellow
Given annually to a recent Berkeley Law graduate, the fellowship at UC Legal offers valuable experience in issues faced by public and nonprofit entities.
Clinical Program Adds 11 New Hires to Broaden Its Reach and Enhance Student Training
Berkeley Law’s flourishing program welcomes eight supervising attorneys and three teaching fellows to help expand project capacity and learning opportunities.
Is Modifying Qualified Immunity the Key to Meaningful Police Reform?
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and a panel of experts analyzed how the doctrine has evolved, and how changing it could increase accountability for officers and other government officials.
Berkeley Law Advances Its Public Mission By Joining Weil Legal Innovators Program
The initiative selects students admitted to top law schools to work in the public sector for a year before starting their legal education.

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Media Highlights

Before off-duty police shooting, Chicago officer had long complaint record. Should the city pay? (09/22/2021)
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky discusses Laporta v. the City of Chicago – the case before the Supreme Court that could lead to police reform by showing cities that it is in their own financial interest to crack down on problem officers, before those officers act off duty in ways that could cost taxpayers millions
Op-Ed: Equity is key to resilience — three ways make it a priority (09/20/2021)
Topics: Environmental Law
Louise Bedsworth, Director of the Land Use Program at the Center for Law Energy & the Environment and senior advisor to the California China Climate Institute, explores three important facts about our changing climate this summer of cascading climate disasters has put in stark relief
Op-Ed: There Are Perils To President Biden’s WTO Waiver (09/19/2021)
Topics: Intellectual Property Law, International Law
Mark Cohen, senior fellow and director of the Asia IP Project at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, explains why President Biden’s proposal to waive all IP rights related to COVID-19 is “toothless virtue-signaling at best — and dangerous economic capitulation at worst”