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Melani Tiongson ’18 Finds a Professional Path and Personal Bond with Patti Legal Fellowship
During her one-year assignment at UC Legal, Tiongson strives to honor the legacy of Christopher Patti, UC Berkeley’s former chief campus counsel.
Did the President’s Tax Returns Illegally Game the System or Deftly Navigate the Rules?
Berkeley Law professor and prominent tax expert Mark Gergen dissects recent revelations about the president’s tax returns.
In Special Mini Courses, Berkeley Law 1Ls Dive Deep and Build Relationships — Remotely
A special slate of one-credit classes is helping first-year students and professors get to know one another during an unprecedented semester.
Making Sense of the Mayhem Surrounding Social Media Apps TikTok and WeChat
Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and tech-law expert James Dempsey assess the legal wrangling over the Trump administration’s attempted ban of the Chinese apps.
Roaring Into Action: Berkeley Law Center Launches New GrizzlyCorps Climate and Resiliency Program
The joint UC Berkeley/Americorps initiative sends recent graduates to work in farm and forest communities across California to build resilience and mitigate climate change.
Berkeley Law Clinics Annual Report 2019-2020
Change-Making at the Capitol: Governor Signs Seven Bills Driven by Berkeley Law Clinics and Centers
Governor Newsom signs a whopping seven bills that focus on protecting residents’ civil, financial, and environmental rights — all driven by Berkeley Law clinics and centers.

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Op-Ed: We now have a far-right Supreme Court. Democrats can’t abandon the battle (10/26/2020)
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky writes of his concern for what it will mean to have a Supreme Court majority that embraces the values of the far right of the Republican Party and is far more conservative than the electorate
Op-Ed: The affordable housing crisis is about to get worse; here’s a policy that will help renters (10/26/2020)
EBCLC’s Clinical Supervisors Seema Rupani and Hewot Shankute write there is a real appetite for progressive reforms that will increase stable, decent, affordable housing for years to come
Newsom, California district attorneys seek tighter standards for application of death penalty (10/26/2020)
Professor Elisabeth Semel, Director of the Death Penalty Clinic, and Dean Erwin Chemerinsky explain the unprecedented court filing that asserts the state’s death penalty law is applied in a racist manner against African Americans

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Op-Ed: We now have a far-right Supreme Court. Democrats can’t abandon the battle (10/26/2020)

Op-Ed: The affordable housing crisis is about to get worse; here’s a policy that will help renters (10/26/2020)

Newsom, California district attorneys seek tighter standards for application of death penalty (10/26/2020)