The latest edition of Berkeley Law’s biannual magazine chronicles an array of exceptional programs, innovative projects, and inspiring achievements from faculty, students, alumni, and staff.
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The Career Development Office has overhauled its programming over the past three years to ensure students have the skills to succeed on the accelerated hiring market.
The recent report focuses on how the use of large language models — the foundation of generative AI — are affecting the fields of law, journalism, and education.
Shallat credits the LL.M. Program’s AI Law and Regulation Certificate for his new role as product subject matter expert at Ironclad, which helps businesses manage each stage of the contracting process.
“The release rate, which was never that high, has gone way down,” said David Hausman, assistant professor at UC Berkeley School of Law. Releases within 60 days of arrest went from around 35% under the Biden administration to about 7% in 2025, according to the Deportation Data Project, which Hausman co-directs.
UCLA law professor Mark McKenna and UC Berkeley law expert Vincent Joralemon independently said they were doubtful the fast-food chain would win a trademark case against the high school team if they were to take it to court. However, they both noted that In-N-Out’s response was not surprising given the company’s record of fiercely protecting its trademark
Jeremy Fogel, a retired federal judge who consults with judges on ethics questions and who leads the Berkeley Judicial Institute, said he did not believe the judges had engaged in misconduct. The judges’ comments in the article, he added, “described breaches of professional obligations by government lawyers” and “appear to have been directed to matters within their purview as judges rather than broader policy questions.”
