Professor Bertrall Ross explains the challenges prosecutors face in proving hate crime charges against a Martinez couple who allegedly defaced a Black Lives Matter mural
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky appeared on Slate’s Amicus podcast to examine the Supreme Court term, taking a close look at the Trump financial records cases, the ministerial exception cases, and a landmark decision about tribal lands in Oklahoma
Coverage of “Whitewashing the Jury Box”, the Death Penalty Clinic report that found California prosecutors disproportionately strike people of color, especially African-Americans, from serving on juries
Ted Lamm, Research Fellow at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, discusses California’s zero-emissions truck rule, which was approved last month, and explains the important health benefits for disadvantaged communities
Professor Sonia Katyal, co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, explains how the Black Lives Matter movement is helping make long overdue change in racist branding
Professor Elisabeth Semel, Director of the Death Penalty Clinic, discusses “Whitewashing the Jury Box”, the report she co-authored that found California prosecutors disproportionately strike people of color, especially African-Americans, from serving on juries
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky predicts the Supreme Court will focus on the separation of powers issues as they decide the case related to President Trump’s taxes
Professor Steven Davidoff Solomon, in his recurring Deal Professor column in DealBook, says post-pandemic M.&A. is all about the big getting bigger and pushing their brands into new places
Dean Erwin Chemerinky and john a. powell, Director of the Othering and Belonging Institute, weigh in on the opportunities and challenges the new UC President faces, ahead of the announcement of the selection
Ted Lamm, Research Fellow at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, explains what recent Supreme Court decisions could mean for the Trump administration’s plans to roll back environmental protections
Lecturer Rose Carmen Goldberg explains why the Senate should pass the PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act, which would create a five-year pilot program requiring the VA to fund service dogs for veterans with PTSD and other mental health conditions
Professor Prasad Krishnamurthy writes that California should enact an “Automatic Application and Admission” plan for the UC system, to increase diversity across race and class lines at all UC campuses
Shanin Specter’s high-profile Philadelphia personal injury firm Kline & Specter has joined hundreds of companies that have decided to halt advertising on Facebook, due to concerns about the social media platform’s publication of hate speech and misinformation
Female attorneys and constitutional law scholars, including Dean Erwin Chemerinsky have filed amicus briefs in a Democratic lawsuit seeking to force the addition of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky looks at today’s Supreme Court decision and what Chief Justice Roberts may have signaled about his a willingness of to follow precedent in the area of abortion rights
Stephen M. Duvernay, a senior research fellow at Berkeley Law’s California Constitution Center, explains why Governor Newsom has widespread power to respond during a state of emergency such as a pandemic
Stephen M. Duvernay and Brandon V. Stracener, senior research fellows at the California Constitution Center at Berkeley Law, write that while the governor legally has the power to force people to wear masks, people should wear them because it’s the right thing to do to save themselves, their families and fellow Californians
Professor Elisabeth Semel, Director of the Death Penalty Clinic, writes that AB 3070 is about addressing enduring, pervasive racial and ethnic inequities
Professor Prasad Krishnamurthy writes that India’s solution to the problem of the unbanked — requiring existing banks to offer free, quality accounts in underserved areas — can be replicated here at home
Jeremy Fogel, Executive Director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute, testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Coronavirus pandemic and Federal Courts
Adam Sterling, Executive Director, Berkeley Center for Law and Business, discusses the Startup@BerkeleyLaw program, which helps startup founders and their teams understand the legal, finance and operational challenges they may face
Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, explains how rooftop solar panels can improve resilience against natural disasters
Professor Catherine Crump, Director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, along with Ken White, writes that the Federal Bureau of Prisons should end its unjust policy of requiring inmates to “voluntarily” waive privilege in emails they send to their attorneys through the bureau-provided email system
Professor Elisabeth Semel, Director of the Death Penalty Clinic, discusses a the new report she co-authored that found California prosecutors disproportionately strike people of color, especially African-Americans, from serving on juries
Professor Eric Stover, Faculty Director of the Human Rights Center, in an in-depth interview about the Tulsa Massacre, through the lens of history and human rights
Lecturer Carrie Rosenbaum, with Ediberto Roman and Geoffrey Hoffman, explains why the Supreme Court DACA decision is far from a permanent victory for Dreamers
Lecturer Mallika Kaur, as part of her ongoing series exploring managing trauma and the demands of lawyering, interviews Dylan Nicole de Kervor of the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice
Professor Rebecca Wexler argues that the courts’ interpretation of the Stored Communications Act has created a category of privileged communication without congressional approval or instruction
Jeremy Fogel, Executive Director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute, writes that judges have an express mandate to act in ways “that promote public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary”
Professor Sonia Katyal, co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. with UCLA Professor Angela R. Riley, writes brands can no longer stand apart from social movements and activism and must stop using racial stereotypes to sell products
