Professor Rebecca Goldstein’s striking finding in a working paper that “age is a more powerful predictor of police-related policy preferences than race” is cited in an Op-Ed.
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
A new study from the Death Penalty Clinic found that prosecutors often routinely strike Black and Latino prospective jurors and that appellate courts have failed to rein in the practice
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky says the Supreme Court decision on LGBTQ rights is a huge advance, both for civil rights and for the triumph for the rule of law
Jeremy Fogel, Executive Director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute, comments on judges speaking out about the judiciary’s role in perpetuating injustices and pledging to root out racial bias
Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr on Friday filed a brief supporting a new trial for Toforest Johnson, who is represented by Ty Alper, Associate Director of Death Penalty Clinic
Federal judges express concerns about the impact remote judicial proceedings have had on the legal profession during a virtual panel discussion titled “The Changing Landscape and the Opportunities It Presents” jointly hosted by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, the Berkeley Judicial Institute, the nonprofit ChIPs and the Federal Circuit Bar Association
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky writes that major reforms in our criminal justice system are needed and hopes the national protests about police racism and police violence will lead to reforms that really will make a difference
Professor John A. Powell, Director of the Othering & Belonging Institute, discusses the nationwide uprisings over the police killings of Black men and women and how the COVID pandemic is disproportionately impacting Black communities
Professor Laurel Fletcher, Director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic, discusses East Bay Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s (D-Oakland) call for the creation of a “Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Commission”
Amelia Miazad, founding Director and Senior Research Fellow of the Business in Society Institute, and Professor Stavros Gadinis suggest corporate leaders welcome input from employees and consumers, but also local communities, NGOs, academic experts, government authorities and regulators, as they navigate their business thru the pandemic
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky writes that the President and the Supreme Court have gutted the legal tools for fighting police abuse, but it does not have to be this way
Claudia Polsky, founding Director of the Environmental Law Clinic, discusses the successful lawsuit, filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and the ELC, to force the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update its plans for responding to offshore oil spills
Ted Mermin, Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice, comments on the complexities surrounding calls for Governor Newsom to alleviate consumer debt during the pandemic
Claudia Polsky, founding Director of the Environmental Law Clinic, discusses the successful lawsuit, filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and the ELC, to force the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update its plans for responding to offshore oil spills
Catherine Crump, director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, explains that while police have a right to monitor protest activity, a line must be drawn when that surveillance becomes oppressive
John A. Powell, Director of the Othering & Belonging Institute, looks at the murder or George Floyd and calls on us to keep the struggle for love and humanity alive
Ethan Elkind, Director, Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, discusses options lawmakers have that would draw down and eventually phase out fossil fuel production in California
Savala Trepczynski, Executive Director of the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, writes that “black and brown people have been protesting for centuries. It’s white people who are responsible for what happens next.”
Erik Stallman, associate director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, explains why the President’s executive order aiming to limit protections for social media companies asks the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate rules that the FCC itself has said it has no authority to issue
Professor Robert Merges weighs in on trade between China and the U.S., during a virtual event hosted by the Berkeley Center For Law and Technology as a part of its China Law Trade and IP Certificate Series
Visiting professor Peter H. Schuck explains why the President’s comments about the death of a congressional staffer in 2001 may constitute intentional torts for which a civil jury could award punitive damages against him
Professor Prasad Krishnamurthy calls for debt-relief legislation that would allow consumers to defer payment and an opportunity to refinance missed payments
Jeremy Fogel, Executive Director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute, explains why the courts are in a unique position to expand electronic access, as part of a webinar on accessing the courts in a post-pandemic world.
Jim Dempsey, Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, explores whether the China-U.S. supply chains, previously driven by trade war-induced uncertainties, increasingly may be cast in terms of cybersecurity and national security imperatives
Ethan Elkind, Director, Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, explains why regulatory retreat over automobile fuel efficiency undermines both climate progress and U.S. competitiveness
Professor Catherine Fisk weighs in on the struggles employees face as they weigh their protections under law against the pressure to return to work, as Tesla reopens their factories
Professor Catherine Crump, Director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, along with Ken White, calls for the Federal Bureau of Prisons to stop forcing inmates to “voluntarily” waive all claims to confidentiality in emails they send their lawyers through the BOP-provided email system
Professor Steven Davidoff Solomon, in his recurring Deal Professor column in DealBook, considers what went wrong in one of the highest-profile lawsuits over a busted deal — so far — during the pandemic
