Professor Jonathan Simon says a combination of a new state law and the current police reform climate may have swayed the Alameda DA to prosecute the case of a police officer who fatally shot Steven Taylor at a Walmart store in April
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky writes that while it should be the role of the federal courts and the Supreme Court to protect the right to vote, the five conservative Supreme Court justices have strongly indicated that the solutions are not to come from federal courts
Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, appears on Forum to discuss the Trump administration’s environmental record and its impact
Ted Mermin, Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice, says Californians facing a financial cliff or targeted by predatory financial products “are going to find that someone’s got their back”
Professor Catherine Fisk weighs in as San Francisco passes an emergency ordinance that temporarily bars employers from taking adverse action against employees and job applicants who tested positive for Covid-19 or who are or were isolating due to Covid-19 symptoms or exposure
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky writes that the Supreme Court’s dealings with issues concerning COVID-19 and the election process have made clear that it does not want the federal courts changing the rules of an election, even when necessary to protect the right to vote in a pandemic
Dr. Rohini Haar, Human Rights Center Research Fellow, discusses “less lethal weapons” used to disperse crowds and the serious, sometimes deadly, injuries they can cause
The LA Times Editorial Board calls for the passing of AB 3070, a bill that addresses discrimination in jury selection, and points to Berkeley Law’s Death Penalty Clinic’s report, “Whitewashing the Jury Box” to support the need for action
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky writes that the RNC events at the White House are blatant violations of The Hatch Act – the most recent of so many instances of Trump flouting federal laws and the norms of the office
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky discusses key lessons the legal profession can learn from attempts to administer the July bar exam and how the pandemic presents a chance to rethink how law school graduates will take the test in the future
Jim Dempsey, Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, says TikTok’s lawsuit against the Trump administration faces an uphill fight, but the company may be successful with a due process argument
Savala Trepczynski, Executive Director of the Henderson Center for Social Justice, writes that people of color have had a golden rule that said be twice as good and calls for white folks to adopt a version of this rule for themselves and their anti-racist work: be twice as kind
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky explains why John Eastman’s theory that Kamala Harris may not be eligibile to be Vice President are wrong under the language of the 14th Amendment and under Supreme Court precedent
Professor Jonathan Simon explains why this moment in time resents a unique opportunity to reduce prison overcrowding by making reforms, particularly by releasing women who could safely be released
Savala Trepczynski, Executive Director of the Henderson Center for Social Justice, writes about the connection between the murders of her great, great grandmother and Breonna Taylor – both black women, both killed in their homes by police, both still waiting for justice
Professor Rebecca Wexler says the California Supreme Court opinion in Touchstone v Facebook reflects a real skepticism of Facebook’s claims about the Stored Communications Act
In his latest Deal Professor column in DealBook, Professor Steven Davidoff Solomon considers what TikTok could have done differently to avoid its current trouble with the Trump administration
Professor Roxanna Altholz, co-director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic, discusses the murder of activist Berta Cáceres and her role in the fight to bring her killers to justice
California Constitution Center Executive Director David Carrillo and Senior Research Fellow Stephen M. Duvernay look at some of the 12 measures in the California November general election
Professor Roxanna Altholz, co-director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic, discusses the murder of activist Berta Cáceres and the fight to bring her killers to justice
Professor Elisabeth Semel, Director of the Death Penalty Clinic, explains why Batson process isn’t working on the state level, as prosecutors use Black Lives Matter to exclude black people from juries
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and UC Irvine Chancellor Howard Gillman reflect on the 2019-20 Supreme Court term and the decisions concerning the protection for religion, as part of a SCOTUSblog symposium on the Roberts court and the religion clauses
Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, discusses the environmental impact of single family zoning laws
Professor Elisabeth Semel, Director of the Death Penalty Clinic, along with AJ Kutchins and Brendon Woods, writes that the time for waiting is over and the California Legislature must pass AB3070
David Carrillo, Executive Director of the California Constitution Center, explains why remote voting by California legislators is constitutional and should be allowed
Professor Roxanna Altholz, co-director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic, comments on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ investigation into the killing of a man at the San Diego-Tijuana border a decade ago, in which she is co-counsel for the victim’s family
Professor Steven Davidoff Solomon, in his recurring Deal Professor column in DealBook, explores why special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, are having a moment
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky writes that President Trump cannot postpone the election and Republicans, Democrats, conservatives and liberals must all loudly condemn the idea as antithetical to the most basic aspects of a democratic society
Professor John Yoo discusses presidential power, the Supreme Court DACA ruling and his new book, Defender in Chief: Donald Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power
Lecturer Mallika Kaur, as part of her ongoing series exploring managing trauma and the demands of lawyering, interviews UC Hastings Professor Naomi Roht-Arriaza
