Their wide-ranging work reflects the school’s deep commitment to public service that champions justice, equality, civil rights, transparency, fairness, and accountability.
UC Berkeley’s only full-time AmeriCorps program, designed by the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, was recently recognized for its success — and hit with the loss of federal funding.
The author of two books on habeas corpus, Tyler describes how current debate over the government’s power to detain people without due process could signal a constitutional crisis.
The school revives its annual Celebration of Faculty Books, highlighting a sampling of books published by faculty members since 2022 and offering a glimpse into their collective importance.
Edlene Miguel ’25 and Bani Sapra ’25 reflect on the journal’s 40-year legacy and its growth as UC Berkeley Law’s largest journal and largest student group.
Charles Weisselberg and his client Veronza Bowers Jr., granted parole last year after spending a half-century in prison, share poignant insights with Weisselberg’s Criminal Justice – Investigations students.
Each spring break, students spread out all over the country — from Alaska to Kentucky — for the UC Berkeley Law Alternative Service Trips program. And each year, students who participate call it one of the best parts of their law school experience.
“Big Law’s quick court wins don’t erase Trump’s damage to the profession, underscoring that law firms must fight.” – Opinion by UC Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, UC Law SF Dean David Faigman, and retired Judge Nancy Gertner of Harvard Law.
