Berkeley Law professors are prolific, insightful scholars with broad and significant influence felt well beyond the school’s walls through their research, legal advocacy, policymaking and commentary.
New Research
Decoding the ‘New Emergency Law’
In a new post for the Yale Journal on Regulation’s “Notice & Comment” blog, Professor Elena Chachko argues that Learning Resources v. Trump is about far more than just whether the president has the authority to impose tariffs. Previewing a forthcoming paper, Chachko writes the case is part of what she calls the “new emergency law” — an emerging body of cases in which courts are more willing to scrutinize executive reliance on broad emergency statutes.International Influence
A Harvard International Law Journal article written by Professor Katerina Linos and two co-authors has been named one of two winners of the best article award given by the International Law and Social Science Interest Group of the American Society of International Law. “The Limits and Promise of Global Antitrust Law,” written with Columbia Professor Anu Bradford and University of Chicago Dean Adam Chilton, reassesses long-held conventional wisdom about the relationship between countries’ antitrust laws and their economic growth. They find that, on average, such laws have little to no effect on economic development — but they have improved growth in countries that adopted them without external incentives.‘Governance by Design’ for AI
“Recentering Public Values In AI Governance: Examples From The Biden Administration,” a new Berkeley Technology Law Journal article by Berkeley Law Professor Kenneth A. Bamberger and UC Berkeley School of Information Professor Deirdre Mulligan analyzes the Biden-Harris administration’s AI policies through a “governance by design” framework they developed.Top Corporate Law Scholarship
An article by Professor Steven Davidoff Solomon and Penn Law Professor Jill Fisch has been recognized as one of the top 10 corporate and securities articles of 2025 by Corporate Practice Commentator, the ninth time his solo or co-authored work has been selected for this honor. “Control and its Discontents,” published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, analyzes a recent series of Delaware court decisions that are skeptical of corporate action in controlled companies.Reviewing Resentencing
A new report from Berkeley Law's Criminal Law & Justice Center (CLJC) analyzes the impact of prosecutor-initiated resentencing in Alameda County, finding that “thoughtful resentencing policies” can achieve multiple goals simultaneously: reducing state costs, addressing excessive sentences, and maintaining public safety through careful case-by-case evaluation. “Measuring the Impact of Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing in Alameda County” examines 165 successful resentencings between October 2020 and January 2025 — spanning the administrations of District Attorney Nancy O’Malley and Pamela Price.
