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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.

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Intellectual Property Influence
An article by Professor Pamela Samuelson has been selected as one of the best intellectual property papers of 2025 and will be included in the next edition of the Intellectual Property Law Review, published annually by Thomson Reuters. “Justification for Fair Uses,” published in 2025 in the Wisconsin Law Review, is the seventh of her articles to be recognized this way.
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.

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What Is Habeas Corpus, the Basic Right That Trump Officials Have Discussed Suspending?
(06/15/2026)
Topics: Constitutional Law Topic
Amanda Tyler, a constitutional law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, called habeas corpus “one of the single most foundational aspects of American law and the American constitution.” “What it does is empower courts to protect individual liberty,” Professor Tyler said. “It’s hard to imagine what could be more central to the role of courts in our constitutional structure.”
Are attack ads and big money bringing politics into how we vote for judges?
(06/14/2026)
“It’s easy to assume that a judicial seat contest like this is related to the broader political environment, but we shouldn’t read too much into it,” said David A. Carrillo, executive director of Berkeley Law’s California Constitution Center, referring to the race between Dixson and Bass. “Although they’re uncommon, occasional challenges to sitting judges or open-seat catfights do occur, so this isn’t exactly new,” Carrillo said. “And, as seems here, the challenger in these stories often fails.”
June Boom: Supreme Court Prepares for Explosive End-of-Term Rulings
(06/12/2026)
Topics: Constitutional Law Topic
“This is a situation where history, text, precedent and tradition all point to one direction,” said Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, predicting a loss for one of the president’s most controversial policy initiatives.
Opinion: The University of California should not bring back the SAT for student admissions
(06/10/2026)

“In the years since abandoning the SAT, UC has been doing what it ought to do: admitting its most diverse classes, including more California residents,” writes Professor Jonathan D. Glater. “We should not reimpose requirements that will make our campuses less representative of this state.”