On September 17, 2018, Judge Jeremy Fogel became the first Executive Director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute, a center at Berkeley Law School whose mission is to build bridges between judges and academics and to promote an ethical, resilient and independent judiciary. Prior to his appointment at Berkeley, he served as Director of the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, DC (2011-2018), as a United States District Judge for the Northern District of California (1998-2011), and as a judge of the Santa Clara County Superior (1986-1998) and Municipal (1981-1986) Courts. He was the founding Directing Attorney of the Mental Health Advocacy Project from 1978 to 1981.
Judge Fogel has served as a faculty member for the Federal Judicial Center since 2002 and was a lecturer at Stanford Law School from 2003 until his relocation to Washington. He taught for the California Continuing Judicial Studies Program and California Judicial College from 1987 to 2010 and has served as a faculty member for legal exchanges approximately twenty foreign countries. He received his B.A. from Stanford University in 1971 and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1974.
Judge Fogel has received numerous accolades, including the President’s Award for Outstanding Service to the California Judiciary from the California Judges Association, the Vanguard Award for notable contributions to intellectual property law from the State Bar of California, and, most recently, the Samuel E. Gates Litigation Award from the American College of Trial Lawyers, which is given from time to time to recognize “a lawyer who epitomizes ethical conduct, integrity, collegiality, and professionalism.”
Among his major areas of interest are judicial ethics, judicial administration, judicial decision making (including effective ways to teach judges about unconscious bias and the impact of emotion), and judicial wellness.
Professor Fogel’s Spring 2024 Class: Colloquium: Courts & Judicial Process
Jeremy D Fogel is not teaching any Law courses in Spring 2025.
Trump v. the Judiciary
Is the arrest of Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan the start of Trump’s open war on judges? Berkeley Judicial Institute’s Judge Jeremy Fogel joined host Mary Harris on Slate’s “What Next” podcast to discuss.
Judges Worry Trump Could Tell U.S. Marshals to Stop Protecting Them
“Cutting all the security from one judge or one courthouse — stuff like that hasn’t happened, and I don’t expect it to,” said Jeremy Fogel, a retired federal judge who directs the Berkeley Judicial Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. “But, you never know. Because it’s fair to say that limits are being tested everywhere. Judges worry that it could happen.”
Trump administration is granted leeway in case of mistakenly deported man
“If they are trying to work out a diplomatic solution, and if the plaintiffs are satisfied that they’re actually trying to do that, it’s really kind of in their interest to let that play out,” said Judge Jeremy Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute. “One way or the other, there’s some mutual expectation that the facts on the ground are going to change” in the coming week.
Growing Chorus of Law School Faculty, Leadership Speaking Out Against Threats to Rule of Law
“I think [the legal community is] worried that there’s going to be a loss of independence,” said retired Judge Jeremy Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute. “There are a lot of fears.”
4 things to know about Judge Boasberg as he battles Trump over deportation flights
Jeremy Fogel, a retired federal judge, said no judge in the nation’s history has been removed “because of dissatisfaction with his or her rulings.” But threats of impeachment “contribute to a toxic environment that increases the difficulty of an already difficult job,” said Fogel, who now leads the Berkeley Judicial Institute.
Biden says he’d veto bipartisan measure to bolster federal judiciary
Professor Amanda Tyler and Jeremy Fogel, director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute at UC Berkeley Law School weigh in on proposed legislation to expand the federal judiciary.
Inside the Supreme Court Ethics Debate: Who Judges the Justices?
Jeremy Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute and a former California federal judge weighs in on the Supreme Court ethics debate.
US Judges Make Unusual Hill Push for Bill on Overwhelmed Courts
Jeremy Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute and a former California federal judge weighs in on a push for legislation expanding the judiciary,
Sweeping bill to overhaul Supreme Court would add six justices
Jeremy Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute and a former federal judge and a judicial ethics expert, said expanding the court to 15 justices might improve the administration of the high court and cool the rancorous politics around nominating justices.
The ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag evolves from Revolutionary War symbol to banner of the far right
“Displaying those particular flags creates the appearance at least that the justice is signifying agreement with those viewpoints at a time when there are cases before the court where those viewpoints are relevant,” said Jeremy Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute at the University of California, Berkeley Law School.
At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display
“You always want to be proactive about the appearance of impartiality,” Jeremy Fogel, a former federal judge and the director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute, said in an interview. “The best practice would be to make sure that nothing like that is in front of your house.”
Supreme Court to decide contentious issues amid ongoing criticism
Jeremy Fogel, the executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute, said it’s “unfortunate” that Supreme Court ethics have become such a partisan issue, which has prevented the country from having a real discussion about how to handle the behavior of the justices.
Trump defends Judge Cannon in fight over classified documents trial
Former federal judge Jeremy Fogel, who now runs the Berkeley Judicial Institute, said the timing of Trump’s statement is as significant as what he said, because it could create the impression that when Cannon rules, she is responding in part to what the former president has said.
‘Very, very troubling’: Judges, lawyers flummoxed by Judge Cannon
“In my 30 years as a trial judge, I have never seen an order like this,” said Jeremy Fogel, who served on the federal bench in California and now runs the Berkeley Judicial Institute.
Judge Newman’s Upheld Suspension Has Some Questioning Ethics Law
Jeremy Fogel, a retired federal judge who has also worked extensively on the issues of judicial ethics and mental health, said the situation surrounding Newman’s suspension illustrates broader problems with how the federal judiciary deals with aging in its ranks. Fogel said a protocol to assess judges’ cognitive function on a regular basis, implemented by the judiciary in consultation with experts, could reduce the kinds of confrontations that can emerge when a particular judge appears to show signs of decline.
Berkeley Judicial Institute Study Yields ‘Rich and Candid Insights’ on Clerkship Hiring
The groundbreaking empirical research features interviews with 50 federal judges and teases out trends and potential new practices for hiring a wider mix of clerks.
Can the Supreme Court rely on an ‘honor system’ for ethics? These 3 proposals go further
Former U.S. District Judge Jeremey Fogel who is currently executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute discusses ethics at the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court’s New Code of Ethics Unlikely to Change Justices’ Practices
The code’s value “will depend in large part on whether and to what extent individual justices are involved in future ethical controversies,” said former federal judge Jeremy Fogel, director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute at Berkeley Law. “My impression is that the process of getting to this point has made the justices more intentional about public trust and confidence and the impact of ethical issues.”
How the Supreme Court settled on an ethics code — and what it left out
Retired U.S. District Judge and Director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute Jeremy Fogel said the careful wording of the ethics code and its introductory statement suggest the justices, led by Roberts, approached it as if they were crafting an opinion.
US Supreme Court prepares for new term under ethics cloud
“The usual inquiry at the beginning of a term is, ‘What are the big cases and how is the court likely to rule on those cases?'” retired federal judge Jeremy Fogel, who heads the Berkeley Judicial Institute at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, said in an interview. “But the question about the court’s administration of its own business – I don’t remember ever seeing that at the beginning of a term.”