Constitutional Law

Climate and Energy Policy After Chevron

This special episode features two Berkeley Law experts discussing the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, which overruled the longstanding doctrine of the Chevron […]

An Introduction to Europe’s Supreme Court

This special episode features UC Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky in conversation with Professor Katerina Linos and Temple Law Professor Mark Pollack introducing a wider audience to the European Union […]

Election Law and the 2024 Presidential Contest

This November’s race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is expected to go down to the wire. But ahead of, on, and after Election Day, both […]

Free Speech & Community on Campus

Debates over free speech have simmered, and occasionally boiled over, on university campuses for decades. But in recent months, the clash over words and phrases has reached a flashpoint, reaching […]

A Conversation with Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Herma Hill Kay Memorial Lecture with Justice Sonia Sotomayor in Conversation with Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky. Recorded Monday, January 29, 2024, at UC Berkeley.

Analyzing Another Consequential Supreme Court Term

The U.S. Supreme Court had another momentous term. From affirmative action in college admissions to critical administrative law and First Amendment cases, the court again handed down a string of […]

The Environmental Activism of William O. Douglas

U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas built a legacy of strong progressive and libertarian views. Nominated by President Franklin Roosevelt, he was confirmed in 1939 at age 40 and […]

Defending Human Rights

With authoritarian regimes on the rise around the world, the need to protect basic human rights is more urgent than ever. How can law schools, law students, and law faculties […]