In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks to Professor john a. powell, co-author of the new book Belonging Without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World, which was published […]
Professor john a. powell on ‘Belonging Without Othering’
Professor Osagie K. Obasogie’s ‘Legacies of Eugenics’ Project
In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks to Professor Osagie K. Obasogie, a professor of law and bioethics and the only UC Berkeley faculty member to hold an appointment at […]
Ted Mermin on Berkeley Law’s Thriving Consumer Law Offerings
In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Ted Mermin ’96, a Berkeley Law alum, a lecturer at the law school, and the executive director of our Center for Consumer […]
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.
UN Human Rights Mechanisms and Anti-Black Racism: The Permanent Forum on Peoples of African Descent
Fourth in a four-part series of special Borderlines episodes with UC Berkeley Law guest hosts Professor Roxanna Altholz and Professor Laurel E. Fletcher shining a spotlight on human rights champions—all […]
Teaching Leadership in Law Schools
Leadership is a key component of other professional schools, particularly business and policy programs. But it’s less emphasized in law schools. Should it be taught in law schools, and what […]
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 […]
Conversations on Europe with ECJ Judge von Danwitz
Episode 16 of Borderlines features eminent jurist Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas von Danwitz, Judge and former Eighth Chamber President of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg. Judge […]
The Future of Law School Rankings
Since 1983, U.S. News and World Report has published rankings of the nation’s law schools. For almost as long, there have been complaints about the way the rankings are done […]