For Immediate Release Research center is a leading source of environmental and energy programs Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—February 5, 2009… The Center for Law, […]
Berkeley Law Think Tank Announces New Name, New Energy Initiatives
New Report: Public Insurance Option Needed to Provide Affordable, Quality Health Coverage
For Immediate Release CONTACT: Toby Chaudhuri (IAF), 202-955-5665Susan Gluss (Berkeley Law), 510-642-6936 Health Care Reform Debate Centers on Public Insurance Choice; Report Shows Public Plan Essential to Contain Costs, Improve […]
UC Berkeley Report Details Shattered Lives of Released Guantánamo Detainees
For Immediate Release Demands Investigation of ‘War on Terror’ Policies CONTACT: Emma Mackinnon 202.302.6920 / emma@fenton.com CA Media: Barbara Grob 415.218.3977 / bgrob@ucberkeley.eduSusan Gluss 510.642.6936 / sgluss@law.berkeley.edu *** Report Available […]
California’s Ballot Proposition 7: Legal and Environmental Impact
For Immediate Release Analysis by Berkeley Law’s Center for Environmental Law & Policy Separates Fact from Fiction Contact: Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley School of Law, 510.642.6936 / 510.705.3366 (cell) […]
Environmental Law Professors Criticize Administration’s Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act
For Immediate Release Professors call proposed regulations illegal and accuse administration of trying to lock in changes before Bush leaves office Contact: Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley School of Law, 510.642.6936 […]
Honorable J. Clifford Wallace Receives Prestigious Jensen Public Service Award
For Immediate Release Contact:Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—September 19, 2008… The Honorable J. Clifford Wallace ‘55, former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for […]
Berkeley Law Launches New Summer LL.M. Program
Contact: Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley School of Law, 510.642.6936 / 510.705.3366 (cell) sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley , CA —August 5, 2008 … UC Berkeley School of Law (Berkeley Law) is launching a […]
Berkeley Law’s Samuelson Clinic Reveals Sallie Mae’s Flawed Security Practices
Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Students persuade lender to reduce risks of identity theft, but security lapses remain Berkeley , CA—June 5, 2008 …Students at the Samuelson […]
California’s Ballot Propositions 98 and 99: Legal and Conservation Risks
Contact: Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley School of Law, 510.642.6936 / 510.705.3366 (cell) sgluss@law.berkeley.edu for media interviews with Richard Frank New study by Berkeley Law’s Center for Environmental Law & Policy […]
Berkeley Law Death Penalty Clinic Experts Analyze Impact of Supreme Court Ruling on Lethal Injection
Contact: Elisabeth Semel, 510.642.0458 (w), 510.701.1212 (c); Ty Alper, 510.643.7849 (w), 510.593.4227 (c); Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936 (w), 510.705.3366 (c); Laura Burstein, 202.457.7118 Nationwide challenges to move forward following ruling on […]
Educators Call for Major Overhaul of California’s School Finance System
Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu New Report Released by Berkeley Law’s Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Berkeley , CA —April 2, 2008…A new report calling for […]
Race-Bait ’08: Lessons Learned from the Political Dirty Dozen
Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, (O) 510.642.6936 (C) 510-705-3366 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu A new report by Berkeley Law and Goldman School predicts race-baiting in the 2008 presidential election based on analysis […]
Death Penalty Clinic files Amicus Brief against Torturous Lethal Injection Executions
Contact: Elisabeth Semel, director, Death Penalty Clinic, 510.642.0458, esemel@law.berkeley.eduTy Alper, associate director,Death Penalty Clinic, 510.643.7849, talper@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley Law Death Penalty Clinic files amicus brief today detailing pervasive lack of professionalism […]
UC Berkeley School of Law Assistant Professor Goodwin Liu Wins Steven S. Goldberg Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Education Law
Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley , CA—October 23, 2007 … The Education Law Association (ELA) has selected University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall) […]
Women Businesses Suffer Major Drop in State Transportation Contracts
Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu New Prop 209 Impact Study Released by Berkeley Law Research Center Berkeley , CA —September 25, 2007… Women-owned businesses have suffered […]
New Report Finds States Not Doing Enough to Ensure Accurate Count on Electronic Voting Machines
Contact: Jonathan Rosen, BerlinRosen Public Affairs (646) 452-5637Susan Gluss, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (510)-642-6936 Research: Random Post Election-Audits of Paper Records and Machines Essential to Ensuring Integrity […]
UC Berkeley Law School Professor Awarded $400K Environmental Prize
UC Berkeley Law School Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, (510) 642-6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA —July 6, 2007… Emeritus Professor Joseph L. Sax, the James H. House and Hiram H. Hurd […]
Prominent Civil Rights Attorney Maria Blanco to Lead UC Berkeley Law School’s Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity
UC Berkeley Law School Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, (510) 642-6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley , CA —June 7, 2007 … The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall) […]
Law school establishes new loan forgiveness program
UC Berkeley Contact: Janet Gilmore, Media Relations(510) 642-5685jangilmore@berkeley.edu Boalt Hall Contact:Helaine Schweitzer, Boalt Hall Communications(510) 642-6936hschweitzer@law.berkeley.edu BERKELEY – When Claudia Medina began studying law at the University of California, Berkeley, […]
Boalt Files Supreme Court Brief on Behalf of Ex-Chancellors in Voluntary School Desegregation Cases
Attention: U.S. Supreme Court, Legal Affairs and Education Reporters Contact: Helaine SchweitzerBoalt Hall Communications(510) 642-6936hschweitzer@law.berkeley.edu BERKELEY – October 10, 2006 Law Building Dean Christopher Edley, Jr. and Assistant Professor Goodwin […]
Tulane-UC Berkeley Study Shows Katrina Rebuilding Leads to Violations of Workers’ Rights
UC Berkeley Media Contact:Rob Wynne/Seth JacobsonWynne Communications, 310.593.4496 Tulane University Media Contact:Madeline Vann 504.865.5210 Undocumented Workers Receive Lower Pay and Minimal Access to Health Care NEW ORLEANS – June 7, […]
Warren Institute at University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Announces Recommendations to Amend the Voting Rights Act
Attention: News desks; national, political, legal affairs and higher education reporters Contacts: Ana Henderson, Warren Institute (510) 643-6307Jacqueline Phillips, Boalt Hall Communications (510) 643-6549 BERKELEY, Calif., May 10 – The […]
Carter-Baker Election Report: A ‘Bait and Switch’ for Voters Hoping for Real Reform
Attention: News desks, national and political reporters Contact: Molly Colin 510-642-4143 Berkeley, CA–The Carter-Baker Commission on Election Reform Report is ultimately a “bait and switch” for voters seeking real reform […]
Boalt Hall Hires Five New Professors As Major Expansion Continues
Attention: Law, Legal Affairs and Higher Education Reporters Contact: Dan Brekke 510-643-6157 Berkeley, CA–Boalt Hall took a major stride in its ambitious plans to expand the size and breadth of […]
Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Continues to Ramp-Up
Attention: Law, Tech and Business Reporters Contact: Molly Colin 510-642-4143Dan Brekke 510-643-6157 Berkeley, CA–Robert Barr of Cisco Systems joins the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT), the nation’s leading […]
Microsoft Gives $1 Million to Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
New Program Awards Summer Fellowships to Boalt Students for Public Service
Contact: Abby Cohn, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, acohn@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley,CA–Under an ambitious new program, Boalt Hall is offering $4,000 fellowships to every continuing law student at the school who wants to pursue […]
Eva Patterson ’75 and UC Regent Ward Connerly Discuss Proposition 54
Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu On Tuesday, September 16, Equal Justice Society Director Eva Patterson ’75 and UC Regent Ward Connerly will visit Boalt to discuss Proposition 54, […]
Judge Thelton Henderson Receives Jensen Public Service Award
Contact: Abby Cohn, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, acohn@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA – U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson ’62 has been chosen as the 2004 recipient of Boalt Hall’s Judge D. Lowell and Barbara […]
Boalt Hall Patent Law Conference
Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu What: “Ideas Into Action: Implementing Reform of the Patent System,” a two-day conference at which federal government officials, industry leaders, lawyers, scholars and […]
Clinic Helps Victims of Human Rights Abuse Pursue Justice in U.S. Supreme Court
Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu Students in Boalt’s International Human Rights Law Clinic filed an amicus curiae brief involving two cases currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. Sosa […]
Boalt Clinic Helps Death Row Inmate Win Supreme Court Victory
Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu On Tuesday, February 25, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with Thomas Miller-El, a black Texas death row inmate, who claimed that the Dallas […]
Boalt Hosts Conference in Honor of the Fifty-Year Anniversary of the Warren Court
Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu On February 27 and 28, Boalt Hall will host a conference honoring the constitutional legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren […]
Center for Social Justice Hosts Conference Examining Public Education
Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu What: Rekindling the Spirit of Brown v. Board of Education: A Call to Action will explore new approaches for reinvigorating the vision of […]
Judge Randall Radar to Receive BCLT Distinguished Service Award
Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) will present Judge Randall Rader its 2003 Distinguished Service Award at a dinner on Wednesday, […]
Federalist Society Hosts Talk on U.S. v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative
Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu On September 17, the 9th Circuit will hear arguments in U.S. v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative (OCBC). The case will determine whether the […]
Students Help Earn California Supreme Court Victory
Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu On Monday, August 4, the California Supreme Court ruled in Sharon S. v. the Superior Court of San Diego County. The decision affirms […]
Samuelson Clinic Helps Win 9th Circuit Victory
Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu On Monday, July 7, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals withdrew and re-issued its ruling in Kelly v. Arriba Soft. In its new […]
Professor and Clinic Help Win State Supreme Court Victory
Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu On Monday, June 30 the California Supreme Court ruled in Intel vs. Hamidi, refusing to allow the technology company to block Ken Hamidi, […]
Professor’s Visit Prompts Action from Sri Lanka President
Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu Boalt Professor Laurel Fletcher traveled to Sri Lanka earlier this month to give a series of public lectures about the importance of establishing […]
Robert K. Puglia Wins Judge D. Lowell Jensen Public Service Award
Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu Former Sacramento Judge Robert Puglia (Boalt Hall class of ’58) has been chosen as the recipient of Boalt Hall’s Judge D. Lowell Jensen […]
Center for Social Justice Sponsors Working Conference
Contact: Michele Radford, 642-6969 What: Raven Lecture about Shareholder Power-Corporate Responsibility by Phil Angelides, CalPERS Trustee State Treasurer. The Center for Social Justice is sponsoring a Working Conference on the […]
Boalt Hall Hosts Conference About Money Laundering
Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010 What: “International Money Laundering: From Latin America to Asia, Who Pays?,” a conference addressing the money laundering schemes that accompany drug and weapons trafficking […]
Digital Rights Conference Brings Together Industry Leaders
What: “The Law and Technology of Digital Rights Management,”A three-day conference at the University of California, Berkeley bringing together leaders from the business industry, the non-profit sector, government and academia. […]
Boalt Hall Wins Regional Trial Competition
Contact: Erin Campbell, communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu The UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law Mock Trial Team competed in, and won, the National Mock Trial Competition’s Western Regional Competition […]
Victim Liaison Discusses Work in Death Penalty Cases
Contact: Nilda Andrews, 510-643-4800, nandrews@law.berkeley.edu What: Boalt Hall’s Death Penalty Clinic presents, “Restorative Justice: Understanding and Working with Victims of Violent Crimes.” Tammy Krause of Eastern Mennonite University’s Conflict Transformation […]
Law of the Sea Institute Conference Held at UC Berkeley
Contact: Karen Chin, karenc@law.berkeley.edu. What: A Law of the Sea Institute Conference on Multilateralism and International Ocean-Resources will be hosted by the Law of the Sea Institute, Earl Warren Legal […]
East Bay Community Law Center Executive Director Named Co-recipient of National Bellow Scholar Designation
Contact: Jeff Selbin, EBCLC executive director, (510) 548-4040, ext. 344. During the January 2003 meeting of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) in Washington, D.C., the selection of East […]
Leon Panetta Honors America’s Fishing Heritage: Independent Ocean Commission Seeks Sustainable Future for America’s Oldest Industry
Contact: Justin Kenney, Pew Oceans Commission, 703-516-0605 Leon Panetta, chair of the Pew Oceans Commission, traveled to the coastal community of Half Moon Bay, Calif., to honor America’s commercial fishing […]
FatWallet Victorious in Challenge to Wal-Mart’s Frivolous DMCA Subpoena
Contact: Megan E. Gray, 202-265-2738Deirdre K. Mulligan, Samuelson Clinic Dir., 510-642-0499Tim Storm, 815-623-3750 x202Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA – In response to FatWallet’s letter demanding that Wal-Mart withdraw […]