Press Releases

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 10, 2016 – The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law today (May 10) published a new report on how solar energy development in the San Joaquin Valley can be “smart from the start” by siting projects on degraded lands with low habitat values for wildlife. The report, A PATH FORWARD: Identifying […]

Berkeley, Calif., April 21, 2016—UC Berkeley Law Professor Russell Robinson is the Pride Law Fund’s 2016 Trailblazer Award winner for his work as a pioneer and leader in the LGBTQ movement. The nonprofit will honor Robinson during an award ceremony and fundraising cruise in the San Francisco Bay on August 14. The Pride Law Fund […]

Berkeley, Calif., December 2, 2015 – California has not taken full advantage of opportunities to increase its in-state biofuel production, despite state policies that encourage biofuel consumption as a way to switch from high- to low-carbon petroleum fuels, according to a new report. “Planting Fuels: How California Can Boost Local, Low-Carbon Biofuel Production,” is a […]

BERKELEY, CA. – May 7, 2015 – Hunger, fear of deportation, and a lack of financial aid shape the experience of undocumented students at UC Berkeley, according to a new research report. DREAMers at Cal: The Impact of Immigration Status on Undocumented Students at the University of California at Berkeley provides data and recommendations for […]

BERKELEY, Calif., March 4, 2015 – A new report released today finds that California lacks adequate and effective college opportunities for students in—or released from—prison and jail, despite the fact that such access will help the state build safer and more economically viable communities. The report is a joint project of the Stanford Criminal Justice […]

Berkeley, CA, January 22, 2015 – Expanding customer access to energy data can bring cleaner, more efficient power to Californians, save money, and boost emerging clean technologies, according to a new report by the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative at the UCLA and UC Berkeley law schools. Greater access to the data can also […]

Berkeley, CA Sept. 17… As California searches for cheap energy storage options, a new report by the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative at the UCLA and UC Berkeley law schools suggests that used electric vehicle batteries may be the ideal solution. “Most batteries will retain much of their capacity and value after the use of […]

For Immediate Release Berkeley, CA Aug. 13… The images of world-renowned photographers Sebastião Salgado, Gilles Peress, Susan Meiselas, and others will be showcased in Envisioning Human Rights—a celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Human Rights Center. The exhibit opens at Berkeley Law on August 28, 2014.  Reporters and the public are invited to the […]

Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936 Berkeley, CA-July 23, 2014… A new report released today calls on the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to mitigate the impact of climate change by enforcing laws already on the books. The report comes on the heels of President Obama’s push to expand the administration’s climate change agenda and […]

Contact: Susan Gluss, 510-642-6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA-June 3, 2014… A new report released today calls on the U.S. Department of the Interior to mitigate the impact of climate change by enacting laws already on the books. The report, Addressing Climate Change Without Legislation, details steps the agency can take under existing law to reduce greenhouse […]

UC student artists explore human rights and social justice Berkeley, CA-April 15 — Provocative work from fourteen student artists will be showcased at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) in Envisioning Human Rights: The Next Generation, opening on April 23, 2014. Media are invited to preview the works and meet the […]

For Immediate Release New Online Course on U.S. Law Expands Berkeley Law’s Global ReachContact: Susan Gluss, 510-642-6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu An “Anti-MOOC” interactive course created for prospective LL.M. students and foreign attorneys who practice internationally. Berkeley, CA-April 1, 2014…Bill Fernholz stares into a video camera a few feet away as an assistant dabs powder on his face […]

Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936   Berkeley, CA-March 4, 2014…Forty family and child welfare law professors filed a friend-of-the-court brief today opposing Utah’s same-sex marriage ban. In the brief, the professors ask the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm a lower court ruling in Kitchen v. Herbert, which found Utah’s ban on marriage for […]

Korea’s former prime minister will serve as advisor to new research center Contact: Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu University of California, Berkeley, School of Law today announced the opening of a new research center to study the political and legal systems of Korea, one of the world’s most powerful economies. The Korea Law Center launch comes […]

Human Rights Center recommends to UN ways to improve protections in refugee camps   Contact: Andrea LamprosHuman Rights Center communications manager510.847.4469 or 510.643.7215, alampros@berkeley.edu Camp Claudine St. Fleur in Port au Prince, one of dozens of camps for Haitians rendered homeless after the 2010 earthquake. In a seminal series of new reports for the Office […]

Contact information:WWW.JUSTICE.GOV AG(202) 514-2007 TTY (866) 544-5309 BERKELEY, CALIF. Thank you, Dean Edley, for those kind words – and thank you all for such a warm welcome. It’s a privilege to join you; Professor Murray; distinguished members of the faculty, staff, and administration; and so many proud parents, family members, friends, and alumni – in […]

Independent analysis reveals risks to state water resources Contact: Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA-April 11, 2013… A new report on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in California warns of the risks of irreversible contamination of surface and groundwater near oil drilling sites, unless the technique is carefully monitored and controlled. The report Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing […]

Thursday, January 17, 2013 For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-682-6936   Berkeley, CA…. On the eve of the 40-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade, UC Berkeley School of Law today announced the formal launch of its new Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice (CRRJ). Founded by Professor and Pulitzer Prize nominee Kristin Luker, […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Andrea Lampros, Human Rights Center, (510) 643-7215, alampros@berkeley.edu   Berkeley, CA….The Human Rights Center (HRC) at UC Berkeley School of Law today announced that Alexa Koenig—a respected scholar in war crimes and international human rights law—will be its new executive director. Koenig, who has served as the center’s interim director for the past […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936 Berkeley, CA….A new Privacy and Advertising Mail survey by UC Berkeley School of Law finds that a very large majority of Americans, across all ideologies, age groups, and income levels support a Do Not Mail initiative. The national data, released today by the law school’s Berkeley Center […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936    Berkeley, CA….On November 6, Berkeley voters will decide whether to enact Measure S, a “Sit-Lie” ordinance that would ban sitting on sidewalks during business hours in the city’s commercial districts. Proponents of Measure S argue that the law will increase economic activity (“saves jobs”) and improve […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936   Berkeley, CA—A new research group finds that at least 200 wrongful convictions have been thrown out since 1989 in California, costing those convicted more than 1,300 years of freedom and taxpayers $129 million. The California Wrongful Convictions Project, launched by the University of California, Berkeley, School […]

For Immediate Release New California Constitution Center to serve as state constitutional clearinghouse for attorneys and academics  Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936 Berkeley, CA—August 29, 2012…. Executive director and founder David A. Carrillo ’95 has ambitious plans for Berkeley Law’s new California Constitution Center. The nascent center’s fall program starts off with nothing less than […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936 Berkeley, CA—June 7, 2012…. A new report released today provides a blueprint for California to meet and surpass its ambitious local renewable energy goals. The report, California’s Transition to Local Renewable Energy: 12,000 Megawatts by 2020, is a project of the UC Berkeley School of Law’s Center […]

SAN FRANCISCO – The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hold a special sitting March 14 at the UC Berkeley School of Law. Oral arguments will be heard beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Booth Auditorium at Boalt Hall, which is located at Bancroft Way and College Avenue. A photo ID […]

By Susan Gluss A mandatory biometric employment verification card for all U.S. workers could cost at least $40 billion, infringe on Americans’ civil liberties, and fail to stop the employment of undocumented immigrants, according to a new report. Hard to BELIEVE: The High Cost of a Biometric Identity Card finds that a biometric ID card […]

For Immediate Release Berkeley Law: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu, 510-642-6936 UCLA Law: Lauri Gavel, gavel@law.ucla.edu, 310-206-2611 Berkeley, CA—October 24, 2011…. California’s ambitious goal of 33 percent renewable energy by 2020 could receive a significant boost if the state built large-scale solar plants on degraded farmland, according to a new report. Harvesting Clean Energy: How California Can […]

For Immediate Release Contacts: Aarti Kohli, Warren Institute 510-642-0383, akohli@law.berkeley.edu Susan Gluss, 510-642-6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, California, October 19, 2011 – The majority of people arrested in a fast-growing federal immigration enforcement program are jailed without bond, without access to a lawyer, and without a court hearing, according to a new report. Secure Communities by the […]

Current TV will launch THE WAR ROOM WITH JENNIFER GRANHOLM, hosted by the former two-term Michigan Governor. The announcement was made today by Al Gore, Chairman and co-founder, Current TV; Joel Hyatt, CEO and co- founder, Current TV; and David Bohrman, President of Current TV. Produced live in San Francisco at Current TV’s headquarters, the […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA-September 1, 2011… UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu won confirmation Wednesday as the newest Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. The unanimous vote by the three-member Commission on Judicial Appointments came after Liu’s supporters spoke on his behalf at a public […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu UC Berkeley Law School Dean Christopher Edley, Jr., today called Gov. Brown’s nomination of law professor Goodwin Liu to the Supreme Court of California an “absolutely brilliant” move. Gov. Brown announced the appointment earlier today, calling Liu an “an extraordinary man and a distinguished legal scholar and […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Lauri Gavel, 310-206-2611, gavel@law.ucla.edu Berkeley, CA-July 12, 2011… A new report offers steps that California policy makers and businesses can take to improve the state’s chronically underfunded public transit system. Author Ethan Elkind, a climate change research fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and UCLA schools […]

For Immediate Release Report recommends harnessing energy potential of rooftops, roads, aqueducts Berkeley Law: Susan Gluss, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu510-642-6936UCLA Law: Lauri Gavel, gavel@law.ucla.edu310-206-2611 As world leaders prepare for climate change talks in Copenhagen, innovative programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are finding promise in California. Yet, as global leaders struggle to find consensus, energy innovators are similarly blocked […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley School of Law media director (510) 642-6936 Mary Boyle, Common Cause(202) 736-5770 The UC Berkeley School of Law’s Center on Health, Economic & Family Security today released a report entitled The Costs and Benefits of a Public Option in Health Care Reform: An Economic Analysis,  which argues […]

For Immediate Release Contacts:Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu  Joe Diorio, 215.746.1798 jdiorio@asc.upenn.edu Berkeley, CA and Philadelphia, PA—September 30, 2009… Contrary to what marketers claim, most Americans do not want online advertisements tailored to their specific interests. That’s a conclusion from a new consumer privacy study by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology at UC Berkeley […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—September 16, 2009… A Hispanic community in a small southern city that lived in fear of police after a spike in arrests now has evidence that it was unjustly targeted to enforce federal immigration laws. A new analysis of arrest data shows that police in Irving, […]

For Immediate Release Contacts:Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.eduKathleen Maclay, 510.643.5651, kmaclay@berkeley.edu Berkeley—September 4, 2009… Two University of California, Berkeley, professors are teaming up with two colleagues to launch “Cyberlaw Cases,” a blog covering what they consider the top 10 most important pending U.S. legal cases involving issues that impact the Internet, databases and software programs. The […]

For Immediate Release Contacts:Susan Gluss, Berkeley Law, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.eduRebecca Jeschke, Electronic Frontier Foundation, 415.436.9333, press@eff.orgRobynRobyn Shepherd, American Civil Liberties Union, 212.549.2666, media@aclu.org New York, NY—September 8, 2009… A coalition of authors and publishers—including best-sellers Michael Chabon, Jonathan Lethem, and technical author Bruce Schneier—is urging a federal judge to reject the proposed settlement in a lawsuit […]

Contact: Susan Gluss (510) 642-6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—September 3, 2009… As part of a series of measures to help its students and alumni during the current economic crisis, the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law has significantly enhanced its Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP), already one of the nation’s most generous loan forgiveness plans. […]

For Immediate Release Contact:Sarah Yang, 510.643.7741, scyang@berkeley.eduShaena Engle, 310.206.5951, engle@gseis.ucla.edu Berkeley, CA—February 5, 2009… The Berkeley Unified School District’s plan to maintain diversity could serve as a model for other public schools nationwide that are seeking constitutionally sound desegregation programs, according to a new report by researchers at the Berkeley and Los Angeles campuses of […]

For Immediate Release Contacts:Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley School of Law, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Lauri Gavel, UCLA School of Law, 310.206.2611, gavel@law.ucla.edu Berkeley, CA—August 27, 2009… UCLA School of Law and the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law today released a new report showing policymakers how to boost climate-friendly real estate development in California. This type […]

For Immediate Release Contacts:Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley School of Law, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.eduMelissa Rodgers, 510-643-4283, mrodgers@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—Aug 27, 2009… The Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security (CHEFS) at UC Berkeley School of Law, a key voice in the national healthcare reform effort, is playing a critical role in San Francisco’s effort to save […]

For Immediate release Contact: Kathleen Maclay (510) 643-5651, kmaclay@berkeley.eduSusan Gluss, 510.642.6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—June 2, 2009… Two University of California, Berkeley, professors who have been named the federal government’s top antitrust economists and a third chosen as a senior official in the same field are among the latest campus faculty members enlisted to help the […]

For Immediate Release Health Care Expert Jacob Hacker First to Detail How to Structure “Healthy Competition” Between Public Health Insurance Plan and Private Plans CONTACT: Toby Chaudhuri (IAF), 202-955-5665Susan Gluss (Berkeley), 510-642-6936 WASHINGTON – With Congress preparing a sweeping overhaul to the nation’s health care system, expert Jacob Hacker was the first today to outline […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—April 2, 2009…UC Berkeley School of Law’s top students will have an opportunity that few attorneys experience in a lifetime during a prestigious moot court competition this month. The school announced today that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will preside over a distinguished panel of […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—April 1, 2009… The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law today announced two new funds in honor of Professor Philip Frickey, a renowned scholar in public law with a specialty in federal Indian law and policy. The funds will enable law students […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—March 17, 2009… Associate Dean and Professor of Law Goodwin Liu of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law is one of five recipients of the campus’ most prestigious award for teaching, the Distinguished Teaching Award.  The award winners will be honored […]

For Immediate Release Contacts:Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.eduLauri Gavel, director of communications, 310.206.2611, gavel@law.ucla.edu Berkeley—March 11, 2009… The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Berkeley Law) and UCLA School of Law today announced the launch of a new blog, Legal Planet, which provides insight and analysis on climate change, energy, and environmental […]

For Immediate Release Contacts:Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.eduLauri Gavel, director of communications, 310.206.2611, gavel@law.ucla.edu Berkeley, CA—February 26, 2009… Students at UC Berkeley School of Law and UCLA School of Law are learning first-hand how laws are made in a new internship program in Washington, D.C. called UCDC Law.  This uniquely collaborative program among […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu To view the full report, go to https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/thelton-e-henderson-center-for-social-justice/research/ Berkeley, CA – February 20, 2009… In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law have documented the challenges faced by formerly incarcerated women in securing a job. Although women comprise […]

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, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) is the new name for the UC Berkeley School of Law think tank known for its environmental and energy policy […]

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 Quality and Drive Value WASHINGTON – A new public health insurance plan that competes directly with private insurers is essential to controlling health care costs […]

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 at  https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/clinics/ihrlc/pdf/guantanamo.pdf*** WASHINGTON, DC—Detainees released from U.S. detention in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan live shattered lives as a result of U.S. policies in the […]

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) sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—October 16, 2008… University of California, Berkeley, School of Law’s California Center for Environmental Law & Policy (CCELP) has released an independent analysis […]

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 / 510.705.3366 (cell) sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—October 13, 2008… University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Assistant Professor Eric Biber is spear-heading a challenge by law […]

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 the Ninth Circuit, has been chosen as the 2008 recipient of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law’s Judge D. Lowell and Barbara Jensen […]

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 new summer LL.M. (Master of Laws) program in May 2009. International students who already hold a professional law degree will be able to earn an […]

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 Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law recently accused Sallie Mae—the nation’s largest student lender—of placing millions […]

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 examines initiatives’ legal uncertainties; Executive Director Richard Frank predicts rash of lawsuits if Prop 98 passes Berkeley, CA—May 12, 2008… The UC Berkeley School of […]

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 Kentucky’s execution procedures The United States Supreme Court’s splintered decision in Baze v. Rees will allow lethal injection litigation to resume after a de facto […]

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 a major overhaul of the state’s K-12 school finance system was released today by the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity […]

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 of past campaigns Berkeley, CA —December 26, 2007… In tight political races, candidates have been known to play the race card, one of the more […]

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 in the administration of lethal injection in many states. Five other amicus briefs, filed in support of a Kentucky death row inmate whose challenge to […]

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) Assistant Professor Goodwin Liu as the inaugural winner of the Steven S. Goldberg Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Education Law. ELA will present the newly […]

  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 a major drop in state transportation contracts since passage of Proposition 209, the California Civil Rights Initiative, according to new study by the Thelton E. […]

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 of the Vote New York, NY – The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy […]

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 Professor of Environmental Regulation at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, has been named a co-recipient of the 2007 Blue Planet Prize, an […]

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) today announced the appointment of Maria Blanco as executive director of the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity (Warren Institute).  Blanco, […]

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, School of Law three years ago, she did so not with dreams of becoming an attorney at a lucrative law firm – but of using […]

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 Liu filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court today on behalf of 19 former chancellors of the University of California, urging the high […]

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, 2006 – A new study released today by researchers at Tulane University and the University of California, Berkeley reveals that undocumented workers are being abused […]

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 Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity (the Warren Institute) at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall) today […]

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 because the commission failed to advance policy changes that will significantly address many of the voting irregularities experienced in the 2004 election, according to a […]

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 its core faculty, hiring five professors to join the law school this fall. The appointments of the new tenured and tenure-track faculty signal a significant […]

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 law and technology program, as its executive director, a move that positions the center toward becoming the country’s premier research and policy center on legal […]

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 public interest or public service work this summer. The recently announced Boalt Public Interest/Public Service Summer Fellowship Program fosters the longstanding tradition of public engagement […]

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, the Racial Privacy Initiative. The initiative is a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would ban state institutions from collecting data or categorizing people […]

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 Jensen Public Service Award. The award is given annually to a prominent Boalt graduate who has demonstrated outstanding dedication to public service in the legal […]

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 policy makers will address how patent reform should be implemented. The conference, open to the media and registered guests only, is hosted by the Federal […]

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 v. Alvarez-Machain and United States v. Alvarez-Machain will decide whether survivors of severe human rights violations can use the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) to […]

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 County District Attorney ‘s Office demonstrated racial bias in the jury selection for his trial. In the case, Thomas Joe Miller-El v. Janie Cockrell, the […]

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 (Boalt Hall Class of 1916). Timed to commemorate the fifty-year anniversary of the Warren Court ‘s initial term, Earl Warren and the Warren Court : […]

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 the historic 1954 U.S. Supreme Court Decision outlawing segregation in public schools. In preparation of the 50th anniversary of Brown, Boalt’s Center for Social Justice […]

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, October 22. Judge Rader has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit since 1990, where he has authored numerous influential […]

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 federal government has the power to close down the OCBC, though the cooperative is legal under California law. Following the arguments, Randy Barnett, counsel for […]

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 the validity of “second-parent adoptions,” providing key legal protections to children raised by same-sex couples. These adoptions permit a birth or adoptive parent to retain […]

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 ruling, the court reversed and remanded a decision by the United States District Court for the Central District of California that potentially allowed any search […]

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, an ex-worker, from sending mass emails to Intel employees. Professor Mark Lemley ’91, with the assistance of Boalt’s Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy clinic, […]

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 HIV treatment in Sri Lanka. The lectures, presented to medical, legal and social service professionals, focused on the human rights issues surrounding HIV/AIDS and the […]

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 Public Service Award. The Jensen Award is given each year to a prominent Boalt graduate for his or her outstanding commitment to public service in […]

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 Corporation in Social Context: Planning for the Future on March 14-15, 2003 at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). The […]

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 in Latin America and the trafficking of women in Asia and Eastern Europe. A keynote address will be given by Adolfo Aguilar-Zinser, Mexico’s ambassador to […]

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. Conference panelists will address the legal, technological, and public policy concerns spurred by digital rights management systems – the technological codes built into music CDs, […]

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 in Portland, Oregon on February 20-23, 2003. The team, comprised of third-year students Jennifer Nelson and Paul Marchegiani and anchored by second-year student Lana Morton, […]

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 Program discusses her work as a victim liaison on behalf of defense counsel in death penalty cases. Ms. Krause has teamed with defense counsel in […]

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 Institute, and UC Berkeley. The event was organized by Professor Harry N. Scheiber. This conference will be dedicated to the subject of multilateral agreements in […]

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 Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) Executive Director Jeff Selbin as a Bellow Scholar was announced. Mary Louise Frampton, Director of the Center for Social Justice […]

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 heritage and release three reports on the state of the fishing industry. In Managing Marine Fisheries in the United States, 13 distinguished scientists, economists, and […]

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 its subpoena for identifying information about a poster or face sanctions, the retailer backed down. Wal-Mart had sought the identity of the individual who posted […]

Contact: Megan E. Gray, 202-265-2738Deirdre K. Mulligan, Samuelson Law Dir., 510-642-0499Tim Storm, 815-623-3750 x202Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA – In a blatant misuse of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, over the past two weeks, a group of national retailers forced FatWallet.com to remove Day After Thanksgiving sales information from its site. In letters […]

Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu What: “Whose Welfare? Income Transfers and Economic Justice,” will examine welfare and welfare reform from legal, economic, public policy and historical perspectives. “There is a widening gap between the people at the top and everyone else. The challenge is to change the terms of the debate, not just […]

Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu What: “Enforcing Privacy Rights” will bring together leading policy experts, practitioners, scholars and government officials to focus on questions related to privacy enforcement and discuss how to better shape future legislation and remedies. The panel discussions will address past, present and future policies; public expectations; and the effectiveness […]

Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecambell@law.berkeley.edu What: “Youth Gang Violence: Teenage Suicide for the Urban Poor,” Father Greg Boyle will discuss the media’s stereotypes of gang involvement and the profound social and psychological forces that have shaped the young men and women with whom he works. A Jesuit priest, Father Boyle founded Jobs for […]

Attention: Weekend assignment editors, reporters Contact: Janet Gilmore, UC Public Affairs, 510-642-5685 Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu, 510-643-8010  What: “Rooting Out Terrorism,” an assessment by international law experts of U.S. foreign and military policy in response to the threat of global terrorism. Participants will include James J. Brosnahan, lead attorney for John Walker Lindh, the […]

Contacts: Lavonne Luquis, 510-987-9194, lavonne.luquis@ucop.eduHanan Eisenman, 510-587-6194, hanan.eisenman@ucop.edu The proportion of underrepresented students enrolled at the University of California’s law and medical schools increased significantly this year. Better recruitment, strong graduate outreach programs and the declining cost of housing in the Bay Area and Los Angeles are believed to have helped drive the enrollment gains […]

Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu What: “Romagoza v Garcia: A Case of Justice for Victims of Torture,” an address at the University of California, Berkeley, by an attorney and a plaintiff involved in this landmark U.S. federal court case that attracted national and international attention. The case’s three plaintiffs were represented by a […]

Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA – A Florida jury in a federal civil trial yesterday awarded $54.6 million to three Salvadorans who proved that they were detained and brutally tortured by Salvadoran security forces between 1979 and 1983. Juan Romagoza, Neris Gonzalez and Carlos Mauricio sued former Salvadoran generals José Guillermo Garcia […]

Contact: Janet Gilmore, UC Public Affairs, 510-642-5685Laurel Fletcher, International Human Rights Clinic, 510-643-4792Manel Kappagoda, East Bay Community Law Center, 510-548-4040 ex.330 Berkeley, CA – Students from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall) are among the individuals and groups from across the world meeting in Barcelona, Spain this week, hoping to combat HIV/AIDS […]

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 ruling, the court reversed and remanded a decision by the United States District Court for the Central District of California that potentially allowed any search […]

Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu Are school vouchers a constitutional method for reforming education or an unconstitutional violation of the separation of church and state? Professor Jesse Choper of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall) will join Professor Erwin Chemerinsky of the University of Southern California Law School to […]

Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu John Yoo will present “An Insider’s View of the War on Terrorism,” Wednesday, April 24, at 12:30 p.m. in Room 105, Boalt Hall. Yoo is a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel, which advises the Department of Justice and the White House. A law […]

Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA – Experts from across the nation will gather at Boalt Hall to explore the case for slavery reparations this Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13. The two-day conference, Reparations for Slavery and its Legacy will begin Friday at 4 p.m. with a lecture by author Randall […]

Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA – The deteriorating condition of ocean environments and a startlingly rapid depletion of once- abundant fisheries will be among the topics addressed at Bringing New Law to Ocean Waters, an international conference being held this Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6 at the University of California, […]

Contact: Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu What: Lani Guinier will give a talk titled “Transforming Democracy with Cross-Racial Coalitions.” Guinier will share her vision of a social justice movement that would transform the nature of democracy in America and discuss the power of building grass-roots coalitions between races. A book signing will follow the […]

Attention: Legal Affairs and Higher Education Reporters Contact: Boalt Disability Law Society, 510-643-2697Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu What: “The Changing Face of Disability Law in the New Millennium,” a conference exploring the evolving laws and emerging issues that define the status of disability rights in American society. Organized by the Boalt Disability Law Society, […]

Contact: Deirdre K. Mulligan, Samuelson Clinic Dir., 510-642-0499, dmulligan@law.berkeley.eduJennifer M. Urban, Samueslon Clinic Fellow, 510-642-7561, jurban@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA – The Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and three other leading law school clinics, announces the launch today of a groundbreaking project […]

Contact: Joan Mandle, Democracy Matters, 315-824-4306Erin Campbell, Communications Dept., 510-643-8010, ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu What: “What Does the NBA Have to Do With Campaign Finance Reform?” featuring Adonal Foyle of the Golden State Warriors. Adonal Foyle is the founder of Democracy Matters – a student political action group active on college campuses across the country. His talk will […]

Contact: Janet Gilmore, UC Public Affairs, 510-642-5685 Berkeley, CA – Brigham Fordham’s own personal story of determination in the face of adversity could rival that of any Olympic athlete. Yet, when he learned that his mother had nominated him to help carry the Olympic torch, he never thought he’d be selected. And when an e-mail message […]