Press Releases

War Crimes Expert Is Human Rights Center’s New Executive Director

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 […]

Survey Finds Americans Support “Do Not Mail”

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 […]

“A Watched System”

Attention: reporters covering courts, juvenile justice, legal affairs What: “A Watched System,” a forum to discuss media access and coverage of the juvenile court system.   On November 15th, Berkeley Law is co-sponsoring a forum to explore the often acrimonious debate over whether or not journalists should have access to juvenile dependency court proceedings.   […]

New Report Faults Berkeley’s Measure S, the “Sit-Lie” Initiative

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 […]

California Leads Nation in Exonerations of Wrongfully Convicted

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 […]

Sept. 21 roundtable to grade President Obama

Reporters covering politics and the presidential election WHAT: “The Obama Report Card,” a political roundtable being hosted by the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Berkeley Law). Democratic and Republican pundits will debate the impact of President Obama’s first four years in office at an event that is sure to generate verbal fireworks. Roundtable […]

The Future of Electric Vehicles: How to Boost an Emerging Market Sector

New report *Electric Drive by ’25 presented at Capitol Hill lunch briefing (live webcast available) sponsored by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) *Report embargoed until Sept. 10, 8:00 AM E.T. The environmental law centers at the UCLA and University of California, Berkeley, Schools of Law present a briefing on ways to boost development of electric vehicles […]

Berkeley Law to Launch Supreme Court of California Moot Court Program

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 […]

How to Meet California’s Local Renewable Energy Goals

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 […]

Overcoming Copyright Barriers to Our Cultural Heritage

Attention: hi-tech, business, educational and legal reporters How do we increase digital access to films, books, music, and art whose owners can’t be found? Media Contact: Susan Gluss (510) 642-6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu WHAT: Orphan Works & Mass Digitization Symposium Prominent experts will tackle related copyright problems: “orphan works”—the millions of films, books, music, and art whose […]

California’s criminal justice system: challenges ahead

Attention: criminal, civil rights, government, and legal reporters Experts debate the pros and cons of the state’s radical new penal policies Media Contact:  Susan Gluss (510) 642-6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu WHAT: Criminal justice symposium California’s top criminologists, judges, advocates, probation officers, and academics will examine the controversial issues behind Governor Brown’s unprecedented move to reform state penal […]

New Report Finds Biometric ID Card Could Cost $40 Billion

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 […]

Israel High-Tech International Conference

ATTENTION: technology, business, international, and legal reporters Media Contact: Susan Gluss (510) 642-6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu WHAT: Israel Through the High-Tech Lens A two-day international conference about the economic, social, and legal aspects of Israel’s high-tech industry. The event will bring together more than 35 business leaders, entrepreneurs, scholars, and policy makers from Israel and the US. […]