For Immediate Release Contact: Janet Gilmore(510) 642-5685jangilmore@berkeley.edu What: “The American Presidency at War,” a daylong conference co-sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies and the UC […]
Political strategists, experts to discuss America at war
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 […]
Berkeley Law Experts React to California Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
Contact: Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley School of Law, 510.642.6936 / 510.705.3366 (cell) sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA—May 15, 2008… A landmark ruling today by the California Supreme Court overturned the state’s ban […]
Beyond Asylum and Jail: Protecting and Treating People Disabled by Mental Illness
Attention: Health, political, and legal writers and editors Media contact: Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley School of Law, 510.642.6936, mailto:sgluss@law.berkeley.edu What: The media frenzy that recently surrounded the involuntary psychiatric commitment […]
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 […]
International Outsourcing of the Legal Profession
Attention: legal and business writers and editors Media contact: Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley School of Law, 510.642.6936, mailto:sgluss@law.berkeley.edu What: A one-day conference, “International Outsourcing of the Legal Profession,” will examine […]
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 […]
Conference on the law and business of online advertising
Attention: Technology, business and legal writers and editors Media contact: Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley, School of Law, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu What: A one-day conference, “The Law and Business of Online Advertising,” […]
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 […]
Workshop on anti-corruption regulations
Attention: Business and law reporters and editors Media contact: Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley School of Law, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu What: “FCPA Workshop: Enforcement and Outcomes,” a program on the enforcement of […]
Conference on intellectual property, patent law, and entrepreneurship
Attention: Business, law, and technology writers and editors Media contact: Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley, School of Law, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu What: “IP and Entrepreneurship,” a two-day symposium on the role of […]
Criminalization of Poverty
Attention: News desks Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu What: “Whose Poverty? Whose Crime? Unlocking the Criminalization of Poverty,” a two-day […]
Conference on redrafting human rights law
Attention: News desks Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu What: “Drafting the Future of Human Rights,” a conference to launch the […]
A lecture by Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization
Attention: reporters and editors covering business, economics, and world trade Media contact: Susan Gluss, UC Berkeley School of Law, 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.eduWhat: A lecture by Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization […]
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 […]
Supreme Court to Hear Case Charging Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection
Contact: Susan Gluss, Berkeley Law School, 510.642-6936 / 510.705.3366 (cell) sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Professor Elisabeth Semel of Berkeley Law School’s Death Penalty Clinic available to explain potential impact of case on legal […]
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 […]
Climate Change Symposium for Public Lands
Contact: Roy Stearns, State Parks, 916.654-7538/799.1036 rstea@parks.ca.govSusan Gluss, media relations director, 510.642.6936 sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Not Open to Public – Reporters Invited to attend all Sessions Over the next several years, decisions […]
Conference on the Reclaiming and Reframing the Dialogue on Race and Racism
Attention: Higher education and civil rights reporters Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu WHAT: “Reclaiming and Reframing the Dialogue on Race […]
Conference on California’s Universal Health Care Proposal
Attention: Higher education, health care and political reporters Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu WHAT: “California’s Proposed Health Care Reform,” a […]
“Juvenile Justice Reform: Forty Years After Gault,” a two-day conference at the UC Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall) that will address important and timely topics involving youth and crime.
Attention: Higher education, courts and police reporters Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Janet Gilmore, UC Berkeley Public Affairs, 510.642.6936, jangilmore@berkeley.edu […]
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 […]
Release of A Vision Fulfilled? The Impact of Proposition 209 on Equal Opportunity for Women Business Enterprises
Attention: reporters and editors covering affirmative action, civil rights, gender and the law Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu WHAT: Release […]
Trailblazers in Justice Gala
Attention: reporters and editors covering civil rights, education, gender and the law Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law 510.642.6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu WHAT: Trailblazers in […]
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 […]
Back to the Drawing Board on School Integration
Attention: Supreme Court and Education Reporters Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, UC Berkeley School of Law 510.642.6936 or sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA —June 28, 2007. The United States Supreme Court […]
Resale Price Maintenance Comes Out of the Kloset
Attention: Supreme Court and Education Reporters Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, UC Berkeley School of Law 510.642.6936 or sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley , CA —June 28, 2007. The United States […]
Professor Elisabeth Semel’s Analysis of Panetti v. Quarterman
Attention: Supreme Court and Education Reporters Contact: Susan Gluss, media relations director, UC Berkeley School of Law 510.642.6936 or sgluss@law.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA —June 28, 2007. A divided Supreme Court today […]
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 […]