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Native American Law Students Association

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Faculty Scholarship & Writings

Colleen V. Chien: Racial Justice Act Tool

Dylan Penningroth: Before the Movement

Abhay Aneja: The Costs of Employment Segregation

Kathryn Abrams: Movement Storytelling and the Transformation of the Dreamer Narrative

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Student Journals & Voices

Insia Zaidi ’24: California’s Fight for Diversity in a Non-Affirmative Action Era

Brains of Berkeley Law: Sewit Beraki ’24

Latine Journal of Law & Policy

Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy

Event Spotlights

Student Groups Forge Productive Partnerships for Diversity Placements

Race and Tech Symposium Explores Intersection of Rights, Innovation, and Digital Equity

California Racial Justice Act Symposium

California Law Review/Civil Justice Research Initiative Symposium: Excessive Police Use of Force

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Conversations

‘Voices Carry’: Professor Osagie K. Obasogie’s ‘Legacies of Eugenics’ Project

‘More Just’: Tracking the Diversity of Federal Judicial Clerks Audio

Purvi Shah ’06 on Moments of Beauty as a Civil Rights Lawyer Audio

Nazune Menka on Creating the ‘Decolonizing UC Berkeley’ Course Audio

Fellowships, Faculty & Curricular Highlights

Faculty Approves Race and Law Course Requirement

‘Berkeley Model’ for Combating Antisemitism on College Campuses Finds a National Audience

Thelton E. Henderson Racial Justice Fellowship

Race and Law Certificate

Featured Stories

In His New Book, Professor David B. Oppenheimer Tracks the Rich History of Diversity in Western Thought
His research shows how diversity’s values have long been widely embraced by leaders in the military, business, education, and the law, and how it has benefited organizations and society.
Steve Zieff ’78 and Elaine Leitner Fund ‘Premier’ Postgrad Public Interest Fellowship
The gift establishes the Zieff-Leitner Public Interest Fellowship, which will allow a graduating 3L student to spend their first year in practice with a nonprofit organization — at a starting salary of $80,000, significantly more than existing fellowships.
Pioneering Center for the Study of Law and Society Still Blazing New Trails to Show How Law Operates in the Real World
The first university-based center for sociolegal research marked its 65th anniversary with an engaging conference addressing criminal justice, inequality, democracy and civil society, and lessons for and from the legal profession.
Building a Ripple Effect: Novel Immigration Liberation Practicum Helps Immigrants in Federal Detention
Stood up on a quick timetable, the project fits perfectly into the Criminal Law & Justice Center’s work at the intersection of immigration detention and the criminal justice system.
Meaningful Mentorship: 3L Johnsenia Brooks’ New Nonprofit Helps Pave a Path Both to and Through Law School
JD Genesis recently held a daylong retreat for its inaugural fellows, providing practical insights on the admissions process, shopping and paying for law school, career pathways, wellness and mental health, and more.

In the News

Berkeley Talks: The Page Act and the making of racialized US immigration control
Topics: Racial Justice Topic, Social Justice and Public Interest Topic
Professor Leti Volpp joins a panel of UC Berkeley experts to unpack how the Page Act helped institutionalize racially targeted exclusion and gendered surveillance at the border, and how it laid the groundwork for the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act and later immigration laws.
Leaders in Criminal Law, Racial Justice and Business Law
Topics: Business/Corporate Law Topic, Criminal Law Topic, Racial Justice Topic
Berkeley Law receives an A+ in the areas of Criminal Law, Racial Justice an Business Law in the Fall issue of preLaw Magazine.
CAN INFORMED CONSENT SOLVE AI BIAS?
Topics: Racial Justice Topic
Professor Khiara Bridges’ article Race in the Machine: Racial Disparities in Health and Medical AI is reviewed.
Driven by Race: Chicago’s persistent problem of Black and white traffic stops
Topics: Racial Justice Topic
Professor David Hausman discusses a study he co-authored with Dorothy Kronick titled “The Illusory End of Stop and Frisk in Chicago?.”

Alumni in Action

Alum’s Award-Winning Documentary on Huey Newtown’s Trial Comes to PBS

From the Fields to the Federal Bench: Ana de Alba ’07

Four Thriving Alums Reflect on the Impact of Their Experience With Law Students of African Descent

Unconventional Advice: California Consumer Protection Leader Cloey Hewlett ’79 Holds Court

Get Involved With Centers, Clinics & Pro Bono

Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice

Our Clinics

Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies

Student-Led Pro Bono Projects

Trailblazers

Black at Berkeley Law: Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future

Annie Coker ’29: Berkeley Law’s First Black Woman Graduate

Legendary Activist Pauli Murray LL.M. ’45

The Legacy of John Robinson Wilkins, Berkeley Law’s First Black Professor

Social Justice Champion: Judge Thelton Henderson ’62

A Trailblazing Legacy: Justice Cruz Reynoso ’58

Native American Scholar and Activist: Joseph Myers ’75

Other Campus Resources

Othering & Belonging Institute

Center for Race & Gender

Timeline: Black Americans and the Law

UC Berkeley Center for Jewish Studies: Antisemitism Education

UC Berkeley Racial Justice in America Series

Graduate Division Anti-Racism Initiatives

Berkeley Diversity: Becoming an Anti-Racist Campus

Division of Student Affairs: Black Lives Matter