About Us | Berkeley Law

Mission Statement

The Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law (hereafter, “Center”) is a group of scholars, activists, anti-discrimination/equality body legal professionals and private lawyers from six continents working together to address the problem of discrimination and inequality.

Founded in 2011 by a handful of European and Berkeley Law scholars, the group has expanded to
include nearly 600 members on every continent but Antarctica.

Our Goals

To facilitate the study of comparative equality between scholars, activists, and advocates around the globe;
To nurture the work of emerging scholars and activists, and the work of scholars and activists
from underrepresented groups and developing countries;
To connect the work of global legal scholars and anti-discrimination/equality body workers in
enforcing anti-discrimination law;
To serve as a multinational virtual think tank on comparative equality and anti-discrimination
law, seeking innovative approaches to the problem of inequality;
To host and to mentor visiting legal scholars at Berkeley Law and other host/participant
universities;
To publish papers and books on comparative anti-discrimination law, sharing this information
with other scholars, and with legislators, equality bodies, litigators, and jurists.
To encourage collaboration with scholars and legal practitioners working in different legal
systems.

Participating and Influencing Issues of the Day

The Center has issue-focused working groups on important current topics, including Sexual Harassment/Violence; Pay Equity/Fairness; Disability Rights; Equality Rights of Climate Refugees; and Age Discrimination.

Where We Are

Universities

Anadolu University, Turkey
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Berkeley Law
Brescia University
Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
Charles University, Czech Republic
Colombia Law School
Deakin University, Australia
European University Institute, Florence
Fordham University
Hanyang University School of Law, Korea
Harvard University
Humboldt University, Berlin
Indian Institute of Public Administration, India
Instituto de Derecho Comparado Franco-Argentino
International University College of Turin, Italy
Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
Istanbul University, Turkey
Kabarak University, Kenya
Keio University, Japan
King’s College London
Kwangshin University, Korea
London School of Economics, England
Loyola Law School
Lund University, Sweden
Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Masaryk University-Brno, Czech Republic
Melbourne Law School, Australia
Monash University, Australia
National University of Ireland Galway
National University of Lviv, Ukraine
New York University
NOVA Southeastern University
Pace Law School
Paris Nanterre University, France
Sciences-Po Paris, France
Seikei University of Tokyo, Japan
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Stanford Law School
Stockholm University, Sweden
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Temple University
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta (LUMSA), Rome
The University of Dublin, Ireland
The University of Hong Kong
The University of Newcastle, Australia
The University of Southern Queensland
Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
Universidad Nebrija, Spain
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain
Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
University College London, England
University of Akron
University of Alcala, Spain
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
University of Bergamo, Italy
University of Bologna, Italy
University of Bristol, UK
University of Brussels (ULB), Belgium
University of California, Irvine
University of Canterbury
University of Cape Town, South Africa
University of El Salvador, Argentina
University of Florence, Italy
University of Florida
University of Hasselt, Belgium
University of Hawaii
University of Iceland
University of Illinois Springfield
University of Iowa
University of Leeds, England
University of Leicester, England
University of Lund, Sweden
University of Michigan
University of Milano, Italy
University of Minnesota
University of New South Whales, Sydney
University of Oslo, Norway
University of Oxford
University of Paris I (Sorbonne-Pantheon)
University of Southern California, Gould School of Law
University of Sydney
University of Technology Sydney
University of the Basque Country, Spain
University of Toronto, Canada
University of Trento, Italy
University of Valencia, Spain
University of York
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Virginia Polytech Institute and State University
West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, India
Willamette University
Yale Law School
Yeshiva University

Others of us can be found at government organizations, including the French and German anti-discrimination agencies, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Fair Employment and Housing Council, the European Commission, the United Nations and NGO’s, including the Open Society Justice Initiative.