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  • Fogel on judiciary threats

    UC Berkeley Law, Berkeley Judicial Institute Executive Director Judge Jeremy Fogel joins Legal Face-Off to discuss the latest on judiciary threats around the country.

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    Three judges, three scandals and new scrutiny of judicial accountability

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    “When judges act badly, even in their private lives, it reflects badly on everyone else,” said Jeremy Fogel, a retired judge who now leads the Berkeley Judicial Institute, which works to promote an ethical and independent judiciary. “The focus in all three of these cases has to be the larger reputation of the judiciary and not just these three individual people.”

     

  • The “Civility” Problem for Judges

    Judge Jeremey Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute joins Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick to discuss threats against American judges.

  • law.com

    The Judges Are Talking. Will Anyone Listen?

    Judge Jeremy Fogel, executive director Berkeley Judicial Institute, discusses a new ethics advisory opinion which permits sitting federal judges to speak openly about threats against the judiciary and address “persecution.”

  • law.com

    What Was Behind a Spike in Judicial Misconduct Complaints Last Year?

    “It’s more common for public officials to say things about judges that go beyond respectful disagreement with a decision,” said former U.S. district judge Jeremy Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute. “They tend to be more personal in nature,” added Fogel, who served in the Northern District of California. “I don’t think that the court system is perfect by any means… but I think the uptick in misconduct complaints, that is sort of an environmental result of people criticizing the courts more in the public sphere.”

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Friday, August 20, 2026, 11:00 am (PT)
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Casework
The Art of Judging: Lessons from the creative bench
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Extreme Heat — what it is, what it does, and how it matters in Court

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Speaker(s): Dr. Ashley Ward, Nicholas Institute, Duke

Dr. Ashley Ward will examine the scientific realities of extreme heat and the misconceptions that can influence evidence, testimony, and judicial reasoning. 

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