Events

Upcoming Events

If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) to fully participate in this event, please contact Justin Tri Do at jtrido@law.berkeley.edu with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7 business days in advance of the event.


Introducing the Climate Judiciary Project

Friday
May 3
12:00 pm (PT)

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Location: Zoom
With Denise Neary &  Rebecca A. Duncan 

Are you noticing more cases involving issues of climate science on the court docket?

To explore this growing caseload and the issues of science and law those cases raise, Berkeley Judicial Institute will talk to Oregon Supreme Court Justice Rebecca A. Duncan and to professionals from the Environmental Law Institute’s Climate Judiciary Project (CJP). CJP’s Helene Krasnoff will moderate the discussion, which will also feature her colleagues John Doherty and Jarryd Page.

2023 – 2024 Law and Literature

Friday
May 17
12:00 pm (PT)

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Session 6: Robert Bolt | A Man for All Seasons
Location:
 Zoom
Speaker(s): Dr. Julie Empric

Using great works as text, these programs provide participants the opportunity to reflect on how literature provides insight into contemporary issues. All are welcome to register to participate; we ask those participating to be prepared to discuss the readings during out time together.

Aspirational Judging

Friday
May 31
12:00 pm (PT)

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Location: Zoom
Speaker(s): Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.), BJI; Justice Adele Kent (ret.), Ann Ravel, Berkeley Law; Chief Justice Monica Soto

Please join Berkeley Judicial Institute as we consider the significance and impact of judges having explicit recognition of aspirational values. Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) will moderate the conversation; he’ll be joined by Justice Adele Kent (ret.) Ann Ravel, and Chief Justice Monica Soto. How is the work of judging influenced by those aspirational ideas?

Judges Talking 2024

Monday
June 17
12:00 pm (PT)

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Location: Zoom
With Denise Neary & Michele Statz
EXCLUSIVELY FOR JUDGES

Imagine what good things could happen if more judges just talked to each other? 
 
Please join Berkeley Judicial InstituteDenise Neary, and Michele Statz for an informal, freewheeling discussion for judges about all things judging.

The Judge As Chambers Manager: In the Moment Responses to Likely Scenarios

Friday
June 14
12:00 pm (PT)

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Location: Zoom
Speaker(s): Jonathan Segal & Chief Judge Pamela Pepper

Judges often describe their chambers as a family. The family feel may be strong and so are EDR protections that apply to employees.  Issues of a legal and/or sensitive nature inevitably will arise in chambers. What the judge says, or does not say, in the moment, may affect the chambers’ culture and relationships beyond the discrete issue.

Promoting Hope and Opportunity in the Justice System: Mama Love and the Gemma Project

Friday
June 28
12:00 pm (PT)

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Location: Zoom
Speaker(s): Lara Love Hardin; Cynthia Chase & Judge Laurel Beeler

Please join Berkeley Judicial Institute and Moderator Judge Laurel Beeler for what promises to be an uplifting discussion.  Lara Love Hardin will talk about her compelling and best-selling memoir, The Many Lives of Mama Love.  Ms. Hardin and Cynthia Chase will talk about The Gemma Project.  Please let us know your questions!

Judges and the Press: Why Access Matters

Friday
July 12
12:00 pm (PT)

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Location: Zoom
Speaker(s): Carrie Johnson, NPR; Judge Joshua Wolson, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; James McLaughlin, Washington Post; & Jodi Munn Schebel, Bowman and Brooke

Join Berkeley Judicial Institute and NPR’s Carrie Johnson as we talk to Judge Joshua Wolson, Washington Post’s James McLaughlin and Bowman and Brooke’s Jodi Munn Schebel about how media access issues play out in the courts. What are the competing concerns? 

The Mystery of the Jury

Friday
August 2
12:00 pm (PT)

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Location: Zoom
Speaker(s):District Judge Marcia Krieger, D. Colo.; Professor Valerie Hans, Cornell; Professor Nancy Marder, Chicago-Kent Law; Judge Robert Lasnik, W.D. Wash.; and Judge Pamela Gates, Arizona Maricopa County Superior Court

Join Berkeley Judicial Institute and Moderator District Judge Marcia Krieger (D. Colo.), Professor Valerie Hans (Cornell), Professor Nancy Marder (Chicago-Kent Law), Judge Robert Lasnik (W.D. Wash.), and Judge Pamela Gates (Maricopa County Superior Court, Arizona) as we consider: the historical and current roles and importance of the American jury; how jurors work and jurors’ perspective on the critical points in a trial; and how jurors view the judicial process.

Judges Talking 2024

Friday
August 30
12:00 pm (PT)

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Location: Zoom
With Denise Neary & Michele Statz
EXCLUSIVELY FOR JUDGES

Imagine what good things could happen if more judges just talked to each other? 
 
Please join Berkeley Judicial InstituteDenise Neary, and Michele Statz for an informal, freewheeling discussion for judges about all things judging.

Judges Talking 2024

Friday
November 1
12:00 pm (PT)

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Location: Zoom
With Denise Neary & Michele Statz
EXCLUSIVELY FOR JUDGES

Imagine what good things could happen if more judges just talked to each other? 
 
Please join Berkeley Judicial InstituteDenise Neary, and Michele Statz for an informal, freewheeling discussion for judges about all things judging.

Judges Talking 2024

Friday
December 13
12:00 pm (PT)

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Location: Zoom
With Denise Neary & Michele Statz
EXCLUSIVELY FOR JUDGES

Imagine what good things could happen if more judges just talked to each other? 
 
Please join Berkeley Judicial InstituteDenise Neary, and Michele Statz for an informal, freewheeling discussion for judges about all things judging.

If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) to fully participate in this event, please contact Justin Tri Do at jtrido@law.berkeley.edu with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7 business days in advance of the event.


 

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