November 10, 2022 – May 11, 2023
1:00pm (PT)
75 minutes
Virtual
Last May, Berkeley Judicial Institute debuted a three day virtual program for judges, Berkeley Law and the Judiciary (BLAJ).
The program introduced some of Berkeley Law’s talented faculty to judges all over the world.
We’re pleased to continue Berkeley Law and the Judiciary as a monthly virtual program, starting in November of 2022, and invite judges to participate.
Professor Andrew Bradt, one of Berkeley’s brightest stars, will moderate these conversations.
CLE Available
Our schedule:
Session 1: November 10, noon Pacific, with BJI Executive Director Jeremy Fogel talking to Professor Andrew Bradt about Personal Jurisdiction–Revolution or Devolution?
– Reading Material:
(1) The False Promise of General Jurisdiction
Session 2: December 15, noon Pacific, with Professor Tejas Narechania about Social Media at the Supreme Court: The Future of Section 230
– Reading Materials:
(2) Petition for Certiorari, Gonzalez v. Google
(3) Justice Thomas concurrence, Biden v. Knight
Session 3: January 12, noon Pacific, with Judge Jeremy Fogel on Mindfulness and Judging
– Resources:
(2) Mindfulness: additional resources
(3) The Greater Good Science Center
(4) Virginia Mindfulness Workshop
Session 4: February 9, 11:45 Pacific, with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky on Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism
– Reading Material:
(1) Worse Than Nothing, Chapter 1
Session 5: March 9, one Pacific, with Professor Emily Rong Zhang on Current Developments in Voting Rights and Election Law
– Reading Material:
(1) Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
(The Syllabus is sufficient background for the program. For those seeking to delve into the Court’s reasoning, pages 13-19 of the majority opinion (Section III (A), (B), & (C)(1)) announce the new legal standard for Section 2 time, places, and manner voting claims, and pages 12-29 of the dissent (Section II (A) & (B)) articulate the dissent’s main points of disagreement with the majority.)
(2) When are majority-Black voting districts required? – SCOTUSblog
Session 6: April 13, one Pacific, with Professor Andrea Roth about Current Developments in Forensic Evidence.
– Reading Material:
(2) Emerging Issues in Forensic Evidence BJI PowerPoint
Session 7: May 11, one Pacific, with Professor Sharon Jacobs about Judging Energy Law.
– Reading Materials:
(2) Rossi and Hutton Judge Cudahy and the Deference Tension in United States Energy Law