Events

Upcoming Events

December 5, 2025

A Convening on Science, Democracy, and the Environment: Developing a Community of Practice for Strategy and Action

Cosponsored by the Edley Center on Law & Democracy and the Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment

Guest Speakers

Wade Crowfoot, Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency

Martha Guzman Aceves, Former Regional Administrator, US EPA Region 9

Liane Randolph, Former Chair, California Air Resources Board

November 20, 2025

Good Government Jobs: The Importance to Democracy of Protecting and Supporting a Nonpartisan Civil Service

Sponsored by the Edley Center on Law & Democracy

Guest Speaker

Catherine Fisk, Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Professor of Law, Berkeley Law

November 7, 2025

A Fireside Chat on ‘Presidential Power under Donald Trump’ featuring Dan Farber and Sharon Jacobs

Sponsored by the Edley Center on Law & Democracy

Guest Speakers

Dan Farber, Sho Sato Professor of Law at Berkeley Law, Faculty Director of the Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment, and Co-Director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy

Sharon Jacobs, Professor of Law, Berkeley Law

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Open full sized image of Professors Sharon Jacobs and Dan Farber sit in chairs in front of a screen during the event: A Fireside Chat on Presidential Power under Donald Trump. Open full sized image of Professors Sharon Jacobs and Dan Farber sit in chairs in front of a screen during the event: A Fireside Chat on Presidential Power under Donald Trump.

November 3, 2025

Democracy Redrawn: Prop 50 and Representation in the Age of Nationwide Redistricting

Sponsored by the Edley Center on Law & Democracy, the Political and Election Empowerment Project, and the Student Association at Berkeley Law

Guest Speakers

Emily Rong Zhang, Assistant Professor of Law, Berkeley Law

David A. Carillo, Lecturer in Residence, Berkeley Law, and Executive Director of the California Constitution Center

Larry Norden, Lecturer at Berkeley Law, Democracy Policy Fellow at Goldman School of Public Policy, and VP of Elections & Government at Brennan Center for Justice

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The event was not recorded.

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October 23, 2025

American Agitators

Cosponsored by Chicanx Latinx Studies, Edley Center on Law & Democracy, UC Berkeley Labor Center, Center for Law and Work, and Ethnic Studies

Guest Speakers

Maria Echaveste, President, Opportunity Institute

Giev Kashkooli, Senior Counsel to the President, UFW

Raymond Telles, Director & Producer, American Agitators

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Open full sized image of Stacks of the book Axioms & Lessons for Organizers by Fred Ross, Sr. and Jr. on a table with a blue and white tablecloth. The books are for the screening of the film American Agitators. Open full sized image of A large white poster for the film American Agitators on a stand in front of the open door where the screening will be held. In the room to the right, a person in dark pants wearing a backpack is leaning over the registration table, while another person stands next to them. Behind the registration table is a large window with a bear statue in front of it. Open full sized image of Maria Echaveste stands in Booth Auditorium behind a tall wooden podium while speaking at the screening for the film American Agitators. Open full sized image of Raymond Telles, Giev Kashkooli, and Maria Echaveste are seated at a table with a blue tablecloth and microphones in the front of Booth Auditorium. Raymond Telles is speaking to the attendees of the screening of the film American Agitators. Open full sized image of Raymond Telles, Giev Kashkooli, and Maria Echaveste are seated at a table with a blue tablecloth and microphones at the front of Booth Auditorium for the screening of the film American Agitators. Giev Kashkooli is speaking to the audience. Open full sized image of Raymond Telles, Giev Kashkooli, and Maria Echaveste are seated at a table with a blue tablecloth and microphones in the front of Booth Auditorium. Behind them is a large projector screen and in front of them are rows of people. Giev Kashkooli has his right arm raised in the air and is speaking to the attendees of the screening of the film American Agitators.

September 25, 2025

Tech Policy for a Just Future: AI, Racial Equality, and Democracy

Cosponsored with the Goldman School of Public Policy

Guest Speakers

Spencer Overton, Professor of Law at George Washington University

Lawrence Norden, VP of Elections & Government at Brennan Center for Justice

Catherine E. Lhamon, Executive Director of Edley Center on Law & Democracy

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Spring 2025 Speaker Series: The Trump Administration and the Law

This speaker series covered a range of topics over the course of the semester, including the environment, immigration, and more.

February 10, 2025

The Trump Administration and Immigration

Guest Speakers

Davis Hausman

Leti Volpp

January 27, 2025

The Trump Administration and the Environment

Guest Speakers

Eric Biber

Holly Doremus

Dan Farber

Sharon Jacobs

Fall 2024 Speaker Series: Democracy at Risk

Americans have long taken for granted a baseline level of democracy and the rule of law. We have often fallen short of fully realizing those ideals, but for most of the past century there were few worries that the country might fall into authoritarian rule. Today, many worry that we have entered an era of democratic backsliding. The 2024 election heightens those fears for many, but the problems facing our democracy are more deeply rooted. This speaker series addressed those fears and considered possible responses.

September 19, 2024

Introductory Session: The State of American Democracy

Guest Speakers

Eric Schickler, Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley, Jeffrey & Ashley McDermott Endowed Chair

David Grewal, Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law

Jonathan Gould, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley School of Law

September 26, 2024

Democracy, the Press, and Social Media

Guest Speakers

Pam Samuelson, Professor of Law and Information at UC Berkeley School of Law

Jonathan Glater, Professor at UC Berkeley School of Law

David Barstow, Reva and David Logan Distinguished Chair in Investigative Journalism at UC Berkeley School of Journalism

October 10, 2024

Democracy, Elections, and the Courts

Guest Speakers

Emily Zhang, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley School of Law

Orin Kerr, Professor at UC Berkeley School of Law, William G. Simon Professor of Law

Jacob Grumbach, Associate professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley

October 17, 2024

Presidential Power and Democracy

Guest Speakers

Dan Farber, Sho Sato Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law

Sharon Jacobs, Professor at UC Berkeley School of Law

John Yoo, Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law

October 31, 2024

Democracy and Judicial Power

Guest Speakers

Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law, Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law

Goodwin Liu, Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court

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