By sponsoring conferences, workshops, and visiting fellows, the Robbins Collection fosters international partnerships with leading institutions to promote legal research in the civil law tradition and contemporary legal issues.
NEW IN PUBLISHED RESEARCH
Robbins Fellow Spotlight: Dimitris Stamatopoulos
Senior Robbins Research Fellow Dimitris Stamatopoulos arrived at Berkeley Law in April 2022 to begin his fellowship. Stamatopoulos is a Professor of Balkan and Late Ottoman History at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece. He will focus his time at the Robbins Collection on his monograph elucidating the powerful position of national Orthodox Churches […]Interview: Away Field Placement Program, Spring 2022
Berkeley Law’s Away Field Placement Program grants J.D. students academic credit for legal work performed for a non-profit or government agency outside the Bay Area. The Robbins Collection provides financial support for students working in a country, region, or city outside the U.S. that is characterized by civil or religious law traditions and institutions. In Spring 22022 […]
UPCOMING RESEARCH EVENTS
PAST RESEARCH EVENTS
Robbins Collection Co-hosts “Gendered Islamophobia” Event
(03/18/2022)Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi Presents 2022 Robbins Collection Lecture in Jewish Law
(03/16/2022)“Reimagining Diversity and Jewish Belonging,” the 2022 Robbins Collection Lecture in Jewish Law, Thought, and Identity
(02/08/2022)J.S.D. Students Receive Robbins Fellowship
(11/09/2021)“Jewish Law for the Digital Age” Lecture Re-imagines Privacy Rights
(04/14/2021)Upcoming Robbins Collection Lecture in Jewish Law, Thought, and Identity
(02/22/2021)From Sinai to Ethiopia, and Back to Israel
(05/04/2020)POSTPONED: 60 Years of Chinese Legal Reform: A Berkeley Perspective
(02/25/2020)Upcoming Robbins Collection Annual Lecture: From Sinai to Ethiopia, and Back to Israel
(12/09/2019)Symposium Explores Legacy of Judge John T. Noonan
(11/25/2019)Judge and Scholar: Perspectives on the Intellectual Legacy of John T. Noonan
(08/05/2019)Lecture: Discretionary Referendums in Constitutional Amendment
(03/26/2019)Lecture: Jewish Law and the #MeToo Movement
(03/25/2019)Discretionary Referendums in Constitutional Amendment: A Comparative Perspective
(03/01/2019)The 2019 Robbins Collection Lecture on Canon Law
(03/01/2019)Lecture: How the Church Can Overcome the Sexual Abuse Crisis
(02/12/2019)Robbins Collection Annual Lecture in Jewish Law, Thought, and Identity
(02/12/2019)Conference: Habeas Corpus and the Constitution in Wartime
(12/14/2018)Conference: Comparative Legal Issues in Taiwan and the United States
(11/28/2018)Current Legal Issues in Taiwan and the United States
(10/12/2018)Habeas Corpus in Wartime
(09/15/2018)Conference: Reconciling Islamic and European Civil Laws
(04/20/2018)Symposium: Judicial Independence and Accountability in Latin America
(01/04/2018)Judicial Independence and Accountability in Latin America
(12/09/2017)Conference: Current Legal Issues in Taiwan and the United States
(11/14/2017)Workshop: Customary Law Today
(05/18/2017)Reconciling Islamic and European Civil Laws
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