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: Laura Velázquez Arroyo
The Robbins Collection welcomed Dr. Laura Velázquez Arroyo in October 2022 for her research fellowship. Dr. Velázquez Arroyo is a researcher in Roman Law, Civil Law, and the Law of Antiquity and Philosophy at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City. She is also the coordinator of the research areas of Roman law, […]Robbins Fellow Spotlight: David De Concilio
Among the innumerable disruptions of recent years the COVID-19 pandemic upended David De Concilio’s initial plan to use his Robbins Collection Fellowship to complete his thesis. Instead, De Concilio was awarded his joint PhD through the University of St. Andrews, Scotland and the Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy before his visit to UC Berkeley. […]
UPCOMING RESEARCH EVENTS
PAST RESEARCH EVENTS
Upcoming: 2023 Robbins Lecture in Jewish Law, Thought, and Identity
(02/02/2023)Upcoming Conference, Courts and Social Changes: Comparative Perspectives in Ibero-American and Asian Legal Systems
(10/28/2022)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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