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
J.S.D. Students Receive Robbins Fellowship
(11/09/2021)From Sinai to Ethiopia, and Back to Israel
(05/04/2020)Symposium Explores Legacy of Judge John T. Noonan
(11/25/2019)Lecture: Jewish Law and the #MeToo Movement
(03/25/2019)The 2019 Robbins Collection Lecture on Canon Law
(03/01/2019)Current Legal Issues in Taiwan and the United States
(10/12/2018)Habeas Corpus in Wartime
(09/15/2018)Workshop: Customary Law Today
(05/18/2017)Reconciling Islamic and European Civil Laws
(04/06/2017)