Spotlights

Two major foundations have awarded grants to Authors Alliance, a nonprofit formed last year by Berkeley Law Professors Pamela Samuelson and Molly Van Houweling. The organization, which provides legal tools for authors to reclaim their copyrights from publishers, received $325,000 from the MacArthur Foundation and $30,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Authors Alliance membership […]

Raised in a world of drugs, violence, and trauma, three males went to prison before becoming adults—with sentences that could have kept them there for life. A new film, which chronicles their stories after being granted parole, was shown June 25 at Root & Rebound in Oakland. Director Tamara Perkins and some of the men in […]

The accomplished group of 125 lawyers who recently joined Berkeley Law’s Professional Track LL.M. program can now obtain a new Certificate of Specialization in Public Law & Regulation. The offering is designed for attorneys focusing on issues of governance, comparative law, and public interest. Required courses include Administrative Law, Policy and Leadership, and Constitutional Law, […]

A group of 20 top scholars from around the world joins the Center for the Study of Law & Society (CSLS) this summer. The visiting scholars will take part in the center’s weekly Summer 2015 Speaker Series, which begins June 3. The esteemed group includes noted authors, Fulbright Scholars, and a former European Society of Criminology […]

Professor Harry Scheiber has received the Academic Senate’s Berkeley Faculty Service Award for 2015. Each year, the award honors just two recipients who have significantly enhanced the campus as an educational institution and scholarly community. Scheiber has held many leadership roles in his 35 years on campus. A renowned legal historian and ocean law scholar, […]

The iconic Greek Theatre hosts Berkeley Law’s annual commencement ceremony on Friday, May 15. Preet Bharara, named one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” by Time magazine in 2012, will be the guest speaker. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Bharara has gained widespread praise for aggressively prosecuting […]

Law Professors Herma Hill Kay and Pamela Samuelson have been named advisers on major projects of the American Law Institute. Kay will work on the Restatement of the Law Third, Conflict of Laws; Samuelson will work on the Restatement of the Law, Copyright, joining Professor Molly Van Houweling who is one of the project’s associate […]

A conference on the legacy of the 1945 Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals took place on April 27-28 in Berkeley. Scholars discussed the legal precedents established by the trials, including the formation of a permanent international court. The event opened with the film “Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today” and closed with a lecture by […]

Jess Bravin ’97, The Wall Street Journal’s U.S. Supreme Court correspondent, will speak at Berkeley Law April 15 as part of the Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Bravin has received national awards for his coverage of the International Criminal Court, the legal response to 9/11, and the Supreme Court’s health care case. He has also written […]