Araceli Martínez-Olguín ’04 was confirmed as a U.S. District Judge in the Northern District of California. She had worked at the National Immigration Law Center since 2018, and also was a lawyer for three nonprofits and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. Born in Mexico City and a Princeton grad, she won […]
On to the Federal Bench
New Podcast Episodes
“Be the Change,” a podcast hosted by Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice Executive Director Savala Nolan ’11, just released the first of four new weekly episodes. Professor Khiara M. Bridges, Movement Law Lab Executive Director Purvi Shah ’06, and Environmental Law Clinic Supervising Attorney Nazune Menka will be guests. Nolan aims to “help […]
Pursuing Racial Justice
2L Alyssa Meurer received a National Lawyers Guild Haywood Burns Fellowship, one of just five people so honored. She will work this summer with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area’s racial justice team to boost housing rights, end police brutality, and empower communities affected by the criminal penal system. […]
Civil Rights Rumination
Judge Thelton E. Henderson ’62, a visiting professor and revered alum, provided remarks for the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division’s recent 65th anniversary celebration. He discussed his memorable experiences as the division’s first Black attorney in the early 1960s, including working with Martin Luther King Jr. and others to protect voting rights in […]
Mourning a Major Loss
Lauren Edelman ’86, a beloved Berkeley Law professor since 1996, passed away on Feb. 7. She held vital positions at the school, such as director of our Center for the Study of Law & Society and associate dean of Jurisprudence and Social Policy, and won many awards for her seminal scholarship on employment law issues. […]
Taking Care of Business
Irene Liu ’06 is our Executive Education Program’s first executive in residence. She will develop a webinar series on Berkeley Boosts, lead General Counsel Institute programs, and create other industry-focused thought leadership. The founder of Hypergrowth GC, Liu has successfully built and scaled tech companies to multi-billion dollar valuations through M&A deals, financings, and investments.
A Collaborative Impact
The East Bay Community Law Center, which trains over 100 Berkeley Law students each year in community lawyering and client-centered advocacy, serves low-income clients and advances justice in myriad ways. Its annual report describes broad work and policy wins in shielding youth from surveillance, protecting tenants and consumers, reforming civil assessments and immigration, and limiting […]
History Made in Oakland
Berkeley Law alum Janani Ramachandran ’20 was recently sworn in as Oakland’s new City Council member for District 4. She is the youngest person ever elected to the Council and its first South Asian. Recently, she served as a commissioner on the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs, and was a workers’ rights […]
Canceling Student Loans
Our Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice and a group of legal scholars that includes Dean Chemerinsky and Jonathan D. Glater filed amicus briefs opposing challenges to President Biden’s student debt cancellation plan. The center’s brief says the respondent states lack standing to contest the plan, and the scholars’ brief argues that the relevant statute […]
A New Art World Canvas
Our Berkeley Center for Law and Business recently launched Canvas, a newsletter on the art world and its intersections with law, finance, technology, and culture. An academic research hub to educate students and others interested in the field, Canvas’ debut issue included insights from Professors Pamela Samuelson and Peter Menell on a U.S. Supreme Court […]