Professor Alan Auerbach is among four recipients of the American Economics Association Distinguished Fellow Award this year, given to top economists in the U.S. and Canada. President of the Western […]
World-Class Economist
National Student Honor
Shao Zhao ’23 is this year’s Minority Corporate Counsel Association Robert Half Legal Scholar, receiving $10,000 for tuition. The program buoys diverse student leaders who are interested in corporate law […]
High-Energy Production
The Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, a driving force of our top-ranked environmental law program, has released its 2021 CLEE Snapshot. It tracks the center’s prodigious work on climate, water, oceans, and land […]
Spring Into Our Mag
The spring issue of Berkeley Law’s magazine, Transcript, has been sent to alumni and friends worldwide. Our cover story tracks the dogged work of clinic and center leaders who steered seven new bills that will help vulnerable Californians. […]
Black Americans & Law
The law library has released Black Americans and the Law, a timeline that shows how U.S. jurisprudence and law have impacted the lives of Black Americans for 400-plus years. The timeline […]
In Their Own Words
Made almost entirely from clips created by newly admitted and current students, this year’s Admit Week Experience video celebrates the inspirations, challenges, and aspirations of the unabashedly authentic individuals who […]
Et tu, Brute?
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky kept up his annual custom of presenting legal arguments at the heart of a Shakespeare classic. On March 9, he played the role of prosecutor, arguing that Brutus’ acts […]
New International Posts
Our Human Rights Center leaders have been appointed to key global posts. Faculty Director Eric Stover joined the International Commission on Missing Persons’ Panel of Experts, which tackles issues of […]
Race and the Law
On March 4, the Berkeley Law Conversations series addressing race and the law continued with a panel on race and the legal profession. Moderated by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, the event […]
Tracking Plessy’s Impact
Professor john a. powell probes the legacy of the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, which upheld racial segregation as constitutional in 1896 under the separate but equal doctrine, in a […]