Spotlights

A New York Times editorial on punitive court fees and fines charged to juveniles, many of whom come from poor families, hails a report by Berkeley Law’s Policy Advocacy Clinic. The report exposed these […]

During World War II, four Japanese Americans fought the internment of 100,000 residents in a case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Of them, only Mitsuye Endo hasn’t received a Presidential […]

A new paper by the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice outlines the punitive effects of Welfare Family Caps. These policies limit cash aid for babies born into families already […]

Berkeley Law’s extraordinary new class of first-year students includes Zachariah Oquenda ’19, a Truman Scholar and former homeless teen. In a new article, Oquenda describes the struggles his family endured […]

When fielding requests for data stored outside the country, should U.S. cloud companies face a heavier compliance burden than their foreign counterparts? Paul Schwartz says no. His new article notes the perils of […]

Robert Bartlett and Justin McCrary counter a common theory of stock market abuse that high-speed traders are gouging investors, as touted in Michael Lewis’ bestseller Flash Boys. Their new study […]

Thanks to Allen Huang ’15 and Leon Kotlyar ’15, Veterans Law Practicum client Albert Suarez will receive full medical benefits retroactive to 2007. The VA had denied Suarez benefits for […]

Berkeley Law’s Arlene Mayerson ’77 will receive the ABA’s Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights. Directing attorney at the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund since 1981, she has […]

Professor Jonathan Simon has received an honorary doctorate degree from the Université catholique de Louvain. The award recognizes Simon’s storied career as an analyst of the role of crime and […]

Victors in a long legal battle, Donahue Fitzgerald partners Andrew MacKay ’98 and Daniel Schacht ’08 have freed the world’s most-played song, “Happy Birthday to You,” from copyright. Warner/Chappell Music, […]