Professor Robert Cooter, a pioneer in the field of law and economics and a mainstay of UC Berkeley Law’s faculty for over 40 years, passed away on Sept. 8. The […]
Remembering Professor Robert Cooter, a Law and Economics Titan
New Student-Led Project: Freedom of Information Advocates
Freedom of Information Advocates (FOIA) is a new offering among UC Berkeley Law’s 41 Student-Initiated Legal Services Projects. The group will help students gain practical skills and knowledge related to […]
Four Students Cap Summer Work as National Public Interest Fellows
Four UC Berkeley Law 3Ls who received coveted Justice John Paul Stevens Fellowships recently finished their funded summer work in otherwise unpaid public interest law internships, providing essential services and […]
UC Berkeley Law Leader Recognized Among World’s Top IP Strategists
Wayne Stacy, executive director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and a leading expert on patent law and intellectual property (IP) litigation for over two decades, has been […]
Advising DOJ on Combating Antisemitism in Higher Education
The U.S. Department of Justice has retained Steven Davidoff Solomon, Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of Law, as an expert legal adviser to its Task Force to Combat […]
New Database on Police Use of Force and Misconduct in California
Our Criminal Law & Justice Center helped launch the California Police Records Access Project, a new database containing information about use of force and misconduct by California law enforcement officers. […]
Tracking California’s Compelling Legal History
David Carrillo (J.D. ’95, LL.M. ’07, J.S.D. ’11), executive director of UC Berkeley Law’s California Constitution Center, will become editor-in-chief of California Legal History in 2026. The annual journal publishes […]
Rewarding Moment for Recent UC Berkeley Law Student Co-President
Former UC Berkeley Law student body co-president and Commencement Service Prize winner Kendrick Peterson ’24 was featured by The Appellate Project (TAP) about his path to becoming this year’s first […]
Feeding Frenzy: Honors Roll in for Alum’s Book on U.S. Food Policy
Andrea Freeman ’06 won a James Beard Media Award and a Los Angeles Times Book Award for Ruin Their Crops on the Ground, which probes United States food policy and […]
LL.M. Grad Credits UC Berkeley Law Program for Career Climb
Rita Powolot LL.M. ’21 is featured in International Jurist regarding the impact of an LL.M. degree. Working in Germany with automotive supplier Bosch when she enrolled in our executive track […]