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- “I’ve spent my legal career serving the public good, and working at UC Berkeley Law's new center strikes me as the most important way I could contribute in this time.” – Catherine E. Lhamon, Edley Center on Law & Democracy at UC Berkeley Law www.law.berkeley.edu/article/reno...
- Why does due process apply to everyone in the United States, not just citizens? In this episode of It’s the Law, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky breaks down how the Fifth and 14th Amendments guarantee basic procedural fairness to all people, not just U.S. citizens. youtube.com/shorts/VehfD...
- Amicus brief filed by the @ucbconsumerlaw.bsky.social, @tzedekdc.bsky.social, and the @thesbpc.bsky.social on Friday says: "The Administration Must be Stopped From Illegally Dismantling the CFPB" consumerlaw.berkeley.edu/news/42-lega...
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- Join @bji.bsky.social on Zoom today (Friday 5/9) at noon (PT) for a conversation with Judge Brett Alldredge (ret.) and @nyulaw.bsky.social Prof. @rachelbarkow.bsky.social about Barkow’s new book, Justice Abandoned www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...
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- "Lawyers, this is our time." #Opinion by Berkeley Law’s California Constitution Center executive director David A. Carrillo and senior research fellow Brandon V. Stracener. www.law.com/therecorder/...
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- As deputy director of the Southern Center for Human Rights and head of its Impact Litigation Unit, Atteeyah Hollie ’10 leads transformative legal work across Georgia -- and still makes time every year to speak to students in the Death Penalty Clinic. www.law.berkeley.edu/article/alum...
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- Former Clinic Standout Atteeyah Hollie ’10 Relishes Her Journey of Learning, Leading, and Giving Back www.law.berkeley.edu/article/alum...
- “…this is about the independence of the judiciary….” Berkeley Judicial Institute’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) spoke to @slate.com's @maryharris.bsky.social on the "What Next" podcast, Trump v. the Judiciary. slate.com/podcasts/wha...
- Prominent Guest List Highlights Berkeley’s Annual M&A Forum www.law.berkeley.edu/spotlight/be...
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- Center for Indigenous Law & Justice Names Merri Lopez-Keifer Its New Executive Director! www.law.berkeley.edu/article/cent...
- The Right Prescription: Al Malecha ’24 Turns Extensive Research Experience Into Intellectual Property Prowess www.law.berkeley.edu/article/al-m...
- Reposted by UC Berkeley LawThis stunning mural by famed Mexican artist Diego Rivera is now available to view in Doe Library. Rivera painted the mural during a trip to the Bay Area with his wife, fellow artist Frida Kahlo, in the early 1930s. The fresco joins a renowned collection of BAMPFA. news.berkeley.edu/2025/05/01/s...
- "Our constitutional democracy depends on an independent judiciary that enforces the law against all who violate it." #Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @latimes.com www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
- Prof. Claudia Polsky "is pursuing another approach to respond to federal actions: assembling a class-action lawsuit on behalf of campus researchers whose federal grants have been terminated under the Trump administration." www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
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- #Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com: "If the president can violate any law, and even ignore court orders, then we are no longer a constitutional democracy. The word for that is a dictatorship, and it is chilling to realize how close we are to that." www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
- Congratulations to UC Berkeley Law Field Placement Program Director Sue Schechter, recipient of @theaals.bsky.social Clinical Section’s inaugural Impact on the Externship Field Award 🥇!!! www.law.berkeley.edu/spotlight/fi... #AALSClinical
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- News Flash: 2L Angela Chung Takes on a Gratifying Field Placement with @npr.org www.law.berkeley.edu/article/ange...
- “Cutting all the security from one judge or one courthouse — stuff like that hasn’t happened, and I don’t expect it to,” said Jeremy Fogel, Berkeley Judicial Institute. 1/2
- Reposted by UC Berkeley LawABF Research Prof. @ajaykmehrotra.bsky.social reviews @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Prof. Dylan C. Penningroth’s Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights in a recent @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social article. Read the full review: 🔗: lareviewofbooks.org/article/reco...
- “It’s important to emphasize that the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment says no person can be ‘deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law.’ It doesn’t say ‘citizen.’” — Dean Chemerinsky via @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/u...
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- “Once again, our instructors have put together an incredible buffet of course offerings,” says Professor Jonathan D. Glater, the law school’s associate dean for teaching. www.law.berkeley.edu/article/new-...
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- ABF Research Prof. @ajaykmehrotra.bsky.social reviews @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Prof. Dylan C. Penningroth’s Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights in a recent @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social article. Read the full review: 🔗: lareviewofbooks.org/article/reco...
- Little is known about the backgrounds, careers, and personalities of the key decision-makers on Europe’s highest court. Episode #9 of the Borderlines CJEU Series features CJEU Judge Octavia Spineanu-Matei. open.spotify.com/episode/3vHa...
- Can the Secretary of State revoke someone's visa and deport them based on what they say or write? People have a lot of legal questions right now—UC Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky has answers. youtube.com/shorts/EZDJg...
- Dean Chemerinsky: "Is the U.S. facing a constitutional crisis? The answer, unequivocally and emphatically, is yes. But it also could get much worse." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... #opinion via @latimes.com
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- "Concerns about a single federal judge issuing a nationwide injunction are overblown." #Opinion by David A. Carrillo, Executive Director of the California Constitution Center at UC Berkeley Law via @dailyjournalcorp.bsky.social www.dailyjournal.com/articles/384...
- "The capitulation to President Trump's illegality, the failure to challenge it, and the refusal by those who are silent to speak out, is truly a shonda. We should expect better from our profession." #Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @dailyjournalcorp.bsky.social www.dailyjournal.com/articles/384...
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- Tune into @kqedforum.bsky.social at 9am to hear Professor @ethanelkind.bsky.social talk about the impact of Trump’s approach to the environment and how California could respond. www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
- Can the government cut university funding because of campus protests? People have a lot of legal questions right now—UC Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky has answers. youtube.com/shorts/u2aOh...
- The 2025 Halloum 1L Negotiation Competition brought the heat—$675M on the table (hypothetically), and UC Berkeley Law’s 1Ls delivered. Watch the final round here ⬇️ youtu.be/RHT1Hx3tuaM
- The California Law Review is on Bluesky: Give them a follow at @califlrev.bsky.social!
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- PLAY Time: 3L Cassidi Mignuolo Helps Fuel Campus Partnership for Conference on Disruption in the Digital Era www.law.berkeley.edu/article/cass... with @berkeleyhaas.bsky.social
- "I always teach my students that the only way for my speech to be protected tomorrow is to safeguard the speech I do not like today." #Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com Read more at: www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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- Spring Magazine Unpacks How UC Berkeley Law’s Scholars, Students, and Programs Are at the Vanguard on AI www.law.berkeley.edu/article/tran...
- Chill: How the Supreme Court Inadequately and Inconsistently Deals with the Concept of Chilling of Speech www.law.berkeley.edu/event/chill-...
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- “To me this situation is disturbing if unsurprising.” – Prof. Claudia Polsky weighs in on toxic heavy metals found in fire retardant gathered from the LA fires, via @laist.com laist.com/brief/news/c...
- “You have this dynamic of presidents increasingly relying on emergency powers to do things that are not directly related to any actual emergency in the traditional understanding of that term.” – Prof. Elena Chachko via @vox.com www.vox.com/policy/40786...
- How will the Meta vs. the FTC trial test the boundaries of the U.S.’s antitrust laws pertaining to corporate acquisitions? Prof. Prasad Krishnamurthy weighs in, via @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/f...
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- “If the government can disappear anyone it wishes, dump him in a Salvadoran dungeon and prevent any court in this country from providing relief, we all should be very, very afraid.” — Erwin Chemerinsky & Laurence H. Tribe @nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o... #Opinion
- Join us on Monday, April 14th, for "Chill: How the Supreme Court Inadequately and Inconsistently Deals with the Concept of Chilling of Speech" featuring Dean Chemerinsky with comments from Lisa Grow (BYU Law). www.eventbrite.com/e/j-clifford...
- Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: Will the Supreme Court check Trump’s unconstitutional acts? It may come down to one justice www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... via @latimes.com
- Spring Magazine Unpacks How UC Berkeley Law’s Scholars, Students, and Programs Are at the Vanguard on AI www.law.berkeley.edu/article/tran...
- Prof. Melissa Murray (@profmmurray.bsky.social) presents 'How the Roberts Court Has Distorted the Civil Rights Settlement and the Judicial Role' at Berkeley Law, 4/10 www.eventbrite.com/e/hundt-fami...
