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“You can’t have access to legal services if you can’t receive legal information, share your story and have that honest, true, trusted communication with your attorney,” said Deborah Schlosberg, @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Pro Bono Program. www.dailycal.org/news/campus/... via @dailycal.bsky.social
Berkeley Law launches 42-language legal access initiative
Last week, the UC Berkeley School of Law’s Pro Bono Program launched its first-ever Language Access Directory, an initiative designed to bridge the “persistent” language barriers in legal access.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Prof. Emily Rong Zhang (@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social) says redistricting has long been a “wild west” of the US democratic system. “It’s brute force politics where the fights are some of the dirtiest,” she said. Via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rich Donors Bankroll Redistricting Fights Ahead of 2026 Elections
The big money doesn’t want to wait until 2026.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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“It’s very, very unusual to have direct evidence of intent,” Professor Elisabeth Semel, co-director of Berkeley Law's Death Penalty Clinic, spoke to @theassemblync.bsky.social bit.ly/47GIj0m #BerkeleyLaw
It’s Illegal to Use Gender in Jury Selection. That Hasn’t Stopped it From Happening.
The U.S. Supreme Court has forbidden using gender to remove potential jurors, but N.C. appellate courts have done little to enforce that.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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"Do amicus, or 'friend of the court,' briefs matter in Supreme Court cases? [...] I often wonder if they are worth the time and effort." Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky in his recurring series, Courtly Observations, on @scotusblog.com bit.ly/4osOegE
The tariffs case and whether amicus briefs matter
Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. […]
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November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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“The two tariff cases before the Supreme Court this week should thus be easy ones, including for the conservative justices. But will they follow the law and their traditional approaches to it, or are they just a rubber stamp for Team Trump?” - Chemerinsky www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: The Constitution is clear when it comes to Trump's tariffs
Will the Supreme Court's conservatives follow the letter of the laws, or be a rubber stamp for Trump?
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November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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“The two tariff cases before the Supreme Court this week should thus be easy ones, including for the conservative justices.” Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... via @latimes.com
Contributor: The Constitution is clear when it comes to Trump's tariffs
Will the Supreme Court's conservatives follow the letter of the laws, or be a rubber stamp for Trump?
www.latimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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One year after launching the world’s first LL.M. Certificate in AI Law and Regulation, @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social is expanding the program’s curriculum and highlighting the growing impact of its graduates across industries and continents. www.law.berkeley.edu/article/berk...
Berkeley Law Expands Groundbreaking AI Law Certificate as Global Demand for Expertise Grows
One year after launching the world’s first LL.M. Certificate in AI Law and Regulation, the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law is expanding the program’s curriculum and highlighting the ...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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🔥 from my birthday twin @dianaspechler.bsky.social : What We Brag About When We Brag About Nothing open.substack.com/pub/dianaspe...
What We Brag About When We Brag About Nothing
and some thoughts on spicy food
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October 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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“Being a federal officer is not a ‘get out of jail free’ card that excuses all wrongdoing committed while on the job.” -- @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @berkeleyside.org, @oaklandside.org

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A federal agent shot a pastor in the face with a chemical weapon. What can California do about it?
A violent response to an Oakland protest raises the same legal questions other states are grappling with as Trump’s immigration crackdown intensifies.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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“Intellectual property is a field of law in which the usual right-left splits don’t apply. Most of the IP cases in recent years have been unanimous or nearly so," Professor Pamela Samuelson @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social told @politico.com https://politi.co/3WqjssA #UCBerkeleyLaw
Supreme Court to hear landmark case that could shake up Silicon Valley
Google and Oracle finally bring their decade-long dispute over what software code should be free to the Supreme Court, but a key figure will be missing.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Can a president use the military to respond to protests within the United States?

In this episode of It's the Law, Dean Chemerinsky breaks down the Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act. https://youtube.com/shorts/dnbC3QJ1qSU?feature=share

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Can a president use the military to respond to protests within the United States?
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October 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 on Immigration: Here's a thread with Dean Chemerinsky's videos answering questions you might have about immigration law. Start watching here ⬇️

Can the president force states to help with immigration enforcement?
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Can the president force states to help with immigration enforcement?
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October 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Can someone be deported without a hearing under war time laws?

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Can someone be deported without a hearing under war time laws?
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October 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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"When is it ever appropriate for the Supreme Court to decide that a federal law is unconstitutional because it is no longer needed?"

@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky on Louisiana v. Callais and "the passage of time," via @scotusblog.com www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/the-...
The passage of time
Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. […]
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October 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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“The Posse Comitatus Act limits what the military — or those engaged in federal military service — can do. It does not apply to state forces. That is governed by state law.” - Dean Chemerinsky spoke to @sfchronicle.com about dispatching troops for law-enforcement purposes: bit.ly/4nWaLCr
Benioff and Musk want Trump to send troops to S.F. to fight crime. The law is not on their side
Gov. Gavin Newsom once sent the California National Guard to the city. But any attempt by the president to dispatch troops for law enforcement purposes would collide with a 147-year-old federal law.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Catherine E. Lhamon, @catherinelhamon.bsky.social, director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy spoke to @theguardian.com about the administration’s crackdown on equity policies in schools: https://bit.ly/4qe2U4B #UCBerkeleyLaw
How rightwing groups help Trump’s education department target school districts
Conservative groups are aiding the administration’s crackdown on equity policies in schools across the US
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October 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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UC Berkeley Law has been recognized as one of the most innovative law schools by the National Jurist: https://bit.ly/43iMGx1 #UCBerkeleyLaw #TechLaw #AI
Suffolk, NCCU lead list of this year's most innovative law schools
AI may dominate the conversation, but innovation in law schools now reaches far beyond technology, transforming how students learn and how future lawyers serve clients. “Innovation is so much differen...
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October 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Can public schools limit political or religious speech by students?
In this episode of It's the Law, Dean Chemerinsky breaks down how speech can be regulated in public schools. https://youtube.com/shorts/-QqZWuiYg-s?feature=share

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Can public schools limit political or religious speech by students?
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October 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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"Historically, families have been able to come to the federal government and get relief without hiring an attorney. These cuts ensure that no family can rely on that," Catherine E. Lhamon @catherinelhamon.bsky.social, director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy, told @usatoday.com
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Education Department layoffs threaten special ed system, advocates warn
The Education Department laid off almost everyone in its special education division. From 504 plans to IEPs, here's how programs could be affected.
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October 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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“OCR [Office for Civil Rights] could not afford any cuts, period, and needed desperately to add staff ... Nothing has changed about that," Catherine E. Lhamon @catherinelhamon.bsky.social, director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy, told @edweek.org https://bit.ly/4ok1Wll #UCBerkeleyLaw
Ed. Dept. Offices Will Be Virtually Wiped Out in Latest Layoffs
The U.S. Department of Education is losing about a fifth of its already diminished workforce.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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“We don’t live under a king in this country. We don’t give unilateral authority to the President to make decisions about every walk of life for all Americans,” Catherine E. Lhamon @catherinelhamon.bsky.social director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy, spoke to @newyorker.com: bit.ly/4nNBu3J
Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education
How conservatives learned to stop worrying and love federal power.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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A $6 million gift from Bob and Colleen Haas to establish the Thelton E. Henderson ’62 Chair in Civil Rights Law was featured on @jbhe.com as a gift of particular interest to African Americans in higher education. https://bit.ly/4qgxVoC #UCBerkeleyLaw
Higher Education Gifts or Grants of Interest to African Americans | The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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New from @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: “No longer would we be a country under the rule of law. We would be a nation under the rule of Donald Trump.”
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What happens to democracy if Trump ignores judge’s orders on National Guard? | Opinion
“If that happens, we will have a president who is no longer constrained by the Constitution or any law. There is a word for that: a dictator.”
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October 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Is misinformation protected speech?

Dean Chemerinsky breaks down false information and misinformation in a new episode of It's the Law. https://youtube.com/shorts/KsVzUIY9zcQ?feature=share

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Is misinformation protected speech?
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October 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Former acting Labor Secretary Julie Su will be a visiting professor at UC Berkeley School of Law, where she will focus her work at the Center for Law and Work bit.ly/3IE7ok8 via @law360.bsky.social
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Biden's Acting DOL Head Julie Su Joins UC Berkeley Law - Law360 Employment Authority
Former acting Labor Secretary Julie Su will be a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she will focus her work at the university's Center for Law and Work, ...
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October 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM