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Join us on March 31 at noon for the CDSS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture on Shared Futures with Mary Robinson! This event is free and open to the UC Berkeley community.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Join us on March 31 at noon for the CDSS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture on Shared Futures with Mary Robinson! This event is free and open to the UC Berkeley community.
🔗 Register now: https://bit.ly/46HruCD
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The Deportation Data Project, co-directed by Berkeley Law Professor David Hausman, recently released a report analyzing immigration enforcement in the first nine months of the Trump administration: https://bit.ly/3Mk6ZoA #BerkeleyLaw
Deportation Data Project releases new immigration enforcement analysis
Berkeley Law Professor David Hausman co-directs the project, which tracks the government’s own records to understand what ICE is doing.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The Deportation Data Project, co-directed by Berkeley Law Professor David Hausman, recently released a report analyzing immigration enforcement in the first nine months of the Trump administration: https://bit.ly/3Mk6ZoA #BerkeleyLaw
3L Alex Belkin launched two cutting-edge tech-focused student organizations, Blockchain & Law at Berkeley and AI @ Berkeley Law, which offer students timely insights, valuable programs, and networking opportunities: https://bit.ly/4ajlJw3 #BerkeleyLaw
Entrepreneurial 3L Alex Belkin makes his mark by launching two cutting-edge tech-focused student organizations
Blockchain & Law at Berkeley and AI @ Berkeley Law offer students timely insights, valuable programs, and networking opportunities.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:25 PM
3L Alex Belkin launched two cutting-edge tech-focused student organizations, Blockchain & Law at Berkeley and AI @ Berkeley Law, which offer students timely insights, valuable programs, and networking opportunities: https://bit.ly/4ajlJw3 #BerkeleyLaw
Join Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Edley Center Faculty Co-Director Daniel Farber @dfarber1950.bsky.social for a discussion on Campus Speech and Academic Freedom on Monday 2/9, 2026, from 1-2 pm.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/3Ma0u7Y
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A Discussion on Campus Speech and Academic Freedom: A Guide for Difficult Times
Please join Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Edley Center Faculty Co-Director Daniel Farber for a discussion on Campus Speech and Academic Freedom on Monday, February 9, 2026, from 1:00 – 2:00 […]
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February 6, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Join Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Edley Center Faculty Co-Director Daniel Farber @dfarber1950.bsky.social for a discussion on Campus Speech and Academic Freedom on Monday 2/9, 2026, from 1-2 pm.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/3Ma0u7Y
RSVP: https://bit.ly/3Ma0u7Y
Ethan Elkind, climate program director at @cleeberkeley.bsky.social, told @calmatters.org structuring the incentives as grants allows the state to set the terms automakers must meet to access the money, giving California leverage over manufacturers: https://bit.ly/3O1iNgb @ethanelkind.bsky.social
Trump canceled EV incentives. Newsom has a $200 million plan to make up for it
A new proposal outlines California’s $200 million EV rebate plan, including who qualifies, how it works and how far the money could go.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Ethan Elkind, climate program director at @cleeberkeley.bsky.social, told @calmatters.org structuring the incentives as grants allows the state to set the terms automakers must meet to access the money, giving California leverage over manufacturers: https://bit.ly/3O1iNgb @ethanelkind.bsky.social
Can a teacher be punished for refusing to use a student’s pronouns? https://youtube.com/shorts/2nzMIihsf_w?feature=share
#ItstheLaw #BerkeleyLaw
#ItstheLaw #BerkeleyLaw
Can a teacher be punished for refusing to use a students pronouns?
YouTube video by UC Berkeley School of Law
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February 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Can a teacher be punished for refusing to use a student’s pronouns? https://youtube.com/shorts/2nzMIihsf_w?feature=share
#ItstheLaw #BerkeleyLaw
#ItstheLaw #BerkeleyLaw
The reduction in billionaire wealth growth might be “worth somebody’s time to march against, but for me, it’s something I would march in favor of,” said Professor Brian Galle to @sfexaminer.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4r0Srcy @bdgesq.bsky.social
Billionaires march leader ID'd, says effort sincere
Startup founder not billionaire, but supports them.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:18 PM
The reduction in billionaire wealth growth might be “worth somebody’s time to march against, but for me, it’s something I would march in favor of,” said Professor Brian Galle to @sfexaminer.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4r0Srcy @bdgesq.bsky.social
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Big win for consumers in California.
Courts just ruled that breaking the law is enough to sue — even without proving damages.
That keeps courthouse doors open and stops corporations from dodging accountability. A major step forward for economic justice. bit.ly/4rwh0Ot
Courts just ruled that breaking the law is enough to sue — even without proving damages.
That keeps courthouse doors open and stops corporations from dodging accountability. A major step forward for economic justice. bit.ly/4rwh0Ot
Another Door Stays Open: California Courts Say Statutory Violations Are Enough to Sue | Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice
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February 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Big win for consumers in California.
Courts just ruled that breaking the law is enough to sue — even without proving damages.
That keeps courthouse doors open and stops corporations from dodging accountability. A major step forward for economic justice. bit.ly/4rwh0Ot
Courts just ruled that breaking the law is enough to sue — even without proving damages.
That keeps courthouse doors open and stops corporations from dodging accountability. A major step forward for economic justice. bit.ly/4rwh0Ot
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Supported by a generous gift from Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao, UC Berkeley Public Health has awarded $100k to ten student teams via the Impact Innovators program. The teams will work with community partners to solve pressing #PublicHealth challenges.
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Ten teams of student innovators awarded impact funding
The program provides an opportunity for students to advance community health while building skills in social entrepreneurship and community partnership.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Supported by a generous gift from Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao, UC Berkeley Public Health has awarded $100k to ten student teams via the Impact Innovators program. The teams will work with community partners to solve pressing #PublicHealth challenges.
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"But above everything, you must be able to communicate, engage with people, and support them. Leadership is fundamentally about people—the rest can be learned." Hogan Lovells Partner Nadira Clarke '92, practice area leader for the environment & natural resources practice. www.law.com/2026/02/06/h...
How I Made Practice Group Chair: 'Leadership Is Fundamentally About People,' Says Nadira Clarke of Hogan Lovells | Law.com
"The role requires skills across several areas, which is part of what makes it challenging. Having a co-leader helps because we balance one another’s strengths and weaknesses. But above everything, yo...
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February 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
"But above everything, you must be able to communicate, engage with people, and support them. Leadership is fundamentally about people—the rest can be learned." Hogan Lovells Partner Nadira Clarke '92, practice area leader for the environment & natural resources practice. www.law.com/2026/02/06/h...
“At the moment, the most painful, prejudicial consequences are for trans people, [but] the executive order absolutely has implications for heterosexual, cisgender women,” says Professor Kathryn Abrams to @motherjones.com: https://bit.ly/4rEiJl3
Meet the mastermind behind Trump’s definition of "woman"
May Mailman’s anti-trans crusade could threaten gender equality for all.
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February 5, 2026 at 7:26 PM
“At the moment, the most painful, prejudicial consequences are for trans people, [but] the executive order absolutely has implications for heterosexual, cisgender women,” says Professor Kathryn Abrams to @motherjones.com: https://bit.ly/4rEiJl3
Dean Chemerinsky told @latimes.com it would probably “violate the First Amendment for professors at public universities to be disciplined or fired for such speech.” https://lat.ms/4ax2xfr
UCLA fires DEI Director after social media posts on Charlie Kirk’s death
Former UCLA DEI director Johnathan Perkins, who was fired over his posts after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, said he plans to sue the university.
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February 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Dean Chemerinsky told @latimes.com it would probably “violate the First Amendment for professors at public universities to be disciplined or fired for such speech.” https://lat.ms/4ax2xfr
Berkeley Law ranks No. 2 among law schools for faculty publishing in the world’s three most selective peer-reviewed finance journals — the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies: https://bit.ly/45S7JYS
Faculty Crack the Code to the World’s Most Selective Finance Journals
Berkeley Law ranks No. 2 among law schools for faculty publishing in the world’s three most selective peer-reviewed finance journals — the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and […]
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February 5, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Berkeley Law ranks No. 2 among law schools for faculty publishing in the world’s three most selective peer-reviewed finance journals — the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies: https://bit.ly/45S7JYS
“If you really believe in your why, you can’t fail.” — 2L Grace Reinhardt-Perez reflects on endurance and how her faith helps her stay focused through the demands of the U.S. Army, Division I athletics, and law school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkEbL03nHEM
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"Endless Fuel to the Flame" | Grace Reinhardt-Perez at Berkeley Law
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February 5, 2026 at 12:51 AM
“If you really believe in your why, you can’t fail.” — 2L Grace Reinhardt-Perez reflects on endurance and how her faith helps her stay focused through the demands of the U.S. Army, Division I athletics, and law school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkEbL03nHEM
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New from @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: “No one is above the law.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
Holding ICE agents accountable for excessive force is imperative | Opinion
“No one is above the law,” writes UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:52 PM
New from @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: “No one is above the law.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
Presented by the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law, the Gender Justice Summit featured leading experts addressing new legal developments and the main factors driving recent regression: https://bit.ly/3NOWOJl #BerkeleyLaw
Wrong direction: Berkeley Law center’s annual Gender Justice Summit tracks concerning trends for equality
The two-day conference featured leading experts addressing new legal developments and the factors driving recent regression.
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February 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Presented by the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law, the Gender Justice Summit featured leading experts addressing new legal developments and the main factors driving recent regression: https://bit.ly/3NOWOJl #BerkeleyLaw
1L Alexis Fineman, San Anselmo’s former mayor, was featured on Berkeley Brainwaves on @kalxberkeley.bsky.social: https://kalx.berkeley.edu/berkeley-brainwaves-alexis-fineman/ #BerkeleyLaw
Berkeley Brainwaves: Alexis Fineman – KALX 90.7FM Berkeley
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February 3, 2026 at 7:43 PM
1L Alexis Fineman, San Anselmo’s former mayor, was featured on Berkeley Brainwaves on @kalxberkeley.bsky.social: https://kalx.berkeley.edu/berkeley-brainwaves-alexis-fineman/ #BerkeleyLaw
"Every authoritarian, or wannabe authoritarian, tries to intimidate the press. A free press that informs people of abuses of power is a threat to the control the authoritarian wants to exercise." — Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @contrariannews.org: https://bit.ly/4a5AcNr
Intimidating the Press
The arrests of Don Lemon and Gail Fort are part of the authoritarian playbook.
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February 3, 2026 at 6:47 PM
"Every authoritarian, or wannabe authoritarian, tries to intimidate the press. A free press that informs people of abuses of power is a threat to the control the authoritarian wants to exercise." — Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @contrariannews.org: https://bit.ly/4a5AcNr
"Minnesota should investigate and prosecute the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti."
—Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com: https://bit.ly/4klqHx4
—Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com: https://bit.ly/4klqHx4
Holding ICE agents accountable for excessive force is imperative | Opinion
“No one is above the law,” writes UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.
www.sacbee.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
"Minnesota should investigate and prosecute the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti."
—Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com: https://bit.ly/4klqHx4
—Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com: https://bit.ly/4klqHx4
“Every authoritarian, or wannabe authoritarian, tries to intimidate the press. A free press that informs people of abuses of power is a threat to the control the authoritarian wants to exercise.” — Dean Erwin Chemerinsky open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Intimidating the Press
The arrests of Don Lemon and Gail Fort are part of the authoritarian playbook.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
“Every authoritarian, or wannabe authoritarian, tries to intimidate the press. A free press that informs people of abuses of power is a threat to the control the authoritarian wants to exercise.” — Dean Erwin Chemerinsky open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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"Holding ICE agents accountable for excessive force is imperative, and it will hopefully deter similar wrongful conduct in the future. But it is also a crucial way of reaffirming the most basic tenet of the rule of law: No one is above the law."
– Chemerinsky @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social @sacbee.com
– Chemerinsky @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social @sacbee.com
Holding ICE agents accountable for excessive force is imperative | Opinion
“No one is above the law,” writes UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.
www.sacbee.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
"Holding ICE agents accountable for excessive force is imperative, and it will hopefully deter similar wrongful conduct in the future. But it is also a crucial way of reaffirming the most basic tenet of the rule of law: No one is above the law."
– Chemerinsky @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social @sacbee.com
– Chemerinsky @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social @sacbee.com
Four Berkeley Law 3Ls took their friendship international during the fall semester, working for nonprofit organizations in Mexico City through the school’s Field Placement Program: https://bit.ly/4a9KB9g #BerkeleyLaw
3L students describe fall semester work in Mexico City through Field Placement Program
Stephanie Alvarez, Evelyn Correa, Rosie Rios, and Alejandro Zuniga worked with migrant-focused groups through the program.
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February 2, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Four Berkeley Law 3Ls took their friendship international during the fall semester, working for nonprofit organizations in Mexico City through the school’s Field Placement Program: https://bit.ly/4a9KB9g #BerkeleyLaw
"The vast majority of arrests that ICE used to conduct were really transfers of custody from a state or local authority to the federal government,” said Assistant Professor David Hausman, co-director of the Deportation Data Project, spoke to @vox.com: https://bit.ly/49QFdJr
Democrats’ demands to reform ICE, briefly explained
They’re focused on three areas: ending warrantless patrols, curtailing aggressive tactics, and increasing accountability.
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January 31, 2026 at 1:27 AM
"The vast majority of arrests that ICE used to conduct were really transfers of custody from a state or local authority to the federal government,” said Assistant Professor David Hausman, co-director of the Deportation Data Project, spoke to @vox.com: https://bit.ly/49QFdJr
"The Chief Privacy Officer Program [offers] rigorous, practice-informed training for the people responsible for privacy and AI governance at the highest levels of decision-making," Eric Askins, Assistant Dean for Initiatives and Innovation to @law360.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/3LYbIfK #BerkeleyLaw
Berkeley Law Offers Training Program On Privacy And AI - Law360 Pulse
The University of California, Berkeley School of Law announced this week the launch of the Chief Privacy Officer Program, a new advanced online training program for senior leaders on privacy law and a...
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January 31, 2026 at 1:21 AM
"The Chief Privacy Officer Program [offers] rigorous, practice-informed training for the people responsible for privacy and AI governance at the highest levels of decision-making," Eric Askins, Assistant Dean for Initiatives and Innovation to @law360.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/3LYbIfK #BerkeleyLaw
The new @ucberklawexeced.bsky.social Chief Privacy Officer Program is designed to cover all of the exam topics necessary to achieve the State Bar of California's Privacy Law Specialist certification: https://bit.ly/4qVZrri #BerkeleyLaw
Pillsbury Partner to Lead Berkeley Law's New Chief Privacy Officer Program | Law.com
The program is designed to cover all of the exam topics necessary to achieve the State Bar of California's Privacy Law Specialist certification. Pillsbury's Jeewon Lee Serrato also chaired the consult...
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January 31, 2026 at 1:11 AM
The new @ucberklawexeced.bsky.social Chief Privacy Officer Program is designed to cover all of the exam topics necessary to achieve the State Bar of California's Privacy Law Specialist certification: https://bit.ly/4qVZrri #BerkeleyLaw