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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.

“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

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. […]

"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

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?

“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?

“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

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 ...

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...

What We Brag About When We Brag About Nothing and some thoughts on spicy food

🔥 from my birthday twin @dianaspechler.bsky.social : What We Brag About When We Brag About Nothing open.substack.com/pub/dianaspe...

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.

“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

www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/30/f...

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.

“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

YouTube video by UC Berkeley School of Law Can a president use the military to respond to protests within the United States?

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

#ItstheLaw #UCBerkeleyLaw

YouTube video by UC Berkeley School of Law Can the president force states to help with immigration enforcement?

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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#ICE #Immigration #ItstheLaw #UCBerkeleyLaw

YouTube video by UC Berkeley School of Law Can someone be deported without a hearing under war time laws?

Can someone be deported without a hearing under war time laws?

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#ItstheLaw #UCBerkleyLaw #Deportation

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. […]

"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-...

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.

“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

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

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

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...

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

YouTube video by UC Berkeley School of Law Can public schools limit political or religious speech by students?

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

#ItstheLaw #UCBerkeleyLaw #PublicSchools

"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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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.

“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

Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education How conservatives learned to stop worrying and love federal power.

“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

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.

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

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.”

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.”
www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

YouTube video by UC Berkeley School of Law Is misinformation protected speech?

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

#UCBerkeleyLaw #ItstheLaw #Misinformation

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, ...

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
#UCBerkeleyLaw

Contributor: Will the Supreme Court uphold Trump's power grabs? Cases on presidential powers, birthright citizenship and transgender access are on the docket this term.

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: Will the Supreme Court uphold Trump's power grabs? www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... #opinion via @latimes.com

‘I am petrified’: UC Berkeley dean warns of democracy's peril under Trump | Opinion “How do we deal with so much that is outrageous, illegal, unconstitutional and dangerous when it is happening on a daily basis?”

"If there is a path toward authoritarianism for the United States, this is it."
@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

‘I am petrified’: UC Berkeley dean warns of democracy's peril under Trump | Opinion “How do we deal with so much that is outrageous, illegal, unconstitutional and dangerous when it is happening on a daily basis?”

"I am neither optimistic, nor pessimistic; I am petrified for the future of American democracy in light of what has happened just in eight months." - @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com #opinion
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Former California, U.S. labor official Julie Su begins role at UC Berkeley Law Su says she’s excited to be at the law school because “there is so much good that law students and lawyers can do in the world, especially in this moment.”

‘A Translator in the Language of Law’: Former California, U.S. Labor Official Julie Su (@juliesulabor.bsky.social) Begins Role at UC Berkeley Law www.law.berkeley.edu/article/juli... by @gwyneth.bsky.social @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social

New State Climate Plan To Reduce Energy Costs, Fortify Grid | KQED We’ll take a closer look at the changes and trade-offs and what they mean for you.

Don't miss @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's @ethanelkind.bsky.social on @kqedforum.bsky.social this morning at 10am PT talking about California’s new environmental and energy legislation www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

"Voices Carry" podcast: Edley Center leader Catherine E. Lhamon on defending the principles of democracy “The story of our democracy is that we fight for it,” Lhamon tells host Gwyneth Shaw

‼️ Listen to this! @gwyneth.bsky.social in conversation with @catherinelhamon.bsky.social -- ‘Voices Carry’: Edley Center Leader Catherine E. Lhamon on the Urgency of Defending the Principles of Democracy www.law.berkeley.edu/article/voic... via @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social

Standing with Small Business in the Fight for a Fair Economy - The Sling To reclaim our democracy from oligarchs and billionaires, we need to build a system that working people can believe in. That means reshaping an economy that is insurmountably stacked against working p...

"This is a moment to build a new coalition, united by a common enemy—corporate abuse."

New piece by Seth Frotman (@srf1802.bsky.social), Sr. Fellow @ucbconsumerlaw.bsky.social, via @theslingutah.bsky.social www.thesling.org/standing-wit...