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Combating Public Corruption to Protect & Sustain Democracy: From Watergate to Now & Beyond Hosted by the Edley Center for Law & Democracy. This panel brings together three experienced former federal prosecutors -- one from the Watergate era and two from the last several [...]

Join the Edley Center for Law & Democracy on March 4th for a panel feat. three experienced former federal prosecutors & the President of Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington to discuss the democracy harm of unchecked public corruption.
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I Wanted My Fiancé to Fight the Racist Men Who Harassed Me - Electric Literature His instinct was to get me out of there instead, and I never forgave him for it

"His instinct was to get me out of there instead, and I never forgave him for it."
Read an excerpt from 'Good Woman' by Savala Nolan, Executive Director of the Henderson Center for Social Justice, in @electricliterature.com: https://bit.ly/3OI8Gx2

Page Turners: Two Faculty Entries on Most Anticipated Feminist Books List Upcoming books by Berkeley Law faculty members Khiara M. Bridges and Savala Nolan, both coming out in March, made Ms. Magazine’s Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2026 list. In Expecting […]

Releasing March 3, 'Good Woman: A Reckoning' by Savala Nolan features 12 essays exploring women’s conditioning, traditional gender roles, sex, and politics through the use of memoir, research, and history. Learn more: bit.ly/4qyeeIB

Why Don’t More Women Pay for Sex?

"Women deserve the full range of human experience." —Excerpt from 'Good Woman' by Savala Nolan, Executive Director of the Henderson Center for Social Justice, via Vogue Magazine: https://bit.ly/4aF7Dqe

Big help to pursue Big Law: New course responds to recruiting shift, giving 1Ls valuable guidance The course illuminates large firms’ structure and economics, practice areas, hiring process, and more.

"The idea is for students to think through and write down a potential roadmap for their career," says Professor Frank Partnoy on a new course that illuminates large firms’ structure and economics, practice areas, hiring process, and more: https://bit.ly/4sj5R4b #BerkeleyLaw

What Does ‘Complicity' Mean for Epstein's Friends, and Mere Acquaintances? Philosophers have long wrestled with what to do about the onlookers and profiteers surrounding those who have done terrible things.

“Shame is the sanction we have.” — Professor Christopher Kutz in "The Many Shades of Complicity in the Epstein Fallout" in @nytimes.com: nyti.ms/4bcW3mq

California is sued by Jewish advocacy groups seeking to stop antisemitism in schools Two Jewish advocacy organizations have sued California and the state Education Department seeking to stop alleged antisemitism on K-12 campuses.

.@catherinelhamon.bsky.social, Executive Director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy, told @latimes.com a lawsuit by Jewish advocacy groups appears to express a vote of “no confidence” in California’s recent legislative efforts to address antisemitism at schools: https://lat.ms/4shfWhT

YouTube video by UC Berkeley School of Law Can the government revoke broadcast licenses for criticizing the president?

Can the government revoke broadcast licenses for criticizing the president? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AUJOI8iCaF8

#ItstheLaw #BerkeleyLaw

New Report Examines Technologies Used to Decide Parole and Probation A new report from our Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic examines how fallible surveillance technologies monitoring people on community supervision are relied on to justify revoking paro...

A new report from our Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic examines how fallible surveillance technologies monitoring people on community supervision are relied on to justify revoking parole or probation: https://bit.ly/3OwsZO3 #BerkeleyLaw

Trump wants to end affirmative action. Here’s how he plans to do it. A little noticed lawsuit filed by the Trump Justice Department challenging affirmative action in the workplace may be headed to the Supreme Court.

“If you don’t have a system of checks to encourage or require employers to examine their procedures and to question their decisions when their decisions appear to be biased then you will have more and more discrimination ...” says Professor David Oppenheimer to @usatoday.com: https://bit.ly/4tZ5tJs

Gunn Jiravuttipong JSD '26 is nominated in the @concurrences.bsky.social 2026 Antitrust Writing Awards for Best Student Paper for "The Global Race to Rein in Big Tech." Vote by March 3: https://bit.ly/4bb9Yt4
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Professor Katerina Linos is nominated in the @concurrences.bsky.social 2026 Antitrust Writing Awards for Best Article for "The Limits and Promise of Global Antitrust Law."
Vote by March 3: https://bit.ly/4l1g7eT
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Contributor: In wildfire country, EVs aren’t a grid problem — they’re a power solution California needs a smarter, more flexible power grid — and EVs are actually one of the most powerful tools we have to strengthen it.

"When wildfire risk spikes in Southern California, the lights often go out before the flames arrive." — Opinion by Ken Alex, director of Project Climate at @cleeberkeley.bsky.social: https://lat.ms/3Oz7hca

Chemerinsky: 6 takeaways from the Supreme Court’s tariffs decision The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Friday invalidating President Donald Trump’s tariffs will have enormous legal and practical significance. In a 6-3 decision in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump, with seven different opinions filling 170 pages, the court h...

"The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Friday invalidating President Donald Trump’s tariffs will have enormous legal and practical significance." — Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via ABA Journal: https://bit.ly/4qSxsI9

Professor Brian Galle on 'How to Tax the Ultrarich' Galle, a tax law expert, recently published a book outlining a plan for fairer taxation at the federal level.

Listen the full "Berkeley Law Voices Carry" podcast episode featuring Professor Brian Galle, who’s just released a new book, How to Tax the Ultrarich, outlining a plan for fairer taxation at the federal level: www.law.berkeley.edu/podcast-epis... #BerkeleyLaw

How billionaires get away with paying less income tax From strategic investments to advanced planning, here's how the wealthy reduce their tax burden.

"So we’re talking about billionaires paying a 20% lower tax rate than a household with a net worth of zero. That’s obviously not a fair or progressive tax system," said Professor Brian Galle @bdgesq.bsky.social on the “Voices Carry” podcast.

Read more on @yahoofinance.com: https://yhoo.it/4u17h52

"The status quo already allows this," Professor Andrea Roth wrote in response to concerns that a proposed federal rule would inadvertently facilitate the introduction of AI evidence without a human expert.

Read more at @law360.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4aSupJY #BerkeleyLaw

Combating Public Corruption to Protect & Sustain Democracy: From Watergate to Now & Beyond Hosted by the Edley Center for Law & Democracy. This panel brings together three experienced former federal prosecutors -- one from the Watergate era and two from the last several [...]

Join the Edley Center for Law & Democracy on March 4th for a panel feat. three experienced former federal prosecutors & the President of Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington to discuss the democracy harm of unchecked public corruption.
RSVP: bit.ly/4abYm8V

Berkeley Talks: The rule of law depends on the courage of judges - Berkeley News A panel of legal experts at a UC Berkeley Law event discuss how American democracy relies on an engaged public and on judges willing to uphold the rule of law with integrity.

Legal experts at Berkeley Law Event: Engaged Public, Judicial Courage Vital to American Democracy: https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/02/20/berkeley-talks-judicial-courage/ #BerkeleyLaw

How and why the conservative justices differed on tariffs 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. […]

"The tariffs decision is important in showing that a court that overwhelmingly has sided with Trump over the last year will, at least sometimes, be a check." — Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky in his recurring series, Courtly Observations, on @scotusblog.com: https://bit.ly/46oq5B3

With tariffs ruling, Supreme Court reasserts its power to check Trump​ The ruling did not waffle or leave questions about legality for another day.

"The decision belies the attacks from the left that the Supreme Court - particularly its conservative majority - simply rubber-stamps the Trump administration's policies," said Professor John Yoo to @reuters.com: https://reut.rs/4qRs8Vy

“It sends a message that the justices aren’t going to be a rubber stamp approving President Trump’s actions,” Dean Erwin Chemerinsky told @bloomberg.com: https://bloom.bg/4qVXkmG

The Supreme Court’s historic tariff decision | Fox News Video Paul Gigot interviews UC Berkeley law professor John Yoo.

"The separation of powers here worked, but hopefully the President and Congress can work together to rebuild a coherent foreign policy on these questions," says Professor John Yoo during an appearance on "The Journal Editorial Report" on Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6389695321112

Berkeley Talks: The rule of law depends of the courage of judges - Berkeley News A panel of legal experts at a UC Berkeley Law event discuss how American democracy relies on an engaged public and on judges willing to uphold the rule of law with integrity.

🎧Berkeley Talks: When the pressure is high, who stands firm? A panel of legal experts discusses how American democracy relies on an engaged public and on judges willing to uphold the rule of law with integrity.
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Consumer Protection Win in Oregon! Oregon consumer advocates defeated an industry bill, HB 4141, that aimed to gut Oregon's strong consumer protections against predatory debt settlement products. Read testimony here: rebrand.ly/ORHB4141 #ConsumerProtection

Contributor: The Supreme Court's tariffs decision sends a clear message to Trump The president has long treated tariffs as something he can impose or rescind at will. On Friday, six justices put an end to that.

"The Supreme Court’s decision invalidating President Trump’s tariffs sends a clear and crucial message: The justices will not be a simple rubber stamp approving presidential actions." — Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @latimes.com: https://lat.ms/3Otj8IH

Professor Sarah Song leading Jurisprudence and Social Policy and Legal Studies programs The political scientist started a three-year term as associate dean for the school’s Ph.D. program and an undergraduate major with more than 400 students last fall.

“When it was founded in 1978, JSP was the first interdisciplinary law-focused Ph.D. program in the U.S. and it continues to be the leading program of its kind anywhere,” Professor Sarah Song on her term as associate dean for the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program: https://bit.ly/4atU5hl

YouTube video by UC Berkeley School of Law What responsibilities do lawyers have when the rule of law is at risk?

What responsibilities do lawyers have when the rule of law is at risk? https://youtube.com/shorts/cjgTkE2pRow?si=AhCIMjQe6Rbq7kf3

#ItstheLaw #BerkeleyLaw

Would you pay $49 a month to drink recycled wastewater? A recent survey found that rural Americans would pay for the privilege of reusing wastewater. Here's the huge potential benefit of that.

“There’s a visceral reaction to drinking reused water, particularly reused wastewater, that’s totally understandable. But over time, that has faded,” said Michael Kiparsky, director of the @cleeberkeley.bsky.social Wheeler Water Institute, to @grist.org: https://bit.ly/4s4Q1Ko #BerkeleyLaw

The Rise and Fall of Bay Area Streetcar Transit System | KQED All nine counties of the Bay Area had robust streetcar systems at the start of the 20th century. In the East Bay, rumors swirl about how and why the Key System failed.

“What happened to the streetcars that used to be around Oakland and the East Bay?”

“It’s really a story of technology change,” says @ethanelkind.bsky.social, climate program director at @cleeberkeley.bsky.social www.kqed.org/news/1207376... via @kqednews.kqed.org @danbrekke.bsky.social #BayCurious