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Join Professor Khiara M. Bridges and The Institute for the Study of Societal Issues for a discussion on racism in maternal healthcare and her book "Expecting Inequity." RSVP for in-person or Zoom:

"On Tues., the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a major case about free exercise of religion... Over the last decade, the justices have greatly expanded First Amendment protections for religion." —Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @ABAJournal:

"Start early—don’t wait for the title! Be the person who steps up, brings people together, takes ownership of outcomes, and thinks about the bigger picture." —Vassi Iliadis '13 of @HoganLovells: #BerkeleyLaw #BerkeleyLawAlumni

Berkeley Law honored with A+ grade for criminal law by @NationalJurist: #BerkeleyLaw #CriminalLaw

“Ultimately the most likely outcome appears to be an overly generous liability shield which seems unwarranted without some underlying policy rationale that hasn’t been developed or justified well,” says Professor Andrew C. Baker, to @FinancialTimes:

Berkeley Law honored with A+ grade for business law by @NationalJurist: #BerkeleyLaw #BusinessLaw

Ted Mermin ’96, the founding director of @UCBConsumerLaw, won the Vern Countryman Award, the top honor for consumer law attorneys: #BerkeleyLaw

What happens when a voting law affects one racial group more than others? This episode features Professor Emily Rong Zhang as part of a special 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 series on key election topics. #ItsTheLaw #BerkeleyLaw #Election

“The enticing question is: Is there a way to grab those flood flows before they flow out to sea, and hold them underground, and therefore expand our capacity?" says Michael Kiparsky, Director of the Wheeler Water Institute at @cleeberkeley, to @grist:

3Ls Anchita Dasgupta and Viktor Dimas, co-editors-in-chief of the Berkeley Journal of International Law, recently won the East Bay Chapter of the United Nations Association’s annual Global Citizen Award: #BerkeleyLaw

Watch: Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program at @cleeberkeley, weighs in on the issues around California's high-speed rail project via @WSJ: @ethanelkind.bsky.social

“Personal profit from public service is the definition of corruption. The goal of public service is to make the government work for the people,” says Catherine Lhamon, executive director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy, to @ladailynews:

"What’s new about the billionaire tax is that it’s a tax on billionaires,” says Professor Brian Galle (@BDGesq) to @sfexaminer: #BerkeleyLaw

Three Berkeley Law students — 2L Sonali Dhawan, 2L Kate Reeves, and 3L Sam Klein-Markman — are among this year’s @hrcberkeley fellows. They recently gave powerful presentations about their recent fieldwork: #BerkeleyLaw

Two recent articles by Berkeley Law Professor Hanoch Dagan and co-author Avihay Dorfman continue to refine and expand the arguments made in their 2024 "Relational Justice: A Theory of Private Law" book: #BerkeleyLaw

“The takeaway from this will be that consumer protection laws will be the way to hold tech companies accountable,” says Vincent Joralemon, Director of the Life Sciences Law & Policy Center, to @nytimes:

"As a matter of law, it should be an easy question for the Supreme Court: federal law does not preempt the ability to sue energy companies for their role in causing climate change." —Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via The Daily Journal:

"When the Supreme Court removed the last federal guardrail on gerrymandering in 𝘓𝘰𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘷. 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘴, it set up a dangerous experiment for the 2026 midterms..." —Opinion by Professor Bertrall Ross via @NYULawDemProjct:

RT @NYULawDemProjct: 🚨Elections 2026: New by Bertrall Ross @BerkeleyLaw—“Prelude to a War? The Looming Disempowerment Cycle and the Future of Multiracial Democracy” We publish essays on potential threats to the 2026 election process & mechanisms to manage them Read here:

DPC client Toforest Johnson's death sentence commuted in Alabama. “Toforest Johnson is innocent. Now it is up to the courts to overturn his conviction and grant him a new trial. We will keep fighting until he is home with his family,” says @tyalper