U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke to graduating law students from the UC Berkeley School of Law Saturday morning amidst protests from human rights and medical marijuana activists. Read More…
News broke last week that in response to the United States’ ban on 18 Russian officials from entering the country, the Russian government announced a ban on 18 Americans from entering Russia. The grounds? The Russian government reportedly stated that these Americans were responsible for the “legalization of torture” during Read More…
A group of about ten activists protested on campus on Monday in solidarity with the 100 prisoners who are on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Read More…
Russia announced its ban of UC Berkeley professor of law John Yoo Saturday for his connection to the alleged torture of Guantanamo Bay prisoners under the Bush administration. Read More…
Protesters gather for a demonstration against faculty member John Yoo at the commencement ceremony for the Boalt School of Law on Friday, April 11th. Orange ribbons were worn by attendees and graduates alike as a show of solidarity with the protest.
A San Francisco anti-war group will protest UC Berkeley School of Law professor John Yoo’s continued employment by the campus at Friday morning’s law school commencement ceremony at the Hearst Greek Theatre. Members of the Bay Area chapter of national anti-war group World Can’t Wait are calling for protesters to Read More…
UC Berkeley School of Law professor Jesse Choper received a prestigious award from the state’s bar association Friday for his contributions to legal scholarship.
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A federal appeals court Wednesday threw out convicted terrorist Jose Padilla’s lawsuit accusing UC Berkeley law professor John Yoo of authorizing illegal interrogation methods. In a unanimous decision, three justices of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Yoo, a former deputy assistant attorney general, is protected from Read More…
