A study released last Tuesday by the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at the UC Berkeley School of Law outlines and proposes changes to how California currently allocates water. Read More…
Due to a sudden increase in systemwide student fees, several professional schools at campuses throughout the University of California are seeking ways to help ease the financial burden and anxiety of their students. Last week, both UC Berkeley and UCLA’s law schools announced that they will offer scholarships to their Read More…
Gov. Jerry Brown nominated UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to the California Supreme Court Tuesday about two months after Liu withdrew his nomination for a federal appeals court position. Liu will replace Associate Justice Carlos Moreno, who retired from the court earlier this year. Liu was previously nominated by Read More…
After the UC Board of Regents approved an additional 9.6 percent increase in student fees, the deans at both UCLA and UC Berkeley’s law schools announced last week that the schools will issue scholarships to each student to cover the increase. These emergency scholarships will award each student a total Read More…
A UC Berkeley School of Law alumnus was nominated by President Barack Obama for a federal judgeship in Los Angeles on July 20, making him the first openly gay nominee to the federal court in California and Obama’s fourth openly gay nominee to federal court in his term. Obama nominated Read More…
UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park in Shanghai, China, to establish a UC Berkeley office of the college in Shanghai. The memorandum, signed on Friday, marks the preliminary stages of the creation of a center where UC Berkeley students, professors Read More…
For a former UC Berkeley student journalist found responsible for conduct violations stemming from the November 2009 occupation of Wheeler Hall, more than a year and a half of student conduct proceedings recently came to a close following the rejection of his appeal and submission of his sanction paper late Read More…
Amid public outcry over police treatment of protesters last week, a UC Berkeley group has scheduled training for legal observers Monday afternoon in light of several protests scheduled for this week. The Boalt Hall Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild held a training for legal observers Monday afternoon, according to Read More…
After a student was cited by UCPD Wednesday afternoon for carrying large banners in front of Boalt Hall during Occupy Cal demonstrations, an email was sent out advising UC Berkeley School of Law students to avoid the West entrance of the building due to heavy police presence and confrontational incidents. Read More…
After being found responsible for conduct violations stemming from his coverage of the November 2009 occupation of Wheeler Hall, a former UC Berkeley student journalist appealed the decision Wednesday, calling for a reversal of the finding of responsibility. The appeal — filed by Josh Wolf, a recent graduate of the Read More…
