UC Berkeley School of Law to be conducted entirely online in fall 2020
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UC Berkeley School of Law announced that it will hold all classes online for the fall semester in a letter from Dean Erwin Chemerinsky on Friday.
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UC Berkeley School of Law talks race, police reform in 1st of livestream series
In the wake of George Floyd’s death and the ensuing protests across the country, four UC Berkeley professors discussed their thoughts in the first segment of a longer series on race and policing.
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Experts say COVID-19 presents threats to democratic process in general election
Five campus experts talked about the challenges the coronavirus pandemic will present for the 2020 general election in an event Friday.
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CA Bar Examination may be postponed or canceled due to spread of COVID-19
Due to social distancing orders, the fate of the scheduled California Bar Examination in July is uncertain. State Bar of California board of trustees chair Alan Steinbrecher sent a letter to the California Supreme Court outlining two options to replace the exam.
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‘Making this campus more inclusive’: UC Berkeley communities react to Boalt Hall name removal
The Building Name Review Committee spent almost three years circulating surveys, inviting public comment and reading reports from an internal Berkeley Law committee.
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‘Burden of the history’: UC Berkeley removes Boalt Hall’s name
As of early Thursday morning, the campus has removed Boalt Hall’s name and the building’s name pin lettering.
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Robert Reich, Erwin Chemerinsky discuss Trump’s potential impeachment
UC Berkeley Social Science Matrix hosted a discussion centered on the impeachment inquiry into President Trump’s phone call with the Ukranian president.
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Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses career, life during talk at UC Berkeley
Almost 2,000 people gave a standing ovation when U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg walked on and offstage for the first annual Herma Hill Kay Memorial Lecture put on by the UC Berkeley School of Law on Monday.
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Berkeley Law dean speaks against Alabama abortion ban
UC Berkeley School of Law Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law Erwin Chemerinsky has spoken out against the recent Alabama abortion ban, describing it as an opportunity for conservatives to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Following Sproul Plaza assault, Trump threatens to exchange free speech commitment for federal funds
During his speech at the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, President Donald Trump condemned the assault that took place Feb. 19 on Sproul Plaza against Hayden Williams, a man tabling for the conservative organization Turning Point USA.
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