We got a tip that Prof. Amanda Tyler finished the Boston Marathon on April 13. With near-freezing temperatures and snow squalls, the weather conditions were among the worst ever in the history of the race. Here’s what she says: “Yes, I did run Boston last Monday and it was a tough one. It was my […]
Awesome new colleague
Lily Yang joined the Event Services Unit and started making a positive contribution immediately. Thanks, Lily, for your professionalism and fantastic attitude and ideas!
First Take / Second Look: Exploring Unconscious Bias
Please join your Berkeley Law colleagues for a facilitated interactive workshop led by the Campus Multicultural Education Program (MEP) on workplace diversity. First Take/Second Look engages participants in a discussions regarding our behaviors that might be problematic for others, as well as what to do about situations where we may be on the receiving end […]
Getting to know . . . RoloBoalt!
RoloBoalt is the online internal directory for Berkeley Law faculty, staff, and students. It feeds information to other internal systems, so it is very important to keep it up to date. HR’s Anhara Alexander maintains the data regarding new hires and separations or faculty office moves, but each of us is responsible for updating our […]
A message from Erwin Chemerinsky
I write this as the academic year comes to a close. It is now almost exactly a year since I accepted the position of being dean at Berkeley Law and more than 10 months since I arrived. I thought in this initial column for the Bulletin that I would share a few observations. I came […]
Roxanne Livingston: Oral Argument Guru!
Once again, all of our first-year students successfully completed their oral arguments last week, due in large part to the remarkable logistical skills of Roxanne Livingston. The professors of legal writing are very grateful to Roxanne, and so are the 1Ls! We would also like to thank Barbara Karvelot, Sara Jimenez, Edwin Bish, Whitney Mello, […]
The Library Wants YOUR Book Review
Book reviews wanted!!! Please consider doing a book review for the Law Library’s Annual Summer Reads List. You can write on anything, old/new, children/adult, fiction/nonfiction – and reviews can be as short or long as you want. Please send your reviews to Edna Lewis at elewis@law.berkeley.edu by May 2.
Book Launch: Persuasion, The Hidden Forces That Influence Negotiations (Routledge 2018)
Some exciting news – my new book has just been released! Hope you find it useful and can share it with others: Title: Persuasion: The Hidden Forces That Influence Negotiations Author: Jasper Kim Publisher: Routledge (2018) Amazon link Book Description: Persuasion: The Hidden Forces That Influence Negotiations represents the first book of its kind to package […]
A New Phase
Our wonderful CFO, Drew Knab, will be leaving at the end of December to become the Associate Vice Chancellor for Financial and Business Services at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. This is a significant career advance for Drew and also allows him to be closer to his family in the Chicago area. Drew has done a terrific job as our CFO […]
Food Drive Success!
Thanks to all of you who contributed to our Food Drive to benefit The Bear Pantry! Your generous donations will support low-income UC Berkeley student families with dependent children. Thank you to Lisa Ferrari for her help with the food collection logistics and to the Clinical Program office, Library, Registrar’s Office, and Student Services for hosting the collection bins. All of your support was key […]