Times-Standard, November 7, 2009 by John Driscoll and Thadeus Greenson
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_13736590
The secrecy of grand jury proceedings is designed to give jurors the ability to reflect on the information while protecting the names of people who may have done nothing wrong, Feeley said. “They do it to allow themselves the freedom to have a full and frank discussion of things,” Feeley said.
The Daily Californian, August 26, 2009 by Angelica Dongallo
http://www.dailycal.org/article/106344/uc_berkeley_doctorates_still_prove_valuable
“Are they worried about their prospects? I think everyone is,” said Margo Rodriguez, student affairs officer in the jurisprudence and social policy program at Boalt Hall School of Law.
While most students who obtain doctoral degrees from UC Berkeley end up becoming academics, those who do not end up becoming educators are likely affected by factors other than their ability to land a job at a college or university. “All of them could if they wanted,” said law Professor Malcolm Feeley, saying that some students who go through both the doctoral program and jurisprudence programs at Boalt Hall decide they enjoy practicing law after all or pursue other non-academic professions.