Stephen Rosenbaum

The detention of Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi

Stephen Rosenbaum interviewed by Celebrity Court Radio, August 18, 2013

“As to the authority [for detaining Morsi], like so much that’s been happening the few years [since the revolution], we have vacant institutions and ad hoc laws…. Even those who may be in favor of the overthrow are not necessarily pleased with the continued detention and lack of due process.”

CelebrityCourt: the Oscar Pistorius trial

Stephen Rosenbaum interviewed by celebritycourtradio, June 9, 2013

The case of Oscar Pistorius really raises some underlying issues about the criminal justice system and the judicial system in general in South Africa…. What comes out from South Africa’s own reporting, a working group called the Criminal Justice System Working Group … is that more than half of the estimated two million criminal cases reported annually were never resolved. And we see that with the Pistorius case, the screw-up that’s gone on in the investigative process.

Celebrity Court: hearings for CIA nominee John Brennan

Stephen Rosenbaum interviewed for celebritycourtradio, February 10, 2013

“For a while now, a number of human rights advocacy organizations have been pressing the administration, both in court and outside of court, notably the ACLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights, to release internal memos on the [drone] policy. On the eve of the Brennan hearing, that’s exactly what the administration did—to try and do some damage control before the Congressional hearings

Who’s teaching whom?

Eleanor Swift and Stephen Rosenbaum quoted in California Lawyer, May 2012

“The university and the professor were very, very upset about that case,” notes Eleanor Swift, a Berkeley law professor who was one of several unofficial faculty advisors to the Campus Rights Project. “I know the student conduct office hated the CRP,” she adds.

“The CRP has been a thorn in the side of the administration and top-notch in their legal work,” says Stephen A. Rosenbaum, a longtime lecturer at the law school who, like Swift, has worked closely with the group. “They represent the finest in the tradition of student activism, going back to the Free Speech Movement of the sixties,” he adds.

Stephen Rosenbaum Helps Qatar University Launch Law Clinic

ABODE Magazine, February 2012 by ABODE
http://issuu.com/abodemagazine/docs/abodefeb2012

“The clinic will consist of lectures, they’ll learn some skills, learn how to draft laws, learn how to work with media anytime they do legislation, learn Qatar laws, they will learn about research skills and strategizing. Plus they’ll learn a little bit of background of domestic violence and probably a little bit of Sharia, they’ll have some guest speakers. There will be classroom sessions and practical experience.”

Stephen Rosenbaum Helps Qatar University Launch Law Clinic

ABODE Magazine, February 2012 by ABODE
http://www.printcomqatar.com/index.htm(Inactive link)
“The clinic will consist of lectures, they’ll learn some skills, learn how to draft laws, learn how to work with media anytime they do legislation, learn Qatar laws, they will learn about research skills and strategizing. Plus they’ll learn a little bit of background of domestic violence and probably a little bit of Sharia, they’ll have some guest speakers. There will be classroom sessions and practical experience.”

Stephen Rosenbaum Applauds Students’ Campus Rights Project

Daily Journal, March 10, 2011 by Laura Ernde
http://bit.ly/8T4Z6t (registration required; go to H:\Law School in the News\In the News 2011\News Clips for article)

Rosenbaum said the current crop of law students began the project as a way to support the protest movement on campus but got mired in a protracted disciplinary process. “Like any good lawyers, they learned to work within that process to advocate for their clients,” he said.