Sujit Choudhry quoted in The Indian Express, May 14, 2014
The Indian American called the Berkeley Law deanship the opportunity of a lifetime. “Berkeley Law is simply a remarkable institution,” said Choudhry. “I am deeply attracted to Berkeley’s public mission, it is committed to equality of opportunity, academic excellence, and diversity like no other law school that I know,” he added.
Saira Mohamed writes for Verdict, May 14, 2014
Human rights law gets a bad rap for many reasons: because in most cases it has no “teeth,” no courts or armies to enforce it; or because its purportedly universal rights protect only individuals with power or voice, or only those lucky enough to live in the countries that believe they are indeed rights. The European restrictions on the export and production of lethal injection drugs, however, indicates the power of human rights law, even when protections are limited to a particular region.
Kenneth Bamberger interviewed on Marketplace Morning Report, May 14, 2014
In the U.S., what’s stronger is “a commitment to free speech, free communication, free content, which very often has deleterious effects for individuals’ privacy,” says Ken Bamberger, a professor of law at UC Berkeley, who says much of the disagreement is rooted in tradition.
Peter Schuck writes for Los Angeles Times, May 14, 2014
First, the problem of campus violence defies simple solutions. Many institutions that are deeply concerned about campus rape, that are neither misogynist nor indifferent, have yet to come up with a full solution. This strongly suggests that the problem is inherently difficult to remedy, not that the schools aren’t trying hard enough.
Andrew Guzman cited in U.S. News & World Report, May 14, 2014
A school that’s invested in training students for international law will likely offer a variety of courses within this topic, experts say. At Berkeley, students can take classes such as public international law, human rights and humanitarian law, international trade, international investment law or myriad other classes, Guzman says. It all depends on what kind of law career they want to have and their interests.
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, May 14, 2014
A grisly crime arising out of a clash over land rights in eastern China’s Shandong is the latest illustration of a critical disconnect among farmers, local village authorities and the central government, which has pledged land reforms that have not yet been enacted.
Pamela Samuelson quoted in Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2014
“EU data protection rules are much stricter and broader in scope than U.S. privacy rules,” said Pamela Samuelson, a professor at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. “So the ruling is not all that surprising. But it obviously complicates the task for search engines of giving folks access to content that’s lawful in most jurisdictions.”
David Rosenfeld quoted by KTVU Online, May 13, 2014
Alameda attorney, David Rosenfeld, who teaches at the University of California-Berkeley law school, says the Diocese’s actions are protected under the First Amendment. “They have the right to say you must be a representative of the faith and you must act in your private capacity just like in your teaching capacity as a representative of the faith,” Rosenfeld said.
Ethan Elkind interviewed by KCRW To the Point, May 12, 2014
“These are tried and true technologies. Solar panels have been around for decades, and there is a lot of environmental analysis done on solar installations everywhere. The notion that solar panels are dangerous has been looked at, and was sort of put to bed decades ago.”
Steven Weissman interviewed by KALW City Visions, May 12, 2014
“There was a study done by Congress in 1980 saying that in order for solar to cut through, there was going to have to be a reduction from the current price, which at that point was about ten dollars per installed watt down to one dollar per installed watt, and they predicted that would happen in 1988. Well we didn’t get there, then, but there’s been a dramatic shift in the last handful of years, and now solar is very much within that range.”