Thomas Frampton, Nathan Shaffer Support Protestors

-The Daily Californian, March 2, 2011 by Alisha Azevedo and Aaida Samad
http://www.dailycal.org/article/112181/hearing_finds_wheeler_student_protester_not_respon

“I think tonight shows that when students are given a fair hearing with minimal procedural protections, the university hearing panel is not going to find them guilty of the allegations we have seen from student conduct,” said Thomas Frampton.

-Daily Journal, March 10, 2011 by Laura Ernde
http://www.dailyjournal.com (registration required; go to H:\Law School in the News\In the News 2011\News Clips for article)

“On a very selfish level it’s been a great experience to have the opportunity to work with clients, to advocate on their behalf and to really be inspired by them,” Frampton said. “The students we are working with are fantastically motivated and committed to the noble work they’re doing.”

Shaffer said the campus rights project combines his dual interest in community organizing and serving as a legal advocate. “You’re representing real clients,” said Shaffer, who never expected the effort would lead to superior court.

Eric Talley Comments on Recent Round of Bank Stress Tests

The New York Times, DealBook, March 2, 2011 by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica
http://nyti.ms/hxDNHH

Now the banks are reporting on their own internal capital plans based on their own asset assessment. “It could be that banks have been really assiduous about own risk portfolios,” Professor Talley said. “Or it could be that too much control over the process has been handed over to banks. It’s hard to tell.”

Kenneth Bamberger Believes New Institute a Good Fit for UC Berkeley

-The Jerusalem Post, March 1, 2011 by Gil Shefler
http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=210274

Bamberger said the initiative, which among other things will bring Israeli lecturers to teach at the university and hold conferences on Israel’s thriving IT sector, received an “overwhelmingly” positive response at the university.

-JWeekly, March 3, 2011 by Dan Pine
http://bit.ly/i3Qd4v

That plan takes the shape of two basic programs, one focused on traditional Jewish law; the other concentrated on modern Israeli law and society. “Each arises out of experiences in the law school that dovetail quite well with the strengths of the [larger] campus,” said Kenneth Bamberger.

Christopher Edley Recalls Dad’s Visit with Philanthropist Walter Annenberg

Palm Springs Life, March 2011 by Linda L. Meierhoffer
http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/March-2011/A-Legacy-of-Giving/

“For most private, historically black colleges and universities, there are chronic financial problems. My father made the case on the continuing importance of these institutions to the structure of opportunity in America, and he then delivered the ‘ask,'” says Edley…. Annenberg made a counterproposal, pledging $50 million if the UNCF could raise $200 million on its own, which it did in seven years. “He wanted to make history. Dad always considered him among the most visionary people with whom he ever worked.”

Jason Schultz Says Some Companies Soften Stance on IP Infringements

Washington Internet Daily, February 25, 2011 by Louis Trager
http://bit.ly/ibjEBt (registration required; go to H:\Law School in the News\In the News 2011\News Clips for article)

“Each company has to decide what they’re OK with,” said Schultz, of the University of California-Berkeley law school. Lucasfilm “actually used to be pretty harsh on the Internet” with IP enforcement “but now has become quite friendly” to user-generated content involving its properties, as with the video “Star Wars Uncut,” he said.

Stanley Lubman Thinks China’s Brutality Has Increased in Wake of Mideast Unrest

The Wall Street Journal, China Real Time Report, February 25, 2011 by Stanley Lubman
http://on.wsj.com/gSjtGN

The current anxieties about unrest have already been manifested in the repression of activist lawyers, and will undoubtedly continue. Lawyers and citizens who pursue rights formally granted to Chinese citizens could conceivably be deemed to veer close to the paranoid notion of “inciting subversion.” If so, those who assert legal rights could become targets of regime suppression.

Jonathan Simon Rejects ‘Total Incapacitation’ of Prisoners

The Global Herald, February 24, 2011 by Jonathan Simon
http://theglobalherald.com/crime-the-emergence-of-an-exceptional-penal-rationale/11926/

What explains the commitment of many American states (and California is perhaps the leading example of a much more widely spread pattern) to this kind of degrading punishment, and why has it remained largely unchanged despite nearly two decades of declining crime rates, grave fiscal difficulties, and growing scandals involving overcrowding and incompetent medical care?

Kenneth Bamberger, Christopher Edley Announce Launch of New Institute

-Jewish Journal, February 24, 2011 by Jonah Lowenfeld
http://bit.ly/fwxc9w

“The law school has deep strengths in both the study of Jewish law—and religious law more generally—and also focuses on the study of Israel,” said Kenneth A. Bamberger…. “As more people got involved, it seemed like a real contribution could be made to those engaged in the discourse around Jewish law and Israel on campus.”

-Jewish Telegraphic Agency, February 24, 2011
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/02/24/2743089/uc-berkeley-to-expand-jewish-israel-studies

Christopher Edley … said in a news release that the institute “builds on the law school’s historic strengths in religious law. It also capitalizes on our cross-disciplinary and comparative approach to law and society and our longstanding collaborations with Israeli scholars and academic institutions.”

-Contra Costa Times, February 24, 2011 by Matt Krupnick
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_17475320?nclick_check=1

“I think it’s really going to transform the atmosphere on campus,” said Christopher Edley … who recounted stories of students who felt intimidated by their peers or professors while discussing Israel and Palestine. “It’s brought tears to my eyes. This is not what you expect of a world-class university.”

UC Berkeley has long collaborated with Israeli scholars and universities, and the institute will help centralize those studies, said Kenneth Bamberger…. “Our approach to issues that people care deeply about is to provide an open forum. We welcome the diversity of views around these issues.”

-The National Law Journal, February 24, 2011 by Karen Sloan
http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202483191505&rss=nlj&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1

“These are fast-emerging fields in higher education,” Dean Christopher Edley said in a written statement. “The Gilbert Foundation’s generous gift allows us to bolster existing Jewish and Israel programming on campus with the added perspective of legal scholarship, and to better compete with comparable offerings at our peer universities.”

“We’re working to support broader discourse on campus around Jewish and Israel-related scholarship,” said institute faculty director Kenneth Bamberger. “We want to better serve UC students interested in studying these topics in-depth.”

-The Daily Californian, February 28, 2011 by Courtney Moulds
http://www.dailycal.org/article/112151/school_of_law_launches_the_berkeley_institute_for_

“The goal is to take a lot of existing strengths that we have both in the law school and also in the rest of the university and provide an institutional home,” said Kenneth Bamberger.

Jason Schultz Prefers Traditional Jury Selection, Not Online “Snooping”

The Wall Street Journal, February 22, 2011 by Ana Campoy and Ashby Jones
http://on.wsj.com/f0dHlg

Some legal experts oppose this growing practice of scouring social-media sites, arguing that the traditional jury-selection process … provides more valuable information than out-of-context online comments. “I don’t think we should abandon that system in favor of Internet snooping,” said Jason Schultz. “There are a number people who post who they want to be, as opposed to who they are.”