Ethan Elkind quoted by Los Angeles Times, Jan. 18, 2017
“In one of the most economically depressed parts of the state, if not the country, we’re seeing these policies create economic benefits,” said Ethan Elkind, director of the climate program at UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment.
Megan McCracken quoted by WUNC Radio, Jan. 18, 2017
“What sets Virginia’s law apart from other state secrecy laws is that it specifically protects transactions with compounding pharmacies,” Megan McCracken of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law’s Death Penalty Clinic told NPR.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, Jan. 17, 2017
Despite the conventional wisdom, though, it is not Amazon that is primarily to blame for Sears’s plight. Sears is being squeezed by changing economies and technology. Shoppers go to Walmart for discount items or to Target for discount items with a touch of style. The high end stays at stores like Nordstrom. The middle is smaller and increasingly shops online.
Olga Mack and Troy Foster write for Above the Law, January 17, 2017
If you teach outside of law school, it may be a good idea to include an overview of basic legal principles and the legal system. It’s important to view the topic from the perspective of someone without your legal training and experience.
John Yoo and David Carrillo quoted by Bay Area News Group, Jan. 14, 2017
During the Obama administration, Sacramento and Washington were on the same page. Now, observes John Yoo, a conservative professor at UC Berkeley School of Law, California is “going to know what it was like to be Texas for the past eight years.”
Taking stock of its rights is a smart move for any state whose policies are in conflict with Washington’s, said David Carrillo. … “If I’m the governor or the president pro tem of the state Senate,” Carrillo said, “right now I’d be laser-focused on the California constitution to figure out how I can circle the wagons around the issues Californians care about.”
Ty Alper quoted by Daily Emerald, Jan. 13, 2017
The petition “primarily used social media, and the word spread very rapidly. More than 1000 law professors signed on within the first 72 hours,” according to petition organizer and UC Berkeley Law faculty Ty Alper.
Brandon Greene co-writes for The Recorder (registration required), Jan. 13, 2017
While we certainly understand the Judicial Council’s concern about filling revenue gaps, we believe that those gaps will more readily and equitably be filled by strengthening the economic security of more Californians through the elimination of license suspension as a collections tool. We further believe that doing so would put California in the forefront nationally of efforts to limit racial bias in our criminal justice system.
Anne O’Connell quoted by The New York Times, Jan. 13, 2017
“Secretary of Treasury and secretary of defense have never been a woman or a person of color,” said Anne O’Connell, professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Trump’s choices continue that pattern.
Melissa Murray co-writes for The Nation, Jan. 12, 2017
So what happens to a feminist dream deferred? Does it wither and die? Or does it explode in indignation—moving beyond the existing paradigm to become a bolder, more progressive version of itself? The answer is obvious. It has to be—for our daughters and for ourselves.
Sonia Katyal co-writes for Hyperallergic, Jan. 12, 2017
there are examples where lawyers and artists must work closely together, like the legal defense team for Steve Kurtz, the Critical Art Ensemble (CAE) member. His antiwar projects exploring the public health impact on germ warfare programs led to his illegal detention in 2004 by the FBI and the confiscation of his work in the name of national security. The legal case, which was settled in 2008, succeeded in pushing back against the excesses of the USA Patriot Act passed by an anxious Congress.