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Named one of the nation’s 100 most influential corporate governance leaders, Daniel Dobrygowski '07 describes the motivations driving both his pioneering work and his new book: bit.ly/3RpulLV #BerkeleyLaw

Professors Chris @hoofnagle & Jonathan D. Glater weighed in on Berkeley Law’s new AI policy in @sfchronicle: bit.ly/49M1zeA

Can an employer look at my internet history? youtube.com/shorts/RS38V8-… #ItstheLaw #BerkeleyLaw

Rising 3L Neil Gallagher won @UCBerkeley's prestigious Chancellor’s Award for Civic Engagement, given each year to a single undergraduate student, graduate student, student group, and staff member for their community contributions: bit.ly/3PgNTl1 #BerkeleyLaw

“There is a federal crime that prohibits exactly what the president did, and for exactly this reason, to prevent a corrupt president from using the IRS to their own advantage,” Professor Brian Galle @BDGesq tells @Independent: bit.ly/4dFcV5o #BerkeleyLaw

Higher income, better insurance, elite hospitals—still not enough. @BerkeleyLaw professor Khiara M. Bridges explores how structural and interpersonal racism continue to shape pregnancy risks for Black Americans across class lines. news.berkeley.edu/2026/05/18/for…

"The Court declaring victory over racism cannot eliminate the reality of continuing pervasive race discrimination in voting." —Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @Cal_Lawyer: bit.ly/3RDd3uJ

"Voters should demand that candidates show commitment to justice—not just rhetoric." —Opinion by Andrea Crider, Attorney/Lecturer at the Criminal Law & Justice Center, via @DavisVanguard: bit.ly/4fzsoq1

“I would go to faculty meetings and put cards on chairs saying, ‘If you have a grant that’s been terminated, could you write me a sentence?’” Professor Claudia Polsky tells @berkeleyside after representing researchers in a case to restore suspended grants: bit.ly/4a1I2qC

Haters gonna come for me. Talking about #DIVERSITY at 1PM Easter. Check it. @BerkeleyLaw

"Blaming genetics or culture allows society to abdicate responsibility for the avoidable deaths that are happening every day," says Prof. Khiara Bridges in a Q&A about her new book, 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺. Read the full article: bit.ly/3Rz0ArU #BerkeleyLaw

"The trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI—in which the jury on Monday decided in favor of OpenAI—was about many things: a clash of egos, a governance dispute, and a morality play with few morals." —Opinion by Professor Prasad Krishnamurthy via @BLaw: bit.ly/3PwIbLG

"In Louisiana v. Callais, the conservative justices unleashed massive changes on the eve & even in the midst, of elections, which will alter their results in many states & perhaps the composition of Congress." —Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @SCOTUSblog: bit.ly/4umTbe3

"Two billionaires offered themselves as the guarantors of AI safety. We were never going to be safer that way. Corporations are writing the rules of AI. The law’s job is to discipline how they write." —Opinion by Prof. Stavros Gadinis via @FortuneMagazine: bit.ly/4duV1lF

“I’m guessing the jurors got into their room and said, ‘does it seem like Musk knew about this in 2019?’ and everyone said ‘yes’ and then they go, ‘we’re done,'” said Vincent Joralemon, Director of the Life Sciences Law & Policy Center to @californiapost: bit.ly/4tEAEIZ

@latimes Learn more about the LL.M. Certificate of Specialization in AI Law and Regulation: law.berkeley.edu/academics/llm/… #BerkeleyLaw

"Meanwhile, at UC Berkeley’s school of law, students began enrollment last year in a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree with a focus on artificial intelligence." Read more via @latimes: lat.ms/42CPK6J #BerkeleyLaw

"A new report from Berkeley Law’s Human Rights Clinic shows that climate change is acting as a 'threat multiplier' in Central America, intensifying the poverty, food insecurity and violence that already drive immigration." Read more via @guardian: bit.ly/4duRlAx

“After weeks of damaging testimony, the public is left choosing between two dueling billionaires, each convinced he is the rightful steward of transformative technology. The answer most people will reach is: neither,” Prof. Stavros Gadinis tells @CNBC: cnb.cx/4wGY1Ew

Berkeley Law’s newest graduates are clerking for the supreme courts of five states this fall — Alaska, California, Hawaiʻi, New Jersey & Nevada — as well as intermediate courts of appeal in Alaska & Hawaiʻi & state superior courts in Alaska & California: bit.ly/4nwejfd