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Join the Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law (BJELL) and Center for Law and Work (CLAW) for a symposium about different strategies in the fight for the rights of immigrant workers. RSVP: bit.ly/40MXwKf #BerkeleyLaw

“Under the First Amendment, the press decides how it wants to report the war. The government cannot control what the press says,” Dean Chemerinsky to @thenation: bit.ly/4uIvGMV #BerkeleyLaw

Five UC Berkeley faculty have been selected as recipients of the 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award, the campus’s most prestigious honor for teaching. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4snXrc9

Four members of the Berkeley Law faculty were named to the annual “Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2025” list, an analysis by @GeorgeMasonU Law Librarians Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp: bit.ly/4lNGrJW #BerkeleyLaw

The latest Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law edition probes several intriguing issues. Led by Editor-in-Chief Alice Choi, the journal publishes leading scholarship by professors, judges, research fellows, clerks, and law students nationwide: bit.ly/3PlOIIL #BerkeleyLaw

Can courts stop partisan gerrymandering? youtube.com/shorts/we-iYaI… #ItstheLaw #BerkeleyLaw

Prof. Brian Galle (@BDGesq) to @sfchronicle: @berkeleyecon Prof. Emmanuel Saez is “one of the real geniuses of our time,” and working with him “can sometimes feel like the tax-policy equivalent of a 10-day-contract guy trading passes with LeBron James.” bit.ly/4bkOQ40

Professor David Oppenheimer, author of “The Diversity Principle,” told @sfchronicle he thinks Stanford could make a legitimate argument that its training course is different from minority-admissions programs that the Supreme Court prohibited: bit.ly/4uBggdn

As industry defendants increasingly push California judges to adopt stricter standing limits modeled on federal standards, @UCBConsumerLaw is helping residents keep their access to the state’s courts: bit.ly/4sUW5FG #BerkeleyLaw

"The economy needs an independent Fed, not one that follows the whims of the president." —Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky and Professor Prasad Krishnamurthy via Daily Journal: bit.ly/4sVUQGh

"Growing evidence suggests that social media, algorithmic feeds, and AI systems may encourage compulsive, addiction-like use," says Vincent Joralemon, Director of the Life Sciences Law & Policy Center at Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and co-authors. #BerkeleyLaw

How can technology help expand access to justice? In this episode of 𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 hosted by 3L Zara Tayebjee, Professor @colleen_chien ’02 shares how AI and technology could make social justice work more efficient: youtu.be/CFzmpkgfiFA

A look at the @BerkeleyLaw Center for the Study of Law and Society. law.berkeley.edu/article/pionee…

"If you look around, you might say, ‘It seems like billionaires might be in charge of a little bit too much’ — they made (up) 20% of all campaign expenditures last year...” Professor Brian Galle tells @dailycal: bit.ly/3Nr1fKg #BerkeleyLaw

Join @nyulaw Professor Jonathan Gould and Berkeley Law Professor Daniel Farber tomorrow, March 17, at 1pm for "Political Repression & U.S. Public Law." Hosted by the Edley Center on Law & Democracy. RSVP: bit.ly/3N6zNBF #BerkeleyLaw

"Our country should make registering to vote and voting easier, not much more difficult. The SAVE Act is a terrible idea that hopefully will not become law." — Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via The Contrarian: bit.ly/4uDv2R0

“I’m not going to change what I say, but I will try to make sure the assignments don’t invite students into making statements that could get them in trouble,” says Professor Christopher Kutz to @nytimes: nytimes.com/2026/03/16/us/… #BerkeleyLaw

Why do some billionaires pay less tax than the middle class? Professor Brian Galle outlines a plan for fairer taxation at the federal level in this podcast episode of "Berkeley Law Voices Carry."

"It’s ironic that they’re doing this just at the time when people are most worried about gas prices,” Professor Dan Farber, faculty director of @cleeberkeley, told @bostonherald: bit.ly/4lviJ4U #BerkeleyLaw

Last chance to donate for Big Give! Your support makes all the difference in shaping the future of legal education at Berkeley Law. Donate now: law.berkeley.edu/BigGive2026 #BigGive #BerkeleyLaw #GoBears