Alex AG Shapiro
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Chemerinsky: "The fate of Texas’ and perhaps California’s recent redistricting — and thus the political composition of the House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm elections — turns on a principle of law that’s never made much sense before and makes absolutely no sense now." #ElectionLaw
"The Purcell principle is always troubling when it allows unconstitutional election laws to go into effect. It is just wrong when it means a state can act unconstitutionally but be completely immune from challenge."
- Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @latimes.com https://lat.ms/43NzIba
- Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @latimes.com https://lat.ms/43NzIba
Contributor: This Supreme Court loophole could help Texas' illegal voting maps survive the midterms
The so-called 'Purcell principle' allows states to argue that it's too close to an election to change laws.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Chemerinsky: "The fate of Texas’ and perhaps California’s recent redistricting — and thus the political composition of the House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm elections — turns on a principle of law that’s never made much sense before and makes absolutely no sense now." #ElectionLaw
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The civil rights icon and former federal judge Thelton Henderson was a witness to the violent efforts to block Black people from voting in the 1960s South. Today, he says, some want to turn back the clock. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/24/t...
Thelton Henderson: Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act, the struggle continues - Berkeley News
The civil rights icon and former federal judge, now a visiting professor at UC Berkeley Law, was a witness to the violent efforts to block Black people from voting in the 1960s South. Today, he says, ...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The civil rights icon and former federal judge Thelton Henderson was a witness to the violent efforts to block Black people from voting in the 1960s South. Today, he says, some want to turn back the clock. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/24/t...
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3L Becca Goren was named Best Advocate and Berkeley Law placed second at the recent Tournament of Champions Trial Competition in Waco, Texas: https://bit.ly/3XO4U6x #BerkeleyLaw
3L Becca Goren Leads Stellar Berkeley Law Showing at Tournament of Champions Trial Competition
3L Becca Goren was named Best Advocate and Berkeley Law placed second at the recent Tournament of Champions Trial Competition in Waco, Texas, which invites the nation’s top 16 trial […]
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November 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
3L Becca Goren was named Best Advocate and Berkeley Law placed second at the recent Tournament of Champions Trial Competition in Waco, Texas: https://bit.ly/3XO4U6x #BerkeleyLaw
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Berkeley Law’s weekly Coffee Chat Series creates timely opportunities for students to meet with over 40 employers: https://bit.ly/43IYTLT #BerkeleyLaw
Proactive approach: First-year students praise new program created in response to earlier hiring practices
Berkeley Law’s weekly Coffee Chat Series creates timely opportunities for students to meet with over 40 employers.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Berkeley Law’s weekly Coffee Chat Series creates timely opportunities for students to meet with over 40 employers: https://bit.ly/43IYTLT #BerkeleyLaw
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Thank you to Professor Leah Litman — Strict Scrutiny co-host, law professor, and former Supreme Court clerk — for joining us at Berkeley Law to discuss her new book 𝘓𝘢𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘙𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘝𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘴. @leahlitman.bsky.social #BerkeleyLaw
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Thank you to Professor Leah Litman — Strict Scrutiny co-host, law professor, and former Supreme Court clerk — for joining us at Berkeley Law to discuss her new book 𝘓𝘢𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘙𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘝𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘴. @leahlitman.bsky.social #BerkeleyLaw
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Join Professor Catherine Fisk and Edley Center Executive Director Catherine E. Lhamon for a fireside chat discussing the current status and democracy impacts of decimating federal civil service on Thursday 11/20.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/4o0wPLi #BerkeleyLaw
@catherinelhamon.bsky.social
RSVP: https://bit.ly/4o0wPLi #BerkeleyLaw
@catherinelhamon.bsky.social
Good Government Jobs: The Importance to Democracy of Protecting and Supporting A Nonpartisan Civil Service
Please join Professor Catherine Fisk and Edley Center Executive Director Catherine E. Lhamon for a fireside chat discussing the current status and democracy impacts of decimating federal civil service...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Join Professor Catherine Fisk and Edley Center Executive Director Catherine E. Lhamon for a fireside chat discussing the current status and democracy impacts of decimating federal civil service on Thursday 11/20.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/4o0wPLi #BerkeleyLaw
@catherinelhamon.bsky.social
RSVP: https://bit.ly/4o0wPLi #BerkeleyLaw
@catherinelhamon.bsky.social
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Professor Pamela Samuelson, co-director of the Center for Law & Technology, among UC Berkeley experts addressing AI’s legal and economic implications: https://bit.ly/3K0FnUv #BerkeleyLaw #AI @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social
UC Berkeley experts discuss legal and economic questions about AI technologies
A recent panel discussion at UC Berkeley considered current legal challenges for developers of generative AI (GenAI), as well as economic impacts of the technology. AI-powered chatbots such as ChatGPT...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Professor Pamela Samuelson, co-director of the Center for Law & Technology, among UC Berkeley experts addressing AI’s legal and economic implications: https://bit.ly/3K0FnUv #BerkeleyLaw #AI @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social
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Please join @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Civil Justice Research Initiative and @bji.bsky.social (virtually) on Dec 5, 1 PT for “Judges Standing Up for the Rule of Law.”
The program is open to the public and will be recorded. For more:
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...
The program is open to the public and will be recorded. For more:
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Please join @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Civil Justice Research Initiative and @bji.bsky.social (virtually) on Dec 5, 1 PT for “Judges Standing Up for the Rule of Law.”
The program is open to the public and will be recorded. For more:
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...
The program is open to the public and will be recorded. For more:
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...
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"With key cases on transgender athletes approaching, the Court shows little inclination to protect them from discrimination."
- Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via Daily Journal https://bit.ly/4rc8R2s #BerkeleyLaw
- Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via Daily Journal https://bit.ly/4rc8R2s #BerkeleyLaw
Courting discrimination: Trans Americans left unprotected
The Daily Journal has more journalists covering the California legal profession than any other publication.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"With key cases on transgender athletes approaching, the Court shows little inclination to protect them from discrimination."
- Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via Daily Journal https://bit.ly/4rc8R2s #BerkeleyLaw
- Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via Daily Journal https://bit.ly/4rc8R2s #BerkeleyLaw
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"I have strongly criticized the court for issuing several major rulings on its emergency docket without an opinion or explanation."
- Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky in his recurring series, Courtly Observations, on @scotusblog.com https://bit.ly/44hd9vx
- Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky in his recurring series, Courtly Observations, on @scotusblog.com https://bit.ly/44hd9vx
The shadow docket fails again
Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. […]
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November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"I have strongly criticized the court for issuing several major rulings on its emergency docket without an opinion or explanation."
- Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky in his recurring series, Courtly Observations, on @scotusblog.com https://bit.ly/44hd9vx
- Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky in his recurring series, Courtly Observations, on @scotusblog.com https://bit.ly/44hd9vx
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"Through their frequent and increasingly forceful dissenting opinions, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson are sounding an alarm: Our democracy is in danger..."
- Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky and Drexel Kline School of Law Professor Lisa Tucker via @inquirer.com https://bit.ly/47ZGICW
- Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky and Drexel Kline School of Law Professor Lisa Tucker via @inquirer.com https://bit.ly/47ZGICW
Justices Sotomayor and Jackson: Cassandras for our time | Opinion
Like the Trojan princess whose accurate prophesies were doomed to be disbelieved, dire warnings of the justices about American democracy are going unheeded.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Through their frequent and increasingly forceful dissenting opinions, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson are sounding an alarm: Our democracy is in danger..."
- Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky and Drexel Kline School of Law Professor Lisa Tucker via @inquirer.com https://bit.ly/47ZGICW
- Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky and Drexel Kline School of Law Professor Lisa Tucker via @inquirer.com https://bit.ly/47ZGICW
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Professor Katerina Linos, co-director of the Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law, spoke to @laviedesidees.bsky.social about the role of international institutions, particularly the European Union: https://booksandideas.net/Expanding-International-Bureaucracy #BerkeleyLaw
Expanding International Bureaucracy
As multilateral cooperation is increasingly under attack, Katerina Linos challenges certain misperceptions about the role of international institutions, particularly the European Union, and emphasizes...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Professor Katerina Linos, co-director of the Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law, spoke to @laviedesidees.bsky.social about the role of international institutions, particularly the European Union: https://booksandideas.net/Expanding-International-Bureaucracy #BerkeleyLaw
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Glowing group: First-year students bring record-setting credentials and intriguing experiences to Berkeley Law: https://bit.ly/4nZMWc1 #BerkeleyLaw
Glowing group: First-year students bring record-setting credentials and intriguing experiences to Berkeley Law
The school’s 1Ls arrived with record-setting credentials — but the numbers tell just a small part of their story.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Glowing group: First-year students bring record-setting credentials and intriguing experiences to Berkeley Law: https://bit.ly/4nZMWc1 #BerkeleyLaw
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Berkeley Law was named one of 10 Leading Law Schools for Tax Law by JD Journal https://bit.ly/49jgTQE #BerkeleyLaw #TaxLaw
Top Ten Hit: Berkeley Honored as a Leading School for Tax Law
Berkeley Law was named one of 10 Leading Law Schools for Tax Law by JD Journal, which called its tax program “widely respected for its focus on policy, research, and […]
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November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Berkeley Law was named one of 10 Leading Law Schools for Tax Law by JD Journal https://bit.ly/49jgTQE #BerkeleyLaw #TaxLaw
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“The one thing we all learned on the playground is if you give in to a bully, it only makes it worse in the long term. It’s so important that institutions of higher education stand together at this moment and stand together for our shared missions.”
- Dean Chemerinsky
- Dean Chemerinsky
@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Urges Supreme Court to Be ‘Guardrail of Our Democracy’
Erwin Chemerinsky capped this week’s APLU conference by explaining higher ed’s vulnerabilities that the Trump admin is exploiting and arguing that the court needs to “check” the president. https://bit.ly/489PDD4
Erwin Chemerinsky capped this week’s APLU conference by explaining higher ed’s vulnerabilities that the Trump admin is exploiting and arguing that the court needs to “check” the president. https://bit.ly/489PDD4
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“The one thing we all learned on the playground is if you give in to a bully, it only makes it worse in the long term. It’s so important that institutions of higher education stand together at this moment and stand together for our shared missions.”
- Dean Chemerinsky
- Dean Chemerinsky
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“My role has always been to push the envelope and to see where the ADA could be used in ways that weren’t obvious or explicit.” - Arlene Mayerson ’77 www.law.berkeley.edu/article/arle...
#BerkeleyLaw #DisabilityRights
#BerkeleyLaw #DisabilityRights
Paving the (accessible) way
Disability rights lawyer Arlene Mayerson ’77 has racked up decades of legal victories and helped craft the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“My role has always been to push the envelope and to see where the ADA could be used in ways that weren’t obvious or explicit.” - Arlene Mayerson ’77 www.law.berkeley.edu/article/arle...
#BerkeleyLaw #DisabilityRights
#BerkeleyLaw #DisabilityRights
“If there is going to be a check on a president who has authoritarian impulses, it’s going to have to be from the restraints of the Constitution—and the only way we can enforce those is the courts.” Dean Chemerinsky @berkeleylaw.bsky.social @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
Berkeley Law Dean Urges SCOTUS to Be “Guardrail” for Democracy
Erwin Chemerinsky capped this week’s APLU conference by explaining higher ed’s financial vulnerabilities that the Trump administration is exploiting and arguing that the high court needs to “check” th...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“If there is going to be a check on a president who has authoritarian impulses, it’s going to have to be from the restraints of the Constitution—and the only way we can enforce those is the courts.” Dean Chemerinsky @berkeleylaw.bsky.social @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
“You can’t have access to legal services if you can’t receive legal information, share your story and have that honest, true, trusted communication with your attorney,” said Deborah Schlosberg, @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Pro Bono Program. www.dailycal.org/news/campus/... via @dailycal.bsky.social
Berkeley Law launches 42-language legal access initiative
Last week, the UC Berkeley School of Law’s Pro Bono Program launched its first-ever Language Access Directory, an initiative designed to bridge the “persistent” language barriers in legal access.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“You can’t have access to legal services if you can’t receive legal information, share your story and have that honest, true, trusted communication with your attorney,” said Deborah Schlosberg, @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Pro Bono Program. www.dailycal.org/news/campus/... via @dailycal.bsky.social
Prof. Emily Rong Zhang (@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social) says redistricting has long been a “wild west” of the US democratic system. “It’s brute force politics where the fights are some of the dirtiest,” she said. Via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rich Donors Bankroll Redistricting Fights Ahead of 2026 Elections
The big money doesn’t want to wait until 2026.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Prof. Emily Rong Zhang (@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social) says redistricting has long been a “wild west” of the US democratic system. “It’s brute force politics where the fights are some of the dirtiest,” she said. Via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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“It’s very, very unusual to have direct evidence of intent,” Professor Elisabeth Semel, co-director of Berkeley Law's Death Penalty Clinic, spoke to @theassemblync.bsky.social bit.ly/47GIj0m #BerkeleyLaw
It’s Illegal to Use Gender in Jury Selection. That Hasn’t Stopped it From Happening.
The U.S. Supreme Court has forbidden using gender to remove potential jurors, but N.C. appellate courts have done little to enforce that.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“It’s very, very unusual to have direct evidence of intent,” Professor Elisabeth Semel, co-director of Berkeley Law's Death Penalty Clinic, spoke to @theassemblync.bsky.social bit.ly/47GIj0m #BerkeleyLaw
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"Do amicus, or 'friend of the court,' briefs matter in Supreme Court cases? [...] I often wonder if they are worth the time and effort." Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky in his recurring series, Courtly Observations, on @scotusblog.com bit.ly/4osOegE
The tariffs case and whether amicus briefs matter
Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. […]
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November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Do amicus, or 'friend of the court,' briefs matter in Supreme Court cases? [...] I often wonder if they are worth the time and effort." Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky in his recurring series, Courtly Observations, on @scotusblog.com bit.ly/4osOegE
“The two tariff cases before the Supreme Court this week should thus be easy ones, including for the conservative justices. But will they follow the law and their traditional approaches to it, or are they just a rubber stamp for Team Trump?” - Chemerinsky www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: The Constitution is clear when it comes to Trump's tariffs
Will the Supreme Court's conservatives follow the letter of the laws, or be a rubber stamp for Trump?
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November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“The two tariff cases before the Supreme Court this week should thus be easy ones, including for the conservative justices. But will they follow the law and their traditional approaches to it, or are they just a rubber stamp for Team Trump?” - Chemerinsky www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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“The two tariff cases before the Supreme Court this week should thus be easy ones, including for the conservative justices.” Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... via @latimes.com
Contributor: The Constitution is clear when it comes to Trump's tariffs
Will the Supreme Court's conservatives follow the letter of the laws, or be a rubber stamp for Trump?
www.latimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“The two tariff cases before the Supreme Court this week should thus be easy ones, including for the conservative justices.” Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... via @latimes.com
One year after launching the world’s first LL.M. Certificate in AI Law and Regulation, @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social is expanding the program’s curriculum and highlighting the growing impact of its graduates across industries and continents. www.law.berkeley.edu/article/berk...
Berkeley Law Expands Groundbreaking AI Law Certificate as Global Demand for Expertise Grows
One year after launching the world’s first LL.M. Certificate in AI Law and Regulation, the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law is expanding the program’s curriculum and highlighting the ...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
One year after launching the world’s first LL.M. Certificate in AI Law and Regulation, @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social is expanding the program’s curriculum and highlighting the growing impact of its graduates across industries and continents. www.law.berkeley.edu/article/berk...
🔥 from my birthday twin @dianaspechler.bsky.social : What We Brag About When We Brag About Nothing open.substack.com/pub/dianaspe...
What We Brag About When We Brag About Nothing
and some thoughts on spicy food
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October 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
🔥 from my birthday twin @dianaspechler.bsky.social : What We Brag About When We Brag About Nothing open.substack.com/pub/dianaspe...