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"Senator Kelly’s statement, again, is just restating the law and the obligations of members of the military and intelligence forces; it is not advising or urging insubordination or disloyalty or mutiny or refusal of duty," Professor Saira Mohamed told @time.com https://bit.ly/484JsQI #BerkeleyLaw
Is It Illegal to Urge Troops to Refuse Unlawful Orders?
President Donald Trump and his Administration have suggested six Democrats violated the law. Legal experts disagree.
time.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"Senator Kelly’s statement, again, is just restating the law and the obligations of members of the military and intelligence forces; it is not advising or urging insubordination or disloyalty or mutiny or refusal of duty," Professor Saira Mohamed told @time.com https://bit.ly/484JsQI #BerkeleyLaw
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky spoke to @politico.com to break down high-profile court cases related to gerrymandering efforts in California and Texas: https://politi.co/3XO59hV #BerkeleyLaw
Legal limbo for Texas and California House maps
www.politico.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky spoke to @politico.com to break down high-profile court cases related to gerrymandering efforts in California and Texas: https://politi.co/3XO59hV #BerkeleyLaw
"I do think there's a measure of individual responsibility people need to take. They need to be mindful of what an AI chat is. And it's a word-association machine," Professor Catherine Crump told @people.com https://bit.ly/4pw0QUe #BerkeleyLaw #AI @catherinecrump.bsky.social
ChatGPT Questions Are Getting People Arrested, Authorities Say: Experts Break Down What Not to Type
In recent months, authorities allege, multiple Florida teenagers have conducted searches on ChatGPT that led to them being in the crosshairs of law enforcement or facing criminal charges
people.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"I do think there's a measure of individual responsibility people need to take. They need to be mindful of what an AI chat is. And it's a word-association machine," Professor Catherine Crump told @people.com https://bit.ly/4pw0QUe #BerkeleyLaw #AI @catherinecrump.bsky.social
"Truthful speech is protected by the First Amendment and should not be the basis for accusing people of sedition, let alone threatening the death penalty."
– Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article313101828.html#storylink=cpy #BerkeleyLaw
– Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article313101828.html#storylink=cpy #BerkeleyLaw
Trump’s sedition threat against members of Congress is unconstitutional | Opinion
“Accusing members of Congress of sedition and treason and calling for them to be sentenced to death is unheard of in the United States.”
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November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"Truthful speech is protected by the First Amendment and should not be the basis for accusing people of sedition, let alone threatening the death penalty."
– Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article313101828.html#storylink=cpy #BerkeleyLaw
– Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article313101828.html#storylink=cpy #BerkeleyLaw
Q&A with Thelton Henderson '62: The civil rights icon and Berkeley Law visiting professor witnessed violent efforts to block Black people from voting in the 1960s South: https://bit.ly/48AspWP #BerkeleyLaw
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 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Q&A with Thelton Henderson '62: The civil rights icon and Berkeley Law visiting professor witnessed violent efforts to block Black people from voting in the 1960s South: https://bit.ly/48AspWP #BerkeleyLaw
Berkeley Law's Advocacy Competitions Program is proud to present the 2025 Halloum Business Competition final round! Watch our finalists go head-to-head at the negotiation table: https://youtu.be/JRTUaaAVPd4 #BerkeleyLaw @berkeleyhaas.bsky.social
2025 Halloum Business Competition Final Round
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November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Berkeley Law's Advocacy Competitions Program is proud to present the 2025 Halloum Business Competition final round! Watch our finalists go head-to-head at the negotiation table: https://youtu.be/JRTUaaAVPd4 #BerkeleyLaw @berkeleyhaas.bsky.social
Can the president order killings of suspected drug smugglers? https://youtube.com/shorts/3WoMTzasJ_U?feature=share
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Can the president order killings of suspected drug smugglers?
YouTube video by UC Berkeley School of Law
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November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Can the president order killings of suspected drug smugglers? https://youtube.com/shorts/3WoMTzasJ_U?feature=share
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@bji.bsky.social @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) is quoted in this article about judicial security: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
As judges face more threats, only the Supreme Court gets new security funds
There was a spike in threats against the judiciary in the early months of 2025, Marshals Service data shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
@bji.bsky.social @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) is quoted in this article about judicial security: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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
“I do think the U.S. is starting to withdraw from the position that it played for much of the 20th century, as did the U.K. for much of the 19th, in enforcing international rules,” Professor John Yoo told @foreignpolicy.com https://bit.ly/4o9bSxD #BerkeleyLaw
Has Trump’s America Gone Rogue?
The Trump administration’s cavalier approach to the rule of law is the end of an era.
foreignpolicy.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“I do think the U.S. is starting to withdraw from the position that it played for much of the 20th century, as did the U.K. for much of the 19th, in enforcing international rules,” Professor John Yoo told @foreignpolicy.com https://bit.ly/4o9bSxD #BerkeleyLaw
“There is a long-term strategy that many big entities [...] subscribe to, which is, if we settle every case, then people will keep suing us with increasingly frivolous cases,” Chesa Boudin, executive director of the Criminal Law & Justice Center told @mercurynews.com https://bayareane.ws/3KcNXQ7
How Alameda County’s stonewalling legal approach has cost taxpayers millions
Cases that could have been settled quickly for a fraction of the ultimate cost have instead become years-long courtroom battles.
www.mercurynews.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“There is a long-term strategy that many big entities [...] subscribe to, which is, if we settle every case, then people will keep suing us with increasingly frivolous cases,” Chesa Boudin, executive director of the Criminal Law & Justice Center told @mercurynews.com https://bayareane.ws/3KcNXQ7
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.
www.law.berkeley.edu
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
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
"The speech Trump is criticizing simply states the law: soldiers are not to follow unconstitutional or illegal orders. The accusation is unfounded and unnecessarily chills criticism of the President’s actions," Dean Chemerinsky told @usatoday.com https://bit.ly/4psY2aE #BerkeleyLaw
'Punishable by death': Trump decries Dems as seditionists. What does he mean?
The president accused a group of Democrats of "seditious behavior, punishable by death."
www.usatoday.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"The speech Trump is criticizing simply states the law: soldiers are not to follow unconstitutional or illegal orders. The accusation is unfounded and unnecessarily chills criticism of the President’s actions," Dean Chemerinsky told @usatoday.com https://bit.ly/4psY2aE #BerkeleyLaw
“It doesn’t seem obvious to me that just because there’s a decision from a three-judge panel here, there’s any expectation that the Texas map is going to get struck down," Professor Emily Rong Zhang told @bloomberglaw.com https://bit.ly/4oglxCJ #BerkeleyLaw
California’s Redistricting Case Lacks Snarls That Caught Texas
California’s new congressional map favoring Democrats is unlikely to be hamstrung in the same way as Texas’ map, redrawn to benefit Republicans, was this week.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“It doesn’t seem obvious to me that just because there’s a decision from a three-judge panel here, there’s any expectation that the Texas map is going to get struck down," Professor Emily Rong Zhang told @bloomberglaw.com https://bit.ly/4oglxCJ #BerkeleyLaw
“California has one of the most robust climate frameworks and has been quite successful in delivering on its goals,” Louise Bedsworth, executive director of @cleeberkeley.bsky.social told @bloomberg.com https://bloom.bg/4o6ceVJ #BerkeleyLaw
What California's Record Shows About Newsom’s Claims to Climate Leadership
As the US retreats on climate policy, the governor is pitching himself as a global leader.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“California has one of the most robust climate frameworks and has been quite successful in delivering on its goals,” Louise Bedsworth, executive director of @cleeberkeley.bsky.social told @bloomberg.com https://bloom.bg/4o6ceVJ #BerkeleyLaw
"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
"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.
www.dailyjournal.com
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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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...
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
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...
www.law.berkeley.edu
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
"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
“You may be reporting on a Federal Indian Law issue without even knowing it.”
- Professor Seth Davis, faculty director of the Center for Indigenous Law & Justice, spoke to @poynterinstitute.bsky.social about partnering with @indigenousja.bsky.social to host a webinar on 11/18 https://bit.ly/3K04Gpy
- Professor Seth Davis, faculty director of the Center for Indigenous Law & Justice, spoke to @poynterinstitute.bsky.social about partnering with @indigenousja.bsky.social to host a webinar on 11/18 https://bit.ly/3K04Gpy
Federal Indian law is shaping some of the biggest stories in America. Most journalists don’t know they’re covering it. - Poynter
A webinar from UC Berkeley and the Indigenous Journalists Association offers reporters essential grounding in federal Indian law
www.poynter.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“You may be reporting on a Federal Indian Law issue without even knowing it.”
- Professor Seth Davis, faculty director of the Center for Indigenous Law & Justice, spoke to @poynterinstitute.bsky.social about partnering with @indigenousja.bsky.social to host a webinar on 11/18 https://bit.ly/3K04Gpy
- Professor Seth Davis, faculty director of the Center for Indigenous Law & Justice, spoke to @poynterinstitute.bsky.social about partnering with @indigenousja.bsky.social to host a webinar on 11/18 https://bit.ly/3K04Gpy
A week-long virtual food drive led by our Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice raised $15,855 for the Alameda County Community Food Bank. https://bit.ly/4r47iDH #BerkeleyLaw
Effort Led by Berkeley Law’s Social Justice Center Raises Nearly $16,000 to Help Feed SNAP Recipients
A week-long virtual food drive led by our Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice raised $15,855 for the Alameda County Community Food Bank. Coordinated by Executive Director Savala Nolan […]
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November 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A week-long virtual food drive led by our Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice raised $15,855 for the Alameda County Community Food Bank. https://bit.ly/4r47iDH #BerkeleyLaw
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