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 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...

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

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

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#BerkeleyLaw

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#BerkeleyLaw

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...

"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

"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

"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

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

Glowing group: First-year students bring record-setting credentials and intriguing experiences to Berkeley Law: https://bit.ly/4nZMWc1 #BerkeleyLaw

Berkeley Law was named one of 10 Leading Law Schools for Tax Law by JD Journal https://bit.ly/49jgTQE #BerkeleyLaw #TaxLaw

“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

“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

“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

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...

“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

"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...

“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...

🔥 from my birthday twin @dianaspechler.bsky.social : What We Brag About When We Brag About Nothing open.substack.com/pub/dianaspe...

“Being a federal officer is not a ‘get out of jail free’ card that excuses all wrongdoing committed while on the job.” -- @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @berkeleyside.org, @oaklandside.org www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/30/f...

“Intellectual property is a field of law in which the usual right-left splits don’t apply. Most of the IP cases in recent years have been unanimous or nearly so," Professor Pamela Samuelson @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social told @politico.com https://politi.co/3WqjssA #UCBerkeleyLaw

Can a president use the military to respond to protests within the United States? In this episode of It's the Law, Dean Chemerinsky breaks down the Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act. https://youtube.com/shorts/dnbC3QJ1qSU?feature=share #ItstheLaw #UCBerkeleyLaw

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 on Immigration: Here's a thread with Dean Chemerinsky's videos answering questions you might have about immigration law. Start watching here ⬇️ Can the president force states to help with immigration enforcement? youtu.be/poQFIwM2_68?... #ICE #Immigration #ItstheLaw #UCBerkeleyLaw

Can someone be deported without a hearing under war time laws? youtu.be/rj-UxT64plk?... #ItstheLaw #UCBerkleyLaw #Deportation

"When is it ever appropriate for the Supreme Court to decide that a federal law is unconstitutional because it is no longer needed?" @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky on Louisiana v. Callais and "the passage of time," via @scotusblog.com www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/the-...

“The Posse Comitatus Act limits what the military — or those engaged in federal military service — can do. It does not apply to state forces. That is governed by state law.” - Dean Chemerinsky spoke to @sfchronicle.com about dispatching troops for law-enforcement purposes: bit.ly/4nWaLCr

Catherine E. Lhamon, @catherinelhamon.bsky.social, director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy spoke to @theguardian.com about the administration’s crackdown on equity policies in schools: https://bit.ly/4qe2U4B #UCBerkeleyLaw

UC Berkeley Law has been recognized as one of the most innovative law schools by the National Jurist: https://bit.ly/43iMGx1 #UCBerkeleyLaw #TechLaw #AI

Can public schools limit political or religious speech by students? In this episode of It's the Law, Dean Chemerinsky breaks down how speech can be regulated in public schools. https://youtube.com/shorts/-QqZWuiYg-s?feature=share #ItstheLaw #UCBerkeleyLaw #PublicSchools

"Historically, families have been able to come to the federal government and get relief without hiring an attorney. These cuts ensure that no family can rely on that," Catherine E. Lhamon @catherinelhamon.bsky.social, director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy, told @usatoday.com bit.ly/475zL2H

“OCR [Office for Civil Rights] could not afford any cuts, period, and needed desperately to add staff ... Nothing has changed about that," Catherine E. Lhamon @catherinelhamon.bsky.social, director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy, told @edweek.org https://bit.ly/4ok1Wll #UCBerkeleyLaw

“We don’t live under a king in this country. We don’t give unilateral authority to the President to make decisions about every walk of life for all Americans,” Catherine E. Lhamon @catherinelhamon.bsky.social director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy, spoke to @newyorker.com: bit.ly/4nNBu3J

A $6 million gift from Bob and Colleen Haas to establish the Thelton E. Henderson ’62 Chair in Civil Rights Law was featured on @jbhe.com as a gift of particular interest to African Americans in higher education. https://bit.ly/4qgxVoC #UCBerkeleyLaw

New from @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: “No longer would we be a country under the rule of law. We would be a nation under the rule of Donald Trump.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

Is misinformation protected speech? Dean Chemerinsky breaks down false information and misinformation in a new episode of It's the Law. https://youtube.com/shorts/KsVzUIY9zcQ?feature=share #UCBerkeleyLaw #ItstheLaw #Misinformation

Former acting Labor Secretary Julie Su will be a visiting professor at UC Berkeley School of Law, where she will focus her work at the Center for Law and Work bit.ly/3IE7ok8 via @law360.bsky.social #UCBerkeleyLaw

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: Will the Supreme Court uphold Trump's power grabs? www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... #opinion via @latimes.com

"If there is a path toward authoritarianism for the United States, this is it." @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

"I am neither optimistic, nor pessimistic; I am petrified for the future of American democracy in light of what has happened just in eight months." - @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com #opinion www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

‘A Translator in the Language of Law’: Former California, U.S. Labor Official Julie Su (@juliesulabor.bsky.social) Begins Role at UC Berkeley Law www.law.berkeley.edu/article/juli... by @gwyneth.bsky.social @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social

Don't miss @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's @ethanelkind.bsky.social on @kqedforum.bsky.social this morning at 10am PT talking about California’s new environmental and energy legislation www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

‼️ Listen to this! @gwyneth.bsky.social in conversation with @catherinelhamon.bsky.social -- ‘Voices Carry’: Edley Center Leader Catherine E. Lhamon on the Urgency of Defending the Principles of Democracy www.law.berkeley.edu/article/voic... via @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social

"This is a moment to build a new coalition, united by a common enemy—corporate abuse." New piece by Seth Frotman (@srf1802.bsky.social), Sr. Fellow @ucbconsumerlaw.bsky.social, via @theslingutah.bsky.social www.thesling.org/standing-wit...

“It’s important that the state take a stand,” says @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u... via @nytimes.com