Judge Esther Salas explains in clear accessible ways how ordinary citizens' protection is at risk when judges are under attack. "Without an independent judiciary, you don’t stand a chance if your adversary is stronger, more powerful, more rich than you. You don’t stand a chance in the courtroom"

"There are people in the judiciary who are afraid that judicial security for the lower courts and politics are getting played off each other, and no one wants to be in that position,” says Jeremy Fogel, executive director of @bji.bsky.social https://wapo.st/43SvbUQ #BerkeleyLaw @washingtonpost.com#BerkeleyLaw

@bji.bsky.social @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) is quoted in this article about judicial security: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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...

“Disclosing can mitigate the appearance of impropriety. I think people ought to disclose. That’s what I would have done,” Jeremy Fogel, executive director of @bji.bsky.social and former federal judge told @propublica.org: bit.ly/4oKBwJP #UCBerkeleyLaw

Listen: Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.), executive director of Berkeley Judicial Institute @bji.bsky.social joins the Lawfare Daily podcast to talk about how courts are handling the enormous stress being put on the legal system: https://bit.ly/4nB3NCs #UCBerkeleyLaw

Jeremy Fogel, executive director of Berkeley Judicial Institute @bji.bsky.social and a former federal trial judge in California, spoke to @bloomberglaw.com about increasing the focus on judicial well-being and mental health. https://bit.ly/46OQWFM #UCBerkeleyLaw

Jeremy Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute @bji.bsky.social, weighs in on the attacks on the judiciary. https://bit.ly/4pxWb5c

On Aug 15, @bji.bsky.social hosted a book event for Debt's Grip. Judge Erithe Smith led a discussion about the book with me and my co-authors, @boblawless.bsky.social and Debb Thorne. We talked about themes and presented some key data. Recording now available! www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...

📣Calling all Judges 📣 📣Calling all Judges📣 @BklyJudicial announces a virtual five-part fall series for judges, Cultivating Healing and Health in the Judiciary, designed and led by Professor Michele Statz. Applications are due August 15. Read more, and apply: law.berkeley.edu/research/bji... #judges

📣Calling all Judges📣 Please join @bji.bsky.social on F, June 20, noon PT, for UNDER PRESSURE. Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) talks to psychiatrist Dr. Katharine Weymouth about the pressures judges experience. To register and submit questions: t.co/Ui5p3KQ5iR Judges, please share w/colleagues.

As Trump lashes out at federal judges there’s a renewed concern about the personal safety of judges. Our @pbsnews.org conversation tonight with Jeremy Fogel from @bji.bsky.social @geoffrbennett.bsky.social www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Join @bji.bsky.social on Zoom today (Friday 5/9) at noon (PT) for a conversation with Judge Brett Alldredge (ret.) and @nyulaw.bsky.social Prof. @rachelbarkow.bsky.social about Barkow’s new book, Justice Abandoned www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...

Tomorrow, May 9, noon PT (3 ET) please join us as Judge Brett Alldredge talks to @nyulaw.bsky.social’s Rachel Barkow about her book, JUSTICE ABANDONED. For more, and to register: www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...

If you haven’t checked out the @bji.bksy.social event page lately, please visit: www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji... Some great things are already there, and more are in the works…. Join our mailing list to keep up to date: berkeley.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

No judge in the nation's history has been removed "because of dissatisfaction with his or her rulings," says @bji.bsky.social's Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.). www.npr.org/2025/03/18/g... via carriejohnson.bsky.social @npr.org

@bji.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) is quoted in Ann Marimow’s Washington Post article, Justice Amy Coney Barrett ignites anger on the right after ruling against Trump www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... From the article:

Please join @bji.bsky.social for JUDGES & the PRESS: the SDNY experience April 25, noon PT. AO’s Charlie Hall talks to Judge Jennifer Rochon, SDNY District Executive Ed Friedland, ABC’s Aaron Katersky and NY Times’ Ben Weiser. berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

@bji.bsky.social/ @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) is quoted in NYT article, Why Trump’s Second-Term Agenda Could Hinge on the Court He Hates the Most www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...

@bji.bsky.social/ @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) is quoted in Colorado Gazette article, Judicial discipline commission compares SCOTUS ethical lapses to state judges’ disclosure violations. gazette.com/news/courts/...

@bji.bsky.social/ @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) quoted in @washingtonpost.com article, Trump call to Alito sparks demands for justice to recuse from sentencing case, wapo.st/4fQkAg3

Opinion: The election shredded the rule of law www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @latimes.com

@bji.bsky.social/@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) quoted: More women than men now serve as Sonoma County judges, marking a historic first, www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news...

@bji.bsky.social/@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) quoted on the Chief Justice’s year-end report. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

@bji.bsky.social/ @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) quoted in today’s WSJ.com article by Jan Wolfe, Biden Made the Judiciary More Diverse—but Not More Liberal www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Program:How the Supreme Court is Reshaping Our Everyday Lives: Air, Water, Medicine, Food, Fishing, Credit Cards, and Much More, Friday, January 10, 2025, 9:30 a.m. (PT) / 12:30 p.m. (ET) 75 minutes www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji... Virtual: Zoom confirmsubscription.com/h/t/D3C844D7...

Read about our efforts to digitize many of our legal manuscripts in an article written by Gwyneth K. Shaw!

@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social / @bji.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) quoted in this San Francisco Chronicle article about the possibility of President Biden vetoing judgeship legislation—

Opinion: The TikTok court case has staggering implications for free speech in America www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... Dean Chemerinsky via @latimes.com #opinion #TikTok #FreeSpeech

Calling all judges! Consider joining @bji.bsky.social, lead faculty Professor Michele Statz, and a spectacular group of colleagues for a five-part (virtual) 2025 series, Cultivating Heath and Healing in the Judiciary. For more, and to register: www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...

Please join @bji.bsky.social on 11/22, noon PT for a virtual law and literature discussion session. Register here: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

ISO inspiration? Please join @bji.bsky.social Friday, June 28, noon PT, for “Promoting Hope and Opportunity in the Justice System: Mama Love and the Gemma Project” Learn more and register: law.berkeley.edu/research/bji/e…

My first post here; I hope it brings luck. Law students from schools in the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th and 9th Circuits are encouraged to apply for this Effective Communication Across Differences program. Applications are due Jan 8. Please share. www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...