Berkeley Law Voices Carry

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky , whose term as dean was recently extended by UC Berkeley leadership until June 30, 2029. With the rule of law under assault and legal education facing big questions, Chemerinsky decided to stay beyond June 2027, when he had initially planned to step down. For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit...

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Chancellor’s Clinical Professor Laurel E. Fletcher , the founding director of the Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic (GRIL), and Valentina Rozo Angel , the clinic’s Data and Technology Clinical Supervisor. GRIL, which enrolled its first cohort of students last year, operates at the crossroads of human rights and digital technology, developing and usin...

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Berkeley Law Earl Warren Professor of Public Law  Khiara M. Bridges , whose new book,  Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans , has just been published by the MIT Press. For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub. Hosted...

In this special episode, host Gwyneth Shaw hands the mic to the Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at Berkeley Law, Professor Khiara M. Bridges . She interviews Savala Nolan ’11 — a law school alum, executive director of the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice , and the author of Good Woman: A Reckoning . It was published March 3 and is drawing rave reviews.  Note: This episode co...

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Professor Brian Galle , who’s just released a new book, How to Tax the Ultrarich , outlining a plan for fairer taxation at the federal level. For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with David A. Carrillo , a Berkeley Law Lecturer in Residence and the executive director of the California Constitution Center , a nonpartisan academic research center devoted to studying the state’s constitution and Supreme Court. For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub . Hosted on Acas...

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Catherine E. Lhamon , the inaugural executive director of UC Berkeley Law’s Edley Center on Law & Democracy For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the UC Berkeley Law Podcast Hub . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Arneta Rogers, executive director of UC Berkeley Law’s Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice . For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the UC Berkeley Law Podcast Hub . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with UC Berkeley Law Professor David Hausman , faculty director of the Deportation Data Project , the first centralized repository of individual-level U.S. government immigration enforcement data. This spring, the project obtained and made available online an individual-level dataset including anonymized identifiers that correspond to individuals, allowing...

Host Gwyneth Shaw talks with UC Berkeley Law Professor Chris Jay Hoofnagle , whose latest book, Cybersecurity in Context: Technology, Policy, and Law , was published last fall. Hoofnagle and his co-author, LSU computer science and engineering Professor Golden G. Richard, wrote the book to accompany courses on this important topic, but also worked to make it accessible to students and teachers in a...

Host Gwyneth Shaw talks with UC Berkeley Law Professors UC Berkeley Law Professors  Daniel Farber  and  Jonathan Gould  — experts on presidential power, constitutional law, and the U.S. Congress and the faculty directors of the law school’s  Christopher Edley Jr. Center on Law & Democracy . Founded last fall after the death of the law school’s beloved former dean and n...

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with UC Berkeley Law Professors  Katerina Linos  and  Elena Chachko  about their new paper in the  William & Mary Law Review,  “ Emergency Powers for Good .” In the article and a  blog post on “Lawfare ,” they discuss how emergency powers — often associated with overreach and authoritarianism — can be used in legitimat...

This special episode features two Berkley Law experts discussing the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s  Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo  decision, which overruled the longstanding doctrine of the  Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council  case, which was decided in 1984.  The decision sent shock waves through the field of administrative law and is expected to...

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks to Farouq Habib, a founding member and Deputy General Manager for External Affairs for the  White Helmets , a grassroots humanitarian organization of ordinary Syrians who came together to save lives amid the devastation of the Syrian Civil War, and  Betsy Popken , Executive Director of the  Human Rights Center  at Berkeley Law.  Hab...

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks to Professor  john a. powell , co-author of the new book  Belonging Without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World ,  which was published earlier this year by Stanford University Press .  powell is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of civil rights and civil liberties and a wide range of issues including race, struc...

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks to Professor  Osagie K. Obasogie , a professor of law and bioethics and the only UC Berkeley faculty member to hold an appointment at both our law school and our  School of Public Health , including the  Joint Medical Program  with UC San Francisco. As a sociologist of law and medicine, Obasogie’s research combines doctrinal scholarship...

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks to Dave Jones , director of the Climate Risk Initiative at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment (CLEE). He’s a national leader and expert on climate risk and financial regulation, having served two two terms as California’s Insurance Commissioner from 2011 to 2018. In that role, he led the Department of Insurance and was responsible...

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Ted Mermin ’96, a Berkeley Law alum, a lecturer at the law school, and the executive director of our Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice , which since its 2018 founding has become a hub for faculty, students, and advocates focused on economic security and consumer protection — not just at Berkeley but around the country and even the world. T...

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Professors  Tejas N. Narechania  and  Rebecca Wexler  about artificial intelligence from two very different perspectives. Both are faculty co-directors of the  Berkeley Center for Law & Technology  (BCLT), Berkeley Law’s tech law hub and a leader in the field for more than a quarter-century.  Narechania’s res...

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with  Berkeley Center for Law and Business  (BCLB) Executive Director  Angeli Patel  ’20, the lead instructor for  ESG University , a new self-paced online program in Berkeley Law’s growing  Executive Education  offerings.  This new certificate program and community is for individuals and organizations seeking to inte...

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Professor Jonah Gelbach , whose research spans a variety of topics, including civil procedure, evidence, statutory interpretation and legislation, and law and economics. He has a Ph. D. in economics and was a professor with a specialization in econometrics before earning his J.D. and joining the legal academy. He’s also worked as an expert witness in e...

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Professor Colleen Chien ’02, a cross-disciplinary scholar whose research spans innovation, intellectual property, and the criminal justice system. She’s just joined the Berkeley Law faculty — the ninth hire for the school this year.  Chien is a Berkeley Law alumna and studies a wide range of topics, including innovation, intellectual property, and...

Images and videos of atrocious things come at us from an endless array of sources, and seem unavoidable: You turn off the TV coverage of the latest mass shooting only to confront the same event on social media. Close that app and you may open your email to find a friend or family member has shared new footage or photos.  From the agonizing murder of George Floyd to the horrifying attacks in I...