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The Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law & Social Policy (Warren Institute) at the UC Berkeley Law School is a multi-disciplinary research center that tackles the most pressing issues in education, civil rights, criminal and juvenile justice, immigration, work/family and healthcare facing California and the nation. The Institute engages a wide range of [...]
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VEGAS INC, January 13, 2012 by Steve Greenhttp://www.vegasinc.com/news/2012/jan/13/google-sides-against-righthaven-appeal-copyright-c/It was joined by the Digital Media Law Project … and several professors who have been critical of Righthaven, including Eric Goldman of the Santa Clara University School of Law and Jason Schultz at the University of California’s School of Law in Berkeley. Tha
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The Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law & Social Policy (Warren Institute) at theUC Berkeley Law School is a multi-disciplinary research center that tackles the most pressing issues in education, civil rights, criminal and juvenile justice, immigration, work/family and healthcare facing California and the nation. The Institute engages a wide range of legal [...]
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National Review, December 31, 2011 by John Yoohttp://www.nationalreview.com/articles/286953/unavoidable-challenge-john-yooIf the International Atomic Energy Agency’s November report is accurate, Iran will soon join the ranks of the world’s nuclear powers. Because of the Obama administration’s reluctance to confront this looming threat, others such as the Republican presidential
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For Innovative Research and Writing on Lawyers’ Professional LiabilityAn Annual CompetitionConcluding every April$5,000 PRIZE & a free trip to Boston, MA!Contest Deadline & InformationDeadline for SubmissionONLINE entries MUST be submitted by 11:59 PM CST on February 18, 2011.MAILED entries MUST be postmarked by February 18, 2011.Contest MissionThe contest encourages original and in
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chinadialogue, December 13, 2011 by Justin Gerdeshttp://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4679This litany of incidents illustrates the growing pressure the public and NGOs are able to wield in the fight against pollution in China, Alex Wang, attorney and visiting assistant professor at UC Berkeley Boalt School of Law, argued. “There’s no doubt that there seems to be an incr
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KALW-FM News, October 13, 2011 Host Holly Kernanhttp://blog.sfgate.com/kalw/2011/10/13/saving-the-uc-%E2%80%93-but-at-what-cost-to-students/“All those people who told me that they were advocates for the UC system, who then would vote for the increased pay for prison guards and then cut the UC by hundreds of millions of dollars, had fooled me a little bit. And I’m not fooled anymore.&#
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The Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law & Social Policy (Warren Institute) at the UC Berkeley Law School is a multi-disciplinary research center that tackles the most pressing issues in education, civil rights, criminal and juvenile justice, immigration, work/family and healthcare facing California and the nation. The Institute engages a wide range of [...]
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LOS ANGELES (September 2011) – CAPS (Californians for Population Stabilization) has launched a statewide college competition for the California Population Awareness Awards. Through the CAPA Awards, CAPS aims to increase awareness among college students of the state’s rapid population growth and to encourage students to explore the sources and implications of continuing growth.California’s populat
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San Jose Mercury News, August 15, 2011 by Rick Radinhttp://www.mercurynews.com/real-estate-news/ci_18686185Laura Lane … said her agency also is seeing an increase in evictions because tenants cannot pay the rent. “Historically, our clients have been disabled people or on public benefits,” she said. “In the last couple of years, we’re seeing people who are recently poor and
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Berkeley Board Fellows is a yearly program that places Berkeleygraduate students on the Board of Directors on local nonprofitorganizations. JD students are encouraged to apply for the program.Full details are available on the website at http://bit.ly/boardfellowsDate: Tuesday, September 6, 2011Time: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pmLocation: C325 – Haas School of BusinessDate: Wednesday, September [...]
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Daily Journal, July 28, 2011 by Darwin BondGrahamhttp://www.dailyjournal.com (registration required; go to H:\Law School in the News\In the News 2011\News Clips for article)“The delays in these cases are striking, and seem, to me, inexcusable and unconscionable,” said Charles Weisselberg, a UC Berkeley School of Law professor. “These are recommendations to grant relief… [that] h
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Research assistant needed in China and comparative environmental law and governanceProfessor Alex Wang seeks a research assistant for the Fall 2011 semester (and possibly Spring 2012) to carry out research on various issues related to China environmental law and governance, as well as general (non-China) research on administrative law, organizational theory, bureaucratic management, and environme
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Washington Internet Daily, July 29, 2011 by Louis Tragerhttp://www.warren-news.com/internetservices.htm (registration required; go to H:\Law School in the News\In the News 2011\News Clips for article)“I think it’s very good news for innovation and for consumers in California,” said Jennifer Urban, a University of California-Berkeley law professor who represented the center in th
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Considering taking Spanish for Lawyers in the Spring? Get a head start by doing a language exchange with a JSP student from Chile. Mayra Feddersen (mfeddersen@berkeley.edu) would like help in editing English-language papers. In return, she will help you with your oral or written Spanish needs. Contact her directly to make arrangements.Steve RosenbaumLecturer[if possible, pls. [...]
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San Francisco Chronicle, July 31, 2011 by Marisa Lagoshttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/31/MN0F1KFC2T.DTL&type=printable“We’re missing the significance of the second strike,” said UC Berkeley’s Barry Krisberg, director of research and policy at the school’s Institute on Law and Social Policy. “It is having an enormous impact on our pr
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