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Merging Profession With Passion: Takayuki Ueda LL.M. ’23 Driven to Bring Manga Culture to the World
via @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social www.law.berkeley.edu/article/merg... #manga
via @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social www.law.berkeley.edu/article/merg... #manga
Merging profession with passion: Takayuki Ueda LL.M. ’23 driven to bring manga to the world
Orange, Inc.’s head of legal relishes expanding the popular Japanese art form — and connecting people across cultures.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Merging Profession With Passion: Takayuki Ueda LL.M. ’23 Driven to Bring Manga Culture to the World
via @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social www.law.berkeley.edu/article/merg... #manga
via @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social www.law.berkeley.edu/article/merg... #manga
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Berkeley' Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law and UCLA's Emmett Center are committed to making progress even in the present dark times. Give a holiday present to the planet with a contribution.
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Yes, It’s That Time of Year Again - Legal Planet
The federal government is now MIA in the fight against climate change. Our missionsn at Berkeley and UCLA is to help states fill the gap.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Berkeley' Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law and UCLA's Emmett Center are committed to making progress even in the present dark times. Give a holiday present to the planet with a contribution.
legal-planet.org/2025/12/11/y...
legal-planet.org/2025/12/11/y...
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Merri Lopez-Keifer, Executive Director of the Center for Indigenous Law & Justice, shares how culture, connection, and community guide her work at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social in building belonging for Indigenous communities at Berkeley Law: https://bit.ly/3MxdfsY #BerkeleyLaw
December 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Merri Lopez-Keifer, Executive Director of the Center for Indigenous Law & Justice, shares how culture, connection, and community guide her work at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social in building belonging for Indigenous communities at Berkeley Law: https://bit.ly/3MxdfsY #BerkeleyLaw
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“It comes up every four years because North Carolina is a battleground state and the Lumbee represent tens of thousands of people,” Professor Kevin Washburn, former assistant secretary of Indian Affairs at the Interior Department, told @apnews.com https://bit.ly/3Mr3vAB #BerkeleyLaw
Lumbee Tribe poised to gain federal recognition through Defense bill
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina could be federally recognized through the National Defense Authorization Act the House plans to vote on this week.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“It comes up every four years because North Carolina is a battleground state and the Lumbee represent tens of thousands of people,” Professor Kevin Washburn, former assistant secretary of Indian Affairs at the Interior Department, told @apnews.com https://bit.ly/3Mr3vAB #BerkeleyLaw
"What then for our constitutional democracy?" @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @contrariannews.org open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The Assault on the Rule of Law
It is not hyperbole to say that this Trump presidency is unprecedented in the repeated violations of the Constitution.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"What then for our constitutional democracy?" @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @contrariannews.org open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
"Unless this provision is changed, it is unclear how anyone except the very rich will be able to receive the training to be a doctor, nurse, lawyer, dentist, social worker or professor."
@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com : www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e... #Opinion
@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com : www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e... #Opinion
Under Trump, only the rich can afford to attend graduate school | Opinion
“A provision in the ‘big bill’ adopted last summer is going to have a devastating effect on who can go to professional and graduate school.”
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December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Unless this provision is changed, it is unclear how anyone except the very rich will be able to receive the training to be a doctor, nurse, lawyer, dentist, social worker or professor."
@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com : www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e... #Opinion
@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @sacbee.com : www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e... #Opinion
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As a scholar focused on the intersection of law and technology, Berkeley Law Professor Tejas N. Narechania has had a front-row seat to profound shifts fostered by Silicon Valley’s innovations. https://bit.ly/4rBOmfX #BerkeleyLaw @tnarecha.bsky.social
Tejas N. Narechania makes the connection between research, policy, and teaching
As each hot new idea or gadget has grabbed funders and headlines — from broadband to AI — Narechania has kept his eye on striking a balance between innovation and accessibility.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
As a scholar focused on the intersection of law and technology, Berkeley Law Professor Tejas N. Narechania has had a front-row seat to profound shifts fostered by Silicon Valley’s innovations. https://bit.ly/4rBOmfX #BerkeleyLaw @tnarecha.bsky.social
New from @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: "The Supreme Court’s 3 terrible reasons for allowing Texas’ racially rigged map" www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... #opinion via @latimes.com
Contributor: The Supreme Court's 3 terrible reasons for allowing Texas' racially rigged map
The six conservative justices have opened the door to states being able to adopt unconstitutional laws on voting — with immunity from judicial review.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
New from @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: "The Supreme Court’s 3 terrible reasons for allowing Texas’ racially rigged map" www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... #opinion via @latimes.com
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Do noncitizens have the same rights as citizens?
This special episode of 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 features Professor Catherine Crump, Robert Glushko Clinical Professor of Practice in Technology Law. https://youtube.com/shorts/xMQeU-FIJHQ?feature=share
#ItstheLaw #BerkeleyLaw @catherinecrump.bsky.social
This special episode of 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 features Professor Catherine Crump, Robert Glushko Clinical Professor of Practice in Technology Law. https://youtube.com/shorts/xMQeU-FIJHQ?feature=share
#ItstheLaw #BerkeleyLaw @catherinecrump.bsky.social
Do noncitizens have the same free speech rights as citizens?
YouTube video by UC Berkeley School of Law
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December 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Do noncitizens have the same rights as citizens?
This special episode of 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 features Professor Catherine Crump, Robert Glushko Clinical Professor of Practice in Technology Law. https://youtube.com/shorts/xMQeU-FIJHQ?feature=share
#ItstheLaw #BerkeleyLaw @catherinecrump.bsky.social
This special episode of 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 features Professor Catherine Crump, Robert Glushko Clinical Professor of Practice in Technology Law. https://youtube.com/shorts/xMQeU-FIJHQ?feature=share
#ItstheLaw #BerkeleyLaw @catherinecrump.bsky.social
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The regulatory process is supposed to foster open dialogue and deliberation on scientific issues. But that's being going badly awry. Tomorrow's webinar on Science and Democracy probes the issues and looks for answers.
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Science and Democracy - Legal Planet
Government use of science should model democratic deliberation - open and fair, based on argument rather than fiat. That's at risk today.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The regulatory process is supposed to foster open dialogue and deliberation on scientific issues. But that's being going badly awry. Tomorrow's webinar on Science and Democracy probes the issues and looks for answers.
legal-planet.org/2025/12/04/s...
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"In this AI-driven, globally-unstable moment, the real leaders are the ones who can say no to speed and create solutions with calm."
- Angeli Patel, executive director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Business, via @bizjournals https://bit.ly/3Y54mt1 #BerkeleyLaw #AI
- Angeli Patel, executive director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Business, via @bizjournals https://bit.ly/3Y54mt1 #BerkeleyLaw #AI
Strategies: How to be original in an AI world - The Business Journals
Berkeley Law leader Angeli Patel argues that true leadership in the age of artificial intelligence isn't about keeping pace with technology, but about cultivating the kind of human judgment that machi...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"In this AI-driven, globally-unstable moment, the real leaders are the ones who can say no to speed and create solutions with calm."
- Angeli Patel, executive director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Business, via @bizjournals https://bit.ly/3Y54mt1 #BerkeleyLaw #AI
- Angeli Patel, executive director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Business, via @bizjournals https://bit.ly/3Y54mt1 #BerkeleyLaw #AI
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 Purcell principle is always troubling when it allows unconstitutional election laws to go into effect. It is just wrong when it means a state can act unconstitutionally but be completely immune from challenge."
- Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @latimes.com https://lat.ms/43NzIba
- Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @latimes.com https://lat.ms/43NzIba
Contributor: This Supreme Court loophole could help Texas' illegal voting maps survive the midterms
The so-called 'Purcell principle' allows states to argue that it's too close to an election to change laws.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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
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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...
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 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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...
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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...
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"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.
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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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"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
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"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
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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
Expanding International Bureaucracy
As multilateral cooperation is increasingly under attack, Katerina Linos challenges certain misperceptions about the role of international institutions, particularly the European Union, and emphasizes...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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
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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
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Berkeley Law was named one of 10 Leading Law Schools for Tax Law by JD Journal https://bit.ly/49jgTQE #BerkeleyLaw #TaxLaw
Top Ten Hit: Berkeley Honored as a Leading School for Tax Law
Berkeley Law was named one of 10 Leading Law Schools for Tax Law by JD Journal, which called its tax program “widely respected for its focus on policy, research, and […]
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November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Berkeley Law was named one of 10 Leading Law Schools for Tax Law by JD Journal https://bit.ly/49jgTQE #BerkeleyLaw #TaxLaw