Berkeley Judicial Institute
@bji.bsky.social
Building bridges between judges and academics and promoting an ethical, resilient, and independent judiciary.
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"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
As judges face more threats, only the Supreme Court gets new security funds
There was a spike in threats against the judiciary in the early months of 2025, Marshals Service data shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"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
@bji.bsky.social @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) is quoted in this article about judicial security: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
As judges face more threats, only the Supreme Court gets new security funds
There was a spike in threats against the judiciary in the early months of 2025, Marshals Service data shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
@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:
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The program is open to the public and will be recorded. For more:
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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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“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
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“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
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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
Lawfare Daily: How are the Courts Doing?
Two former federal judges discuss how courts are handling the enormous stress being put on the legal system.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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
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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
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Judges’ Mental Well-Being Gets New Attention as Threats Rise (1)
After a day of sentencing criminal defendants, Judge Lee Yeakel made a ritual of replaying each hearing in his head and worry whether he’d gotten them right.
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October 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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
#UCBerkeleyLaw
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Jeremy Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute @bji.bsky.social, weighs in on the attacks on the judiciary.
https://bit.ly/4pxWb5c
https://bit.ly/4pxWb5c
Retired judges condemn attacks on the judiciary — and say California officials are also to blame
More than 100 former California judges and almost 50 former federal judges have denounced what they described as widespread and unjustified attacks on the judiciary.
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September 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Jeremy Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute @bji.bsky.social, weighs in on the attacks on the judiciary.
https://bit.ly/4pxWb5c
https://bit.ly/4pxWb5c
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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...
Debt's Grip
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September 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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:
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#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
Cultivating Healing and Health in the Judiciary (Second Iteration, Fall 2025)
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June 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
📣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📣
@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:
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Judges, please share w/colleagues.
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.
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji/events/under-pressure/
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June 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
📣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.
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.
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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...
conversation tonight with Jeremy Fogel from @bji.bsky.social @geoffrbennett.bsky.social
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
As Trump lashes out against courts, calls grow for judges to control their security force
Ensuring the safety of federal judges falls to the U.S. Marshals Service, an agency within the Justice Department. But as President Trump increasingly lashes out at the courts, empowering judges to ov...
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May 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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...
conversation tonight with Jeremy Fogel from @bji.bsky.social @geoffrbennett.bsky.social
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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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...
JUSTICE ABANDONED
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May 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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:
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For more, and to register:
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...
JUSTICE ABANDONED
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May 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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:
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For more, and to register:
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If you haven’t checked out the @bji.bksy.social event page lately, please visit:
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Some great things are already there, and more are in the works….
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Some great things are already there, and more are in the works….
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Events
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April 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If you haven’t checked out the @bji.bksy.social event page lately, please visit:
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Some great things are already there, and more are in the works….
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Some great things are already there, and more are in the works….
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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
4 things to know about Judge Boasberg as he battles Trump over deportation flights
Judge Boasberg's role overseeing a new case that challenges the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador has cast an even brighter light on the longtime judge.
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March 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
From the article:
Justice Amy Coney Barrett ignites anger on the right after ruling against Trump
Conservative allies of President Donald Trump called Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett “evil,” a “closet Democrat” and a “DEI hire.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
@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:
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.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Judges and the Press: the Southern District of New York experience. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Judges and the Press: the Southern District of New York experience. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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March 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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.
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berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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@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...
@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...
Why Trump’s Second-Term Agenda Could Hinge on the Court He Hates the Most (Gift Article)
Once again, an incoming Trump White House is likely to clash with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. But the court in San Francisco has changed since 2017.
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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@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...
@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.
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@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/...
January 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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@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/...
@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
Trump call to Alito sparks demands for justice to recuse from sentencing case
Some experts and Democratic lawmakers say a phone call between the president-elect and Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. was ethically problematic.
wapo.st
January 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
@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
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Opinion: The election shredded the rule of law www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @latimes.com
Opinion: The election shredded the rule of law
Judge Juan M. Merchan has few alternatives but to hand President-elect Donald Trump a get-out-of-jail-free card.
www.latimes.com
January 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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...
Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) quoted:
More women than men now serve as Sonoma County judges, marking a historic first, www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news...
More women than men now serve as Sonoma County judges, marking a historic first
Sonoma County is among the larger California counties with more women on the bench. Experts say it’s a growing trend as more women become attorneys.
www.pressdemocrat.com
January 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@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...
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...
Chief Justice Roberts warns of threats to judges in year-end report
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. presented an annual year-end report on the state of the judiciary.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
@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...
in today’s WSJ.com article by Jan Wolfe, Biden Made the Judiciary More Diverse—but Not More Liberal
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Biden Made the Judiciary More Diverse—but Not More Liberal
Judicial nominees largely succeeded other like-minded judges, failing to offset Trump’s conservative legal inroads.
www.wsj.com
December 31, 2024 at 4:39 PM
@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...
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
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Virtual: Zoom
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Friday, January 10, 2025,
9:30 a.m. (PT) / 12:30 p.m. (ET)
75 minutes
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Virtual: Zoom
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How the Supreme Court is Reshaping Our Everyday Lives: Air, Water, Medicine, Food, Fishing, Credit Cards, and Much More
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December 19, 2024 at 11:28 PM
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...
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...