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[Alumni] Vicky Saker Woeste's book, Henry Ford's War on Jews and the Legal Battle Against Hate Speech, has been optioned for film and television by Leviathan Productions. (Book info)
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June 30, 2025
May 28, 2025
Professor Obasogie Exposes the Flaws of ‘Excited Delirium’ in New Article
Writing in the Harvard Law Review, Professor Osagie K. Obasogie scrutinizes how the concept has become a problematic diagnosis that’s often used to absolve law enforcement officers from responsibility when suspects die in their custody.
April 8, 2025
Professor Catherine Albiston Cited in Supreme Court Opinion
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson referenced Albiston's 2007 article in her dissenting opinion in the Lackey v. Stinnie case.
February 7, 2025
January 10, 2025
Monday, January 13 · 7 - 9pm PST. Doors at 4pm
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Join Seth Rockman and Dylan Penningroth to discuss the economic history of slavery and freedom in America.
Location
Clio's
353 Grand Avenue Oakland, CA 94610
$0 – $39.19
January 9, 2025
New Faculty Hires Alina Ball and Jason Ferguson Bring Fresh Perspectives to Clinical, JSP Programs: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/new-faculty-alina-ball-clinical-program-jason-ferguson-jurisprudence-social-policy/
December 12, 2024
Highlighting Labor Law Advances
In a new policy brief for the Roosevelt Institute think tank, Professor Diana S. Reddy looks at recent innovations by the National Labor Relations Board, which has created policies responsive to economic and institutional realities without the statutory reform many scholars and experts thought would be required to do so.
October 2, 2024
Professor Dylan C. Penningroth’s book Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights has won the 2024 Scribes Book Award and made the shortlist for the 2024 Cundill History Prize. They’re the latest in a long string of accolades and honors.
August 29, 2024
Professor Dylan C. Penningroth discusses his book Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights in the latest episode of the Good on Paper podcast from The Atlantic. Listen here: The Rights of American Slaves
August 20, 2024
Anthony Ghaly has co-authored a paper that was recently published in the Journal of International Criminal Justice.
July 30, 2024
And the latest in the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast’s "you absolutely must read this" series, the whole crew is together for a conversation with Dylan C. Penningroth about his book Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights
July 29, 2024
Big Shout out to Doug Sangster for coming in second in the Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition in California Legal History!
July 11, 2024
JSP Faculty, Alumni & Staff Achievements: This was a banner year for our faculty, staff, and alumni. To name just a few of the laurels they garnered: in June, Dhammika Dharmapala was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the American Law & Economics Association (meaning he will be President in 2027).
June 20, 2024
In New Project, Professor Osagie K. Obasogie Explores ‘The Legacy of Eugenics’
Obasogie wants to bring the discredited theory out of hiding through a national conversation to confront the past and prevent its repetition in modern science.
May 31, 2024
Professor Dylan Penningroth’s book Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights has won the Law & Society Association’s J. Willard Hurst Book Prize, the latest in a string of accolades and honors. Penningroth will be honored at the association’s annual meeting, as will several other winners with ties to Berkeley Law: Legal Studies student Sanjana Manjeshwar nabbed the Undergraduate Student Paper Prize, while Jurisprudence & Social Policy alumni Lynette Chua Ph.D. ’11, Kaaryn Gustafson J.D. ’97 Ph.D. ’04, and Marianne Constable Ph.D.
May 10, 2024
Congratulations to Taylor Galdi for being accepted into the CRELS program!
April 19, 2024
April 12, 2024
HUGE congratulations to Haley Anderson, who secured a position as an academic fellow at Columbia Law School!
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