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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/

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. 

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. 

Anthony Ghaly has co-authored a paper that was recently published in the Journal of International Criminal Justice.

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

Big Shout out to Doug Sangster for coming in second in the Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition in California Legal History! 

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).

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. 

Congratulations to Taylor Galdi for being accepted into the CRELS program!

 HUGE congratulations to Haley Anderson, who secured a position as an academic fellow at Columbia Law School!

As America’s rule of law is threatened, Black history holds lessons

UC Berkeley professor Dylan Penningroth's book "Before the Movement" reveals the many ways Black Americans, long before the Civil Rights Movement, navigated the law by asserting their civil rights of property.

By Ivan Natividad

The American Bar Foundation is currently accepting applications for two visitorship opportunities to join our diverse interdisciplinary community of sociolegal researchers: 

Since his arrival from the University of Washington last summer, Michael Paz has rapidly become a sought-after presence in 2240. His weekly roundups are already legendary. Most people would be satisfied to learn the ropes during their first year in a new job. Michael is not most people. He has been tracing the ropes to the levers, finding the wheels within wheels of the intricate clockwork we call UC Berkeley. His resourcefulness and initiative has now been recognized by higher powers.