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February 23, 2023

Vicky Plaut’s landmark 2010 paper, Diversity science: Why and how difference makes a difference, is the subject of a special issue of the American Psychological Association journal Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. The open-access Introduction is here. Behind the paywall are plaudits such as: 

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1) Law Clerk Job
2) Public Svc Fair
3) Diversity Fair
4) Resume Help
5) JHU Law Review
6) Wkstdy Jobs @Berkeley Law
7) Travel Grant for ACLU Conf
8) Su N. Ireland Info Sess
9) Su Portugal Info Sess
10) Travel Like a Transfer
11) Gilman Scholarship
12) Samvid Scholars Prog
13) Proj Underdog Intrnshp
14) Summer Opps. Fair
15) OPT Info
16) US Su23 Intrnshps
17) Vanguard at Berkeley
18) College to Career Series
19) Basic Needs Cntr Jobs

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1) Law Clerk Job

February 17, 2023

Congratulations to JSP Student Daimeon Shanks who recently had an article (co-written with JSP alum, Ming Hsu Chen) published in the latest edition of the Maryland Law Review. You can read “The New Normal: Regulatory Dysfunction as Policymaking” here.

February 15, 2023

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1) Lauri in a College meeting today in the AM.
2) Legal Intrnshp
3) Pre-Law Summit
4) Profesh Headshots
5)  Nom Your Fav GSI
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1) Lauri in a College meeting today (Wed 2/15) from 9-noon.

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2) Legal Intrnshp
Legal Intrnshp

Apply now to work directly with self-represented litigants in Bay Area Self-Help Centers this Summer!

February 9, 2023

Please mark your calendars and join us for the next two JSP Forum presentations by Isabella Mariani on Thursday, February 16th, and Bonnie Cherry on Thursday, March 16th. Both sessions will take place 11am-12pm in the Selznick Seminar Room and via Zoom: https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/92943161318
February 16th, 11am-12pm

February 8, 2023

Dear Berkeley Law Community,

It is with a very heavy heart that we are writing to share the sad news that our wonderful colleague, Laurie Edelman, passed away tonight.  Laurie had been seriously ill since late December, but had been doing better until recently.

February 6, 2023

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January 20, 2023

Congratulations to JSP Student Bonnie Cherry who is a recipient of the Mike Synar Graduate Research Fellowship!

Each year, the Institute of Governmental Studies awards three Mike Synar Graduate Research Fellowships of $3,000 each. The Synar Fellowship is awarded to distinguished UC Berkeley graduate students who are writing their dissertations on an aspect of American politics, which may include comparative research across nations with the United States as a major case.

January 19, 2023

Congratulations to JSP Student Joel Sati who was offered and has accepted a tenure track position at the University of Oregon Law School!

Joel Sati will be an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Oregon School of Law beginning Fall 2023. Sati will be teaching Criminal Law, Immigration Law, and Crimmigration among other courses.

January 18, 2023

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1) Political Comp Sci Club
2) Cool Class
3) Open Breadths
4) LS 175 has lots of seats
5) Weil Legal Innovators Prog
6) Gardner Fllwshp
7) LS 190.1 Sp23
8) Johns Hopkins Law Rvw
9) Yamashita Prize
10) Fung Fellowship
11) Columbia Undrgrd Law Rvw
12) Pre-Law Events
13)  Ed Minor Info Sess
14)  UCD Abroad Opps.
15) Job @2240

January 9, 2023

January 4, 2023

Announcing the New LSR Editors!

December 14, 2022

December 9, 2022

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1) P/NP Policy Fa22
2) P/NP Policy for Honors
3) Deadline for Late P/NP Changes Fa22
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1) P/NP Policy Fa22
P/NP Policy Fa22
The following note is from the Associate Dean for Legal Studies that outlines the P/NP policy for the Legal Studies Major for Fall 2022.

December 1, 2022

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1) Late Change Deadline
2) Career Forum 12/1 w/Alumni TONIGHT!!!
3) Berkeley Global Intrnshps
4) Creative Discovery Intrnshp Prog
5) BUILD Wkstdy Jobs
6) The Harper Review
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1) Late Change Deadline
Late Change Deadline
This Friday December 2nd is the deadline to make a Late Change to your class schedule.

November 30, 2022

Many CONGRATULATIONS to Mario Barnes and Kaaryn Gustafson (UCI Law) - former LSA Trustees.  They were selected to be co-recipients of the 2023 American Bar Foundation Fellows Outstanding Scholar Award, which recognizes outstanding scholarship in Law and Society.    

Mario Barnes is a Berkeley Law graduate, and Kaaryn Gustafson is a JSP graduate. 

Well done Mario and Kaaryn on this well-deserved honor!

November 29, 2022

November 28, 2022

Please join us in congratulating former LSA President Kim Lane Scheppele who was recently named for a Collegiate Professorship at the University of Michigan. The chair will be known as the Kim Lane Scheppele Collegiate Professorship in Women’s and Gender Studies in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. The Chair is currently held by LSA member Anna Kirkland who nominated Kim to be the name for the Collegiate Professorship.

Prof. Scheppele described her selection as follows:

Congratulations to JSP Student Kyle DeLand for being a winner of the Kathryn T. Preyer award!