Exceptional MCLE Program Planned for
Alumni Reunion Weekend
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Alumni Reunion Weekend (Oct. 4-5) is just a few weeks away! Almost 400 guests are already registered to attend. Join us!
This year's MCLE program is not to be missed. Kick off the weekend with an alumni panel and current CLR editors getting you up to speed on 108 years of the
California Law Review.
On Saturday, Berkeley Law's centers will showcase timely topics in the legal profession, including
Addressing Gender Bias
(presented by the Berkeley Center for Law and Business),
Cybersecurity
(presented by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology), and
The Opioid Crisis, Climate Change, and Criminal Justice Reform: New Frontiers in Consumer Law
(presented by the Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice).
Dean Chemerinsky will host the annual
Supreme Court Update
. Finally, the Berkeley Judicial Institute will look at conflicts between the
Constitution, the President, the Courts, and Congress
and potential ways to move our political discourse beyond its increasingly polarized state.
Learn more about the program as well as social events and activities
here
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The baffling conviction and death sentence of Toforest Johnson reveal a broken system. Berkeley Law's
Death Penalty Clinic
is representing him in a wrongful conviction appeal. Read about the case via "
An Illusion of Justice
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Washington Post
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Amelia Miazad '02
, director of Berkeley Law’s
Business in Society Institute
, was featured in a front-page story in the
Financial Times. She discusses
an initiative pushing for big companies to publicly declare a social purpose and to move their organizations beyond value maximization for shareholders.
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Every summer, a group of Bay Area high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds immerse themselves in paid law-related internships and classes at Berkeley Law that integrate a legal curriculum with life and leadership skills. Several Berkeley Law alumni serve on the program’s board of directors, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky gave a talk to the 30 students in this year’s cohort, and a number of faculty members sit on the advisory committee.
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OCT 19: Meet & Greet with Dean Chemerinsky
at the California Lawyers Association 2019
Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite.
More info
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OCT 30 - NOV 1:
Fundamentals of Banking Law & FinTech Legal Workshop
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Fundamentals of Banking Law addresses the key policies, concepts, and regulations surrounding the financial markets and associated institutions. The program is taught by experienced practitioners, former bank regulators, and academics from leading universities. As an added bonus, banking law participants can attend a half-day workshop, at no extra charge, designed to provide Fintech entrepreneurs, investors, attorneys, and other professionals with a general introduction to the unique and sometimes counter-intuitive ways that finance innovation is regulated in the United States.
Register today
and take advantage of the alumni discount!
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NOV 5:
Los Angeles Alumni Chapter Presents: Corporate Crisis Lab
— Join members of the Berkeley Law faculty and alumni networks with deep corporate and governance experience in exploring responses to corporate crisis and malfeasance scenarios, based on real-life examples. Our panelists will discuss the impact of these scenarios and how to deal with various stakeholders, including boards, employees, shareholders, partners, regulators, media, and more.
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Announcing New Alumni Chapters in San Francisco and Silicon Valley!
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A Human Algorithm
, by
Flynn Coleman '08
, will be released on October 1. Check out the book here and go see her at Bay Area
book talks
in Mountain View on Oct. 16 and San Francisco on Oct. 18.
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