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Death Penalty Clinic students Max Endicott ’22, Aysha Spencer ’22, and Maddy Pilgrim ’22 (left to right) helped produce a report analyzing more than 200 Kansas jury selection cases that showed the courts have not addressed racial discrimination by prosecutors. Photo credit: Brittany Hosea-Small
Key research by Berkeley Law’s Death Penalty Clinic is helping courts and state legislatures tackle racial discrimination in jury selection across the country. Read more>>
What's New?
Co-directors Roxanna Altholz (above left), Laurel E. Fletcher, and clinical students helped the Fundación Para la Justicia file a criminal complaint against the Mexican attorney general’s office for illegal surveillance, among other assistance. Read more>>
Participants in the executive education course Corporate Finance Fundamentals describe its far-reaching benefits and praise the school’s collaboration with Ukrainian Global University. Read more>>
Beginning Aug. 15, Professor Victoria Plaut will oversee building, supporting, and maintaining UC Berkeley’s faculty in close collaboration with deans, department chairs, and Academic Senate colleagues. Read more>>
Galbreath is general counsel at Bitwise Industries, which builds tech economies in underestimated cities and helps marginalized people access opportunities in the industry. Read more>>
Phillip Gomez ’23 founded the Latino Rifle Association to create an alternative to traditional gun rights groups for Latinos interested in self-defense. Read more>>
Volunteer Opportunities
Seeking Volunteers for Alumni Guide Program
Attention J.D. alumni! Please consider becoming an Alumni Guide. These volunteers contact an incoming 1L student in August to welcome them to the law school and then check in with their student in early October to hear about their first six weeks at Berkeley Law. Meetings are held via Zoom or phone. The total time commitment is one hour. If you are interested in serving as a J.D. Alumni Guide, please contact Erin Dineen at edineen@law.berkeley.edu.

Seeking Public Interest & Public Sector Alumni Volunteers
The Career Development Office is recruiting public interest and public sector alumni attorneys for a new program designed to help support the next generation of Berkeley Law Public Interest/Public Sector (PI/PS) lawyers! If you are interested in volunteering to help prepare our students for PI/PS interviews, please fill out this form. If you have any questions, please email Kris Ho at kho@law.berkeley.edu.  

Thank you to our Berkeley Law Alumni Association Board Members
We would like to welcome our new Berkeley Law Alumni Association Board members who were just voted in at our June 21st meeting: Hon. Charles Breyer ’66, Noah Ickowitz ’17, Kenton King '87, Irma Rodriguez Moisa '92, Armilla Staley-Ngomo '08, and new president Cara Sandberg ‘12. We would also like to thank Karen Boyd ’96, John Kuo ’88, Kim Thompson ’90, Karin Wang ‘95, and student representative Naomi Spoelman ’22 for their years of service on the board. We appreciate their support and contributions!
Alumni Events
September 30 - October 2
Registration is open for our annual alumni reunion! Join us in Berkeley to reconnect with fellow classmates, enjoy engaging CLE programming, and celebrate our special community. Click here for more information and to register>>

July 26, 01:00 PM
Berkeley Law's Center for Law, Energy & the Environment will host a virtual lunch & learn. Panelists will discuss the precedent-setting multi-year collaboration among a host of local partners - with State support – that resulted in protection of community-serving natural infrastructure in Coyote Valley, just south of urban San José. Register here>>
Media Highlights
The U.S. Supreme Court “is basically cutting the establishment clause out of the Constitution,” Dean Erwin Chemerinsky writes about the court’s holding that the state of Maine is constitutionally required to subsidize religious education when it pays for private secular education. Read more>>
“Secession is clearly unconstitutional. There’s a reason the pledge of allegiance refers to ‘one nation, indivisible’,” Professor Daniel Farber says. “That’s as much true now as it was in 1865 when the South (including Texas) lost the Civil War, or 1868 when the 14th Amendment guaranteed all Americans the rights of citizenship.” Read more>>
Professor Khiara M. Bridges and National Public Radio reporter Sarah McCammon answer listener questions about what a post Roe v. Wade world might look like. Read more>>
Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse joined Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and fellow Democratic Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Richard Blumenthal on an amicus brief in the West Virginia v. EPA case, which could limit the government’s ability to lower emissions at power plants. Read more>>
Visit the Media Highlights and News pages to view recent headlines and happenings, and read the latest issue of Berkeley Law's Transcript magazine
Online Enrichment Programs
Free webinars on hot topics in business, law, and civil justice. Learn more and subscribe>>
August 4-5 | In-Person Program
The General Counsel Institute — co-hosted by Berkeley Law Executive Education and Peer 150 — is designed for mid-career in-house attorneys who want to gain insight into the general counsel role. This year's program will once again take place in person in Berkeley. Each live session will be followed by a group discussion to create opportunities for idea sharing and relationship building. Instructors include Berkeley faculty and GCs from PayPal, HP, NetApp, PG&E, and Shutterfly, among others. Learn more and register>>

Sustainable Capitalism and ESG Online demonstrates how to integrate environmental, social, and governance considerations into business strategy through a combination of focused lectures and case studies, curated readings, in-depth interviews with business leaders, and optional weekly discussion and networking forums. Designed for professionals, this self-paced course consists of approximately 40 hours of content and can be completed anytime from August 15, 2022 to January 15, 2023. All prior cohorts of this course have been oversubscribed so register today>>

Next cohorts start on August 31 and September 8 | Online Program
Leadership in the Legal Profession is a business school-style course designed to help legal professionals lead in complex systems, engage with interpersonal intelligence, navigate uncertainty, and drive innovation. Participants meet online in small, selective cohorts to explore leadership with an expert facilitator. The program is highly interactive and designed to maximize opportunities for self-reflection and peer-to-peer learning. Take your leadership skills to the next level and advance your careerLearn more and apply today>>

Course launches September 12 | Online Program
Berkeley Law Executive Education and the Business in Society Institute are partnering with Ceres to offer an executive courseESG: Navigating the Board's Role — for corporate directors and practitioners who work with corporate boards. This foundational course, which is designed to be completed in six hours, incorporates practical insights, cutting-edge research, and industry-leading reports. Learn more and register>>
Class Notes
Let Your Classmates Know What You're Up To!
We love to hear from you and so do your classmates. Let us know what you are up to. If you haven't submitted a class note since April, this is your last chance to have it included in the fall issue of Transcript magazine. Submit here: classnotes@law.berkeley.edu