Berkeley Law Voices Carry

Dec 02 2024 12 ep. 36 mins 2
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Berkeley Law Voices Carry is a podcast about how the school’s faculty, students, and staff are making an impact — in California, across the country, and around the world — through pathbreaking scholarship, hands-on legal training, and advocacy.
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"Emergency Powers for Good" with Professors Katerina Linos & Elena Chachko

Dec 02 2024 40 mins  
In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with UC Berkeley Law Professors Katerina Linos and Elena Chachko about their new paper in the William & Mary Law Review, “Emergency Powers for Good.” In the article and a blog post on “Lawfare,” they discuss how emergency powers — often associated with overreach and authoritarianism — can be

Climate and Energy Policy After Chevron

Nov 07 2024 57 mins  
This special episode features two Berkley Law experts discussing the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, which overruled the longstanding doctrine of the Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council case, which was decided in 1984. The decision sent shock waves through the field of administrative law and is

Syria’s White Helmets

Oct 21 2024 28 mins  
In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks to Farouq Habib, a founding member and Deputy General Manager for External Affairs for the White Helmets, a grassroots humanitarian organization of ordinary Syrians who came together to save lives amid the devastation of the Syrian Civil War, and Betsy Popken, Executive Director of the Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law.

Professor john a. powell on ‘Belonging Without Othering’

Sep 24 2024 42 mins  
In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks to Professor john a. powell, co-author of the new book Belonging Without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World, which was published earlier this year by Stanford University Press. powell is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of civil rights and civil liberties and a wide range of issues including ra

Professor Osagie K. Obasogie’s ‘Legacies of Eugenics’ Project

Aug 23 2024 35 mins  
In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks to Professor Osagie K. Obasogie, a professor of law and bioethics and the only UC Berkeley faculty member to hold an appointment at both our law school and our School of Public Health, including the Joint Medical Program with UC San Francisco. As a sociologist of law and medicine, Obasogie’s research combines doctrinal

Dave Jones on How Climate Risk Impacts Insurers

Aug 06 2024 32 mins  
In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks to Dave Jones, director of the Climate Risk Initiative at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment (CLEE). He’s a national leader and expert on climate risk and financial regulation, having served two two terms as California’s Insurance Commissioner from 2011 to 2018. In that role, he led the Department of Insurance

Ted Mermin on Berkeley Law’s Thriving Consumer Law Offerings

May 16 2024 34 mins  
In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Ted Mermin ’96, a Berkeley Law alum, a lecturer at the law school, and the executive director of our Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice, which since its 2018 founding has become a hub for faculty, students, and advocates focused on economic security and consumer protection — not just at Berkeley but around the country an

Professors Tejas N. Narechania and Rebecca Wexler on Governing Artificial Intelligence

Apr 15 2024 42 mins  
In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Professors Tejas N. Narechania and Rebecca Wexler about artificial intelligence from two very different perspectives. Both are faculty co-directors of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT), Berkeley Law’s tech law hub and a leader in the field for more than a quarter-century. Narec

Berkeley Law’s New ESG University Executive Education Course

Mar 26 2024 22 mins  
In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Berkeley Center for Law and Business (BCLB) Executive Director Angeli Patel ’20, the lead instructor for ESG University, a new self-paced online program in Berkeley Law’s growing Executive Education offerings. This new certificate program and community is for individuals and organizations seek

Professor Jonah Gelbach on Why Scholars Want to Free PACER

Mar 13 2024 45 mins  
In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Professor Jonah Gelbach, whose research spans a variety of topics, including civil procedure, evidence, statutory interpretation and legislation, and law and economics. He has a Ph.D. in economics and was a professor with a specialization in econometrics before earning his J.D. and joining the legal academy. He’s also worked as an exp