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Can police legally lie to you during questioning? https://t.co/ju4B2hjwYP

#ItsTheLaw #BerkeleyLaw

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"We're experiencing now an unprecedented assault on the Constitution, on the First Amendment, and of freedom of speech," says Dean Chemerinsky at the Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Symposium at @SFMOMA, presented by @BerkLawBusiness: https://t.co/XSXwrS0xCW @Law360

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In a recent piece on the first conviction for AI-related economic espionage charges, rising 2L Armita Fazel explores the legal implications of a former Google engineer stealing trade secret information & trying to send it to entities in China. https://t.co/mhF5NURa3c #BerkeleyLaw

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"We should expect much better from the Supreme Court."

—Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via The Contrarian: https://t.co/tSkpxyr8e6

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Catherine E. Lhamon, executive director of the Edley Center on Law and Democracy, tells @AP that after pushback from schools, the Trump administration is backing off: “It stopped putting itself in a position to lose.”

Read more: https://t.co/x4gXvjC4Xt #BerkeleyLaw

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“How do we think about affordability across all of these utilities, and how do we think about universal access across all of these utilities? That's why we have this single-purpose public utility commission in so many states,” says Prof. Tejas Narechania: https://t.co/CMPZrgck3g

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“I thought my impact would come from advising founders who were building the next big thing. As it turned out, Berkeley Law gave me the education, the experience, and the courage that I’d eventually use to build a company with my co-founder.”

—Jerath

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Geetika Jerath ’19 went to law school planning to advise entrepreneurs — and ended up becoming one.

Read the full article to learn more about Jerath and her company: https://t.co/WdG6RO0Y5o #BerkeleyLaw

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Professor David Oppenheimer and a group of J.D. and undergraduate Legal Studies students recently submitted an intervention — the European term for an amicus brief — in a case against the nation of Georgia now before the European Court of Human Rights: https://t.co/M3e1eF3kUs

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Berkeley Law won the 2026 National Patent Application Drafting Competition, besting nearly 50 other law school teams at the annual event: https://t.co/Aqz8o8H7oq #BerkeleyLaw

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"Thomas is the second longest serving justice, but in ideology he is easily one of the most radical to ever serve on the court." —Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky in his recurring Courtly Observations series on @scotus_blog: https://t.co/FX94JOCZEU

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"The children of the wealthy already start life with substantial advantages. It is not the mission of universities to lock those advantages in place."
—Opinion by Professor Prasad Krishnamurthy via @chicagotribune: https://t.co/g1DyvbiEI3

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"What is stunning is that President Trump has been so open about his desire to use the powers of his office to reward his supporters and punish his perceived enemies."
—Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @sfchronicle: https://t.co/cz9XtI0DFm

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"This is about whether there really are checks and balances in our system
of government, or whether we have created a presidency that really can do almost anything."
—Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Burt Neuborne (@nyulaw): https://t.co/ATSVKLQMGX

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Chemerinsky: What to expect from SCOTUS in the coming month. https://t.co/zRCDKEprGq #SCOTUS @BerkeleyLaw

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"As always, this time of year is filled with major decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court. Some of the most important cases of the term have already been decided. But many likely blockbuster decisions remain."
—Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @ABAJournal: https://t.co/LJkXSY44p6

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"Our schools of education must be explicit with students and faculty that they educate as if democracy depends on it."
—Opinion by @CatherineLhamon, Executive Director of the Edley Center on Law and Democracy via @SSIReview: https://t.co/0yevXzd5Or

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Chemerinsky: What to expect from SCOTUS in the coming month. https://t.co/gW4LNyBphr #SCOTUS @BerkeleyLaw

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In a new post for @YaleJREG's “Notice & Comment” blog, Prof. @ElenaChachko argues that Learning Resources v. Trump is about far more than just whether the president has the authority to impose tariffs. https://t.co/0OvLuW6igl

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The late Professor Eleanor Swift has inspired an alum, who wishes to remain anonymous, to donate $250,000 to establish the Eleanor Swift Scholarship Fund.

Read more about Swift: https://t.co/3RuFBpHRAF #BerkeleyLaw