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The Future of Environmental and Energy Law

UC Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/erwin-chemerinsky/] is joined by three renowned experts: UCLA Law Professor Ann E. Carlson [https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/ann-e-carlson] and UC Berkeley Law Professors Daniel A. Farber [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/daniel-farber/#tab_profile] and Sharon Jacobs [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/sharon-jacobs/#tab_profile]. For full show notes and the transcript, please visit this episode page [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/podcast-episode/environmental-energy-law-future-erwin-chemerinsky/] on the UC Berkeley Law Podcast Hub. Production by Yellow Armadillo Studios. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Challenges of Governing AI

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is both one of today’s hottest technologies and a significant challenge for lawmakers and regulators. As AI-based applications continue to proliferate, where are guardrails needed, and where might a hands-off approach be smarter? And how can legal scholars impact the discourse while teaching the next generation of lawyers about this important innovation? In this episode, UC Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/erwin-chemerinsky/] is joined by Stanford Law Professor Daniel Ho [https://law.stanford.edu/daniel-e-ho/] and UC Berkeley Law Professors Pamela Samuelson [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/pamela-samuelson/] and Colleen Chien [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/colleen-chien/].  About: “More Just” from UC Berkeley Law is a podcast about how law schools can and must play a role in solving society’s most difficult problems. The rule of law — and the role of the law — has never been more important. In these difficult times, law schools can, and must, play an active role in finding solutions. But how? Each episode of More Just starts with a problem, then explores potential solutions, featuring Dean Erwin Chemerinsky as well as other deans, professors, students, and advocates, about how they’re making law schools matter. Have a question about teaching or studying law, or a topic you’d like Dean Chemerinsky to explore? Email us at morejust@berkeley.edu and tell us what’s on your mind.   Production by Yellow Armadillo Studios. For the full transcript and show notes please visit the episode page [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/podcast-episode/more-just-challenges-governing-ai-erwin-chemerinsky-technology-policy/] on the UC Berkeley Law Podcast Hub. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

An Introduction to Europe’s Supreme Court

This special episode features UC Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky in conversation with Professor Katerina Linos [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/katerina-linos/#tab_profile] and Temple Law Professor Mark Pollack [https://sites.temple.edu/pollack/] introducing a wider audience to the European Union Court of Justice [https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/j_6/] and a special series of Linos’ “Borderlines” podcast [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/podcast-topic/cjeu/] on the court. Together, these three leading legal educators introduce listeners to the form and function of the EUCJ and contrast its civil law history and consensus methodology with the U.S. common law heritage utilizing dissenting opinions. Learn about the court’s traditions, scope, and unique Advocate General role, get a glimpse behind the scenes of the massive EU caseload, and compare fundamentals like sovereignty over states, the role of voting in chambers, and balancing accessibility and privacy. “Borderlines [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/podcast-series/borderlines/]" features exclusive content with the world’s leading international law experts. Check out recent interviews with former ICJ President Donoghue [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/podcast-episode/behind-the-bench-with-icjs-former-president-donoghue/] and ICC President Hofmański.  [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/podcast-episode/borderlines-podcast-icc-president-hofmanski/] About: More Just from Berkeley Law is a podcast about how law schools can and must play a role in solving society’s most difficult problems. The rule of law — and the role of the law — has never been more important. In these difficult times, law schools can, and must, play an active role in finding solutions. But how? Each episode of More Just starts with a problem, then explores potential solutions, featuring Dean Erwin Chemerinsky as well as other deans, professors, students, and advocates, about how they’re making law schools matter. Have a question about teaching or studying law, or a topic you’d like Dean Chemerinsky to explore? Email us at morejust@berkeley.edu and tell us what’s on your mind.   Production by Yellow Armadillo Studios.  Please visit the episode page [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/podcast-episode/more-just-borderlines-european-court-of-justice/] for a full transcript. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Election Law and the 2024 Presidential Contest

This November’s race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is expected to go down to the wire. But ahead of, on, and after Election Day, both campaigns and parties at the local, national, and state level will be ready to fight not just at the ballot box, but in the courtroom. From when mail-in ballots can be counted to the final Electoral College tally, state and federal election laws will play a major role in the outcome of this election.  What can we expect heading into this contest, and how can legal academics and law students play a role? In this episode, Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/erwin-chemerinsky/] talks with two election law experts: Richard Hasen [https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/richard-l-hasen], the Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law at the UCLA School of Law, and Berkeley Law Professor Emily Rong Zhang [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/emily-rong-zhang/].  Hasen is the director of UCLA’s Safeguarding Democracy Project and an internationally recognized expert in election law. He’s the co-author of leading casebooks in election law and remedies, the co-founder of the peer-reviewed Election Law Journal, and was an election law analyst for CNN in 2020 and for NBC News and MSNBC in 2022. Zhang studies how the law can promote political participation and representation, especially of individuals from historically disadvantaged communities. Before she joined the Berkeley Law faculty in 2022, she was a Skadden Fellow at the ACLU Voting Rights Project. Read more about the recent developments [https://electionlawblog.org/?p=145701] in the Pennsylvania case they discuss in this episode.  About: More Just from Berkeley Law is a podcast about how law schools can and must play a role in solving society’s most difficult problems.  The rule of law — and the role of the law — has never been more important. In these difficult times, law schools can, and must, play an active role in finding solutions. But how? Each episode of More Just starts with a problem, then explores potential solutions, featuring Dean Erwin Chemerinsky as well as other deans, professors, students, and advocates, about how they’re making law schools matter. Have a question about teaching or studying law, or a topic you’d like Dean Chemerinsky to explore? Email us at morejust@berkeley.edu and tell us what’s on your mind.   Production by Yellow Armadillo Studios.  Please visit the episode page [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/podcast-episode/more-just-election-law-2024-presidential-contest/] for a full transcript. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Teaching Constitutional Law in a Changed Landscape

Constitutional Law has changed dramatically in the past few years, and therefore so has the course for law students. In this episode, Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/erwin-chemerinsky] — a leading scholar in the field who has been teaching the class for decades and is the author of a popular casebook — talks about the U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent term. It’s the latest in a series of monumental years for the Court, and Chemerinsky analyzes these sweeping changes with Michael Dorf, the Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, and CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst Joan Biskupic. Professor Dorf has authored or co-authored well over one hundred scholarly articles and essays for law reviews, books, and peer-reviewed science and social science journals. He is a co-editor of a Constitutional Law casebook, writes a bi-weekly column for Justia’s web magazine, Verdict, and posts several times per week on his own blog, Dorf on Law. Biskupic has covered the Supreme Court for more than 25 years and has written several books on the judiciary, including Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court’s Drive to the Right and its Historic Consequences and The Chief, a biography of Chief Justice John Roberts.  ABOUT More Just from Berkeley Law is a podcast about how law schools can and must play a role in solving society’s most difficult problems.  The rule of law — and the role of the law — has never been more important. In these difficult times, law schools can, and must, play an active role in finding solutions. But how? Each episode of More Just starts with a problem, then explores potential solutions, featuring Dean Erwin Chemerinsky as well as other deans, professors, students, and advocates, about how they’re making law schools matter. Have a question about teaching or studying law, or a topic you’d like Dean Chemerinsky to explore? Email us at morejust@berkeley.edu [morejust@berkeley.edu] and tell us what’s on your mind. Production by Yellow Armadillo Studios. Transcript available on this podcast episode page [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/podcast-episode/more-just-erwin-chemerinsky-teaching-constitutional-law-in-a-changed-landscape/] of the Berkeley Law website. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.