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Clinic and Center Stand Tall for Human Rights and Justice Around the Globe Page 18 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, SCHOOL OF LAW FALL 2018 VOL. 51 CLINIC AND CENTER STAND TALL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE AROUND THE GLOBE PAGE 18 ALSO: A new initiative and new institute take flight. PAGE 8 Alums use novel ways to expand access to law. PAGE 12 Defense School a capella troupe hits the right notes. PAGE 26 Team FEATURES COLUMNS 12 All 18 Defense 2 From Access Team The Dean ALUMNI INNOVATORS HUMAN RIGHTS SURGING FORWARD A pioneer of the law’s do-it- Vigilant on behalf of the With palpable optimism yourself movement, Ralph vulnerable, the International evident throughout the law “Jake” Warner ’66 helps pave Human Rights Law Clinic school, Erwin Chemerinsky the way for four 2013 grads to and Human Rights Center shares his thoughts about rethink legal services. target injustice worldwide. what lies ahead. By Andrew Cohen By Michael Bazeley COVER: ILLUSTRATION BY BENEDETTO CRISTOFANI (ILLUSTRATION} CRISTOFANI BENEDETTO WARNER); (RALPH BLOCK JIM Contents Fall 2018 Vol. 51 SECTIONS 3 In Brief 8 Forefront 26 Creative Works Expanding the Clerkship Base Equal Justice Artistic Contributions from Platform Pioneers Bridging the Bench Divide Our Community Tops in Tinseltown New Quartet Joins Faculty Bringing Berkeley Back to Africa 28 Fast Forward Habeas Corpus Then and Now Four Student Action Figures New Centers Take Flight Public Mission Gold Standard Video Game Preservation 30 Advancement Updates from Development & Parole Models Alumni Relations 34 Class Notes All in the Alumni Family JIM BLOCK (GALEN AGES AND NISHA GIRIDHAR, JESSE CHOPER AND ROBERT COLE); MARCO MELGRATI (ILLUSTRATION) MARCO MELGRATI COLE); AND ROBERT JESSE CHOPER GIRIDHAR, AND NISHA AGES (GALEN BLOCK JIM TRANSCRIPT FALL 2018 1 MEETING OUR REMARKABLE GRADUATES IS TRULY ONE OF THE GREATEST JOYS OF BEING DEAN. –ERWIN CHEMERINSKY From the Dean Dear Berkeley Law Community, Great law schools have many positive attributes, but none more important than the educational quality they provide. That’s a big reason I was so thrilled to become Berkeley Law’s dean last year, and why I’m so optimistic about our future. A recent study ranking law school faculties by their scholarly impact rated our cur- Transcript rent faculty seventh in the country—a wonderful reflection of our terrific educators. This year we’ve added three exceptional new colleagues (see page 10): Seth Davis is EDITOR & DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS teaching Torts and Indian Law; Frank Partnoy is teaching Business Associations and Michael Bazeley other business law courses; and Erik Stallman ’03 is an assistant clinical professor in MANAGING EDITOR & SENIOR WRITER, COMMUNICATIONS the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic. Rebecca Wexler has accepted our Andrew Cohen offer to join us next year and will teach in the areas of trade secrets and evidence law. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS We’ve also added wonderful students throughout our programs. Our 314 first-year Craig Lancaster J.D. students bring outstanding credentials and the highest median LSAT score in the Younie Park law school’s history. They are also among the most diverse classes in our history: 58 DESIGN & CREATIVE DIRECTION percent women, 46 percent students of color, 16 percent engineering or science Arnaud Ghelfi, l’atelier starno majors, 8 percent first-generation college students, and 4 percent active military and CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS veterans. Five African-American students are currently editors-in-chief of our law Jim Block Rachel DeLetto journals, a school record (see inside back cover). Shoey Sindel Meanwhile, we have 260 LL.M. students from more than 55 countries, and impres- CONTRIBUTING WRITERS sive new Ph.D. students in our Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program and J.S.D. Rachel DeLetto Andrew Faught Program. And there are now 330 undergraduates in our Legal Studies major. Kim Westerman New research centers and programs are also bolstering our real-world impact. This CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS semester, we launched the Law, Economics, and Politics Center, led by Professor Aaron Benedetto Cristofani Edlin, and the Center on Race, Sexuality & Culture, led by Professor Russell Robinson Marco Melgrati (see page 6). In September, Judge Jeremy Fogel joined us as director of the Berkeley UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS Judicial Institute, which will focus on court administration and judges (see page 9). Email: [email protected] Phone: 510.642.1832 I’m still beaming from Alumni Reunion Weekend, attended by more than 600 U.S. Mail: Berkeley Law graduates October 5-6. I tremendously enjoyed interacting with so Development & Alumni Relations University of California, Berkeley, many alumni, and meeting our remarkable graduates is truly one of the greatest School of Law joys of being dean. I look forward to doing so here and around the country. 224 Boalt Hall #7200 Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 If I can be of assistance to you in any way or if you want to share thoughts about the law school, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at VISIT WWW.LAW.BERKELEY.EDU [email protected] or (510) 642-6483. Transcript is published by the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Communications Warm regards, Department. © 2018 Regents of the University of Erwin Chemerinsky California. All rights reserved Dean, Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law BLOCK JIM 2 TRANSCRIPT FALL 2018 News from the In School Community Brief MYTH BUSTERS: Galen Ages ’16 and Nisha Giridhar ’18 help debunk the notion that judges do not seek aspiring public-interest law- yers for clerkships. EXPANDING THE CLERKSHIP BASE “I DON’T THINK Another year, another judicial clerkship myth says Marina Henri ’18, who won the school’s shattered by Berkeley Law. Eleanor Swift Award for Public Service and now BIG-FIRM In 2017, amid jarring national data about the lack clerks for federal judge Martha Vazquez in New STUDENTS ARE of ethnic-minority clerks, 11 African-American Mexico. “Clerking is a public-interest position, and CONSIDERED students and alums landed federal clerkships. many judges would agree that clerks are serving This year, the Class of 2018’s record-setting per- their community.” MORE formance underscores that all Berkeley Law stu- Henri’s class set school records for same-term QUALIFIED, dents—not just those headed to big firms—have clerkships (54) and states represented (26). that opportunity. Overall, 100 grads are clerking in 32 states— BUT THEY’RE Forty-three percent of this year’s grads who more than 80 percent in federal courts. MORE LIKELY obtained clerkships worked in a public-interest The Career Development Office cultivates TO APPLY.” capacity the previous summer. alumni who clerked to help students navigate “I don’t think big-firm students are considered the application process. That roster includes JIM BLOCK BLOCK JIM more qualified, but they’re more likely to apply,” public-interest attorney Galen Ages ’16, who TRANSCRIPT FALL 2018 3 strives “to do everything I can to assist Berkeley and Saira Mohamed and the CDO’s Eric Stern for In Brief Law students eager to serve in the federal changing that perception. judiciary.” Clerking for federal judge Leslie Abrams in Nisha Giridhar ’18 had thought clerkships were Georgia, Giridhar says infusing judicial chambers “exclusively for students entering the private sec- with more public-interest-minded clerks “adds tor.” Active in several public-interest endeavors necessary diversity in perspective.” as a student, she credits professors Karen Tani —Andrew Cohen as an in-house counsel, artificial intelli- Platform gence, and deal valuation. In May, a daylong event on the #MeToo movement examined best practices for creating safe and inclu- Pioneers sive workplaces. After attending the general counsel acad- Adam Sterling ’13 had three main goals in emy, Salesforce Vice President and Associate launching Berkeley Law’s new Executive General Counsel Wei Chen called it “transfor- Education initiative: relevant training, flex- mative.” She entered the training “hoping to ible options, and career enhancement. improve the way I carry on my day-to-day Jim Gilbert, hired as the initiative’s direc- tasks. I came out two days later full of new tor in April, is fueling that effort by broaden- ideas and a sense of urgency to re-examine ing open enrollment offerings, developing and transform the way my team and I work.” custom programming for in-house legal Customized trainings have included teams and corporate clients, and growing venture capital academies in Madrid, Seoul, revenue to help the law school achieve its and Zurich; a yearlong U.S. business and educational mission. law program for Kazakhstani scholars; and The platform offers innovative academies practice-area trainings for Thai judges. for lawyers, judges, organizational lead- “These programs draw people from ers, and investors through courses and all over the world,” Sterling says. “We’re certificates, MCLE programs, and tailored covering many emerging areas, and in trainings. most instances this training helps our par- The academies include America’s first law ticipants advance their careers and better NEW TERRAIN: Adam Sterling ’13 moderates an school certificate program in blockchain. serve their clients and organizations.” Executive Education event panel on financial fraud. Others tackle banking law and fintech, life —Andrew Cohen The Goldbergs and Black-ish. for Terry Rossio to write Godzilla TOPS IN TINSELTOWN Helped Emmy Rossum attain vs. Kong, Linda Woolverton to Six alums made the annual Hollywood Reporter pay parity with Shameless co- write a movie for Skydance, and list of entertainment’s top 100 lawyers: star William H. Macy. Niki Caro to direct Disney’s live- action film Mulan. Helped propel Harold Brown ’76 recoup millions from Prince’s Cliff Gilbert-Lurie ’79 indie hits Little Miss Sunshine, (Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown). Cli- estate after Warner Bros. (Ziffren Brittenham). Repre- The Danish Girl, and Juno. ents include Dwayne Johnson, Records claimed it held licensing sents iconic TV producer Dick Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jim Par- rights Universal had acquired.
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