Berkeley Law Voices Carry

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with David A. Carrillo, a Berkeley Law Lecturer in Residence and the executive director of the California Constitution Center, a nonpartisan academic research center devoted to studying the state’s constitution and Supreme Court. For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub.

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Catherine E. Lhamon, the inaugural executive director of UC Berkeley Law’s Edley Center on Law & DemocracyFor the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the UC Berkeley Law Podcast Hub.

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Arneta Rogers, executive director of UC Berkeley Law’s Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice. For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the UC Berkeley Law Podcast Hub.

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with UC Berkeley Law Professor David Hausman, faculty director of the Deportation Data Project, the first centralized repository of individual-level U.S. government immigration enforcement data. This spring, the project obtained and made available online an individual-level dataset including anonymized identifiers that correspond to individuals, allowing users to follow individuals through the enforcement process without learning their identities.For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub.

Host Gwyneth Shaw talks with UC Berkeley Law Professor Chris Jay Hoofnagle, whose latest book, Cybersecurity in Context: Technology, Policy, and Law, was published last fall. Hoofnagle and his co-author, LSU computer science and engineering Professor Golden G. Richard, wrote the book to accompany courses on this important topic, but also worked to make it accessible to students and teachers in any discipline. The textbook includes a set of hands-on exercises on self-contained virtual machines for Linux, Windows, and Mac so readers can experience how cybersecurity works in practice. For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub.

Host Gwyneth Shaw talks with UC Berkeley Law Professors UC Berkeley Law Professors Daniel Farber and Jonathan Gould — experts on presidential power, constitutional law, and the U.S. Congress and the faculty directors of the law school’s Christopher Edley Jr. Center on Law & Democracy. Founded last fall after the death of the law school’s beloved former dean and national political and policy influence for decades, the center aims to defend and strengthen democratic institutions in the United States through actionable research and public leadership.Just a few weeks into the second administration of President Donald Trump, the center is convening expert panels to explore the implications of the president’s first moves — many of which are setting off alarm bells about the rule of law, the separation of powers, and even the strength of the U.S. Constitution itself. The center’s events archive has videos of these discussions. For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub.

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 used in legitimate and transformative ways. The piece has drawn a strong reaction, including a comment in the Yale Journal on Regulation (and a response from the authors). “Berkeley Law Voices Carry” is a podcast hosted by Gwyneth Shaw 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. For the full transcript and show notes please visit the episode page.  Production by Yellow Armadillo Studios. 

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. Habib and colleague Raed al Saleh were at Berkeley Law recently to talk about the White Helmets and their role in pushing for justice and accountability in Syria. The White Helmets, formally known as the Syrian Civil Defense and recognizable for their namesake headgear, provide critical emergency services such as medical care, ambulances, firefighting, early warning alerts, unexploded ordnance removal, and search and rescue operations. They also work to document and archive military attacks and coordinate with international agencies and nongovernmental organizations scrutinizing the situation in Syria. The Human Rights Center, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, uses the levers of science, technology, and law to pursue justice. The center researches and investigates war crimes and human rights violations, develops standards for policymakers and practitioners, and trains investigators, students and advocates. Visit the White Helmets’s website to learn more about their work and how to support it, and explore the Human Rights Center’s website to understand the broad scope of its mission.  About:“Berkeley Law Voices Carry” is a podcast hosted by Gwyneth Shaw 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. Production by Yellow Armadillo Studios. Visit the episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub for a full transcript of this episode.