For many students across California, the start of this semester looked unusual. Instead of checking in with their advisers, they were checking in with their lawyers. These students are currently experiencing the backlash of protesting against the University of California’s decision to implement a 32 percent fee increase last November. Several protests included the...
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Berkeley Law
UC Above the Law?
Berkeley Law Students Publish Op-Ed
A Jan. 13, 2010, Student Conduct panel upheld an “interim suspension” placed on UC Berkeley Junior Angela Miller, a student activist who is accused of violating the Code of Student Conduct for participating in a demonstration on Dec. 11, 2009. The panel’s suspension banned Ms. Miller from campus property, ordered her not to communicate...
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UC Berkeley’s witch hunt
Berkeley Law Lecturer Stephen Rosenbaum is representing two students charged with violating UCB rules.
UC Berkeley law lecturer discusses the Office of Student Conduct from Josh Wolf on Vimeo.
Angela Miller was thrown in jail and held on more than $100,000 bail after she was arrested from a crowd gathered outside UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert...
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When the dead speak
The last post was an email from the Dean at Berkeley Law. Unsurprisingly, when a University proves that it is not a cemetery, as UC was described by President Mark Yudof, the fingerpointing has to start.
The information attached to Dean Edley’s email is from the UCOP who realized months ago that the finger needed...
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Dean Edley to the Faculty:
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: UCOP thoughts on budget crisis, etc.
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:14:51 -0800
From: Christopher Edley
To: Faculty Announcement List
Colleagues, I found the attached document from UCOP very useful in that it gathers together in summary...
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An open letter to the Berkeley Law community
An Open Letter from the Berkeley Law Organizing Committee:
Our school stands at a pivotal moment: the cost of attending Berkeley Law is separating this institution from its past as a model of affordable yet outstanding legal education.
We write both to respond to Dean Edley’s email to the student body on November 16, 2009 and...
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