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Public Law & Policy Program at Berkeley

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  • The Public Law and Policy Program continues Berkeley Law’s long tradition of scholarship on issues of constitutional and administrative law, and judicial and legislative process. It focuses in particular on the separation of powers, the balance of authority between the federal and state governments, interpretation, and public policymaking. The Program advances its mission by supporting research and scholarship, and producing events to generate public discussion and understanding of the interaction between law and public policy.

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Episodes
  • A Conversation with Heather Mac Donald

    A Conversation with Heather Mac Donald
    Sep 5 2023

    After the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, prestigious American institutions, from the medical profession to the fine arts, pleaded guilty to “systemic racism.” How else can we explain why blacks are overrepresented in prisons and underrepresented in C-suites and faculty lounges, their leaders asked?


    The official answer for those disparities is “disparate impact,” a once-obscure legal theory that is now transforming our world. Any traditional standard of behavior or achievement that impedes exact racial proportionality in any enterprise is now presumed racist. Medical school admissions tests, expectations of scientific accomplishment in the award of research grants, and the enforcement of the criminal law—all are under assault because they have a “disparate impact” on underrepresented minorities.


    Heather MacDonald offers an alternative explanation for those racial disparities.


    A transcript of this episode can be found at the episode page on the Public Law & Policy Program's website.


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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Privacy in the Digital Age

    Privacy in the Digital Age
    Jun 30 2023
    Professor Paul Schwartz holds a moderated discussion with Professor Ginevra Cerrina Feroni, the Vice President of the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali). Prof. Cerrina Feroni is one of the most important scholars and lawyers in Europe working on issues of electronic data and privacy today. She is a full Professor of European and Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Florence. Prof. Cerrina Feroni is also a practicing lawyer, a member of the scientific board of several academic journals in the area of comparative public law, and a serial columnist of several national newspapers. She has been often nominated to hold posts in governative and parliamentary committees and working groups for constitutional and administrative matters. A transcript of this episode can be found at the episode page on the Public Law & Policy Program's website.

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    58 mins
  • Groff v. DeJoy

    Groff v. DeJoy
    Mar 13 2023
    This spring, the Supreme Court will hear Groff v. DeJoy, a case on the religious liberty rights of employees under the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Chapman Law professor James Phillips will discuss the case, his research on the meaning of “undue hardship” under the Civil Rights Act, and what the case means for textualist theory and methodology. A transcript of this episode can be found at the episode page on the Public Law & Policy Program's website.

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    56 mins
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