California Law Review

A new episode of California Law Review’s official podcast, Source Collect, is live!🎙️

Professors Cynthia Godsoe and Shanta Trivedi join CLR’s Juliette Draper to discuss their February California Law Review article, “Parenting as a Crime.”

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As Vol. 114 leaves editing behind for bar prep, and Vol. 115 holds down the fort, we have a special alumni edition of CLR Spotlight! Today we feature Vol. 114’s beloved Editor-in-Chief Sarah DiMagno (she/her). Sarah has been at Berkeley Law since 2021 as a J.D./Ph.D student in the Jurisprudence & Social Policy (JSP) program. She started her J.D. coursework in 2023 and graduated with the Class of 2026 this May! Beyond taking CLR’s scholarship to greater heights, Sarah also kept things fun for our editors, with everything from CLR Valentines to Bluebook stickers. Sarah will be continuing with her Ph.D and clerking for a judge in the fall. Congrats to Sarah and the rest of Vol. 114!

Volume 114.2 of the California Law Review is live! Thank you to our editors and authors for their hard work.

Read it at californialawreview.org/print.

A new episode of California Law Reviews’s official podcast, Source Collect, is live!🎙️

Professor Fanna Gamal at UC Los Angeles School of Law joins CLR’s Davis Rich to discuss her April article, “The Algorithmic Racial Proxy.”

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Our latest CLR spotlight features Associate Editor Neil Gallagher (he/him)! Before law school, Neil was in the Marine Corps and worked as a wildland firefighter. At Berkeley Law, Neil co-leads the Legal Obstacles Veterans Encounter Project (LOVE) and has worked with the Post Conviction Advocacy Project and Veterans Justice Commission. Neil also runs an oral history program where he interviews World War II, Korea, and Vietnam veterans!

As part of CLR Online’s Student Series Column, Berkeley Law student Dawson Wilcox analyzes the difference between three global economic blocs (the U.S., the E.U., and China) as tariffs are used as a tool of economic coercion.

Read the Column here: www.californialawreview.org/online/tariff-wars

The California Law Review was proud to host our annual alumni banquet, bringing together members, alumni, and distinguished guests for an evening of celebration and reflection. Thank you to everyone who made the night so memorable.

Special congratulations to our honorees of the night: Alumni of the Year, Shana Simmons (Vol. 97); Young Alumni of the Year, David Maxson (Vol. 109); Distinguished Service Award recipient, Max Friend (Vol. 114); and Diversity Award recipient, Shree Mehrotra (Vol. 114).

The contributions of our journal members past and present are what make CLR so special!

As part of CLR Online’s Student Series Column, Berkeley Law student Cole Troutner evaluates how the Supreme Court’s decision in Learning Resources v. Trump indicates trouble for the Major Questions Doctrine.

Read the Column here: californialawreview.org/online/meltdown-major-questions

CLR alumni are committed to advancing the legal profession through impactful public service. We welcome your support of our annual Public Interest Bar Grant, which assists graduates like Lorena Ortega Guerrero in defraying expenses associated with the bar examination. Go to https://lnkd.in/ghE4argU to contribute!

CLR Online is back with a new piece by Gilad Abiri, “Corporations Constituting Intelligence.”

Anthropic recently published an updated Constitution for its AI model Claude. But does that same Constitution create risks for a democratic society?

Read more: www.californialawreview.org/online/corporations-constituting-intelligence.