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University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law

Contact Information
  • Email: collierd[at]berkeley.edu
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Location
443 Boalt Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-9200
United States
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Chapter Contacts
  • Dusty Collier - President, collierd[at]berkeley.edu
  • Sabrina Ross - Vice President, sabrina.ross[at]gmail.com
  • David Bassin - Programs Director, dbassin[at]berkeley.edu
  • Adam Trott - Membership Director, ajtrott[at]berkeley.edu
Recent Stories

Talk by Judge Alice Vilardi

On February 19, the Boalt ACS chapter hosted a talk by the Honorable Alice Vilardi, of the Alameda County Superior Court. Judge Vilardi held a conversational question and answer session about the process of becoming a judge, the specific challenges facing the California judicial system, and her own life and career.

Supreme Injustices

On February 8, the Boalt ACS chapter sponsored a talk by Alliance for Justice President Nan Aron, and a presentation of the film "Supreme Injustices," which documents major cases on school desegregation and gender discrimination from the first full term of the Roberts court. Aron's talk focused on the conservative movement's strategic focus on the judicial branch, and the need to raise awareness among liberal voters about the importance of judicial appointments, particularly in the upcoming presidential election.

Reva Siegel Talk on The New Politics of Abortion

On February 7, preeminent constitutional law scholar and Yale University Deputy Dean and Law Professor Reva Siegel spoke at Boalt on "Women-Protective Abortion Restrictions after Carhart," discussing the cultural and legal developments that led to the court's reasoning in upholding the late-term abortion ban in Gonzales v. Carhart, and the increasing co-option of feminist rhetoric by the pro-life movement. Professor Siegel was cited in Justice Ginsberg's scathing Carhart dissent. The talk was co-sponsored by the Boalt ACS chapter and the Boalt chapter of Law Students for Reproductive Justice.

Elections Forum

On Thursday, April 5, the candidates for the 2006-2007 Board met with a roomful of members of the Boalt ACS chapter. Over a lunch of Thai food, candidates discussed their qualifications for the positions they sought, their own experiences and interests that led them to ACS, and their visions for Boalt’s student chapter. A lively question and answer session followed. The results of the elections, announced April 9, follow:

Co-Presidents: William Lin and Jenny Rosloff
Vice President: Ed Takashima
Secretary: Kathleen Lu
External Relations Chairs: Angela Clements and Dusty Collier
Recruitment Chairs: Erin Pulaski and Sabrina Ross
Programs Chair: Sean Fernandes

“Reshaping the National Debate”

During the first two weeks of April 2007, the UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall chapter of the American Constitution Society sponsored a two-part speaker series, “Reshaping the National Debate.” The program promoted a dialogue between the speakers and students about how progressives can frame the way they talk about issues and how they can build an infrastructure to disseminate progressive values.

On Thursday, April 5, UC Berkeley Professor George Lakoff spoke on “Reframing the Political Discourse, Returning to American Ideals,” describing how conservatives and progressives frame their values and urging students to engage conservatives in constructive debates to find common values. The following Thursday, Boalt alumus and civil rights attorney Guy Saperstein spoke on “Beyond Elections: Building a Progressive Political Infrastructure.” He engaged with students on the work of the Democracy Alliance, a new organization of major progressive donors that seeks to build that progressive political infrastructure and encouraged students to become involved in both established and fledgling progressive organizations.

Access to Justice Symposium West Coast Student Networking Conference


The Constitution in the 21st Century Project’s Access to Justice Issue Group and the California ACS Chapters held the Access to Justice Symposium and West Coast Networking Conference on April 7-8. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)was the keynote speaker. The conference met in downtown San Francisco, CA on the evening of Friday, April 7 with a judges’ discussion of the proposed split of the Ninth Circuit featuring four sitting judges: Chief Judge Mary M. Schroeder; and Judges Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Sidney R. Thomas and Raymond C. Fisher. The conference continued on Saturday, April 8 at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley with substantive panels, the keynote luncheon, career workshops and an organizing session. Thank you to all of the speakers and participants for making this conference a great success. Please see the complete schedule and list of speakers for more details.

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