Berkeley Boosts - Berkeley Law: Executive Education

Free Webinars and More on Hot Topics in Law and Business

Berkeley Boosts is a monthly series of free, hour long webinars (with MCLE credit) and articles for legal practitioners and organizational leaders. Berkeley Boosts content is carefully curated by the Berkeley Center for Law and Business and Berkeley Law Executive Education to ensure engaging discussions on subjects that matter.

Expose yourself to different viewpoints, gain insights into emerging technologies, and learn from leading practitioners who share their experience, expertise, successes, and failures.

Berkeley Boosts 2020 Webinar Schedule

(exact dates and times to be announced and subject to change)

To attend a specific Berkeley Boosts webinar, use the registration link(s) below. To receive periodic emails announcing future webinars, subscribe to our Berkeley Boosts email list.

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October 27, 2020 | 10:00 – 11:00 am PDT | Women in Finance and Law: A Fireside Chat with SoftBank. In this one hour webinar, Abbye Atkinson, Brian Wheeler, and Denise Ho will explore the challenges and opportunities facing women in finance and discuss the key developments affecting the industry. Register today.

Attorneys participating in the live, one-hour webinars can earn 1 hour of Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) credit.

Past Monthly Webinars

Below is a list of past Berkeley Boosts webinars. To view any of them, you need access to our online archive, which is available to Berkeley Boosts subscribers.

If you already subscribed, you were provided with the password via email. If you are not a subscriber, please join our email list today to obtain the password.

August 25, 2020 | Complementarity: Work in an Age of Anxiety about Automation and Aerosols with Ken Goldberg
July 22, 2020 | Investor Engagement on Racial Justice with Kimberley Lewis, Melanie Mendoza, and Doug Heske.
June 24, 2020 | Privacy Asymmetries: Internet Evidence and Subpoenas with Rebecca Wexler of Berkeley Law
May 27, 2020 | How ESG Makes Companies Resilient to Crisis with Amelia Miazad of Berkeley Law
April 29, 2020 | AB-5 – The Impact of California’s Independent Contractor Law with Wendy Lazerson of Sidley
March 25, 2020 | Finance and the Legal Profession with Apurva Desai
March 18, 2020 | Deal-Making in a Financial Crisis with the Deal Professor
February 25, 2020 | Leadership in the Legal Profession with Mike Ross
November 20, 2019 | Discussion of the new book Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber with author Mike Isaac, New York Times
October 23, 2019 | Dean Erwin Chemerinsky previews the coming SCOTUS term
September 23, 2019 | Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, in conversation with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky
August 27, 2019 | Too Close for Comfort? — AI, Cameras, and Privacy with Ken Goldberg, William S. Floyd Jr. Distinguished Chair in Engineering, UC Berkeley (this webinar was not recorded)
May 29, 2019 | When Icahn Comes Knocking: Best Practices and Recent Developments in Shareholder Activism with Kenton King and Thomas Ivey, Skadden
April 23, 2019 | #MeToo is Transforming Corporate Governance with Amelia Miazad, Berkeley Law
March 20, 2019 | Wild World of Class Actions with David Singh, Weil
February 26, 2019 | The Rise of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) with Mario Mancuso, Kirkland & Ellis (formerly Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security)
January 22, 2019 | Blockchain Explained with Ian Lee, IDEO CoLab, and Nancy Wojtas, Cooley LLP

Berkeley Boosts Shorts!

Berkeley Boosts Shorts is a periodic series of free, half-hour webinars for legal practitioners and organizational leaders. Some of these presentations are sponsored by other entities within Berkeley Law.

To attend a specific Berkeley Boosts Shorts webinar, use the registration link(s) below. To receive periodic emails announcing future webinars, subscribe to our Berkeley Boosts email list.

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New Webinar Series | Civil Legal Issues and COVID-19

The Civil Justice Research Initiative (CJRI) — a think tank housed at Berkeley Law — is hosting a new series of Berkeley Boosts Shorts. Join the CJRI for one or more of these interactive video conversations.

Upcoming topics:

To be announced

Past CJRI webinars are listed in the dropdown menu below and recordings reside in our Berkeley Boosts archive. Subscribe to obtain the password.

Past Webinar Series | Financial Crises, Business, and Law

In light of the coronavirus crisis and its impact on work and financial markets, Berkeley Law Executive Education hosted a live daily interview series called Berkeley Boosts Shorts that featured leading voices from law and business. The series ran from March 23 – April 30, 2020.

A list of each interview is found in the dropdown menu below and recordings reside in our Berkeley Boosts archive. Subscribe to obtain the password.

Past Berkeley Boosts Shorts

September 10, 2020 | Mike Isaac (NY Times) – The Battle for TikTok
September 4, 2020 | Catherine Fisk and Jennie Lee Anderson – Employment Law During COVID-19
August 14, 2020 | Richard Rothstein and Zoe Polk – The Pandemic and Inequality
July 31, 2020 | Deepak Gupta and Lauren Willis – COVID-19’s Impact on Consumer Law
July 10, 2020 | Lori Cohen and Roman Silberfeld – Case Management During a Pandemic
June 12, 2020 | Jeannine Bell and Paul Hoffman – Civil Remedies for Police Brutality
May 22, 2020 | Valerie Hans and Bob Clifford – Jury Trials in the Era of COVID-19
April 30, 2020 | Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson (Financial Times) – Financial Crises and Stakeholder Governance
April 28, 2020 | Melissa Murray (NYU) – Financial Crises and the Supreme Court
April 27, 2020 | Rick Alexander (Shareholder Commons) – Financial Crises and Responsible Investing
April 24, 2020 | Robert Bartlett (UC Berkeley) – An Update on the CARES Act
April 23, 2020 | Anne Sheehan and Krystal Berrini (PJT Camberview) – Financial Crises and Corporate Governance
April 22, 2020 | Rob Chesnut (Airbnb) – Financial Crises and Corporate Ethics
April 21, 2020 | George Horvath (UC Berkeley) – Technical and Legal Barriers to Widespread Testing
April 20, 2020 | Ellen London (Alto Litigation) – Financial Crises and Government Fraud
April 17, 2020 | Stavros Gadinis and Amelia Miazad (both from UC Berkeley) – Covid-19 and ESG
April 16, 2020 | Duc Vinh Trang (Major, Lindsey & Africa) – Financial Crises and the Corporate Legal Sector
April 15, 2020 | Andy Shoyer (Sidley) w/ Eric Hinton (SMU) – Financial Crises and Global Trade
April 14, 2020 | Adrienne Harris (University of Michigan) – Financial Crises and FinTech
April 13, 2020 | Joel Beck-Coon (Humanity United) and Jesse Finfrock (Morrison Foerster) – Financial Crises and Social Impact Organizations
April 10, 2020 | Anne Simpson (CalPERS) – Financial Crises and Institutional Investors
April 9, 2020 | Steve Bochner (WSGR) – Financial Crises and Capital Markets
April 8, 2020 | Scott James (DCVC) and Neil Pai (Founders Fund) – Financial Crises and VC
April 7, 2020 | Jesse Eisinger (ProPublica) – Financial Crises and Investigative Journalism
April 6, 2020 | Jo-Ellen Pozner (Santa Clara University) – Financial Crises and Board Governance
April 3, 2020 | Erwin Chemerinsky (Berkeley Law) – Financial Crises and Law Schools
April 2, 2020 | Tyler Gerking (Berkeley Law) – Financial Crises and Insurance
April 1, 2020 | Sarah Frier (Bloomberg) – Author of No Filter: The Insider Story of Instagram
March 31, 2020 | Carson Block (Muddy Waters Research) Financial Crises and Short-Selling
March 30, 2020 | Anna Wiener (New Yorker) – Author of Uncanny Valley: A Memoir
March 27, 2020 | Frank Partnoy (Berkeley Law) – Financial Crises and Regulatory Responses
March 26, 2020 | Sam Bell (Employ America) – Financial Crises and the Federal Reserve
March 24, 2020 | Jamie Leigh (Cooley) – Financial Crises and M&A Markets
March 23, 2020 | Julie Brush (Solutus) – Financial Crises and the Legal Profession