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.
2021 Webinar Schedule
Berkeley Boosts
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- April 20, 2021 | 10:00 am PT | Book Talk | Moving Beyond Modern Portfolio Theory: Investing That Matters | In this one-hour webinar, authors Jon Lukomnik and James Hawley discuss their new book, “Moving Beyond Modern Portfolio Theory: Investing That Matters,” which delves into the ways in which Modern Portfolio Theory threatens to impoverish both investors and the real world. The authors propose a new imperative to improve finance’s ability to fulfill its twin main purposes: providing adequate returns to individuals and directing capital to where it is needed in the economy. Register today>
- April 21, 22, and 26 | 10:00 am PT | Special Three-Part Webinar Series – Speaking Up: Whistleblowers, Whistleblowing and the US’s Unique Approach to Fraud Enforcement. On April 21, two whistleblowers, along with a leading author on whistleblowing, will discuss what motivates individual whistleblowers to speak up and the risks they face when they do. On April 22, three experts in whistleblower laws will discuss the history and structure of the federal False Claims Act’s unique whistleblower provisions, and how they became the US’s chief fraud enforcement tool. Finally on April 26, officials from the Department of Justice, the Securities & Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission will join us to discuss the successes and impacts of their agencies’ whistleblower programs, and what lies ahead for whistleblower enforcement in the near and longer terms. Learn more and register for one, two, or all three webinars>
- April 28, 2021 | 10:00 am PT | Women in Law, Policy, and Government | In this one-hour webinar presented by the Women in Business Law Initiative at Berkeley Law, a panel of distinguished leaders will discuss policies and practices affecting women’s — especially underrepresented women’s — fair representation in the fields of law, policy, and government. Speakers include Ann Cleaveland, Executive Director of the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity at the UC Berkeley School of Information, Catherine Fisk, Professor of Labor Law at Berkeley Law, and Janet Napolitano, former UC President, former Secretary of Homeland Security, and Professor of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Brandie Nonnecke, Founding Director of CITRIS Policy Lab. This webinar is co-sponsored by the CITRIS Policy Lab and the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity. Register today>
Attorneys participating in the live, one-hour webinars can earn 1 hour of Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) credit.
Berkeley Boost Shorts!
(exact dates and times are subject to change)
Berkeley Boost Shorts are free, half-hour webinars for legal practitioners and organizational leaders. Some of these presentations are sponsored by other entities within Berkeley Law.
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- April 16, 2021 | 10:00 am PT | Debt Collection During Covid | Erika Rickard of the Pew Foundation and Miguel Soto of the East Bay Community Law Center. Register today>
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 that featured leading voices from law and business. The series ran from March 23 – April 30, 2020.
- Civil Legal Issues and COVID-19 hosted by The Civil Justice Research Initiative (CJRI) — a think tank housed at Berkeley Law.
A list of each program is found in the dropdown menu below and recordings reside in our Berkeley Boosts archive. Subscribe to obtain the password.
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Articles & Interviews
Voices in Sustainability: An Interview with Amy Weaver (01/28/2020)
Voices in Sustainability: An Interview with Susan Mac Cormac (11/15/2019)
On Leadership: A Conversation with John Kuo (09/24/2019)
Voices in Sustainability: An Interview with Seth Jaffe (09/23/2019)
#MeToo—A Watershed Moment (06/06/2019)