Berkeley Boosts - Berkeley Law: Executive Education

BerkeleyBoosts

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.

By registering for a Berkeley Boosts webinar or subscribing to our list, you agree to receive email communications from Berkeley Law based on the information collected.

July 2020 | TBD | Subscribe today to receive the registration link when it becomes available.

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.

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.

By registering for a Berkeley Boosts Shorts webinar or subscribing to our list, you agree to receive email communications from Berkeley Law based on the information collected.

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. Register today.

Upcoming topics:

Friday, July 31 | 10:00 am PDT| COVID-19’s Impact on Consumer Law | This webinar, co-sponsored by the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice, will explore the impact that the pandemic crisis has had on consumers, including practical constrains in consumer pursuit of claims, and effects of pending consumer protection legislation. Speakers: Deepak Gupta and Lauren Willis.
Friday, September 4 | 10:00 am PDT | Employment Law During COVID-19 | Explore the impact that COVID-19 has had on issues of employment law, including the obligation of employers to provide safe work environments for essential workers. Speakers: Catherine Fisk and Jennie Lee Anderson.

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

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