Claudia Polsky

By analyzing the change in forest cover between 1985 and 2019, researchers found that forest cover change was 0.77 percent points higher each year for Indigenous tenured lands compared with those without tenure, signaling a steady decrease in deforestation after tenure.

UC Berkeley faculty stood on the steps of Sproul Plaza, donned in faculty robes and carrying United Auto Workers, or UAW, union signs, looking out on a sea of striking academic workers. 

As climate change continues to leave its mark on the world, UC Berkeley School of Law’s Environmental Law Clinic received a gift made in an effort to further advocacy and environmental justice work.

Several UC Berkeley School of Law scholars were involved in the submissions of amicus curiae briefs for an upcoming Supreme Court case that could have significant repercussions on abortion and women’s reproductive rights nationwide.