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Lily Moser (J.D. Candidate, Class of 2028) is a first-year law student and contributing editor. Her interests include environmental law, international human rights, and community-based justice. She earned a B.A. in Political Science and a B.S. in Society and Environment from the University of California, Berkeley. Before law school, Lily worked for Congresswoman Barbara Lee and for the City and County of San Francisco, serving as a field representative engaging with community

Todd Howland is the Interim Director of the Environmental Justice Clinic and Visiting Professor of Law at Vermont Law and Graduate School, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at the New School. As a former senior UN official, Howland served as the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Representative in Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Angola, among other posts. He authored about 30 scholarly articles on huma

Image Available Here Arnav Laroia is a fourth-year law student at The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) in Kolkata, India. He has strong academic interests in public international law, international humanitarian law, criminal law, and constitutional law. He also serves as the Chief of Staff—South Asia at JURIST, the world’s only law school-based comprehensive legal news service reporting on the rule of law in crisis. Introduction On August 21, 202

Suhana is a third-year undergraduate student at Hidayatullah National Law University, India. Image available here . Introduction South Korea is home to some of the world’s most influential tech giants, such as Samsung, that have secured their positions as industrial powerhouses. However, this part of the market is largely dominated by Korea’s wealthy elite , commonly referred to as large family-owned business conglomerate s,  or “chaebols”. Each chaebol consists of a network

Vaishali Patro is a third-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata. A space satellite hovering above the coastline. Available here At   COP28 , nearly 200 countries recognized the need to transition away from fossil fuels to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. To achieve this, they agreed to have   sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions of 43% by 2030 and 60% by 2035. Some countries like   Germ

Muhammad Mustafa Arif is a final-year LL.B. (Hons) candidate at Pakistan College of Law (University of London). He is a regular...

About the Author: Inika Dular is an undergraduate student at the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, India. Image by Mathieu Stern...

About the Author: Lilit Arakelyan is a first-year law student and incoming Senior Articles Editor with the Berkeley Journal of...

About the Author: Liam Roche , LL.B., is a Master of Laws (LL.M. 2025) candidate at UC Berkeley School of Law, specializing in law and...

About the Author: Laiba Imran recently completed her Bachelor of Laws degree with Honors at the Pakistan College of Law, Punjab...

About the Author: Laurel Fletcher is the Chancellor’s Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic, UC...

About the Authors: Param Kailash is a fourth-year student at Symbiosis Law School, Pune, with a strong interest in Private and Public...

About the Author: Stefanie Uhl studied librarianship at Stuttgart Media University, Germany. She also holds a Master’s degree in...

About the Author: Peter G. Kirchschlaeger is a Full Professor of Theological Ethics and Director of the Institute of Social Ethics ISE...

About the Author: Elena Namli is Professor of Theological Ethics at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her research focuses on social and...

About the Author: Vaishnav M. is a BA LLB (Hons) student at the National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi, India. His...

Taken too far? Source countries’ recent trend of overreaching their cultural ownership claims could dilute the argument for respecting...

About the author: Weifeng Yang (J.D. Candidate, Class of 2025) is an Assistant Contributor. His interests include administrative law, EU...

About the Author: Eleanor Iris Gartstein is a first-year law student at Berkeley Law with a passion for art history and its intersections...

About the Author: Kartik Sharma and Aditya Singh are BA.LL.B. (Hons) students at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru,...