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June 17, 2025
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Meet Berke-Weiss Law's 2025 Summer Law Clerks

Berke-Weiss Law is delighted to have the assistance of two law clerks for the summer of 2025, Julia Davidson and Nahara Franklin!

Julia is a rising 3L at Fordham Law interested in plaintiff-side employment law and consumer rights law, with a particular focus on data privacy and tech regulation. She is also an advocate for LGTBQ+ rights, focused on supporting trans and nonbinary New Yorkers as they navigate the legal name/gender marker change process and access healthcare. Julia graduated from Northwestern University. Prior to attending law school, she taught high school English at public schools in Chicago and Brooklyn for six years.

Nahara is also a rising 3L at Fordham Law. She served as the Assistant Online Editor on the Environmental Law Review after 1L.  Nahara’s interests include litigation, contract negotiation, compliance, and employment/labor law, particularly where they intersect with entertainment law. Prior to law school, she worked as an educator and earned a master’s degree in early childhood education. Before teaching, she attended Texas State University where she majored in Psychology and minored in Criminal Justice.

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The Berke-Weiss Law Weekly Roundup: School Reopenings and Employer Liability among Hot-button Issues

July 17, 2020
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This week includes updates on the latest roadblocks at another round of stimulus, which remains necessary as more than 30 million Americans remain out of work, officially, and countless more are shut out of the social welfare programs offered in the US. We also highlight school re-openings and general Covid risk analysis.

New Study Finds Sexual Harassment Pervasive in the Legal Professions

July 15, 2020
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Taking a break from the wall-to-wall imperative that is coronavirus, we wanted to highlight a new study about workplace cultures in the legal practice. Conducted by the Women Lawyers on Guard, the study Still Broken: Sexual Harassment and Misconduct in the Legal Profession shows that sexual harassment plagues women at all levels of the legal profession, from early-career lawyers to judges, and everyone in between.

Berke-Weiss Law Writes About Free Speech in the Workplace for Law360

July 15, 2020
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Berke-Weiss Law answers some questions on many New Yorkers’ minds right now in Law360: can I be fired for protesting or posting about politics on social media? Am I entitled to take time off to protest? Can my employer force me to take a Covid-19 test after protesting but before returning to my workplace?

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