Charles Weisselberg

Yosef Osheawich Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley

Charles (Chuck) Weisselberg joined the Berkeley Law faculty in 1998. He taught in law school clinics for 20 years and was the founding director of the Berkeley’s in-house clinical program. Weisselberg currently directs the Sho Sato Program on Japanese and US Law. He has regularly taught criminal procedure, criminal law, and a seminar on comparative criminal procedure. Prior to coming to Berkeley, he practiced as a federal public defender and taught at other law schools. Weisselberg’s research focuses on criminal procedure, legal education and some other stuff, often from a comparative perspective.

Weisselberg has represented individuals pro bono for many years. His practice focuses on people who are incarcerated, primarily in federal prisons. In recent years, he has advocated for a population of elderly individuals serving federal life sentences.