Berkeley Law - Info Sessions & Webcasts

Info Sessions & Webcasts

Residency
10/13/2011	Establishing California Residency for Tuition Purposes Presenter: UC Berkeley Residence Affairs Unit The Residency Affairs Unit holds a "Residency for Tuition Purposes" question and answer session in the fall semester. Students billed as non-residents but planning to appeal their residency status should attend for tips on completing the appeal process. International students are not eligible to establish residency for tuition purposes. It is a good idea to review the campus Residency website prior to attending one of these sessions. For 2011, the session will be held on October 13 at 3:00pm in 110 Sproul Hall. The session will not be recorded.
Financial Literacy
03/03/2011 Webcast Part 1 Webcast Part 2 Slides Part 1 Slides Part 2	Tax Day Presenters: Berkeley Law professors Robert Bartlett, Mark Gergen, Ann O'Leary, Eric Talley, GL Advisor's Jason DiLorenzo, and Financial Aid's Dennis Tominaga and Sigrid Allen Part 1 - Public Sector - The Public Sector Session features a discussion of public-interest and non-profit personal finances, and the ins and outs of LRAP and other programs (including CCRAA) designed to help public interest lawyers reduce their loan burdens. Part 2 - Private Sector - The Private Sector Session explains what to expect for loan repayment on an associate's salary, what your take-home pay will really be, and how to plan for a financially prudent future as a firm lawyer.
04/12/2012 Webcast Slides	Law Degree Economics: How Federal Legislation Has Improved the Economic Value of A Law Degree Presenter: Jason DiLorenzo from GL Advisor The presentation includes: An examination of escalating debt levels' effect in eroding a Law degree's financial value and how recent events have reversed this trend markedly. The steps you need to take in order to maximize the benefits of these programs and to mitigate the costs of your debt. Inherent conflicts of interest and common mistakes people make while navigating these programs and other financial matters. Q&A
Loan Repayment
10/20/2010 Webcast Slides	LRAP 101 Presenter: Sigrid Allen, Berkeley Law LRAP Coordinator Lunchtime presentation at Berkeley Law. Future sessions will be announced by e-mail and BBB.
04/20/2010 Webcast Slides Part 1 Slides Part 2	Post-Graduate Career Development and Financial Planning for 3Ls Presenters: representatives from the Berkeley Law Career Development Office, the Berkeley Law Financial Aid Office, and the UC Berkeley Student Health Insurance Office Part 1 of the presentation is on managing your student loans after graduation. Part 2 of the presentation is on health insurance options after graduation. NOTE: The Webcast and slides are intended to assist you with managing the repayment of your student loans and obtaining health insurance as you make the transition from completing law school to obtaining or starting employment. It is general information designed to enable you to be aware of pertinent issues. We advise you not to make important decisions based only on this information. Before you take any action (or decide not to take any action), we urge you to make an appointment with a representative from the Financial Aid Office and/or a representative from the Student Health Insurance Office to obtain an individual assessment of your student loan portfolio/repayment/health insurance options.
02/25/2010 Webcast Slides	Managing the Repayment of Your Student Loans Presenter: Berkeley Law Financial Aid and Berkeley Law Career Development Office The presentation covers points that include: an overview of general student loans and recent regulatory changes learning how to benefit from government programs designed to provide relief to graduates including the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSL) and the new Income Based Repayment Plan (IBR) an overview of LRAP, eligibility requirements and a IBR Track vs. Standard Track comparison NOTE: The webcast and the slides are intended only to provide you with general information. Please make an appointment with a representative from the Financial Aid Office for an individualized assessment of your student loan portfolio and repayment options through email at LRAP@law.berkeley.edu or financial-aid@law.berkeley.edu.
10/19/2009 Webcast Slides	How to Effectively Manage Your Student Debt: Best Practices for Law Students Presenter: Todd Balsley from GL Advisor GL Advisor Todd Balsley's 10/19/2009 presentation at Berkeley Law on How to Effectively Manage Your Student Debt: Best Practices for Law Students can be viewed as a webcast. Due to the quality of the video, you may also choose to open the accompanying Powerpoint presentation. The presentation covers points that include: an overview of general personal finance best practices, student loans and recent regulatory changes, what you need to know about the current interest rate environment, "credit crisis" and the impact on student loans, learning how to benefit from government programs designed to provide relief to graduates including the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program and the new Income Based Repayment Plan, and examples of repayment strategies that will help you lower the cost of your student debt portfolio.
Other Sessions
08/25/2010 and 09/02/2010	Individual Health Insurance Options For Students With Dependents Presenter: UC Berkeley Student Health Insurance Office On August 25, 2010 and September 2, 2010, the Student Health Insurance Office presented workshops at the Tang Education Center on individual health insurance options for students with dependents (spouses and children). Future workshop dates will be announced by e-mail and BBB. All are welcome. More information about individual health insurance options can be found here.
10/09/2012 Audio Slides	Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans Presenters: Stanley J. Heginbotham, Soros Fellowship Director, and current Boalt Hall Soros Fellows On October 9, 2012, Stanley J. Heginbotham, Soros Fellowship Director, and three of the current Boalt Hall Soros Fellows provided information and insights about how to be a successful applicant for this prestigious $90,000 two-year national fellowship.

Residency

10/13/2011

Establishing California Residency for Tuition Purposes

Presenter: UC Berkeley Residence Affairs Unit

The Residency Affairs Unit holds a "Residency for Tuition Purposes" question and answer session in the fall semester. Students billed as non-residents but planning to appeal their residency status should attend for tips on completing the appeal process. International students are not eligible to establish residency for tuition purposes. It is a good idea to review the campus Residency website prior to attending one of these sessions.

For 2011, the session will be held on October 13 at 3:00pm in 110 Sproul Hall. The session will not be recorded.

Financial Literacy

03/03/2011

Tax Day

Presenters: Berkeley Law professors Robert Bartlett, Mark Gergen, Ann O'Leary, Eric Talley, GL Advisor's Jason DiLorenzo, and Financial Aid's Dennis Tominaga and Sigrid Allen

Part 1 - Public Sector - The Public Sector Session features a discussion of public-interest and non-profit personal finances, and the ins and outs of LRAP and other programs (including CCRAA) designed to help public interest lawyers reduce their loan burdens.

Part 2 - Private Sector - The Private Sector Session explains what to expect for loan repayment on an associate's salary, what your take-home pay will really be, and how to plan for a financially prudent future as a firm lawyer.

04/12/2012

Webcast

Slides

Law Degree Economics: How Federal Legislation Has Improved the Economic Value of A Law Degree

Presenter: Jason DiLorenzo from GL Advisor

The presentation includes:

An examination of escalating debt levels' effect in eroding a Law degree's financial value and how recent events have reversed this trend markedly.
The steps you need to take in order to maximize the benefits of these programs and to mitigate the costs of your debt.
Inherent conflicts of interest and common mistakes people make while navigating these programs and other financial matters.
Q&A

Loan Repayment

10/20/2010

Webcast

Slides

LRAP 101

Presenter: Sigrid Allen, Berkeley Law LRAP Coordinator

Lunchtime presentation at Berkeley Law. Future sessions will be announced by e-mail and BBB.

04/20/2010

Webcast

Slides Part 1

Slides Part 2

Post-Graduate Career Development and Financial Planning for 3Ls

Presenters: representatives from the Berkeley Law Career Development Office, the Berkeley Law Financial Aid Office, and the UC Berkeley Student Health Insurance Office

Part 1 of the presentation is on managing your student loans after graduation. Part 2 of the presentation is on health insurance options after graduation.

NOTE: The Webcast and slides are intended to assist you with managing the repayment of your student loans and obtaining health insurance as you make the transition from completing law school to obtaining or starting employment. It is general information designed to enable you to be aware of pertinent issues. We advise you not to make important decisions based only on this information. Before you take any action (or decide not to take any action), we urge you to make an appointment with a representative from the Financial Aid Office and/or a representative from the Student Health Insurance Office to obtain an individual assessment of your student loan portfolio/repayment/health insurance options.

02/25/2010

Webcast

Slides

Managing the Repayment of Your Student Loans

Presenter: Berkeley Law Financial Aid and Berkeley Law Career Development Office

The presentation covers points that include:

an overview of general student loans and recent regulatory changes
learning how to benefit from government programs designed to provide relief to graduates including the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSL) and the new Income Based Repayment Plan (IBR)
an overview of LRAP, eligibility requirements and a IBR Track vs. Standard Track comparison

NOTE: The webcast and the slides are intended only to provide you with general information. Please make an appointment with a representative from the Financial Aid Office for an individualized assessment of your student loan portfolio and repayment options through email at LRAP@law.berkeley.edu or financial-aid@law.berkeley.edu.

10/19/2009

Webcast

Slides

How to Effectively Manage Your Student Debt: Best Practices for Law Students

Presenter: Todd Balsley from GL Advisor

GL Advisor Todd Balsley's 10/19/2009 presentation at Berkeley Law on How to Effectively Manage Your Student Debt: Best Practices for Law Students can be viewed as a webcast. Due to the quality of the video, you may also choose to open the accompanying Powerpoint presentation. The presentation covers points that include:

an overview of general personal finance best practices, student loans and recent regulatory changes,
what you need to know about the current interest rate environment, "credit crisis" and the impact on student loans,
learning how to benefit from government programs designed to provide relief to graduates including the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program and the new Income Based Repayment Plan, and
examples of repayment strategies that will help you lower the cost of your student debt portfolio.

Other Sessions

08/25/2010

and

09/02/2010

Individual Health Insurance Options For Students With Dependents

Presenter: UC Berkeley Student Health Insurance Office

On August 25, 2010 and September 2, 2010, the Student Health Insurance Office presented workshops at the Tang Education Center on individual health insurance options for students with dependents (spouses and children). Future workshop dates will be announced by e-mail and BBB. All are welcome. More information about individual health insurance options can be found here.

10/09/2012

Audio

Slides

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Presenters: Stanley J. Heginbotham, Soros Fellowship Director, and current Boalt Hall Soros Fellows

On October 9, 2012, Stanley J. Heginbotham, Soros Fellowship Director, and three of the current Boalt Hall Soros Fellows provided information and insights about how to be a successful applicant for this prestigious $90,000 two-year national fellowship.

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