Each year the admissions office recruits and admits some of the country’s most promising, diverse, and dynamic students to the UC Berkeley Law student body. Although we are one of the most selective law schools in the country, our admission philosophy reflects a commitment to admitting human beings and not simply numbers. We hope that the following profile provides some sense of the excellence and diversity that define us. UC Berkeley Law students are astoundingly accomplished and come from a wide range of backgrounds, interests, life experiences, and perspectives.
| Sample of Past Positions Held and Passions Pursued Before Law School | |
|---|---|
| From Business & Finances |
Environmental and policy intern at Apple; Client intake specialist at a law firm; Economic think tank worker; Management consultant; Various paralegals. |
| From Public Service |
Intern with the Los Angeles Public Defender’s Office; Disaster case management fellow; Teacher at the Prison Education Project; Co-founded a youth organizing non-profit; Various Teach for America and AmeriCorps participants; Various members or veterans of the U.S. military. |
| From Sports |
Black belt martial artist; Professional soccer player; Competitive equestrian; Canoe trip leader; Various marathon runners and varsity athletes. |
| From Arts & Entertainment |
Violinist in the Carnegie Hall National Youth Orchestra; Taiko player who toured internationally; Documentary maker; Worked at a textile museum and taught classes in natural dye yarn; College radio music show host; Art foundation associate; Poetry professor; Various community and musical theatre thespians. |
| From the Sciences |
Archeologist; Horticulturist; Neurosurgery research assistant; Worked at a math start-up; Intern at a blockchain start-up; Worked at a natural history museum and published a paper about beetles; Farmhand at a non-profit farm; Developed a university-wide composting system; Various Master’s and PhD holders in the STEM field; Various patent holders. |
| From Government & Politics |
New York Senate worker; Congressional field representative; Various White House Interns and speechwriters; Various campaign and election managers and poll workers. |