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LL.M. Program Swings into Summer with New Star Students and Enticing Offerings
Amidst uncertainly and turbulence, the Berkeley Law LL.M. program, students, and faculty endure — and thrive.
Graphic violence online: Campus human rights lab pioneers safer viewing
LL.M. alumni Pearlé Nwaezeigwe co-created Rated R, offering tactics from the unique resilience training at Berkeley’s Human Rights Center Investigations Lab to help social media users navigate distressing content.
“Rated R is like a gift to the revolution. It’s public service, … to help people on the street and the healers who help the wounded to bounce back and continue the fight.”
This Marine’s mission ends with a Berkeley graduation and a family reunited
For students in the LL.M. professional track program, the two-summer experience spans the globe and lasts a lifetime.
Students Travel to Tijuana to Provide Legal Help for Migrants Seeking Asylum
For most law students, winter break offers a welcome chance to relax. But for 10 Berkeley Law students, it meant a trip to Mexico to provide pro bono help to members of the migrant caravan seeking asylum in the United States.
LL.M. Hybrid Option Student Profiled in the Financial Times
Our LL.M. degree program, mixing campus and online study, offers a more viable alternate path to an LL.M. for many.
With its highest enrollment ever, Berkeley Law’s surging LL.M. Program attracts lawyers from around the world.
Former LL.M. Students Honor Memory of Classmate’s Infant Son
Following the tragic passing of a classmate’s infant son, LL.M. students from the Class of 2016 organized the building of a well in Rojhan, Pakistan, near his family’s roots, that bears the boy’s name and serves about 200 people in an impoverished area.
Despite being at vastly different stages in their careers, father-son LL.M. students Jean-Luc and Marc Fournier will both graduate with the Class of 2018.
For students in the LL.M. professional track program, the two-summer experience spans the globe and lasts a lifetime.
New Online LL.M. Courses Expand Berkeley Law’s Global Reach
Part-online, part-in-residence, Berkeley Law’s new hybrid LL.M. option is geared toward working professionals who cannot take a full year or two summers away from work and personal commitments.