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 |
Various founders of companies and entrepreneurs; Offshore corporate law internship; CPAs; Investor Relations Consultant; CEO Speechwriter; Fraud investigator for multimillion-dollar identity fraud in government benefit programs; Various paralegals. |
| From Public Service |
Intern at a gender equality nonprofit abroad; Intern at a refugee resettlement organization; Police Misconduct Investigator; Various Teach for America and AmeriCorps participants; Various members or veterans of the U.S. military. |
| From Sports |
Roller Derby Jammer; Collegiate American football player in Australia; Goodyear Cotton Bowl winner; Rowed crew; Wushu & Taekwondo; Various marathon runners and varsity athletes. |
| From Arts & Entertainment |
Stage managed a professional Chicanx theater production; Edited creative works of incarcerated individuals; Stand-up comedian; A nationally exhibited contemporary artist; Classical singers and ballroom dancers; Various community and musical theatre thespians. |
| From the Sciences |
Taught a food safety course; L’Oreal Formulation Chemist Intern; Worked on neural implantable devices; Developed a system to sequester carbon dioxide in the ocean seabed; Researched injectable hydrogels made from pig hearts that can help prevent heart failure after a heart attack; Various Master’s and PhD holders in the STEM field; Various patent holders. |
| From Government & Politics |
Worked on the NBCU Studio Lot as a Government Affairs Coordinator; Mayor; Staff member for congressional campaign; Political analyst at a national super PAC; Political podcaster; Campaign staff for Korean Presidential Election; Various campaign and election managers and poll workers. |