With a bevy of awards and other accolades, Dabbousi has made a meaningful impact throughout the law school — from clinics and advocacy competitions to research centers and student organizations.
A Bronze Star recipient who served in Afghanistan and later led UC Berkeley Law’s Legal Obstacles Veterans Encounter organization, Lynch relishes advocating for former service members.
From a Supreme Court justice’s visit and an innovative leadership initiative to impactful pro bono work and influential AI guidance, the school’s commitment to excellence, community, and public mission was on full display.
Coached by alums Patrick Johnson ’19 and James Perry ’11, 3Ls William Clark, Melissa Molloy, and Angela Ma and 2L Rachel Talkington bested 15 teams from law schools around the country.
From a new, multipronged leadership initiative for students to our Human Rights Clinic’s hefty impact and growing domestic agenda, the latest Transcript issue is packed with examples of visionary work.
Four Class of 2024 alums form the inaugural cohort of the Chris Larsen Justice Fellowship, which will fund their first year of public interest work on criminal justice issues.
They headline a deep public service commitment that this year saw students do nearly 28,000 pro bono hours and 91% of the graduating class engage in pro bono work.
The Berkeley Law Board of Advocates Tech & IP Team won its regional and took runner-up honors among 76 overall teams in the National Patent Application Drafting Competition.
The two-year program in Washington, D.C., awarded annually to just three 3Ls from hundreds of applicants, develops skilled and dedicated indigent defense counsel through rigorous training.
Claudia Liss-Schultz ’25 and Kayvon Seif-Naraghi ’25 each gain key skills, confidence, and a $2,500 prize for producing the best briefs in their 1L class.
Honored at the annual public interest and pro bono graduation ceremony, the recipients exemplify Berkeley Law’s far-reaching work to help disadvantaged people and communities.
Holding its annual gala Feb. 24, the Dale Minami ’71 Public Interest Fellowship connects API alumni, honors deserving graduates, provides financial support to deserving lawyers, and more.
Sewit Beraki, Brandon Dailey, and Kavya Dasari finish atop 50 teams at The Negotiation Challenge, a prestigious annual event for top law and business schools worldwide.
Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program student Cristina Violante wins the American Bar Foundation Graduate Student Competition from the international journal Law & Social Inquiry.
Kiki Tapiero ’20 and Alex Copper ’20 win Berkeley Law’s Pro Bono Champion award while Safa Ansari-Bayegan ’20 and Miguel Soto receive its Eleanor Swift Award for Public Service.
Seven Latinx Berkeley Law students receive fellowship to pursue public interest internships and judicial externships—and to help diversify the legal profession.
Hannah Braidman ’21, Daina Goldenberg ’20, Alex Lyons ’20, and Paul von Autenried ’20 best more than 50 other law school teams at the ABA Student Trial Advocacy Competition in labor and employment law.
Given to just three graduating law students each year, the E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship develops top indigent defense lawyers through rigorous training and strong support.
The school, which hosted a recent five-day admissions workshop for prospective law school applicants, has a growing number of Native students who reconstituted Berkeley’s chapter of the Native American Law Students Association.
