The three-year scholarship covers full tuition and fees for select incoming students with a demonstrated dedication to public interest work and an orientation toward leadership and initiative.
She has worked on contract matters, litigation, real estate law, pharmaceutical law, and privacy law, attended a seven-hour mediation, and responded to a customer complaint filed with an attorney general.
Research based on work she began as a Princeton undergraduate was recently published in a peer-reviewed journal — a challenging task for a full-time student with a full pro bono plate.
Calling Berkeley Law “the most intellectually exciting community that I have been part of,” Chemerinsky describes the school’s core values and why he’s excited for the coming school year.
After receiving a Philip Frickey Fellowship, Hammond received funding to work on behalf of California’s largest tribe, which he calls “one of the greatest honors of my life.”
Grayzel-Ward’s international human rights law career aspirations get a major boost with a valuable judicial externship at Austria’s Federal Administrative Court.
The retired Santa Clara County Superior Court judge has been a particularly stellar and extremely involved mentor in the program, which matches alums with incoming students over the summer before their 1L year.
Each year the Berkeley Law clinic welcomes up to three UC Berkeley undergrads, who immerse themselves in weekly classes and environmental projects with law students.
Gaining valuable trial-prep experience in patent litigation at Morrison Foerster in San Francisco, Murphy finds an ideal fit at the intersection of law, science, and technology.
Radosevic, who led the law school chapter of the Federalist Society as a 3L, says his brilliant conversations with classmates and professors made his experience unforgettable.
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.
A new report co-authored by students in the school’s Veterans Law Practicum describes vexing bureaucratic hurdles to obtaining medical care, disability benefits, and other life-changing services.
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 Berkeley Journal of Black Law & Policy event featured California Reparations Task Force members who described their research, proposals for reparations, and hurdles to achieving them.
Zaidi balances her multiple passions — building a pipeline for Muslim Indian lawyers, her professional ambitions and advocacy, and a deep love of music — with pinpoint precision.
A natural resource specialist before law school, Lewis says Berkeley Law has expanded her skills, tools, and motivation to protect vulnerable ecosystems and communities.
Williams has parlayed working at Lord Tony’s in Sacramento to becoming editor in chief of the California Law Review, where he’s pushing to expand the journal’s accessibility and reach.
Desai, who wrote an article recently published in the Fashion & Law Journal, probes some of the compelling aspects, important nuances, and timely issues at the nexus of law and fashion.
The Career Development Office partnered with the student-led Plaintiffs’ Law Association to host the event, which drew more than 60 students and 18 plaintiff-side firms from the Bay Area, Southern California, and beyond.
3Ls and Salzburg Cutler Fellows Heidi Kong, Sophie Lombardo, Paloma Palmer, and Angela Chen spent two packed days in Washington, D.C., exploring global issues, presenting their work, and building connections.
Working with the ACLU of Northern California, the group spent hundreds of hours reviewing thousands of geofence warrants issued from January 2018 to August 2021 to figure out where police used them and who was affected.
Over 500 people registered for the event, where lawyers, computer scientists, scholars, government officials, and criminal justice leaders probed the act’s early impact and future landscape.
In an hour-long conversation with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Sotomayor described the Court’s challenges and culture and discussed clerkships, work-life balance, oral arguments, citizen engagement, and more.
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.
With policy inaction and a Supreme Court setback, Gwen Iannone ’24 and Grace Geurin-Henley ’25 help students pivot to international law to pursue justice and reform.
From helping to write a tribe’s constitution to providing free training worldwide on digital investigations of human rights violations to propelling crypto industry reform, the school had quite a year.
At the center’s annual fellowship conference, students describe their wide-ranging efforts assisting human rights organizations around the world and the inspiration behind it.
The 280 students in this year’s cohort “bring their passion and unique perspectives to the Berkeley Law community,” Senior Director of Admissions and Recruiting Anya Grossmann says.
A dozen were ranked among the best in the nation in a new set of quadrennial national rankings from the Washington & Lee Law Journal, with eight in the top 10.
A full crowd hears about the push to strengthen unions and the surging labor movement from Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, chief officer of the 2.1 million-member California Labor Federation.
David McCraw, the paper’s lead newsroom lawyer, talks with Berkeley Law students about protecting journalists’ safety, freedom of the press, and the growing concern of disinformation online.
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.
With the U.S. now a patchwork of state systems with immense variety and harsh consequences for those in restrictive states, the center ramps back up to develop strategic initiatives.
Providing tuition, fees, academic support, and mentoring for remarkable first-generation students like Alleyah Caesar ’24, the program has become a vital part of the school’s landscape.
Boyd has relished an eye-opening summer working for Magistrate Judge Katharine Parker with the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York.
Committed to strengthening the intersection of law and media, Patel-Martin brings vast international experience and abundant energy to help serve that goal at Berkeley Law.
She describes her unique summer, made possible through the Law in Tech Diversity Collaborative, working at both Hewlett Packard Enterprises and Sidley Austin.
Rising 3Ls Chloe Pan and Zabdi Salazar are expanding engagement and making changes, including how students join the journal and the way articles are selected and edited.
Working at the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, Davis has taken on several projects to help low-income clients, address police misconduct, and provide social service assistance.
Recent Ninth Circuit Practicum students Claire Weintraub and Natalie Kaliss capped their law school careers arguing before a judicial panel that their client deserves asylum and protection.
The Berkeley Center for Law and Business event at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art offered insights from curators, collectors, creators, scholars, and leaders from business and technology.
Hollis works to connect Law Students of African Descent students with alumni and faculty mentors, and is a mentor herself for fellows with the Startup Law Initiative.
A former contracts manager who assisted tech companies in myriad ways, Amato’s interest in transactional law fuels a valuable experience with the multinational software corporation.
Students worked with Bay Area Afghan evacuees, under the supervision of attorneys from Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay, to help them submit their asylum applications.
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.
The new Berkeley Law alums land top positions at law firms, judicial clerkships, public defender offices, nonprofits, government agencies, and military units.
Separated from her sister in Mexico, César is on Hispanic Executive’s 30 Under 30 list for her wide-ranging work to benefit immigrant, Latinx, and BIPOC communities.
Expert leaders dedicated to top-rate client representation and student training help the clinic become a national leader in serving people facing capital punishment.
Perry assesses the Respect for Marriage Act, and how his family’s experience with the marriage equality issue fueled his interest in Berkeley Law and career aspirations.
U.S. District Court Judges Sarala Nagala ’08 and Adrienne Nelson describe the inner workings of their judicial chambers and what they look for in prospective clerks.
Overcoming incarceration, homelessness, and hunger, Hensley has made the most of a California State University program that helps people reintegrate into the education system.
The Asian American Law Journal at Berkeley Law event welcomed prominent attorneys who helped gain a measure of justice for Japanese Americans sent to internment camps during World War II.
Selected to discuss their work at the recent event in Miami, where the vast majority of presenters were faculty scholars, “is a big deal,” says Professor Katerina Linos.
Mass Media at Berkeley Law guest Mike Gillis describes charting new terrain to protect parody in support of an Ohio man whose Facebook page spoofed a local police department.
The changes will enable more public interest-minded graduates to access the program, receive increased funding, and spend less of their own money on student loan expenses.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights recently considered the 2010 fatal beating of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, thanks to years of work from the International Human Rights Law Clinic.
They’re working with an alliance of legal aid organizations, immigration law experts, a former judge, and affected veterans, under the supervision of Lecturer Rose Carmen Goldberg.
With a long track record of working to protect election integrity, Wayment has elevated her advocacy for a more representative democracy while at Berkeley Law.
The student group Arts & Innovation Representation kicks off the platform with episodes addressing music sampling, international restitution, and COVID-19’s impact on live theater.
The court’s opinion closely followed the arguments by Ninth Circuit Practicum students Nicole Conrad ’22 and Joya Manjur ’22 and has powerful potential for other asylum seekers.
Eight visiting law school teams embrace the adrenaline ride of getting their case packet just 45 minutes before each round starts and careening through speedy mock trials.
Titus founded the Whistleblower Anti-Bullying Resource Network (WARN), which helps whistleblowers, survivors of workplace bullying and harassment, and people who have experienced police abuse.
Wu’s externship with a U.S. district court’s patent program enriches her understanding of technology and intellectual property issues and enlightens her career path.
Phillip Gomez ’23 founded the Latino Rifle Association to create an alternative to traditional gun rights groups for Latinos interested in self-defense.
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.
Samuelson Clinic student Jennifer Sun ’23 and supervising attorney Megan Graham argue for more public access to surveillance records requests in Minnesota federal court.
The law school will cover the Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition, which makes up the bulk of a student’s cost, for eligible students using existing financial aid dollars.
Students and colleagues hail the Berkeley Law professor, one of just five campus-wide winners this year, for his tireless preparation and passionate dedication.
A Berkeley Law student-led project details the legal mechanisms used by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s regime to exert increasing control over the arts.
Graduating with pro bono honors for her work with the Post-Conviction Advocacy Project, Garcia strives to understand the root causes of why people commit certain crimes.
Berkeley Law’s flourishing program welcomes eight supervising attorneys and three teaching fellows to help expand project capacity and learning opportunities.
Led by Afghan refugees who are also alumnae, the initiative will help Afghans seeking to leave the country and preserve evidence of human rights abuses committed by the Taliban.
Among the Berkeley Law students who enjoyed rewarding summer work, Diarra found a great fit at Accountability Counsel, which helps communities harmed by internationally financed projects.
Berkeley Law second-year students Rachel Wilson, Karnik Hajjar, and Emily Roberts best more than 50 other teams at the annual U.S. Patent and Trademark Office event.
Six determined groups of students participated in this year’s Berkeley Law Alternative Service Trips, working with grassroots groups from Appalachia to Hawai’i.
Students Shabna Ummer-Hashim, Anais Jansen-Fernandez, and Caroline Haber exemplify the Berkeley Law program’s international diversity and professional success.
Berkeley Law’s 3L class presidents, one of whom calls Stevenson “an inspiring embodiment” of the school’s public mission, eagerly anticipate his remarks at the May 21 event.
Members of the student-led Political and Election Empowerment Project worked to ensure underrepresented populations don’t get watered down in this year’s redistricting, and also put in volunteer time at the polls.
Field Placement Program quartet gains international law skills while serving as student legal advisors for Afghanistan, Sudan, the Bahamas, and the Marshall Islands.
The gift will enable Berkeley Law’s renamed Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies to expand the many ways it engages students, faculty, and the broader community.
“Technology Law as a Vehicle for Anti-Racism,” a free-two day virtual symposium on November 12 and 13 aims to not just ignite a conversation about how to channel tech law and policy to serve the interests of racial justice, but to stoke the flames of action.
Berkeley Law student Clara Dorfman ’22 volunteered with a Berkeley Human Rights Center team that’s scouring social media for evidence of voter suppression and other threats on Election Day and beyond.
Gov. Gavin Newsom partners with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Berkeley Law’s Death Penalty Clinic on a historic amicus brief about racial discrimination’s impact on how capital punishment is imposed in California.
After coordinating programs to maximize representation, Pedral says completing the census by the September 30 deadline is vital for California’s future.
Berkeley Law students with young children praise the school’s leadership and Student Parents Group for providing much-needed support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program student Cristina Violante wins the American Bar Foundation Graduate Student Competition from the international journal Law & Social Inquiry.
Students in the Human Rights Center’s Investigations Lab scour digital content, leading to an Amnesty International report that documented 125 incidents of excessive force against protesters over 10 days.
Oscar Sarabia Roman ’21, Emma Nicholls ’21, and Gaby Bermudez ’22 honor the work of iconic Judge Thelton Henderson ’62 by advocating for marginalized people of color.
Three International Human Rights Law Clinic students helped draft a complaint with the United Nations on behalf of a British citizen tortured by Sri Lankan officials in 2016.
Kicking off a Berkeley Law series about students’ summer experience, Chris Gronseth ’22 describes working at the intersection of law and artificial intelligence.
An eye-opening report from Berkeley Law’s Death Penalty Clinic shows that racial discrimination is a deeply ingrained part of jury selection in California.
From price-gouging on essentials to outright theft, students in Berkeley Law’s Consumer Advocacy and Protection Society have been uncovering fraud and swindles all over the country—and fighting back.
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.
After working on his case for 2½ years, Alex Copper ’20 and Sydney Royer ’20 from Berkeley Law’s Post-Conviction Advocacy Project help a San Quentin prisoner gain his release.
Led by a research center and a clinic, Berkeley Law’s students and faculty are leaping into action to help entrepreneurs weather the current economic storm.
Through a new partnership, the Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice is taking student-led interest groups to law schools around the country.
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’s wide-ranging efforts include its California Constitution Center co-sponsoring a summit that assesses current data, pipeline programs, and judicial clerkship hiring.
Fueled by her love of mentoring and eagerness to diversify the legal profession, Grayce Zelphin ’11 is Berkeley Law’s first director of judicial clerkships.
As technology transforms how criminal cases are prosecuted, the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic helps defense attorneys scrutinize the evidence presented against their clients.
A Fulbright Scholar and longtime children’s advocate, Day sees a huge opportunity to advance her work through Berkeley Law’s LL.M. thesis track program.
Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic students urges the court to reject Georgia’s bid to claim copyright in its official annotated legal code.
Faculty, researchers, and students are influencing state regulatory and governmental changes that address climate change and help disadvantaged communities.
The clinic is monitoring enforcement of a law that bars California counties from charging fees to parents and guardians of youth in the juvenile legal system.
First-year law student Blake Danser wants to help low-income communities, like the one he grew up in, and share his experience of what it’s like to be transgender and a veteran.
Thanks to the initiative of two Policy Advocacy Clinic students, Nevada families will no longer have to pay thousands of dollars for everything from food to a public defender when they have a child in the juvenile delinquency system.
Adrian Kinsella (J.D. ’15, LL.M. ’19) celebrates the journey that took him from Afghanistan to Berkeley Law, and now Sacramento, helping many along the way.
The collaborative program, with students from five UC law schools, offers an immersive semester working at a government agency, nonprofit, or advocacy organization in Washington, D.C.
The International Human Rights Law Clinic and Human Rights Center fight injustice through litigation, policy suggestions, advocacy, research, and science-based investigations.
Filed by the East Bay Community Law Center and four partner organizations, the suit also addresses other harmful policing practices on public housing property.
A Berkeley Law clinic’s yearlong effort prods the South’s first court to stop charging administrative fees to families of youth in the juvenile system.
Led by Professor Victoria Plaut, the lab highlights the implications of incorporating diversity and inclusion in businesses, legal institutions, and schools.
The International Human Rights Law Clinic says the World Bank’s internal watchdog does not have the authority to enforce its own social and environmental policies.
Six Berkeley Law alums and one student selected for the prestigious program learn their offers will be honored despite announcements of a governmental hiring freeze.
“The Berkeley Effect” suggests that small actions can cause large, resonating effects. Here are just some of the ways that the Berkeley Law community helps make the world a better place.
A new report highlights the flaws in the “welfare family cap,” a policy that denies additional cash aid for babies born into families already receiving financial assistance.
Each summer, after J.D. students disperse to firms and public interest placements, the law school’s hallways take on a new life as a global hub of legal scholarship.
A nearly six-year legal battle for justice took a new turn as the International Human Rights Law Clinic filed a petition against the U.S. for the death of a Mexican national by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
A coalition of UC Berkeley and Davis law students are working on a project with the potential for real-world impact on California’s democratic process.
Signed by 14 Berkeley Law organizations, the Fisher v. University of Texas brief cautions against eliminating race and ethnicity as admission considerations.
Berkeley Law buzzed with high-impact projects throughout 2015, honoring its public mission while making a difference in the Bay Area and internationally.
