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After serving as senior advisor to former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Richard Dowdy ’17 embraces the LL.M. experience. 

Grads will reconnect, meet Dean Chemerinsky, and engage with leading legal minds October 5-6.

An inspiring effort by alumni in classes ending in ‘2’ and ‘7’ raised more than $1.8 million for the school.

Committees will focus on admitted student outreach, mentorship, fundraising, and communications.

Berkeley Law’s New Business Practicum expands its Spanish services in person, over the phone, and on the air.

Erwin Chemerinsky has lots of good news to report from a busy first school year at Berkeley Law.

A major gift from renowned litigator Elizabeth Cabraser ’78 creates the new Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice.

With two leading patent litigators as their guides, Berkeley Law students are gaining a front-row view into how patents are challenged after they have been granted. 

Back at Berkeley Law as a distinguished visitor, Judge Thelton Henderson ’62 offers students wisdom, insights, and career advice.

Donations from the classmates of Mustafa Farooq ’16 lead to a well that bears his late son’s name.

Chetan Gupta ’17 wins the inaugural student category of the Privacy Papers for Policymakers awards. 

Jean-Luc Fournier ’18 and Marc Fournier ’18 are the first parent-child tandem enrolled simultaneously in Berkeley Law’s LL.M. Program. 

Wai Wai Nu ’18 emerges as a powerful voice for human rights in her native Burma.

Djenab Conde ’19 breaks new ground as the first African-American woman elected editor-in-chief of the California Law Review.

From hairstyle policies to lending practices to mass incarceration, faculty members confront a wide swath of racial justice issues.

Amid growing fear and confusion within the area’s immigrant communities, students provide legal guidance and support.

A key driver of Berkeley Law’s surging business law program, Bartlett cites clarity, relevance, and inclusiveness as his top classroom priorities.

The students were hailed for their work ethic and legal acumen at Berkeley Law’s East Bay Community Law Center and Death Penalty Clinic, respectively.

Symposium examines the history and enduring challenges of the longtime safeguard against unlawful detention.

The Berkeley Journal of Entertainment & Sports Law’s all-female, all-women-of-color board is changing sports-industry norms.

The system accounts for one-third of statewide jobs, but is also a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution.

Past clerks pay it forward by providing strategies and insights for other veterans who want similar experience. 

Before a crowded gathering of Berkeley Law students, Mignon Clyburn shares her concerns about the agency’s new guidelines.

Unique initiative will examine judicial integrity, ethics, political influence, complex legal disciplines, and administration of justice issues.

The pioneering initiative, which provides timely training and flexible options, is the first of its kind to capture the intersection of law, business, and leadership.

Anchored in 27 California community colleges, the initiative works to funnel more underrepresented students toward law school.

A prominent international law scholar, judge, and arbitrator, Caron taught at Berkeley Law for 26 years.

Graduates at the Southern Poverty Law Center gain victories in areas such as debtors’ prisons, immigration, and voting rights.

Launched by a major gift from renowned litigator Elizabeth Cabraser ’78, the center is the first of its kind among top-tier law schools.

Lawyers, researchers, and advocates discuss best practices and strategies for abolishing these regressive charges nationwide.

Known as a well-rounded and respected leader, she is believed to be the journal’s first female African American editor-in-chief.

The Homelessness Service Project and Berkeley Police Review Project hit the ground running to help community members in need.

Assistant Professor Andrea Roth, who specializes in how technology and artificial intelligence will change the law, says she never forgets her experience in court.

Professors Mark Gergen and Alan Auerbach give mixed reviews to the sweeping bill and predict eventual corrective action.

They funded a well that serves a poor community in Pakistan and bears the name of the late son of Mustafa Farooq ’16. 

Chetan Gupta ’16 LL.M. and Professors Paul Schwartz, Kenneth Bamberger, and Deirdre Mulligan are recognized for their seminal privacy scholarship.

Students hear from prominent GCs about their roles as social change agents.

From his days as a young law student living on Blake Street to his time as the mayor of San Francisco, Ed Lee was deeply connected to UC Berkeley’s community.

International law clinic collaborates on report documenting the repression of women and LGBTQI+ human rights defenders.

The project will enhance existing partnerships and develop new ones through research, workshops, conferences, and other events.