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10:00 am

Asian American Law Journal (AALJ) Spring Symposium

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Booth Auditorium, 175 Law Building, UC Berkeley School of Law
2745 Bancroft Ave, CA 94720 United States
Asian Americans & Affirmative Action: Complicating the “Asian Penalty” Argument. Schedule: 9:30 am, Registration & Continental Breakfast; 10:00 am, Opening Remarks; 10:05 am, Panel 1: Contextualizing SFFA, with Vinay Harpalani, Professor of Law and Don L. & Mabel F. Dickason Endowed Chair in Law, University of New Mexico School of Law, and Shalaka Phadnis, Litigation Staff Attorney, Asian Americans Advancing Justice; 11:15 am, Intermission; 11:30 am, Panel 2: Implications of SFFA, with Sally Chen, Economic Justice Program Manager, Chinese for Affirmative Action, and Sunu P. Chandy, Senior Advisor, Democracy Forward; 12:40 pm, Closing Remarks; 12:45 pm, Lunch Reception. RSVP by March 9: https://tinyurl.com/AALJSS24.

Please join the Asian American Law Journal for our 2024 Spring Symposium, Asian Americans and Affirmative Action: Complicating the “Asian Penalty” Argument, on Wednesday, March 13 from 10 am-12:45 pm in Booth Auditorium (with a lunch reception to follow). In both the years leading up to and in the wake of Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard, the narrative […]

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12:00 pm

California & Clean Trucks: Challenges & Solutions to Deployment

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
1115 11th Street, Sacramento and Zoom, 1115 11th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814 United States
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Join the UC Berkeley Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment (CLEE) at the UC Center Sacramento for a moderated discussion on the regulations and deployment of zero-emission heavy duty vehicles. Heavy duty vehicles are a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions and a major source of toxic air pollution, which disproportionately impacts disadvantaged communities. […]

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12:45 pm

BCLB Leadership Lunch Series: Practicing Law in Life Sciences with Gibson Dunn

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm

Join the Berkeley Center for Law and Business for a conversation with partner Rob Phillips, associate Melanie Neary and counsel Todd Trattner from Gibson Dunn about practicing law in life sciences and all the attendant practice areas under that umbrella. The Leadership Lunch Series is co-sponsored with the Berkeley Business Law Journal and reserved for […]

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International Arbitration and Practice in Japan

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm

Don't miss this special opportunity to learn from expert practitioners in the field! Guest speakers: Daniel Allen, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Tokyo; Ken Kumayama, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Lexi Takamatsu, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Tokyo; and moderation and comments by Zenichi  Shishido, Berkeley Law and Musashino University. Seating is limited - please RSVP […]

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12:50 pm

[CDO] How to Get a Job You’ll Really Like

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 12:50 pm - 2:00 pm

Shanin Specter will present survey data on what factors tend to produce professional satisfaction in recent law school graduates. He’ll propose a four step plan for finding a job you’ll really like. Mr. Specter is co-founding partner of Kline & Specter, with five offices in the mid-Atlantic. He is a preeminent trial attorney and teaches […]

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Trump v. United States: A Conversation with Berkeley Law Experts About the Indictments

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 12:50 pm - 2:00 pm
Trump v. United States: A conversation about the Trump Indictments with Professiors Neuborne, Roth, and Kerr

Please join the American Constitution Society (ACS) and the Berkeley Journal of Black Law & Policy (BJBLP) for a conversation about the Trump indictments with Professor Neuborne, Professor Roth, and Professor Kerr. Lunch will be provided. RSVP here by March 12. 

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WOCC+ March General Body Meeting

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 12:50 pm - 2:00 pm
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Join the Women+ of Color Collective for our March GBM! We will share community updates, highlight upcoming events and opportunities, and having a class registration panel with 2Ls and 3Ls. Come to have all your class registration-related questions answered! RSVP for food.

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La Alianza – Pre-OCI/OCI Panel

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 12:50 pm - 1:45 pm
Pre-OCI Panel in Room 141

Join us for a panel with La Alianza students who will discuss their Pre-OCI/OCI process and firm selection. RSVP here.

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1:00 pm

WOBL x LAP: Improving the Clerkship System

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Join us for a conversation with Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of the Legal Accountability Project, and Professor Urmila Taylor! The discussion will center around how transparency in the clerkship system can diversify and improve the process to clerking. Hope to see you there! RSVP here for food. 

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1:10 pm

Trans & Queer Rights Lawyering Panel

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 1:10 pm - 2:05 pm

Join QUIRS and Queer Caucus to hear from a panel of attorneys working in transgender and LGBTQ+ rights, including impact litigation and direct services. We will be joined by panelists from Oasis Legal Services, Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, ACLU of Northern California, Lambda Legal, and East Bay Community Law Center. Lunch will be […]

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2:00 pm

[CDO] Table Talk with Shanin Specter

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Come drop-in and talk informally with attorney Shanin Specter who is co-founding partner of Kline & Specter, which concentrates in catastrophic injury and medical malpractice litigation. He is a preeminent trial attorney and teaches Torts and Evidence at Berkeley Law. No RSVP necessary.  

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2:10 pm

Weekly Study Hall for 1Ls

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 2:10 pm - 3:00 pm
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An event every week that begins at 2:10 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday, repeating until Thursday, April 18, 2024

All 1Ls are invited to weekly study sessions ("labs") with three of our amazing fellows. This semester, there are two labs and both are open to all 1Ls: Tuesdays 2:10-3:00 in Room 113 with Ben, and Wednesdays 2:10-3:00 in Room 113 with Vanessa and Celeste. During the month of March, all labs will be study […]

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5:00 pm

[CDO + PLA] Plaintiff-side Firm Career Fair

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Warren Room (295 Simon Hall), 2745 Bancroft Ave
Berkeley, 94720 United States

The Career Development Office and Plaintiffs' Law Association invite students to meet attorneys from a variety of local and national plaintiffs' law firms to learn about 2L summer and post-graduate opportunities. This event is open to all Berkeley Law J.D. students. Law firms will be assigned tables (law firm participants will be shared the week […]

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5:45 pm

California Law Review Mandatory Training – WOA Petitioners

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 5:45 pm - 8:00 pm

Mandatory training for WOA Petitioners to cover the more technical aspects of the Write-On Competition: the primary edit, line edit, and personal statement. Attendance is mandatory for all 1Ls who plan to participate in Write-On. Zoom link here

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