The Limits of Universality: The Middle East and the Crisis of Human Rights

170 Law Building

This talk will examine how the universal promise of human dignity and human rights has been repeatedly compromised across the Middle East—by states, global powers, and the very system meant to uphold these rights. Moving beyond familiar narratives, it explores structural contradictions in the conception of humanitarian intervention, the political forces that distort the application […]

Faculty Clerkship Committee Office Hours

Faculty Clerkship Committee Office Hours
136 Law Building

Faculty Clerkship Committee members will staff weekly office hours for students.  Drop in any time during the lunch hour for Q&A, and get a faculty member's perspective on application strategy, letters of recommendation, personal clerkship experience, and the value of a clerkship in future careers. The Faculty Clerkship Committee currently consists of:  Robin Allan Seth […]

IPLS March GBM

105 Law Building

Our March GBM is on Thursday (3/19/26) in Room 105.  We will be announcing the 2026-27 board and celebrating our graduating 3Ls and LLMs! Thank you for being mentors (officially and organically)! Please RSVP here.

Legal Careers in Support of Trans Rights

140 Law Building

Join EBCLC and the Berkeley Law Clinical Program in conversation about legal careers and career pathways in support of the rights of trans individuals and trans communities.

Becoming a Subject of Rights: Strategies of Indigenous Self-Representation for Inter-national Rights Claims

132 Law Building

Join ELQ and BJIL for a conversation about indigenous rights and land dispossession in the context of nature preservation. John Rider explores a Ugandan community’s international campaign to reclaim access to its native lands.
The article centers on a group in Uganda known as the Benet Mosopisyek, who were displaced from their native land by the […]

SABL Talent Show Pre-Show Dinner

Steinhart Courtyard

Join SABL and the Berkeley Law community in Steinhart Terrace for dinner ahead of the Talent Show! RSVP here. 

Liberation Open Mic Night

The Long Haul 3124 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley

It's back! The Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice invites you to join us for our semesterly Open Mic Night. This semester's theme, in partnership with the Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine, is Liberation: we invite you to read pieces that relate to this theme, or bring in pieces written by Palestinian creatives. We welcome originals, […]

CLR Write-On Office Hours

Online - Zoom

CLR invites you to Write-On Office Hours.  Office Hours will be open for any students who have questions about the Write-On process.  Office Hours will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Zoom.  Zoom Link: https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/99557443518

SABL Talent Show

Booth Auditorium

If there’s one thing our community has no shortage of, it’s talent. In celebration of this, your Student Association at Berkeley Law is hosting a talent show on March 19, from 6:30-8:00 PM in Booth Auditorium. Food will be provided beforehand in Steinhart Terrace from 5:30-6:30. Please RSVP!

Free

Consumer Protection Young Alumni Happy Hour

297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley

Come meet early career Berkeley Law alumni working at plaintiffs' firms, nonprofits, and government to protect consumers and advance economic justice. This is a great opportunity to learn more about how to start a career in consumer protection and network with recent Berkeley grads over light bites and drinks. The event is scheduled for Thursday, […]

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