• Workshop: The Normative Foundations of the Market

    TBA

    About the Workshop This workshop brings together scholars from various disciplines who work on foundational normative questions related to markets. Markets arise and operate through law – not just through public regulation but also through private law regimes (in property, contract, and tort) that create entitlements, enforce market exchanges, and limit expropriation. The operation of […]

  • Listening for Lawyers: Effective Communication Across Differences

    Listening for Lawyers: Effective Communication Across Differences
    170 Law Building

    Saturdays: January 25th & February 1st, 2025 9:30AM - 4:30PM | At Berkeley Law School For Berkeley Law 1L, 2L, 3L and LLM students  This two-day intensive program will turbo-charge your effectiveness as a lawyer. Being able to deeply listen to, and to actually hear, what judges, clients, and opponents are saying, and being able […]

  • North American Workshop on Private Law Theory

    Berkeley Law Law Building, 215 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    BCPLT hosts the eleventh annual North American Workshop on Private Law Theory (NAWPLT). NAWPLT is a yearly conference that gathers dozens of American-based private law scholars to discuss works-in-progress. Papers will address topics within private law including contracts, equity, property, restitution, remedies, and torts, and are selected to reflect a diversity of perspectives and methodologies. […]

  • North American Workshop on Private Law Theory

    Berkeley Law Law Building, 215 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    BCPLT hosts the eleventh annual North American Workshop on Private Law Theory (NAWPLT). NAWPLT is a yearly conference that gathers dozens of American-based private law scholars to discuss works-in-progress. Papers will address topics within private law including contracts, equity, property, restitution, remedies, and torts, and are selected to reflect a diversity of perspectives and methodologies. […]

  • Listening for Lawyers: Effective Communication Across Differences

    Listening for Lawyers: Effective Communication Across Differences
    170 Law Building

    Saturdays: January 25th & February 1st, 2025 9:30AM - 4:30PM | At Berkeley Law School For Berkeley Law 1L, 2L, 3L and LLM students  This two-day intensive program will turbo-charge your effectiveness as a lawyer. Being able to deeply listen to, and to actually hear, what judges, clients, and opponents are saying, and being able […]

  • The Role of Prosecutors in Protecting Reproductive Rights

    297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    District Attorneys Sherry Boston and Laura Conover will discuss how prosecutors play a vital role in safeguarding reproductive healthcare access through their discretionary powers and policy decisions. The DAs will highlight their unique position to shape prosecutorial priorities, protect the rights of medical providers and patients, and ensure their offices remain focused on public safety […]

  • Environmental Law Colloquium – Mark Nevitt

    130 Law Building

    On Tuesday, February 18th the Environmental Law Colloquium will feature Emory School of Law Professor Mark Nevitt who will present his paper entitled 'When Climate Change Forces Flight: Legal Duties in the Age of Retreat.'  

  • 1L Career Paths in Computer Law (AI, video games, technology exports, etc.)

    Freehouse 2700 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Join BCLT on February 18, 2025 from 6-8 PM at Freehouse Berkeley  for a 1L mixer with dozens of attorneys who specialize in computer law.  Firms are organized in different ways. Some might have specific groups and others may have attorneys that work in broad technology areas. Generally, these attorneys work in broad technology areas […]

  • BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: A Crash Course in Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions with Kirkland & Ellis

    Please join the Berkeley Center for Law and Business for a leadership lunch talk with Benjamin Clinger, Partner from Kirkland & Ellis to discuss Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions. Following the discussion, a Q&A will be hosted by the Berkeley Business Law Journal. The Leadership Lunch Series is reserved for current law students, faculty […]

  • The Future of Crypto Policy: Fireside Chat with Hermine Wong

    110 Law Building

    Join us for an insightful fireside chat with Hermine Wong as we explore the evolving landscape of crypto policy and its implications for the future. With crypto playing a pivotal role in the recent election, from major campaign contributions to policy promises by the new administration, we will examine how these factors have shaped regulatory […]

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