Berkeley Legal History Workshop Welcomes Anders Walker
111 Law Building and VirtualAnders Walker is the Lillie Myers Professor of Law and History at Saint Louis University School of Law. He is the author of two books, The Ghost of Jim Crow: How Southern Moderates Used Brown v. Board of Education to Stall Civil Rights (Oxford, 2009) and The Burning House: Jim Crow and the Making of […]
BBLJ: Mock Interview
141 Law Building🚀 Ace Your Interviews with BBLJ! 🚀 Get ready to level up your interview game at the BBLJ Mock Interview Event! Don't miss this chance to boost your confidence and sharpen your skills! 💼🔥 Please RSVP by next Monday 2/10 EOD! Food will be provided! Date: Thursday 2/13 Time: 5 to 6 PM Location: Room 141
Berkeley BIL/IRA Task Force
110 Law BuildingRapid Response: Berkeley Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)/ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Task Force ⚡ Protect Our Wins, Defend Our Future 🌍 The Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are the biggest climate investments in U.S. history—but their future isn’t guaranteed. Come hear the plan to safeguard these investments and ensure they deliver lasting benefits […]
CLR Write-On General Information Session
Virtual (Zoom)Not sure about Write-On or whether law review is for you? Join us for a Zoom panel demystifying the process and sharing some of the highlights of law review membership. This meeting will include personal accounts of member experiences. This is an event mainly for students uncertain of whether they want to do Write-On. If you […]
Navigating Your Legal Career: Boutique vs. General Practice Law Firms
297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesRegistration Join us for an insightful event designed to help law students understand the key differences between high-end boutiques and general practice law firms. This event will provide you with valuable knowledge to make informed decisions about your legal career path and summer associate positions. Whether you're drawn to the specialized expertise of a boutique […]
Private Law Theory Meets Civil Procedure Colloquium
TBDCivil procedure has long been considered an adjunct to the substantive law – in the words of Charles E. Clark, former Yale Law School dean, Second Circuit judge, and primary drafter of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the “handmaid to justice.” In Clark’s view – along with other prominent contemporaries like Karl Llewellyn and […]
Public Law and Policy Workshop
123 Law BuildingHosted by Berkeley Law Professors Elena Chachko and Jonathan Gould, this seminar will discuss papers on public law by leading scholars from Berkeley Law and other law schools. Public law is the umbrella term for the various areas of law that structure the government, determine how it is constituted, and describe its powers. Public law […]
Kadish Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory: Anna Stilz, University of California, Berkeley
170 Law BuildingLenin's Theory of Self-Determination Abstract In the Marxist tradition, V. I. Lenin is associated with the thesis that all nations have the right to self-determination. Although self-determination had earlier philosophical antecedents, Lenin was the first to advocate the principle to the international community, and—alongside Woodrow Wilson—it is partly owing to his efforts that the idea […]
2025 California Water Law Symposium
Chevron Auditorium, International House 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThe California Water Law Symposium is a collaborative student-run event that consistently brings together leading minds in water law to discuss California's critical water issues. The symposium is led this year by UC Berkeley School of Law. Participant law schools include McGeorge School of Law, UC Law San Francisco, UC Berkeley School of Law, Stanford […]
Free Coffee and Tea for Students
224 Law Building Law Building, Berkeley, CAHappy Monday, BAIRS*! (*Berkeley Alumni In Residence). Berkeley Law students are welcome to have a free cup of coffee or tea, courtesy of the Alumni Engagement team and the Berkeley Law Alumni Association, in front of Room 224 (opposite the Main Reading Room) on Mondays between 7:45am and 10:00am.
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