Detained Workers’ Rights – Challenging “Voluntary” $1 Per Day Labor in Private Immigration Detention
100 Law BuildingPrivate corporations operate almost all immigration detention in the United States. These companies provide ICE cheap and efficient detention services in part by relying on a captive labor force: the detainees in their care. Faced with inflated commissary prices and the threat of solitary confinement and deportation, detained workers' run these facilities as cooks, porters, […]
1L Pre-Registration Workshop
105 Law BuildingJoin Dean Hirshen for the 1L Pre-Registration Workshop! She will be going over registration, class requirements for graduation, and more general academic planning (How do I fit everything in? How can I be strategic in enrollment? How many Bar classes do I really need to take?). Lunch will be provided. This event is for enrolled […]
Orrick / MENALSA: Energy & Infrastructure Practice
140 Law BuildingOpen to all. Bring your questions! We will have attorneys from Orrick joining us to discuss their career paths, types of cases and trends they see in the E&I sector, and general advice for students interested in navigating toward this legal practice. Please RSVP here for lunch.
Public Defense Hiring Process – Student Panel
110 Law BuildingDefenders at Berkeley (DAB) is hosting a panel with 3L students who will be working as public defenders in the following offices: Alameda Contra Costa NYC (Bronx Defenders) San Diego San Francisco Solano RSVP for lunch!
Board of Advocates Tryout Info Session
Booth AuditoriumThe BOA Directors are hosting an info session on the tryout process for Berkeley's advocacy teams (Alternative Dispute Resolution, Moot Court, Tech & IP, and Mock Trial). We hope to see you all there! Please RSVP here for lunch; please also RSVP if you cannot attend the info session but want to be added to […]
Fixing the Clerkship System: WOBL and Legal Accountability Project
132 Law BuildingSo, you want to clerk? How will you avoid judges who harass their clerks? Law schools tell students to “do their research” before applying for judicial clerkships. But what does this mean, in practice, considering how little information about judicial work environments law schools provide? Join Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability […]
Meet the Fellows: A Conversation with Sam Levine and Seth Frotman
134 Law BuildingThree former high-ranking members of the Biden Administration’s antitrust, consumer protection, and public economic law teams are joining the UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice as Senior Fellows this year. Join us on April 1 for a conversation with two of them: Sam Levine (former director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer […]
[CDO] Speed Clerking
Goldberg Room/Warren RoomThis event is essentially a rapid-fire networking event where students interested in clerkships can ask questions to 3Ls who have navigated the process and obtained clerkships. Our hope is that these casual, informal Q&A rotations will help demystify the process and provide an easy ice-breaker to connect students with each other. See the current list of […]
Reading The Hebrew America: The Double Reception of The Hebrew Teacher
297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesOriginally published in Hebrew in 2018, Maya Arad’s collection of novellas The Hebrew Teacher was received by Israeli readers as a timely extension of Hebrew literature beyond the geographical borders of the state of Israel. When the book appeared in English translation in early 2024, many readers reflected on its “timeliness” within the current atmosphere […]
CLR Diversity Editor’s Office Hours
244 Law BuildingIf you are interested in joining California Law Review, want to learn more about what we do, or seek additional insight, we encourage you to join CLR's Diversity Editor's Office Hours!
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