• Mastering Your 1L Application (hosted by Weil & BBLJ)

    110 Law Building

    In partnership with BBLJ, please join Weil attorneys as they share essential tips to elevate your 1L applications! Learn how to create standout resumes, write compelling cover letters, and ace your interviews. RSVP here

  • [CDO] Careers in Criminal Public Defense

    170 Law Building

    Join us for a career panel with attorneys from an array of Public Defender offices. This will be a great chance to learn what it is like to be a public defender and how to pursue a career in public defense work. All students are welcome.  1Ls and those new to criminal defense careers are […]

  • Diversity and Fellowships in the Plaintiffs’ Bar Panel

    140 Law Building

    Join us for a discussion with practitioners about diversity in the plaintiffs' bar! We will also talk about diversity fellowships and tips for finding summer positions. RSVP for lunch here. 

  • Big Law Recruiting Panel: How to Stand Out (Cooley, O’Melveny, Fenwick, Haynes & Boone, and Baker Botts)

    100 Law Building

    Join us for a special big law recruiter panel where recruiters from leading firms will share insights on recruiting/hiring timelines and expectations in all the major legal hubs: Bay Area, LA, NYC, DC, and TX! This is a unique chance to hear directly from recruiters about what they look for in applicants and how to best […]

  • American Agitators Film Screening & Panel Discussion

    Booth Auditorium

    This event is open to community members. Please RSVP here. For questions and disability-related accommodation requests, please contact Jenny Boyden at 510-664-4959 or jboyden@law.berkeley.edu. Thank you.

    Free
  • Oktoberfest 2025

    Steinhart Courtyard

    Come join ILS and BJIL to celebrate Oktoberfest! Non-alcoholic beverages and foods ALSO provided.

  • Free Coffee and Tea for Students

    Free Coffee and Tea for Students

    224 Law Building Law Building, Berkeley, CA

    Mondays just got a little better. Come enjoy a free cup of coffee or tea to start your week on the right foot! We'll be outside Room 224, right across from the Main Reading Room, on Monday from 7:30 am to 10:00 am. This event is made possible by the Alumni Engagement team and the […]

  • Mindful Monday

    Mindful Monday

    Morrison Foerster Room, 298 Simon

    Join us in the Morrison Foerster Room (298 Simon) for a conversation on mindfulness. Mindful Monday is a space for anyone in the law school community who is interested and open-minded about the benefits mindfulness can bring. These can include an improved ability to cope with stress, faster and more complete recovery from stressful events, […]

  • 2025 VSP Symposium

    2025 VSP Symposium – Visiting Scholars’ Presentation

    Warren Room (295 Simon Hall) 2745 Bancroft Ave, Berkeley, United States

    Monday, October 27, 2025 Visiting Scholars’ Presentation 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Warren Room 295, Law Building Click here to download the agenda. Please join us for a symposium featuring the current research of the Berkeley Law Visiting Scholars. Food and Drinks will be served. Registration is required: https://shorturl.at/9rtP4 Click here to download the flyer.   […]

  • CSLS Speaker Series – Insuring Cyberinsecurity: Insurance Companies as Symbolic Regulators (University of California Press, 2025)

    Philip Selznick Seminar Room 2240 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Featuring Shauhin Talesh, Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law Abstract: Despite the massive costs associated with data breaches, ransomware, viruses, and cyberattacks, most organizations remain thoroughly unprepared to safeguard consumer data. Over the past two decades, the insurance industry has begun offering cyber insurance to help organizations manage cybersecurity and privacy law compliance, […]

  • Civil Indigent Defense Summer Panel

    110 Law Building

    Join Defenders at Berkeley for a student panel on the various career paths and summer jobs outside of traditional public defense offices in civil indigent defense work. Featuring 2Ls and 3Ls with experiences working in family defense, eviction defense, crimmigration, and education defense! Please RSVP here for food.

  • Lunch & Learn with Holland & Knight

    140 Law Building

    Join La Alianza and LSAD for a lunch panel with Holland & Knight to gain insight into life in Big Law and the recruiting process. Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP. 

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