The Civil Field Placements give students the opportunity to put their education in practice by working either part-time or full time at Bay Area non-profit organizations and government agencies under the supervision of an attorney. Students learn the fundamentals of lawyering and practical judgment by watching skilled lawyers and by practicing these skills under supervision. Students are required to do a minimum of 4 units of credit (16 hours per week over 14 weeks) and may choose to do up to 12 units for a full-time placement and are also required to enroll in a course component.
Start by reviewing the list of past approved placements below but we encourage you to bring new ideas for placements as well.
Explore the many exciting areas- including Environmental– offered below:
East Bay
California Department of Justice- Civil Rights Enforcement Section
Oakland City Attorney’s Office – Community Layering and Civil Rights Unit
San Francisco
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
National Lawyer’s Guild – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
U.S. Department of Education – Office for Civil Rights
East Bay
San Francisco
U.S. Department of Education – Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education – Public Advocates, Inc.
East Bay
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
National Employment Law Project – Oakland 2nd Chance Labor Project
San Francisco
Legal Aid at Work – Employment Law Center
LAS-ELC, Gender Equity and LGBT Rights Program
National Labor Relations Board, Regional Office
Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (TSA)
U.S. Department of Labor – Office of Administrative Law Judges
U.S. Department of Labor – Employee Benefits Security Administration
U.S. Department of Labor – Office of the Solicitor
East Bay
Center for Biological Diversity
U.S. Department of Energy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories
Sierra Club Environmental Law Program
Sacramento
Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
U.S. Department of Interior, Office of the Regional Solicitor
California Department of Justice, Environmental Section
San Francisco
Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment
Natural Resources Defense Council
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Department of Agriculture – Office of the General Counsel
U.S. Department of Justice – Environment & Natural Resources Division Section
South Bay/Peninsula
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California – Civil Division – Environment
East Bay
San Francisco
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
U.S. Department of Justice – Antitrust Division
East Bay
Bay Area Rapid Transit – Office of General Counsel
California Attorney General’s Office – Licensing Litigation Section
California Attorney General’s Office – General Kamala Harris, Executive Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)—Oakland office
Sacramento
California Department of Justice – Environmental Section
Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
U. S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California – Civil Division
U.S. Department of Interior, Office of the Regional Solicitor
San Francisco
California Attorney General’s Privacy Enforcement and Protection Unit
California Department of Insurance
Judicial Counsel of California – Administrative Office of the Courts
San Francisco Human Rights Commission
Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (TSA)
- Civil Division
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Federal Trade Commission
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Immigrations & Customs Enforcement
U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC)
South Bay/Peninsula
County Counsel—San Mateo County
Santa Clara County Counsel’s Office
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California
East Bay
San Francisco
East Bay
Kaiser Permanente – Legal Department
Kaiser Permanente – Family Health Plan Legal Department
UC Office of the President – Health Sciences and Services
Sacremento
California Department of Justice- Office of the Attorney General, Health, Education & Welfare Section
California Health and Human Services Agency: Office of Integration
San Francisco
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of the General Counsel
East Bay
National Immigration Law Center
U.S. Immigrations & Customs Enforcement – Office of the Chief Counsel
San Francisco
American Civil Liberties Union Northern California (ACLU), Immigrants’ Rights Project
California Attorney General’s Privacy Enforcement and Protection Unit
East Bay
UC Office of the President – Office of Intellectual Property & Industrial Relations Alliances (IPIRA)
San Francisco
East Bay
California Rural Legal Assistance
Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA)
Insight Center for Community & Economic Development
National Senior Citizens Law Center (Justice in Aging)
Public Interest Law Project (PILP)
Sacramento
California Indian Legal Services
San Francisco
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (APILO)
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
East Bay
Bay Area Rapid Transit – Office of General Counsel
Oakland City Attorney’s Office
Sacramento
San Francisco
South Bay/Peninsula
County Counsel—San Mateo County
Santa Clara County Counsel’s Office – Impact Litigation/Social Justice Section
East Bay
UC Office of the President – Office of the General Counsel
San Francisco
U.S. Attorney’s Office – Tax Division
The Field Placement Program is governed by ABA Standard 304: Study Outside the Classroom and Berkeley Law Academic Rule 3 – the 295 Series – (c) Limitations.