While we hope you will find a lot of useful information on this website, nothing can give you a better idea of what it’s like to be an LL.M. student than talking to a real student or alumnus. Our Berkeley Law Ambassador LL.M. Students & Alumni are eager to share their experiences with you, so feel free to get in touch!
Below we list students and alumni from the most populous countries. You can also download a full list of all our program ambassadors.
Brazil:
Vitor Puppi (Corporate, Business Law, Contracts, Commercial):
Michel Sancovski (Contracts, Real Estate, M&A, and Capital Markets):
China:
Yang Di (Finance Law): danya.d.yang@gmail.com
Ran (Legal Education): biran0502@gmail.com
Simon Xu (Intellectual Property): min.xu9@hotmail.com
Denmark:
Caroline Boysen (M&A): carolineboysen@gorrissenfederspiel.com
Sara Ingeborg Speierl (International Arbitration, Antitrust)
Equador:
Pablo Morales (Administrative and Constitutional Law): pablomorales@berkeley.edu
France:
Caroline Chance (Business, IP & Entertainment Law): c.chance@berkeley.edu
Germany:
Pricilla Bonsu (International Law): sanaa87@berkeley.edu
Ghana:
Iris Kwegyirba Aggrey-Orleans (Litigation and Corporate): kwegyirba@gmail.com
India:
Radha Ramakrishn (Arbitration, M&A, IBT): radha.ram.ils@gmail.com
Iran:
Sayna Motamedi: sayna.motamedi@gmail.com
Israel:
Sagi Tamir (Competition Law): sagi.tamir@gmail.com
Italy:
Luca (Corporate, M&A, Contracts) lucagf@berkeley.edu
Lebanon:
Karen Jabbour (Corporate): carenjabbour8@berkeley.edu
Mexico:
Mayte Garcia-Bulle (IP Law – Trademarks): mgbz@berkeley.edu
Manuel Rodriguez (Labor, Commercial and Civil Litigation and ADR): manuel.rodriguez@gisr.com
New Zealand:
Nicola Spence (Intellectual Property): Nicolas.spencereinhardt@berkeley.edu
Nigeria:
Anne Olatunji (Corporate and Commercial): anne.olatunji@gmail.com
Pakistan:
Syeda Umaira Iqbal Raza (Intellectual Property): umaira25@hotmail.com
Russia:
Svetlana Zalesnykh: svetlanaz@mail.ru
Singapore:
Chee How Lanx Goh (Private International, Intellectual Property & Criminal Law): lanxgoh@yahoo.com.uk
Switzerland:
Stefan Erni: erni.stefan@gmail.com
Simon Kehl (M&A, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Law): simon.kehl@walderwyss.com
Thailand:
Maneepailin: maneepailin@gmail.com
Turkey:
Emre Ersoy (Corporate, Finance – including project finance, Litigation, Admiralty): emreersoy@ersoybilgehan.com
LL.M. Professional Track Class Profile
Although the precise composition of our LL.M. professional track student body changes every year, you can get an idea of typical students’ backgrounds by taking a look at our 2014 entering class profile:
Age range: 21 – 60
Median age: 29
Female: 48%
Male: 52%
Before coming to Berkeley Law:
53% worked in private practice
14% were students
7% worked for their government
35% had over 5 years of experience
11 had over 10 years of experience
Countries represented:
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Colombia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Hong Kong
India
Iran
Japan
Korea
Malawi
Malaysia
Mexico
Mongolia
Nepal
New Zealand
Nigeria
Paraguay
Philippines
Qatar
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Vietnam