BCLT Student Events Archive – Fall 2025

Aug 19,
2025

Location: 105 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law Building

For new J.D. and LL.M. candidates, this lunch session provides insight into all of the many components of the law & technology program at Berkeley Law.

Aug 26,
2025

Location: Room 100, UC Berkeley Law Building
Panelists: Matt Avery – Baker Botts, Bijal Vakil – Skadden, David Okano – White & Case, Jon Ng – Goodwin, Lindsey Shinn – Morgan Lewis

Aug 28,
2025

Location: Keker, Van Nest & Peters Office, San Francisco
A workshop to empower incoming 1L law students for career and networking events throughout the first year of law school.

Sept 2,
2025

Location: Back Patio, Freehouse Berkeley
Firms Attending: See below.

Sept 9,
2025

Location: Room 100, UC Berkeley Law Building
Panelists: Cecilia Choy – McDermott Will & Schulte, Jennifer Bennett – Jones Day, Wilson Sonsini, and Sidley

Sept 16,
2025

Location: Front Patio, Freehouse Berkeley
Firms Attending: See below.

Sept 23,
2025

Location: Goldberg/Warren, Rooms 295 and 297
Firms Attending: See below.

Sept 30,
2025

Location: Room 100, UC Berkeley Law Building
Speakers: Ivana Dukanovic – Latham, Olivia Poppens-Shultz – Kilpatrick, and Daniel Mello – Morrison Foerster

Oct 7,
2025

Location: Back Patio, Freehouse Berkeley
Firms Attending: See below.

Oct 14,
2025

Location: Room 100, UC Berkeley Law Building
Speakers: Mike Perretta (Cooley), Morgan Sawchuk (Fenwick), Anik Guha (Orrick), and Stan Lewandowski (Pillsbury)

Oct 21,
2025

Location: Back Patio, Freehouse Berkeley
Firms Attending: See below.

Oct 30,
2025

Location: Room 100, UC Berkeley Law Building
Speakers: Saurabh Prabhakar – Debevoise, Laura Harris – Kirkland, Mike LaFond – Quinn Emanuel, and Eric Wiener – Morrison Foerster

Oct 29,
2025

Location: Room 100, UC Berkeley Law Building
Speakers:James Park – Davis Polk, Leeron Kalay – Fish & Richardson, Andrew Merickel – Knobbe, and Gaby LaHatte – Weil

Nov 3,
2025

Location: Room 12, Law School Building
 Info session for the specialty IP and tech classes available. These classes include the Deep Tech Innovation Lab (with Haas and the Engineering school), IP Strategy and Due Diligence, Samuelson Clinic, Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic, and the
Legal Technology Writing Workshop (LTWW).

Nov 4,
2025

Location: Back Patio, Freehouse Berkeley
Firms Attending: See below.

Nov 13,
2025

Location: International House, UC Berkeley
Firms Attending: See event website (linked above)

Jan 27,
2026

Location: Room 100, UC Berkeley Law Building
Speakers: Quyen Ta (Skadden), Leslie Demers (Skadden), Ryne Posey (Skadden), Eric Alderete (Molina Healthcare), and Will Mosley (Applied Materials)
In today’s fast-moving and fiercely competitive business landscape, companies are in a constant battle to protect their trade secrets and confidential information.  This panel of distinguished lawyers unpacks important areas in this exciting practice.

Jan 29,
2026

Location: Room 105, UC Berkeley Law Building
Speaker: Mark Dighton, PLI’s Director of Patent Office Courses
For all students with a degree (or at least two years of coursework) in engineering, computer sciences, or the hard sciences (chemistry, biology, physics, and some related fields) who are interested in becoming a Patent Agent or Attorney, the Practising Law Institute (PLI).