BCLT Student Events Archive – Spring 2025

Jan 14,
2025

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Speakers: Julia White (Partner – Goodwin Procter), Mitch Zuklie (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer – Orrick), and Jim Ryan (Partner – Morrison Foerster)

Jan 21,
2025

Location: Freehouse Berkeley

Jan 28,
2025

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Speakers: Alex DeLaney (Associate – Wilson), James Huie (Partner – Wilson), Melanie Neary (Partner – Gibson Dunn), and Anna Remis (Partner – Sidley

Feb 4,
2025

Feb 11,
2025

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School

Feb 13,
2025

Location: Goldberg (Room 297), Berkeley Law
This event will provide you with valuable knowledge to make informed decisions about your legal career path and summer associate positions–and especially to help you understand the key differences between high-end boutiques and general practice law firms.

Feb 18,
2025

Location: Freehouse Berkeley

March 18,
2025

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Angela Zhang, USC Gould School of Law
Through a deep dive into the structure, processes, and outcomes of U.S. legal strategies, Zhang will unravel the dynamic complexities and unintended consequences of U.S. legal actions against China.

April 8,
2025

Location: Goldberg Room, 297 Law Building
Key Speaker: Priya Keshav, CEO and Founder, Meru Data
This event will explore how data maps can be used to identify data sources, address regulatory and governance challenges, and implement AI best practices. It will also cover strategies for securing cross-functional support to develop and maintain data maps.

April 10,
2025

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law
 Info session for the specialty IP and tech classes available starting Fall 2025. These classes include the Samuelson Clinic, Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic, Deep Tech Innovation Lab (with Haas and the Engineering school), Legal Technology Writing Workshop, and the IP Law Practicum.

April 11,
2025

Location: Online/Virtual + In-Person Viewing Room for Students
Key Speaker: Miles Cooley, Liner Freedman Taitelman + Cooley
Bringing together leading executives, management professionals, attorneys, athletes, talent, and students to discuss leading topics in sports, entertainment, law, and business.

April 14,
2025

Location: 140 Law Building
Key Speaker: Shannon P.Gillespie McComb (Wilson Sonsini), Tara Srinivasan, Ph.D.(Quinn Emanuel), and Maimouna Diarra (White & Case)
In this lunchtime panel, attorneys from Quinn Emanuel, White & Case, and Wilson Sonsini will share insights on IP litigation strategies across life sciences, high tech, and consumer products industries.

April 15,
2025

Location: 132 Law Building
Key Speakers: Daniel Lewis, LegalOn and Ashok Seethamaran, Bono
Join AI at Berkeley Law (AI@BL) and Legal Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Berkeley (LINE) for a lively discussion about the state of legal AI with leaders in Legal AI.

April 15,
2025

Location: 100 Law Building
Key Speaker: David Bertstein, Debevoise & Plimpton
David will present on two of his recent trials, one involving Snap’s SPECTACLES smart glasses and the other involving CASA AZUL tequila. David litigates some of the most high-profile trademark, trade dress, counterfeiting, advertising, and Internet cases in the country.

April 17,
2025

Location: 100 Law Building
Key Speaker: Al Malecha, Haynes and Boone
Al Malecha will present her new report, “From Algorithms to Embryos: How AI is Changing Assisted Reproduction.” The report shows how the introduction of AI in assisted reproductive technology is posing ethical and moral challenges to the field.

May 15,
2025

Location: Booth Auditorium, UC Berkeley Law Building
Faculty Speaker: Chris Hoofnagle, BCLT Faculty Co-Director
End-of-year ceremony to celebrate our graduating Class of 2025 J.D. and LL.M. students who have successfully earned their Law & Technology Certificates.