The Berkeley Center for Law and Business sponsors many events throughout the year. These activities are built around our outstanding core, affiliated, and adjunct faculty, as well as visiting scholars and seasoned professionals. BCLB often collaborates with other Berkeley Law centers, the Haas School of Business, the Economics Department, and other campus-wide organizations in presenting its seminars, workshops, and policy roundtables. Most events are open to students, faculty, the greater UC community as well as the public. For past events, click here.
Upcoming
BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: Beyond Shareholder Primacy – What do Anthropic, Patagonia and Veeva Systems have in Common? | Apr. 15, 2026 | Law Building – Room 132
2026 Berkeley Spring Forum on M&A and the Boardroom | Apr. 23, 2026 | Convene, San Francisco
Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project: Rewriting Reality—Navigating the Legal Landscape of AR and VR in Art | May 4, 2026 | Zoom
Spring 2026 Applied AI Bootcamp for Lawyers | May 19-20, 2026 | Berkeley, CA
2026 Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Symposium at SFMOMA | Jun. 4, 2026 | SFMOMA
Recently Completed
BCLB Business Law Practice Area Workshop: The Digital Deal – AI’s Impact on Real Estate Transactions with Gibson Dunn | Apr. 13, 2026 | Law Building – Room 132
2026 Berkeley Corporate + Climate Summit | Apr. 8, 2026 | Spieker Forum at Berkeley Haas – Chou Hall
Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project: Legal Provenance and TWAIL: A Discussion | Apr. 8, 2026 | Zoom
BCLB Business Law Practice Area Lunch Talk: Acquiring a VC Backed Company with Weil | Apr. 6, 2026 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Business Law Practice Area Lunch Talk: Financing the Future – A Deep Dive into Energy & Infrastructure Finance with Orrick | Apr. 1, 2026 | Law Building – Room 132
Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project: Justice Unearthed—Tim Carpenter on The Grave Robber | Mar. 12, 2026 | Zoom
BCLB Business Law Practice Area Workshop: From IPO to Follow-On – Navigating the Capital Markets Landscape with Cooley | Mar. 9, 2026 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: The Courts and Corporate Accountability in an Era of Technological Change | Mar. 3, 2026 | Law Building – Room 132
The Buzz w/ BCLB Beyond Delaware: Should startups incorporate in Nevada? | Feb. 24, 2026 | Zoom
BCLB Business Law Practice Area Workshop: From Code to Contract – Tech Transactions with Freshfields | Feb. 23, 2026 | Law Building – Room 132
Beyond the Handshake: Jocelyn Mangan on Relationships to Board Leadership | Feb. 12, 2026 | Zoom
BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: Next-Gen Thinkers – AI Literacy for Children | Feb. 11, 2026 | Law Building – Room 132
Fireside Chat with Niloufar Khonsari | Feb. 10, 2026 | Cheit Hall Wells Fargo Room
BCLB Business Law Practice Area Lunch Talk: Behind the Scenes of M&A Mega-Deals with Skadden | Feb. 9, 2026 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: The Future of the Crypto Industry | Feb. 4, 2026 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Business Law Practice Area Lunch Talk: Navigating Venture Capital M&A with MoFo | Feb. 2, 2026 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Business Law Practice Area Workshop: Implementing AI in Modern M&A Transactions with Paul Weiss | Jan. 28, 2026 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Business Law Practice Area Workshop: Antitrust – Understanding California’s UCL and Cartwright Act | Jan. 26, 2026 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: Legal Strategy at the World’s Most Magical Company | Jan. 21, 2026 | Law Building – Room 132
Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project: Art Markets & the UBS Wealth Report Webinar | Jan. 15, 2026 | Zoom
Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project: Legal Personhood for Artwork Webinar | Dec. 18, 2025 | Zoom
BCLB Virtual Big Law 1L Résumé Polish & Pitch | Dec. 1, 2025 | Zoom
BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: The Business and Law of College Athletics | Nov. 12, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: The CLO’s Role in Shaping Grok and Large Language Models | Nov. 10, 2025 | Law Building – Room 110
Applied AI for Lawyers Bootcamp | Nov. 5 – 6, 2025 | Residence Inn Berkeley
BCLB Transactional Law Skills Workshop: Should This Company Use AI? Writing a Legal Memo to the Board with Orrick | Nov. 5, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Transactional Law Skills Workshop with Freshfields | Nov. 3, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
2025 Berkeley Fall Forum on Corporate Governance | Oct. 28-29, 2025 | Convene, San Francisco
BCLB Transactional Law Skills Workshop: What’s in the Deal Room? Reviewing Contracts for Red Flags with Cooley | Oct. 27, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Transactional Law Skills Workshop: Document Hygiene and the Impact Bad Documents May Have on a Deal and Litigation with Axxin | Oct. 22, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: Scaling Trust and Safety at Taskrabbit | Oct. 20, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: Building a Safe and Ethical AI Future | Oct. 8, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
What’s the Greatest Risk to the Tech Industry’s Reputation? | Oct. 7, 2025 | Berkeley, CA
Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project: Trademark Parody After Jack Daniel’s | Oct. 7, 2025 | Law Building – Room 110
The Berkeley Business Law Leaders Dinner | Oct 6, 2025 | Berkeley, CA
BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: How AI is Changing Legal Practice | Oct. 6, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Transactional Law Skills Workshop with MoFo | Oct. 1, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Transactional Law Skills Workshop: From Idea to Investment – Understanding Fund Formation with Gunderson Dettmer | Sept. 29, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Transactional Law Skills Workshop: Spotting the Red Flags – Term Sheet Review with Skadden | Sept. 24, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: The Michelin Guide for Money: How Moody’s Shapes Global Credit | Sept. 22, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Transactional Law Skills Workshop: M&A Due Diligence with Weil | Sept. 17, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Transactional Law Skills Workshop: Is This NDA Too Risky? Reviewing a Deal Confidentiality Agreement with Gibson Dunn | Sept. 15, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: Reddit, Regulation, and the Future of Online Speech | Sept. 8, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
Business Law New Student Mixer | Sept. 4, 2025 | SPARK Social, SF
BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: Navigating Legal Leadership in a Rapidly Evolving Crypto Economy | Sept. 3, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: Guarding the Public’s Wallet Inside California’s Financial Watchdog | Aug. 27, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Talk: The General Counsel’s Role in Driving Mission and Impact | Aug. 25, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
Business Law New Student Orientation | Aug. 20, 2025 | Law Building – Room 105
BCLB Leadership Lunch Series with Gibson Dunn | Mar. 31, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Series: Electronic Gaming Group with Wilson Sonsini | Apr. 2, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Series with MoFo | Mar. 19, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Series: Joint Ventures with Freshfields | Mar. 17, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Series: Cross Border Transactions with Skadden | Mar. 12, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB+CRB Social Sustainability in Practice: Coffee Chat with Smruti Gova | Mar. 11, 2025 | Chou Hall rooms N340+344
BCLB Leadership Lunch Series: Private Equity and Antitrust with Weil | Mar. 10, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Series: Mergers and Acquisitions with Paul Weiss | Mar. 5, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Series: Lifecycle of a Company with Cooley | Mar. 3, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Leadership Lunch Series: Advising on the Reddit IPO with Davis Polk | Feb. 26, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132
BCLB Business Law Fair | Feb. 24, 2025 | Faculty Club – Heyns
BCLB+CRB At the Brink: Confronting Business, AI, and Human Rights for a Just Future | Feb. 20, 2025 | Christ Hall – Room C125
BCLB Leadership Lunch Series: A Crash Course in Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions with Kirkland & Ellis | Feb. 19, 2025 | Law Building – Room 132