Our Berkeley Judicial Institute (BJI) co-drafted a new report, Blueprint for Judicial Innovation, on judges’ vital role in rebuilding public confidence and modernizing our court systems. Led by Executive Director […]
Berkeley Judicial Institute Pens New Report on How Judges Can Improve Court Access, Equity, and Efficiency
Interactive Program Helps First-Year Students Learn How to Present Themselves to Large Firms
This week, our Berkeley Center for Law and Business and attorneys from its sponsor firms held a virtual BigLaw résumé “polish and pitch” session specifically curated for first-year students. The […]
3L Becca Goren Leads Stellar Berkeley Law Showing at Tournament of Champions Trial Competition
3L Becca Goren was named Best Advocate and Berkeley Law placed second at the recent Tournament of Champions Trial Competition in Waco, Texas, which invites the nation’s top 16 trial […]
Effort Led by Berkeley Law’s Social Justice Center Raises Nearly $16,000 to Help Feed SNAP Recipients
A week-long virtual food drive led by our Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice raised $15,855 for the Alameda County Community Food Bank. Coordinated by Executive Director Savala Nolan […]
Top Ten Hit: Berkeley Honored as a Leading School for Tax Law
Berkeley Law was named one of 10 Leading Law Schools for Tax Law by JD Journal, which called its tax program “widely respected for its focus on policy, research, and […]
Third-Year Public Interest Scholars Share Tips With First-Year Students
3L Public Interest Scholars Samahria Alpern (pictured), Nick Delehanty, Cindy Nguyen, and Lande Watson recently held a ‘Pearls of Wisdom’ event that provided advice on summer jobs, course selection, journals, […]
New Issue From Student-Led Berkeley Technology Law Journal
The Berkeley Technology Law Journal, the field’s No. 1 law school journal according to Google Scholar and an aggregated meta-ranking of multiple lists, confronts wide-ranging topics at the intersection of […]
New Reports Examine Local Farmworkers’ Well-Being and Economic Security During Wildfires
Researchers from our Human Rights Center (HRC) and UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health issued two reports about the effects of wildfires on local agricultural workers. Surveying over 1,000 farmworkers, […]
Growing Impact: Our Native American Law Students Association Chapter
UC Berkeley Law’s Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) chapter is an academic, professional, and social resource that supports Native law students, addresses issues relating to federal Indian law and […]
Fellowship Fuels Interdisciplinary Work of Three Doctoral Students
Three students in our Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program are Berkeley Empirical Legal Studies Graduate Fellows this school year. Nandina Babic (pictured) is examining community oversight of police surveillance, Michael […]