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This is an optional opportunity to practice taking an exam under in-class testing conditions and in community with other students. Bring your laptop and a practice exam of your choice (ideally, a three- or four-hour exam). Resources for finding practice exams are available on the Academic Skills Program website. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early so that you do not miss the exam proctoring instructions.

This is an optional opportunity to practice taking an exam under in-class testing conditions and in community with other students. Bring your laptop and a practice exam of your choice (ideally, a three- or four-hour exam). Resources for finding practice exams are available on the Academic Skills Program website. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early so that you do not miss the exam proctoring instructions.

This is an optional opportunity to practice taking an exam under in-class testing conditions and in community with other students. Bring your laptop and a practice exam of your choice (ideally, a three- or four-hour exam). Resources for finding practice exams are available on the Academic Skills Program website. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early so that you do not miss the exam proctoring instructions.

This is an optional opportunity to practice taking an exam under in-class testing conditions and in community with other students. Bring your laptop and a practice exam of your choice (ideally, a three- or four-hour exam). Resources for finding practice exams are available on the Academic Skills Program website. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early so that you do not miss the exam proctoring instructions.

Come join AALJ for our first general body meeting of the year! Meet the editorial board and learn more about what AALJ intends to accomplish this year. We will leave time at the end of the meeting for both prospective and current members to ask any questions about the journal. Lunch will also be provided for everyone who RSVPs. RSVP here: https://forms.gle/nhA1zUXBt9Ts26YLA We hope to see you there! If you have any questions, please reach out to aalj@berkeley.edu.

Zenichi Shishido is Professor of Law at Musashino University, Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University, and continues to be a Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley School of Law on a regular basis since 2002. Professor Shishido taught at Seikei University (1983-2009) and has been a Visiting Professor at Columbia Law School (1998-1999), Harvard Law School (2005) and Duke Law School (2020), and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School (2015). He is also a Senior Research Scholar at…

Melissa Wasserman joined the University of Texas law faculty in 2016. Her research focuses on the institutional design of innovation policy, with a particular emphasis on patent law and administrative law. Her articles have been published or are forthcoming in both student edited law reviews and peer review journals including Stanford Law Review, California Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, Texas Law Review, Duke Law Journal, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. Professor Wasserman serves as one…

Homelessness is a complex and agonizing issue. In California, and especially in the Bay Area, it's also a pervasive issue. In a series of recent decisions, the Ninth Circuit and district courts in Western states have responded by striking down local restrictions against homelessness as violations of the U.S. Constitution. Is this the right approach? Joseph Tartakovsky, Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, offers his perspective. Lunch will be provided.

Please join us at lunch on Tuesday, October 10th to hear from Justice David Wecht of the PA Supreme Court talk about his path to the bench, the role of religion in judicial decision-making, and the evolving religious doctrine in the First Amendment with Dean Chemerinsky. Please fill out this RSVP lunch form so we know how much food to order. Also join Justice Wecht for Office Hours in room 136 from 3:45p-4:30p!

Join Kirkland’s industry-leading women attorneys as they discuss how to be a successful corporate lawyer and what the world of corporate law is really like (which may surprise you!). Lunch will be provided. The event will be held on Wednesday, October 11th at 12:50 pm in Room 105. If you have any questions, please email us at wobl@berkeley.edu. RSVP here. 

Please join Professors Gelbach, Campos-Bui, Baker, and Shachar in Room 105 for a panel discussion on how the entry-level law professor market works. They will discuss the credentials that law schools frequently look for beyond just the JD (or other degree), as well as the mechanics of applying for teaching positions. This information session is intended to help those interested in a career in legal academia think about how to spend their time at Berkeley Law and thereafter. Current and…

Hajin Kim is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. She uses principles from social psychology and economics to study how moral and social influence can shape environmental regulation and firm behavior. She has also won the 2022 Berkeley Center for Law and Business Best Paper Award. Hajin received her BA in economics, summa cum laude, from Harvard, her JD from Stanford Law School, and her PhD from Stanford's Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources. Before attending Stanford,…

Student Services will be hosting a meeting in Room 105 to talk about the California and New York Bar admissions processes, with a particular emphasis on the California Bar Moral Character application. The session will not be recorded, so students can ask personal questions. However, we will send out the PowerPoint slides after the session takes place. Kyle Valenti and Annik Hirshen are available to meet individually with any student who cannot make it or who has additional questions after…

Student Services will be hosting a workshop with information for 1Ls about planning for and enrolling in classes in the spring semester. We will answer general questions about classes and requirements during that hour. Lunch will be provided.

Adair Morse is the Soloman P. Lee Chair in Business Ethics and Professor of Finance at the Haas School of Business. She is the Founding Faculty Director of the Sustainable and Impact Finance Initiative, and she is also a fellow at the Berkeley Center for Law and Business. From February 2021 through February 2023, Morse served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Capital Access in the Office of Domestic Finance at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Morse’s research spans multiple areas of…

Kathryn Judge is the Harvey J. Goldschmid Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Intellectual Life at Columbia Law School. Her research focuses on banking, financial innovation, financial crises and regulatory architecture. Her academic work has received accolades from academic peers and industry. Judge currently serves on the Research Committee and Law Working Paper Series Editorial Board for the European Corporate Governance Institute. She was an editor of the Journal of Financial Regulation and she served on the Financial Stability Task Force co-sponsored…

Dave Hoffman is a widely cited scholar who focuses his research and teaching on contract law.  His work is typically interdisciplinary, built through collaboration with co-authors from a variety of fields. Hoffman writes about all aspects of contracting theory and practice, informed by empirical evidence. In the last few years, his work includes: - An application of generative AI to contract interpretation. - Several papers on form contracts – those of both consumers and residential tenants – exploring the relationship between falling transaction costs and the proliferation…

Want to know more about the practice of Private Equity/M&A? Come hear from attorneys from Weil to learn about what it's like working as a PE/M&A lawyer, differences between PE/M&A and VC work, differences in specializing vs being a generalist, and more. Matt Stewart (Partner), Emilie Soust (Associate), and Hilary Wilders (Associate) will share their experience and answer any questions you have! This event will be on 11/15, Wednesday, from 12:50-2pm in Room 105. Lunch will be provided on a first come…

Josh Macey teaches and writes about bankruptcy, environmental law, energy law, and the regulation of financial institutions. He is the three-time winner of the Morrison Prize for most influential environmental law article of the previous year (“Zombie Energy Laws,” 73 Vanderbilt Law Review; “Long Live the Federal Power Act’s Bright Line,” 134 Harvard Law Review; "Clean Energy Through Grid Reliability," 74 Stanford Law Review). Professor Macey graduated from Yale College, the London School of Economics, and Yale Law School. He has worked at…

Manisha Padi studies the law and economics of consumer financial contracts. Specifically, she is interested in how the legal treatment of individuals’ granular transactions have an aggregate impact on consumer welfare, financial institutions, and the economy as a whole. Her work uses empirical methods to evaluate the role of regulation on consumers. She focuses broadly on two areas – mortgage regulation and retirement policy. Her working papers include projects on the effect of consumer protection law on homeowners and mortgage…

Andrea Cann Chandrasekher holds a B.A. from Stanford University, a Masters in Statistics from UC Berkeley, a Ph.D. in Economics from UC Berkeley and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. Prior to joining the faculty at UC Davis, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Northwestern Law School where she co-taught courses in Criminal Law and Law and Economics, a Visiting Researcher at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and a Research Fellow at Stanford Law School.  Chandrasekher’s…

BBLJ's semesterly General Body Meeting! Come for food and to learn about the different ways to get involved in BBLJ this semester. Open to current and new members. 

Join the Women+ of Color Collective for our February GBM where we will share community updates and highlight upcoming events and opportunities! Please RSVP here.

Companies often levy service charges, convenience fees, and similar unexpected fees for services that seemingly cost little or nothing for the companies to provide. Does this pricing structure make sense, and can government regulation help effectuate a more efficient result? Join us for a presentation by Professor Todd Zywicki of George Mason University's Law School with commentary from Professor Abbye Atkinson of Berkeley Law. Sponsored by the Federalist Society. Lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

The theme "Islam & Justice" reflects our commitment to exploring the evolving role of Islamic and Middle Eastern law in addressing contemporary legal, social, and economic challenges. The symposium is structured to foster critical discussions on the theory and development within this field. Our program will feature three key sessions: Introduction to Islamic Law & Justice: Led by Professor Jawad Qureishi and Zahra Billoo, this session will introduce the fundamentals of Islamic law and how Islamic principles guide social justice.…

Unfortunately, this event is CANCELLED. We hope to reschedule if possible.  Adam Liptak has been on the forefront of some of the biggest stories surrounding the Supreme Court, including his ground-breaking reporting on the build up to the Dobbs opinion. Join Mass Media at Berkeley Law (MMaBL) and the American Constitution Society (ACS) for a lunch talk featuring a conversation between Adam and Dean Chemerinsky. They will discuss how journalists have covered the Supreme Court in the past, how and…

You are welcome to join a special session of the Food Law & Policy Seminar open to the Berkeley Law community. Our guest will be Saru Jayaraman, President and Co-Founder of One Fair Wage.

Join the Women+ of Color Collective for our March GBM! We will share community updates, highlight upcoming events and opportunities, and having a class registration panel with 2Ls and 3Ls. Come to have all your class registration-related questions answered! RSVP for food.

Join Dean Hirshen for the 1L Pre-Registration Workshop! She will be going over registration, class requirements for graduation, and more general academic planning (How do I fit everything in? How can I be strategic in enrollment? How many Bar classes do I really need to take?). Lunch will be provided.

Please join WOCC+ on Tuesday, April 2 from 1-2pm in Room 105 for a panel of 2Ls and 3Ls speaking about class registration strategies and offering advice. RSVP for lunch: bit.ly/woccclassregistrationpanel

Interested in Big Law, technology, and going in-house one day?   Join the Coalition of Minorities in Tech Law and La Alianza for a panel with two 2Ls as they discuss the Google Legal Summer Institute Program and their application experiences.   Date/Time: Tuesday, April 9th, from 12:50-2pm Location: Room 105

The California Law Review, the Berkeley Criminal Law & Justice Center, and the American Constitution Society invite the Berkeley Law community to a conversation about the future of the Second Amendment. Our esteemed panel includes Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor Brian DeLay, and Kathleen Guneratne of the Office of the Alameda County Public Defender. CLJC's Executive Director Chesa Boudin will moderate. Lunch is first come first serve starting at 12:50. The event will take place in Room 105 on April 15…

1Ls, come have some pizza and hear about the kinds of AI tools you may encounter in your first summer of legal work! The talk will provide a brief overview of AI tools, how they are being used in the legal workplace, and what AI tools you might find helpful for your own information management and organization.