As the policy director for Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson, Paul Monge ’18 has a dizzying set of responsibilities managing the implementation of the mayor’s policy and legislative priorities.
Conferring with world business leaders in Switzerland, Patel emphasized the law’s importance in ensuring sound corporate oversight, fostering trust in private transactions, and creating accountability for all stakeholders.
Former U.S. Department of State legal adviser meets with UC Berkeley Law students to discuss the dangers posed by an expanding institutional imbalance in American foreign affairs.
Criminal Law & Justice Center Executive Director Chesa Boudin and Professors Colleen V. Chien ’02, Andrea Roth, and Rebecca Wexler spoke at a recent webinar for lawyers across the state.
From writing amicus curiae briefs to overseeing student projects and organizations to courtroom work, these professors are extending the school’s influence far beyond its walls — and legal academia.
A Bronze Star recipient who served in Afghanistan and later led UC Berkeley Law’s Legal Obstacles Veterans Encounter organization, Lynch relishes advocating for former service members.
A packed pro bono plate and a top role at a journal deliver a law school experience that’s deeply connected to her passion for making systemic change, at the street level and in the academic realm.
Mitchell is one of six UC Berkeley graduate students chosen to join the AI Policy Hub, which aims to shape AI’s future by translating scientific research into governance and policy frameworks.
Presented by the school’s Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law, the event draws lawyers and activists in person and virtually to continue efforts to turn the revelations sparked by the #MeToo movement into systemic change.
Two students from UC Berkeley Law’s Death Penalty Clinic fuel an amicus brief highlighting the importance of state constitutional independence and California’s deep record of discrimination in administering capital punishment.
The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology executive director spent a month at Tribhuvan University creating a blueprint for all of the country’s public law schools.
Ball, an East Bay native, will lead the new Social Enterprise Clinic, which begins this fall and will work as outside counsel for local businesses with a social or environmental mission.
Legal consultant at the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations, Alabdali represents his country in the main forum that considers legal questions in the UN’s General Assembly.
From a Supreme Court justice’s visit and an innovative leadership initiative to impactful pro bono work and influential AI guidance, the school’s commitment to excellence, community, and public mission was on full display.
“I think we have, by a not insubstantial margin, the deepest and best bench of empirical legal researchers in the country,” Professor Andrew C. Baker says.
The school recently hosted a launch event for the Preparing for Law School project, which aims to encourage more applicants from underrepresented backgrounds.
Professor Kenneth A. Bamberger wrote an amicus brief on behalf of a coalition of publishers, book sellers, and libraries in the upcoming Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v.Paxton case.
Initially planning a public sector career, the Super Lawyer Rising Star says Berkeley’s top business law program sparked her interest in “exploring a different path.”
Coached by alums Patrick Johnson ’19 and James Perry ’11, 3Ls William Clark, Melissa Molloy, and Angela Ma and 2L Rachel Talkington bested 15 teams from law schools around the country.
Confronting the gender gap in corporate workplaces, the initiative helps participants develop networks and career strategy through visits to major companies, events with top firms, and myriad workshops.
The highly competitive program provides full scholarships, living expenses, a laptop, round-trip flights — and a platform for African students to “carry forward the aspirations of our continent.”
The painstaking task of creating research-quality electronic replicas of some of the center’s holdings will help foster a broader understanding of legal history and its evolution.
It will further expand the school’s Clinical Program, fill an urgent legal need in the area, and enable students to represent indigent parents threatened with the removal of their children.
An all-star roster of legal department leaders at major organizations — from Microsoft and the San Francisco Giants to Instacart to Asana — offers students valuable insights on in-house lawyering.
Berkeley Law, renowned for its innovative legal education and leadership in law and technology, has released the summer 2025 course schedule for the first-ever AI-focused Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree.
The five-part series addressed the state of American democracy and its nexus with the press and social media, elections and the courts, presidential power, and judicial power.
After a quarter century of pathbreaking international work, the Human Rights Clinic expands its domestic agenda, with Professor Roxanna Altholz ’99 at the helm.
Berkeley Law’s Ken Alex says regardless of who the next president is, proponents will continue to push for this “straightforward statement of climate denial.”
The newest team members at the school’s six in-house clinics and eight community-based clinics at the East Bay Community Law Center — including several alums — bring a broad range of backgrounds and skills to their jobs.
Phillip Gomez ’23 and Cody Bowlay-Williams ’24 are working in UC Legal’s Office of the General Counsel and UC Berkeley’s Office of Legal Affairs over a full-year appointment.
A satellite launched in August by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has close ties to the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, from the project’s origin to groundbreaking methane emissions research for years to come.
Bashirat Atata ’24 leads a pioneering nonprofit in Nigeria that advances tech law education and offers wide-ranging pro bono legal services to early-stage companies.
A longtime priority for Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, the multilayered project underscores how leadership skills permeate all sectors and all levels of legal work.
Over two days in various settings, judges Karin Immergut ’87 and Kelli Evans give students prime insights and practical tips on pursuing clerkships, law school happiness, and career success.
The program has inspired and prepared nearly 800 East Bay public high school students from first-generation and marginalized backgrounds for higher education, fulfilling careers, community engagement, and leadership.
From a new, multipronged leadership initiative for students to our Human Rights Clinic’s hefty impact and growing domestic agenda, the latest Transcript issue is packed with examples of visionary work.
Across the legal landscape, our faculty, students, research centers, and executive and Continuing Legal Education platforms are meeting the challenges of AI head on.
A growing number of alums take on key positions in Alaska’s court system, public sector, and private practice, drawn to a collegial legal community that fosters early opportunities.
Mallika Kaur ’10 and Lindsay Harris ’09 co-edited How to Account for Trauma and Emotions in Law Teaching, which makes the case for engaging — and even encouraging — emotion in the classroom and the courtroom.
Litigating against fossil fuel companies and other polluters, Dunlavey has helped government entities, consumers, small businesses, workers, and homeowners recover over $16 billion while spurring changes in company practices.
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky analyzes the U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent monumental term with Cornell Law Professor Michael Dorf and CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst Joan Biskupic.
With faith in America’s democratic institutions waning, the center — named after former dean Christopher Edley Jr. — will probe underlying problems and train students to become effective guardians of our political system.
The three-year scholarship covers full tuition and fees for select incoming students with a demonstrated dedication to public interest work and an orientation toward leadership and initiative.
The lineup is “a remarkable mix of classes covering topics relevant to practice areas old and new,” Professor and Associate Dean for J.D. Curriculum and Teaching Jonathan D. Glater says.
In under three years, inaugural Director Allison Schmitt ’15 has built the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology’s Life Sciences Law & Policy Center into a wide-ranging program for students, practitioners, and entrepreneurs alike.
Flourishing in a career that sprang from playing video games with her brothers, Dinh has channeled fascination with product and design decisions into becoming a fast-rising intellectual property attorney.
