Career Development Office

A panel of practicing attorneys from the California Lawyer Association, Trusts & Estates Section, will provide a discussion of trust and estate planning law and practical advice on how to build a career in the field. Panelists include: Liza De Vries, De Vries Law PC Rachel Dodson, Ayoub & Dodson LLP Jeff Loew, Loew Law […]

Every year, Berkeley Law students secure entry-level government employment through the over twenty local, state, and federal honors programs. Come learn about the programs and the application processes. Lunch will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please RSVP at https://forms.gle/ogYA1hb6Uv1b8FZQ6 for an accurate headcount. Questions? Contact Deep Kaur Jodhka in the CDO at dkjodhka@berkeley.edu.

Shanin Specter will present survey data on what factors tend to produce professional satisfaction in recent law school graduates. He’ll propose a four step plan for finding a job you’ll really like. Mr. Specter is co-founding partner of Kline & Specter, with five offices in the mid-Atlantic. He is a preeminent trial attorney and teaches […]

Come drop-in and talk informally with attorney Shanin Specter who is co-founding partner of Kline & Specter, which concentrates in catastrophic injury and medical malpractice litigation. He is a preeminent trial attorney and teaches Torts and Evidence at Berkeley Law. No RSVP necessary.  

The Career Development Office and Plaintiffs' Law Association invite students to meet attorneys from a variety of local and national plaintiffs' law firms to learn about 2L summer and post-graduate opportunities. This event is open to all Berkeley Law J.D. students. Law firms will be assigned tables (law firm participants will be shared the week […]

Join CDO staff for a primer on the upcoming 2L BigLaw recruiting season - including the new Summer Preview Program (SPP), Summer OCI, Fall OCI, direct applications, and more. We’ll […]

Judge Anthony Johnstone (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit) will be available for informal discussion with students.  Judge Johnstone previously served as the Helen and David Mason Professor of Law and an affiliated Professor of Public Administration at the University of Montana, Alexander Blewett III School of Law in Missoula. As a professor […]

Interested in working at a law firm in New York? BigLaw attorneys from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York will share their insights and perspective on what it means to practice law there. Lunch will be provided on a first come, […]

Come hear from a virtual panel of alumni working at law firms in Southern California in different practice areas. Panelists include: Carolyn Small, Jenner & Block (Los Angeles) Lucy White, Manatt (Los Angeles) Jason Wright, Jones Day (Los Angeles) Blake Guerrero, Hunton Andrews Kurth (Los Angeles) We will project the zoom onscreen in the classroom […]

The CDO’s attorney-counselors will overview how 2L PIPS summer hiring works for non-profits, government, public defender offices, and public interest firms. We will also discuss the interaction between 2L summer job choices and long-term public interest career goals. Lunch will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please RSVP at https://forms.gle/8BjhVVP176nfA6eS8. Questions? Contact Deep Kaur […]