BCLT Student Events

Jan 14,
2025

Location: TBA

Jan 21,
2025

Location: TBA

Jan 28,
2025

Location: TBA

Feb 4,
2025

Location: TBA

Feb 11,
2025

Location: TBA

Feb 18,
2025

Location: TBA

April 4,
2025

Location: Online/Virtual
Key Speakers: TBA
Bringing together leading executives, management professionals, attorneys, athletes, talent, and students to discuss leading topics in sports, entertainment, law, and business.

Nov 13,
2024

Location: International House, Chevron Auditorium

This annual signature recruiting fair provides a unique opportunity for Berkeley Law 1L students to meet and mingle with representatives from top law firms nationwide with a Bay Area presence. Because this program is linked to entry-level positions, it is reserved for 1L students considering a summer-associate position in either of their 1L or 2L summers.

Nov 7,
2024

Location: Freehouse Berkeley

Oct 29,
2024

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School

Oct 22,
2024

Location: Freehouse Berkeley, Back Patio (2700 Bancroft Way)

Oct 15,
2024

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Speakers: Olivia Poppens-Schultz, Kilpatrick

Oct 8,
2024

Location: Freehouse Berkeley, Front Patio (2700 Bancroft Way)

Oct 8,
2024

Location: Berkeley Law (sittings will take place at various locations)
As part of its nationwide jurisdiction, the Federal Circuit occasionally hears arguments outside of Washington, D.C. This year, the Court will formally hear cases at Berkeley Law.

Oct 1,
2024

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School

Sept 27,
2024

Location: Virtual, B-CLE Webcast & Viewing party in Goldberg, Room 297
Key Speaker: Kevin J. Greene, Southwestern Law School
This symposium will dive into the historical treatment of minority creators in copyright law, unpack the racial disparities in patent law and innovation, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for diversity in content moderation on social media platforms.

Sept 24,
2024

Location: Goldberg, Room 297

Sept 17,
2024

Location: 110 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Speakers: Eric Lancaster, Paul Hastings; Andrea Roberts, Paul Hastings; Matt Avery, Baker Botts; Makoto Tsunozaki, Knobbe Martens

Sept 12,
2024

Location: 170 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Guest Speaker: Kevin Keller, Adept AI
An interactive fireside chat hosted by Berkeley Law AI Initiative (BLAI) and BCLT with Kevin Keller, counsel of enterprise AI startup Adept AI, which has been featured on Forbes’ 2024 list of top 50 AI startups.

August 27,
2024

Location: Keker, Van Nest & Peters Office, San Francisco
A workshop to empower incoming 1L law students students for career and networking events throughout the first year of law school.

Aug 20,
2024

Location: 105 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School

For both J.D. and LL.M. candidates, this lunch session provides insight into all of the many components of the law & technology program at Berkeley Law.

May 9,
2024

Location: 105 Law Building
Annual ceremony to celebrate our graduating J.D. and LL.M. students who have earned their Law & Technology Certificates.

April 16,
2024

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Katie Prescott and Jessica Wang

April 10,
2024

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: The Honorable Ryan T. Holte, United States Court of Federal Claims; Magistrate Judge Peter H. Kang, United States District Court Northern District of California; David Bloch, Greenberg Traurig

April 2,
2024

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Tony Rowles & Andrew Strabone

April 1,
2024

Location: Warren Room, 295 Law Building
Key Speakers: Chief District Judge Richard Seeborg, United States District Court Northern District of California

April 1,
2024

Location: 141 Law Building, Berkeley Law & Online (Zoom)
Key Speakers: Angela Zhang, USC School of Law

March 20,
2024

Location: Field Club, California Memorial Stadium

BCLT’s annual career fair to connect BCLT sponsors and Berkeley Law students for current and future hiring and networking. Students will be able to bring their resumes or submit them to BCLT’s Spring 2024 Resume Collection.

March 19,
2024

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Ali Alemozafar, Jason Xu, Matthew Kovac, Tina Hanson

March 12,
2024

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers:  Yan-Xin Li, Kirkland & Ellis; David Lien, Baker Botts; Amy Bergeron, Baker Botts; Michael Rhodes, Desmarais

March 11,
2024

Location: Warren Room, 295 Law Building

Network and get to know attorneys in a low-stress setting in preparation for the BCLT Spring Tech Career Fair where you will be able to talk to hiring attorneys in addition to recruiters who are looking to hire in their offices for different positions.

March 6,
2024

Location: Goldberg Room, 297 Law Building
Key Speakers: Jennifer Esch, Latham & Watkins; Wes Derrick, Weil; Alex DeLaney, Wilson Sonsini; Matthew Kovac, Wilson Sonsini; Ed Reines, Weil; Shong Yin, Ropes & Gray

Feb 27,
2024

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Eduardo Santacana and Naiara Toker

Feb 20,
2024

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Emily Karlberg, Shreya Santhanam, and Shong Yin

Feb 13,
2024

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Eric Sibbitt, Molly Swartz, and Andrew Nizamian

Jan 31,
2024

Location: Goldberg Room, 297 Law Building
Key Speakers: Julia White and Dane Patterson, Goodwin Procter; Katie Prescott, Fish & Richardson; Philip Person, Howard Holderness, and David Bloch, Greenberg Traurig

Jan 30,
2024

Location: Goldberg Room, 297 Law Building
Key Speakers: Xiaoxia Zhang and Constance Zhao, King & Wood Mallesons; Dr. Yuan Hao, BCLT

Jan 17,
2024

Location: Warren Room, 295 Law Building
Key Speakers: Stacy Coglianese and Laura Franco, Winston & Strawn; Eric Lancaster, Allen & Overy; Benson Lee and Phil Ou,White & Case

Nov 9,
2023

Location: 110 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Matt Avery

Nov 7,
2023

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Kelly Hunsaker, Eimeric Reig, and Saishruti Mutneja

Oct 31,
2023

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Nate Hagler and Alice Thai

Oct 24,
2023

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Mehrnaz Boroumand Smith, Nesli Doran Civan, and Ken Shurtz

Oct 18,
2023

Location: Goldberg Room, 297 Law Building
Key Speakers: Joseph Schenck, Fenwick; Robert Carroll III, Phillips, Erlewine, Given & Carlin; Jade Smith-Williams, Bailey Glasser; Beth Goldman, Orrick; Ashlie Smith, Orrick

Oct 10,
2023

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Cecilia Choy, Bill Gaede, Aroma Sharma, Bhanu Sadasivan

Oct 4,
2023

Location: Warren Room, 295 Law Building
Key Speakers: Jay Mitchell, Gibson Dunn;  Stanton Burke, Gibson Dunn; Tracy Shapiro, Wilson Sonsini 

Oct 3,
2023

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Ifeoma Ajunwa, Emory University

Sept 26,
2023

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Phil Ou, Yixin Gong, Hallie Kierman, Alexus Payton, and Andrea Sotelo Gásperi

Sept 20,
2023

Location: Goldberg Room, 297 Law Building
Key Speakers: Andrew Merickel and Joseph Reisman, Knobbe Martens; Gregory Adams, Fenwick & West; Elle Wang and Mike Powell, Quinn Emanuel

Sept 19,
2023

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Kevin Greene, Southwestern Law School

Sept 6,
2023

Location: Goldberg Room, 297 Law Building
Key Speakers: Luke Apfeld, Keker; Paul von Autenried, Keker; Ryan Wong, Keker; Megan Nishikawa, Hogan Lovells; Max Scott, Hogan Lovells; Michael Harbour, Irell & Manella;  Jon Maddern, Irell & Manella

Sept 5,
2023

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School
Key Speakers: Mark Mao

Aug 22,
2023

Location: 100 Law Building, UC Berkeley Law School

For both J.D. and LL.M. candidates, this lunch session provides insight into all of the many components of the law & technology program at Berkeley Law.