Students

Welcome!

Welcome back to Berkeley Law! To those of you joining us for the first time, we are very excited to welcome you. While this semester will surely present challenges and opportunities for all of us, the team at BCLT is very excited to see some of you again, to meet some of you for the first time, and to offer all of you access to events and opportunities that will broaden your intellectual horizons and expand your career options. We hope to see you soon! Below we’ll be updating materials and resources for you to find your bearings (pun intended) at Berkeley Law, New Student Questionnaire, New Student Handbook, and information on upcoming events.

Learn more about our new student materials and upcoming student events:

UC Berkeley School of Law offers unparalleled opportunities for students interested in intellectual property and technology law.

The centerpiece of this program is the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT). BCLT was established in 1995 to respond to Berkeley Law students’ growing interest in intellectual property and technology law. Home to the Berkeley Technology Law Journal (previously known as the High Technology Law Journal)–one of the nation’s oldest and most respected technology law journals–as well as faculty with national stature in intellectual property, privacy, cybersecurity and other aspects and technology law, BCLT and the UC Berkeley School of Law offer students an educational experience unmatched anywhere in the country.

Berkeley Law students and law school applicants interested in BCLT should look at the BCLT Annual Bulletin.

BCLT extends beyond the classroom. Through its conferences, workshops, judicial education programs and other efforts, BCLT provides forums where distinguished faculty from throughout the university, law students, leading lawyers and entrepreneurs, and national policymakers can exchange ideas about the increasingly wide range of issues at the intersection of law and technology.

Curriculum

In addition to traditional core intellectual property courses (patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets), the curriculum includes a wide range of advanced intellectual property offerings and cutting-edge courses on privacy, cybersecurity, biotech, sports and entertainment law, and other topics.

These courses are taught by Berkeley Law’s regular faculty, as well as by top practitioners and corporate counsel from the Bay Area’s leading law firms and technology companies. Students thus have an opportunity to interact with and learn from leading intellectual property and technology law scholars, as well as individuals on the front line of technology law practice, who bring their real-world experience and knowledge into the classroom.

J.D. and LL.M. students are eligible to earn the Law & Technology Certificate. Learn more here.