Berkeley Law Class of 2001

UPenn is #3 and Berkeley #10 for liberal students?

The Law Schools With The Most Conservative And Liberal Students (2021) Which law schools do you think came out on top of these lists?

RIP RBG

UC Berkeley community mourns death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Faculty, students, alums reflect on the iconic U.S. Supreme Court justice’s vision, commitment to equality under the law

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/citing-fires-racism-and-technology-issues-california-law-deans-ask-for-open-book-bar-exam

California law deans ask for open-book bar exam, citing fires, racism and tech issues A group of deans from ABA-accredited law schools in California have asked the California Supreme Court to change its online October bar exam to an open-book format with no remote proctoring.

Dean Chemerinsky on rethinking the bar exam. He is for an open book exam because a closed book exam “stresses memorization, which is hardly the most important skill when determining who should be a lawyer.” Totally true. Ironically, I’m reminded how, in bar exam prep back in the day, Dean Chemerinsky delivered all his lectures without notes, one of the most impressive feats of memory I’ve ever seen.

INSIGHT: Pandemic Provides Opportunity to Rethink the Bar Exam Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of Berkeley Law, discusses key lessons the legal profession can learn from attempts to administer the July bar exam and how the pandemic presents a chance to rethink how law school graduates will take the test in the future.

Fall classes will be remote

Dean's announcement: Fall 2020 classes will be conducted remotely | Berkeley Law From: Dean Erwin Chemerinsky Date: Friday, June 26, 2020 Dear Law School Community, I apologize for the length of this message, but I wanted to share with you the decisions that have been made concerning Fall 2020 instruction. After great reflection and study, I am writing to inform you that all of....

https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/06/18/daca-ruling-a-huge-victory-but-dreamers-at-berkeley-see-an-uncertain-future/

DACA ruling ‘a huge victory,’ but Dreamers at Berkeley see an uncertain future The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court follows a sustained effort by the UC communities to support the legal rights and human needs of DACA recipients

Professor Henry Hecht among the ‘Watergate Prosecutors’ in the Flynn case

These Are the ‘Watergate Prosecutors’ Who Want a Judge to Keep Michael Flynn’s Criminal Case Alive A team of former Watergate prosecutors is asking U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan to allow them to intervene in the derailed-but-not-scrapped prosecution of President Donald Trump's former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. Flynn has requested to withdraw his guilty plea; the Department of J...

Berkeley Law among law schools that adopted pass fail grading

Stanford, Berkeley Law Schools Adopt Pass-Fail Grades as They Move Online | The Recorder The Bay Area schools are among at least five highly ranked law schools have said they are moving to pass/fail grading this semester—a change that could disrupt the normal law firm summer associate hiring process.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/us/berkeley-boalt-hall-name-change.html

Berkeley Law School Drops Boalt Name Over Racist Legacy Thursday: It’s a rare move within the University of California. Also: The latest on a high-profile housing bill.

https://www.courthousenews.com/supreme-court-justice-kagan-shares-her-insights-with-berkeley-law-students/

Supreme Court Justice Kagan Shares Her Insights With Berkeley Law Students In a visit to U.C. Berkeley Law School Monday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan shared her thoughts on studying law, divisive politics and the career disappointments that led to her reaching the highest court in the nation.

Berkeley Law allowing GRE as alternative to LSAT (but for just some students)

Top Law School Getting On Board With The GRE Welcome to the (GRE) party!

Pipeline to Law Initiative at Berkeley Law

Berkeley Law opening new doors for Native American students The reconstitution of the Berkeley chapter of the Native American Law Students Association led to this week’s set of workshops at Berkeley Law