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August 31, 2010
Welcome back to Trivia Tuesday, Clear Admit’s weekly look at special programs and opportunities offered by leading U.S. law schools. This week we’re exploring the wealth of interdisciplinary study opportunities available to students at UC Berkeley School of Law, which we discuss in greater detail in the recently released Clear Admit Guide to University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
In recent years, Berkeley Law has made a concerted effort to provide its students with an interdisciplinary legal education in which instruction in traditional legal subjects is supplemented by an exploration of related academic disciplines. By emphasizing cross-disciplinary study, Berkeley Law encourages its students to not . . . → Continue Reading
August 23, 2010
Dan Farber, a Professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law, will act as a special consultant to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, Berkeley announced in a Friday press release. The commission was formed by President Obama in May to study the causes of, and federal responses to, the spill. Continue reading
August 20, 2010
We are pleased to announce the release of the 2010-2011 Clear Admit School Guide to Georgetown University Law Center, the 12th and final title in our 2010-2011 law school guide series. To take a “look inside” the guide or to purchase it for immediate download, please visit the Clear Admit Shop!
The Clear Admit Guide to Georgetown University Law Center contains the most up-to-date information available about the admissions process, academic programs and quality of life at Georgetown University Law Center, and we present it to you in an easy-to-read format. Download your copy to . . . → Continue Reading
August 3, 2010
We are pleased to announce the release of the 2010-2011 Clear Admit Law School Guides to Berkeley, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, Michigan, NYU, Northwestern, Penn, Stanford, UVA and Yale!
This set of comprehensive guides was designed with the discerning law school applicant in mind. Each publication provides detailed information about areas such as academics, clinical programs, student clubs, career services, and admissions and financial aid in an easy-to-use format. These objective guides help law applicants:
- Select law schools effectively by comparing J.D. programs head-to-head using objective data that goes beyond published rankings
- Save time assembling application materials as the guides provide the key . . . → Continue Reading
July 15, 2010
Berkeley Law Professor Philip Frickey, a professor at Berkeley since 2000, passed away on Sunday, July 11th at the age of 57. Frickey was not only a highly respected professor at Berkeley, but was nationally recognized as being an expert on public law and federal Indian law and policy.
Frickey served as a law professor for 27 years. He joined the Berkeley faculty team after teaching at the University of Minnesota Law School for 17 years. In addition to serving as a professor during his time at Berkeley Law, Frickey also chair the faculty’s appointments committee. Though a passionate professor and member of the Berkeley Law staff, Frickey will also be remembered for his dedication to Indian Law. He worked with the . . . → Continue Reading
July 13, 2010
In this edition of Trivia Tuesday, Clear Admit’s weekly peek into a leading law school’s academic program, we will be examining the opportunities for students at Berkeley Law to pursue a multi-disciplinary course of study.
The University of California, Berkeley, is home to over 100 graduate degree programs in a wide variety of disciplines. Berkeley Law students are encouraged to take advantage of their proximity to these programs by taking courses outside the law school, pursuing joint degrees and engaging with students in the university’s other graduate programs through workshops and extracurricular activities.
Students may earn up to 8 of their 85 required units of credit from classes offered outside the law school. The most popular . . . → Continue Reading
June 21, 2010
For many law school grads who intend to forge a career in corporate law, the path to reaching their dream job – General Counsel for a major corporation – begins with a few years working as an associate for a large law firm, where they learn the ins-and-outs of corporate transactional law before going in-house. For four Class of 2010 law school graduates from Harvard Law, Northwestern Law and UC Berkeley School of Law, the path will bypass the law firm entirely and instead begin in the legal department of Hewlett-Packard (HP), the U.S.-based multinational information technology company.
These recent graduates are part of HP’s new and unique approach to hiring, . . . → Continue Reading
June 18, 2010
UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall, the University of Houston Law Center and LSU’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center, along with other law schools nationwide, have recently approved tuition increases. This trend, particularly in the case of public institutions, is a result of state budget cuts that have dramatically decreased funding—in LSU’s case by $4 million as of late winter with additional cuts anticipated for next year. The steep increases are also proof that despite the soft legal job market, people are still willing to pay top dollar for a legal education.
Back in November of last year, the UC Board of Regents instituted a mid-year tuition increase in addition to posting new fees for the 2010-2011 academic year. The $529 2009-2010 . . . → Continue Reading
May 25, 2010
In this week’s edition of Trivia Tuesday, we’re taking a look at Berkeley Law’s grading methodology.
UC Berkeley School of Law uses a curved pass/fail grading system, in which students are given one of five possible grades for each course: High Honors, Honors, Pass, Substandard Pass or No Credit. The precise nature of the grading curve depends on one’s class year; it tends to be stricter for 1Ls, with just 10% of each class eligible to earn High Honors, and more relaxed for 2Ls and 3Ls, with roughly 15% earning High Honors, which allow for a greater percentage of each upper-level class to receive Honors grades. As a rule, Honors is awarded much more frequently . . . → Continue Reading
April 21, 2010
Pivoting off of our U.S. News & World Report rankings coverage from last week — leaked rankings here, official version here — the annual publication also included a valuable interview with admissions officials from the University of California Berkeley School of Law.
The set of ten questions offers prospective students the chance to read what top law schools in general — and Berkeley Law specifically — look for in their respective admissions processes.
Within the interview, the unnamed Berkeley admissions officials cited their preference for applications “as early as possible” to accommodate the law . . . → Continue Reading
April 12, 2010
Last summer, University of California, Berkeley School of Law introduced a summer LL.M. session. The program, designed for lawyers educated outside of the U.S., takes place during two 10-week sessions, offered during two consecutive summers. The Summer LL.M. program is ideal for currently employed lawyers who are able to take time off from their jobs during the two summers. Last year, 20 international lawyers from 13 different nations participated in the summer session.
The curriculum of the Summer LL.M. is drawn from Berkeley’s ninth-month program, and courses are tailored specially for international lawyers hoping to gain an in-depth understanding of concepts in U.S. law. During their first summer, students take Contracts, Civil Procedure, and either Introduction to Intellectual Property or Corporations. The . . . → Continue Reading
March 30, 2010
Welcome back to Trivia Tuesday, the Clear Admit Law School Admissions Blog’s weekly segment on a leading U.S. law school. Today we are taking a peek into UC Berkeley School of Law’s Professional Skills Program.
Many leading U.S. law schools require their 1Ls to complete a professional skills program, though the format and scope of this program differs from institution to institution. Most offer at least one course on legal research and writing that focuses on teaching basic lawyering skills, such as choosing the most appropriate resources for the purpose of writing a memo or legal brief. Part of the reason for this instruction is to help students learn to construct clear arguments based on . . . → Continue Reading
March 19, 2010
Recent University of California law graduates will be part of a repayment plan after a San Francisco judge ruled against the public institution for pledging to maintain steady student fees and then raising them.
In total, the court decision orders the University of California to pay $38 million in refunds and interest to 2,900 students in law, medical, business and other professional schools, according to an article Saturday in The San Francisco Chronicle. The ruling applies to all students who accepted an offer of admission by August 2003.
A lawyer for the students, Andrew Freeman, said the ruling indicates the institution “cannot balance its budget on the backs of students, after promising them . . . → Continue Reading
March 2, 2010
Welcome back to Trivia Tuesday, Clear Admit’s weekly peek into programs offered by leading J.D. programs in the U.S. Today, we’re considering opportunities that 2Ls and 3Ls have at Penn Law School and Berkeley Law to earn a certificate in an area of specialization.
While the primary goal of legal education at these and all other leading law schools is to teach the analytical skills and foundational doctrinal disciplines necessary to be a competent lawyer in any practice area or industry, schools recognize that lawyers are called increasingly called upon to be knowledgeable about the issues and methodologies of their clients’ businesses. To meet this need, many leading . . . → Continue Reading
February 22, 2010
David Onek, who founded the Barkeley Center for Criminal Justice (BCCJ) in 2006, is stepping down as executive director and will be replaced by current associate director Andrea Russi. Prior to joining the BCCJ in 2006, Russi worked as an assistant attorney in the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Division, taught at the USC Gould School of Law, and clerked for the Central District of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The BCCJ promotes collaboration among legal scholars, policymakers, and practitioners, with the mission to develop new criminal and juvenile justice law and policy approaches. Berkeley students have the chance to attend BCCJ conferences and roundtable events, as well as work with the program, such as the . . . → Continue Reading
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