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Inter Alia | Alumni Newsletter | December 2024

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Students in the first program cohort join others from the Berkeley Center for Law and Business and Google during a visit to Google's headquarters last March.

Mindset Shift: Women in Business Law Emerging Leaders Program Builds Confidence and Community

Confronting the gender gap in corporate workplaces, the initiative helps participants develop networks and career strategy through visits to major companies, events with top firms, and myriad workshops. Read more>>

What's New?

‘A Big Confidence Boost’: Berkeley Law Team Wins National Civil Trial Competition

Coached by alums Patrick Johnson ’19 and James Perry ’11, 3Ls William Clark, Melissa Molloy, and Angela Ma and 2L Rachel Talkington bested 15 teams from law schools around the country. Read more>>

Full Credit: LL.M. Program Lands First Three Mastercard Foundation Scholars From Africa

The highly competitive program provides full scholarships, living expenses, a laptop, round-trip flights — and a platform for African students to “carry forward the aspirations of our continent.” Read more>>

Gear Shift: Ingrid Rodriguez ’17 Rides the M&A Wave to Early Professional Success

Initially planning a public sector career, the Super Lawyer Rising Star says Berkeley’s top business law program sparked her interest in “exploring a different path.” Read more>>

Berkeley Law to Launch First Family Defense Clinic on the West Coast

It will further expand the school’s Clinical Program, fill an urgent legal need in the area, and enable students to represent indigent parents threatened with the removal of their children. Read more>>

Berkeley Law Launches Equitable Action Plan Framework for Leading Fair EV Transition

The Center for Law, Energy & the Environment’s EV Equity Initiative just released this new resource for government leaders and community stakeholders to kickstart development of local plans for equity in the electric vehicle (EV) transition. The center has also released a beta version of a free map-based site prioritization tool to inform local agencies and stakeholders on locating EV charging investments (currently available for California).

Berkeley Law Reception at the AALS Annual Meeting 

Wednesday, January 8, 6:00-8:00 pm PT, Hotel Nikko, San Francisco. Please join us for a reception with Dean Chemerinsky to recognize Berkeley Law alumni in academia. Appetizers and refreshments will be served. Register here>>

Legislative Developments to Eliminate Court-Ordered Debt for Youth in the Criminal Legal System - Berkeley Law Clinical Program Online CLE

Thursday, January 16, 12:00-1:00 pm PT, Virtual. Cameron Clark, supervising attorney in the Policy Advocacy Clinic and national co-coordinator of Debt Free Justice, will discuss recent state legislative efforts to end criminal financial penalties for youth in California and nationwide. 1 unit of CLE credit is available to those who watch the program live. Register here>>

D.C. Alumni Service Project - Save the Date

Saturday, January 18, time and location TBC, Washington, D.C. Registration will open soon. 

San Francisco Alumni Happy Hour - Save the Date

Thursday, January 23, 6:00-8:00 pm PT, High Horse, San Francisco. Registration will open soon. 

Silicon Valley Alumni Game Night - Save the Date

Thursday, January 30, 6:00-8:00 pm PT, Gamelandia, Palo Alto, CA. Registration will open soon. 

Volunteer Opportunities

Know Someone Applying to the LL.M. Program? Here's How to Support Their Application

Our alumni know better than anyone what it takes to be successful in the LL.M. program. If you know a friend, family member, or colleague currently applying to the program, you can support their application separately from the formal letters of the recommendation process. Just email llm@law.berkeley.edu with a few short sentences: Identify yourself as an alum, tell us how you know the applicant, and why you think they'd be a good fit for the LL.M. program. We'll add your endorsement to their application file. Thanks, and Go Bears!

Berkeley Law alumni save on all of our paid Executive Education programs.

Generative AI for the Legal Profession

According to Miles Palley, a member of OpenAI’s legal team, this course is “practical, forward-thinking, and can be completed in very little time.” Join the growing community of course alumni and learn about generative AI, explore a range of use cases, and discover ethical and responsible ways to integrate generative AI into your work — all in about five self-paced hours. Earn a certificate of completion and MCLE credit! Berkeley Law alumni save 30% on general tuition. Register>>

Commercial Contract Fundamentals

Learn to break negotiation deadlocks! This course was developed by Wei Chen, chief legal officer of Infoblox, based on her 20+ years of experience working with commercial contracts. Through explanatory videos and numerous real-world examples, she demystifies the common, boilerplate language found in almost all contracts, and explains what questions to ask during contract negotiations. Berkeley Law alumni save 15% on general tuition! Register>>

January is the perfect time to jumpstart your legal career, and we’re planning a special offer to help you do just that. Join Berkeley Law Executive Education’s email list to hear about it! Sign up>>