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Year-End Giving There's still time to support Berkeley Law with an end-of-year gift that will qualify as a tax-deductible 2016 donation: Online gifts can be made on the Give to Berkeley website up until midnight on December 31 Mailed checks must be postmarked December 31 or earlier Gifts by phone using a credit card can be made up until noon on December 31 by calling Donor Gift Services at 510.643.9789 Gifts of stock should be made ASAP to transfer before December 30. Please call 510.642.6791 for details If it's your reunion year (classes ending in 1 and 6), your gift until  December 31 counts towards your class campaign total. And remember, gifts from those who graduated in 2006 or later are matched 2:1.

// what's new

Congratulations to All Who Recently Passed the Bar Exam! Last week, Berkeley Law celebrated its annual Bar Admission Ceremony. Special thanks to California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu and alumni judges Jon Streeter '81 (Calif. Court of Appeal), Donna M. Ryu '86 (US District Court, NDCA), and Michael W. Fitzgerald '85 (US District Court, CDCA) for administering the state court oaths and welcoming our new attorneys to the profession. Click the photo above to see a gallery from the event.  New Report: How Courts Can Ensure Responsible Use of Body Cameras When a police officer fails to videotape a civilian encounter, courts should instruct juries to take that into account, according to a new report by Berkeley Law’s Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.

Medical-Legal Partnerships Offer Pivotal Assistance to Those in Need The Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) project, a n initiative of the East Bay Community Law Center’s Health & Welfare Program, partners with three area hospitals to help patients secure basic needs to stabilize their families’ lives. Victory in CA Supreme Court Protects Privacy Rights In People v. Macabeo, the Calif. Supreme Court issued a ruling that strengthens privacy rights and curtails unlawful police searches. The Samuelson Clinic served as co-counsel and Prof. Chuck Weisselberg argued the case before the court.

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John Burris '73,  They live 'in the shadows' like the Oakland warehouse. Now, they fear a witch hunt for homes like theirs, Los Angeles Times Fania Davis '79, Restorative justice and civil rights leader delivered Baskin Ethics Lecture at UCSC Jeffrey Bleich  '89 was elected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board as chair for 2017, U.S. Dept. of State Mark Lemley '91, Ragesh Tangri '91, Daralyn Durie '92, Law Firm Offering Free Legal Advice To Electors Who Don’t Want To Vote For Trump, The Huffington Post Jon Eldan '02 ,  Black Hole: The Injustice of Wrongful Incarceration Doesn’t End When the Prison Doors Open , California Magazine Amelia Miazad '02, Weekly Acts of Resistance, wall-of-us.org Heather McGhee '09, Toward a new understanding of “we the people”, Ford Foundation Henry Stern '09   Sworn in to California State Senate , The Malibu Times

Henry Stern '09 Sworn in to California State Senate, The Malibu Times Nav Athwal '10, 5 Signs Millennials are about to change the Real Estate Landscape in a Big Way, LinkedIn Pulse Lex Kuo '10, Top Entertainment Lawyer Joins Latham & Watkins In Asia Liz Jackson '11,  Op-Ed: The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act would damage free speech rights on campus , Los Angeles Times Sonya Passi '13,  Former Ms. JD Fellow Starts Domestic Violence Organization , ms-jd.org Galen Ages '16 named 2017 Skadden Foundation Fellow Riddhi Sohan Dasgupta '16, et al, "Searching for Justice Scalia: Measuring the 'Scalia-ness' of the Next Potential Member of the U.S. Supreme Court"

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Jan. 13: 2017 Conference on the Supreme Court of California  —  The California Constitution Center presents its annual conference on the California Supreme Court, in partnership with the center’s friends at the Hastings Law Journal, the Bar Association of San Francisco, and the Institute of Governmental Studies. This event is eligible for seven hours of MCLE credit. Jan. 19:  Silicon Valley Alumni Happy Hour at The Rosewood — Join fellow alumni for a reception with Dean Murray.  RSVP.  Questions: alumni@law.berkeley.edu

Feb. 8: Santa Monica Alumni Happy Hour at Estate — Join Dean Murray for an alumni gathering in Los Angeles. RSVP. Questions: alumni@law.berkeley.edu

Feb. 7-10: Venture Capital Deal Camp  — Join us for a four-day executive education and certificate program  with 500 Startups, Berkeley Innovators, and the Berkeley-Haas Institute for Business Innovation . The program will cover the nuts and bolts of deal making for investors and attorneys who want to improve their ability to define, negotiate, and execute early-stage investments. Attendees will also get VIP access to the 500 Startups Preview Day, a first-look at the latest and greatest 500 Startups accelerator companies.  NEW ATTORNEY OPTION: limited space is available for a one-day expanded session for attorneys on Feb. 8. This is a unique opportunity for attorneys to learn and network side-by-side with our Deal Camp investor participants.

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