“I came to Berkeley Law because I wanted to find purpose in my life, and I couldn’t think of a better way to do that than by going to law school. Berkeley was right around the corner—I was living in San Francisco for about four years before—and this is just such a sunshine community. People are very friendly, the professors are really accessible, and there’s a ton of opportunity here.” — 2L Cristina Pullen Q: Do you have a specific path in law you want to pursue? A: Even as a 2L, I still think it’s pretty early, but my interests lean toward consumer protection, antitrust, and general impact litigation. Q: Is there a reason why you wanted to get to this point? A: I had a fellowship with the California Lawyers Association Antitrust and Consumer Protection Section last summer, and I got to experience this legal area in practice for the first time. In a nutshell, antitrust and related fields are what preserve the American Dream for everybody. It’s not just fighting and breaking apart monopolies—it’s moving corporations with a lot of power to use that power for good. Having worked at a big tech company before law school, I’ve seen both the amazing and not-so-amazing things companies with money can do. My mission is to inspire people to use the law as a foundation to positively impact our society. #BerkeleyLaw

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At the height of his Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) career, 3L Scott Denarola was ranked among the top amateur fighters in the country. Once driven to defeat other fighters, he now strives to protect them on a different battleground: antitrust law. An aspiring plaintiff-side antitrust attorney, Denarola has spent the past two summers gaining valuable experience at Kirkland & Ellis and Berger Montague. Last semester, while externing at the Federal Trade Commission, he analyzed the competitive harms of the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act and presented his findings to agency attorneys. The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives in March and is now before the Senate. Denarola further develops those arguments in a student note, “Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: The Ali Revival Act,” which is currently being prepared for publication. It contends that the bill would undo the protection of the Ali Act of 2000 and allow a single promoter to entrench monopoly power over professional boxers. He also gave a recent Hot Topic presentation about the use of AI in MMA in his The Law and Governance of Artificial Intelligence class with Professor Colleen Chien. Among his other activities, he has led a restructuring of Berkeley Law’s Gun Violence Prevention Project, was a finalist in the school’s 2025 Halloum Business Competition, and will compete at the Asylum & Refugee Law National Moot Court Competition next March. Denarola discusses his journey from the MMA cage to the courtroom. Link in bio. #BerkeleyLaw #MMA #AntitrustLaw

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Speed round with the Berkeley Latine Journal of Law and Policy! Find out our students’ law school essentials, favorite study spots, and honest reflections on the 1L experience. Featuring: Xander Paras, Co-Editor-in-Chief Gabriela Giancola, Co-Managing Editor Jazmin Guidiño, 3L representative and former Editor-in-Chief #BerkeleyLaw #LawStudent #LawJournal

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