By the Numbers

30

Research institutes and centers

15

Clinics offering hands-on learning

40

Student-initiated legal services projects

90%

Students engaged in pro bono work

35,900

Pro Bono hours logged by the Class of 2024

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Zachary Nguyen ’17 is no stranger to bridging worlds across different geographies, socioeconomic backgrounds, and professions. Growing up in a Southern California immigrant community in a studio apartment and later traveling more than 3,000 miles to attend Wesleyan University in Connecticut, he worked as a consultant in Big Law before coming to Berkeley Law. Inspired to build connections, help people feel a sense of belonging, and seize leadership opportunities, Nguyen flourished in law school. Channeling that appreciation in action, Nguyen turned into a veritable blur: He was a teaching assistant for the First-Year Skills Program, served on the Board of Advocates for the Appellate Advocacy team, got elected editor-in-chief of the California Law Review (CLR), co-chaired the First Generation Professionals group, and was academic chair for the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association. Following two federal judicial clerkships and two years as an associate in BigLaw after law school, he made the leap to go in-house and found his way to DoorDash in 2022. Tap the link in bio to learn more about Zachary's path from Berkeley Law to senior counsel at America's largest food delivery company in the full article. #BerkeleyLaw #BerkeleyLawAlumni #LawSchool

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Zachary Nguyen ’17 is no stranger to bridging worlds across different geographies, socioeconomic backgrounds, and professions. Growing up in a Southern California immigrant community in a studio apartment and later traveling more than 3,000 miles to attend Wesleyan University in Connecticut, he worked as a consultant in Big Law before coming to Berkeley Law. Inspired to build connections, help people …

Zachary Nguyen ’17 is no stranger to bridging worlds across different geographies, socioeconomic backgrounds, and professions. Growing up in a Southern California immigrant community in a studio apartment and later traveling more than 3,000 miles to attend Wesleyan University in Connecticut, he worked as a consultant in Big Law before coming to Berkeley Law. Inspired to build connections, help people feel a sense of belonging, and seize leadership opportunities, Nguyen flourished in law school.

Channeling that appreciation in action, Nguyen turned into a veritable blur: He was a teaching assistant for the First-Year Skills Program, served on the Board of Advocates for the Appellate Advocacy team, got elected editor-in-chief of the California Law Review (CLR), co-chaired the First Generation Professionals group, and was academic chair for the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association.

Following two federal judicial clerkships and two years as an associate in BigLaw after law school, he made the leap to go in-house and found his way to DoorDash in 2022.

Tap the link in bio to learn more about Zachary's path from Berkeley Law to senior counsel at America's largest food delivery company in the full article.

#BerkeleyLaw #BerkeleyLawAlumni #LawSchool

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What rights do immigrants have under the Constitution? #ItstheLaw #BerkeleyLaw

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What rights do immigrants have under the Constitution?

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Several members of the Berkeley Law community — including faculty, staff, and a 3L student — were honored at the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) annual meeting. Clinical Professor and Environmental Law Clinic Director Claudia Polsky ’96, Instructional & Educational Technology Librarian Kristie Chamorro, and 3L Virginia Frausto-Elizarraraz are the school’s AALS Pro Bono Honor Roll selections. Field Placement Program Director and Pro Bono Program Co-Faculty Director Sue Schechter was presented with two honors in 2026 and 2025 : The Lifetime Achievement Award from the Section on Pro Bono & Access to Justice and the Impact on the Externship Field Award from the Section on Clinical Legal Education. Finally, the late Professor Philip Frickey, one of the nation’s foremost experts on public law and federal Indian law and policy, was lauded by the Section on Legislation and Law of the Political Process with its Scholarly Achievement Award. Tap the link in bio to learn more about the work that earned these AALS honors in the full article. #BerkeleyLaw #AALS #ProBono

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Several members of the Berkeley Law community — including faculty, staff, and a 3L student — were honored at the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) annual meeting. Clinical Professor and Environmental Law Clinic Director Claudia Polsky ’96, Instructional & Educational Technology Librarian Kristie Chamorro, and 3L Virginia Frausto-Elizarraraz are the school’s AALS Pro Bono Honor Roll selections. Field Placement Program …

Several members of the Berkeley Law community — including faculty, staff, and a 3L student — were honored at the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) annual meeting.

Clinical Professor and Environmental Law Clinic Director Claudia Polsky ’96, Instructional & Educational Technology Librarian Kristie Chamorro, and 3L Virginia Frausto-Elizarraraz are the school’s AALS Pro Bono Honor Roll selections.

Field Placement Program Director and Pro Bono Program Co-Faculty Director Sue Schechter was presented with two honors in 2026 and 2025 : The Lifetime Achievement Award from the Section on Pro Bono & Access to Justice and the Impact on the Externship Field Award from the Section on Clinical Legal Education.

Finally, the late Professor Philip Frickey, one of the nation’s foremost experts on public law and federal Indian law and policy, was lauded by the Section on Legislation and Law of the Political Process with its Scholarly Achievement Award.

Tap the link in bio to learn more about the work that earned these AALS honors in the full article.

#BerkeleyLaw #AALS #ProBono

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