By the Numbers

30

Research institutes and centers

15

Clinics offering hands-on learning

41

Student-initiated legal services projects

90%

Students engaged in pro bono work

26,600

Pro Bono hours logged by the Class of 2025

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"This summer has solidified for me that immigration defense work is what I want to do with my legal career. It is proof that even in a system designed to dehumanize people, we can still fight back and bring people home. Nowadays, I can feel my feet on the ground in the fight for justice and I know I can carry this fire with me throughout my future. I am so tremendously grateful for this summer." — Rising 3L Holden Valentine Valentine describes his ongoing summer work with the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office Immigration Defense Unit in the full article. Link in bio. #BerkeleyLaw #LawSchool #ImmigrationLaw

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"This summer has solidified for me that immigration defense work is what I want to do with my legal career. It is proof that even in a system designed to dehumanize people, we can still fight back and bring people home. Nowadays, I can feel my feet on the ground in the fight for justice and I know I can carry …

"This summer has solidified for me that immigration defense work is what I want to do with my legal career. It is proof that even in a system designed to dehumanize people, we can still fight back and bring people home.
Nowadays, I can feel my feet on the ground in the fight for justice and I know I can carry this fire with me throughout my future. I am so tremendously grateful for this summer."

— Rising 3L Holden Valentine

Valentine describes his ongoing summer work with the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office Immigration Defense Unit in the full article. Link in bio.

#BerkeleyLaw #LawSchool #ImmigrationLaw

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Four Berkeley Law professors were recently awarded faculty chairs. Professors Khiara M. Bridges, Colleen V. Chien ’02, and Dhammika Dharmapala, alongside Assistant Professor Manisha Padi, were recognized for their accomplishments and contributions to scholarship, policy, and legal education. Tap the link in bio to get a look at each of these scholars and their specialties: https://bit.ly/3TnOAKY Photos of Chien, Padi, and Dharmapala by Anastasiia Sapon; Bridges photo by Daniel P. Muller #BerkeleyLaw

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Four Berkeley Law professors were recently awarded faculty chairs. Professors Khiara M. Bridges, Colleen V. Chien ’02, and Dhammika Dharmapala, alongside Assistant Professor Manisha Padi, were recognized for their accomplishments and contributions to scholarship, policy, and legal education. Tap the link in bio to get a look at each of these scholars and their specialties: https://bit.ly/3TnOAKY Photos of Chien, Padi, …

Four Berkeley Law professors were recently awarded faculty chairs. Professors Khiara M. Bridges, Colleen V. Chien ’02, and Dhammika Dharmapala, alongside Assistant Professor Manisha Padi, were recognized for their accomplishments and contributions to scholarship, policy, and legal education.

Tap the link in bio to get a look at each of these scholars and their specialties: https://bit.ly/3TnOAKY

Photos of Chien, Padi, and Dharmapala by Anastasiia Sapon; Bridges photo by Daniel P. Muller

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Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky was one of five recipients — including music icon Bruce Springsteen and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick — of the ACLU’s Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the Arts, Business, Science, and Sports. Former U.S. associate attorney general Vanita Gupta and South Carolina literacy advocate Elizabeth Foster were also honored. Tap the link in bio to learn more. #BerkeleyLaw

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Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky was one of five recipients — including music icon Bruce Springsteen and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick — of the ACLU’s Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the Arts, Business, Science, and Sports. Former U.S. associate attorney general Vanita Gupta and South Carolina literacy advocate Elizabeth Foster …

Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky was one of five recipients — including music icon Bruce Springsteen and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick — of the ACLU’s Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the Arts, Business, Science, and Sports. Former U.S. associate attorney general Vanita Gupta and South Carolina literacy advocate Elizabeth Foster were also honored.

Tap the link in bio to learn more.

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