Berkeley Law supports many opportunities for student engagement during and beyond their time here. While organizations may be added or changed according to student interest, the currently active student groups are listed below.
Student organization membership is open to all Berkeley Law students.
If you are a member of a Berkeley Law student organization and would like to apply for card key access to the student organization’s office, submit this form. Please note you must input the name and email address of a Co-President of the organization who can grant you access.
Student Association at Berkeley Law (SABL)
The Student Association at Berkeley Law (SABL), the law school’s student government organization, is composed of all registered law students. SABL organizes activities of general law school interest and helps new students adjust to life at Berkeley Law by sponsoring social, athletic, and law-related events. The SABL council represents student interests in curriculum planning, admissions policy, faculty hiring, administration of the library, professional placement, and many other areas; the council also appoints student representatives to faculty-student committees. In addition, SABL allocates funds to each of the student groups at Berkeley Law. You can contact SABL at sabl@law.berkeley.edu,
In addition to the below registered student organizations, Berkeley Law also has robust opportunities with:
2025-2026 Registered Student Organizations
Mission: We intend to create a forum at Berkeley Law wherein which abolition can be conceived, critiqued, and negotiated. Although abolition sometimes surfaces in other organizations, there is no singular organization which is built to facilitate the real work of thought to envision and articulate abolitionist possibilities. Toward this end, we would prioritize future-forward discussions and programming in which the goal is not to summarize or report on the law as-is but what it might better be. Our goal is to create space at the law school for us, students of the law, to wrestle with these ideas with professors, scholars, jailhouse lawyers, organizers, and community advocates. We may touch upon abolitionist ideas nominally in our coursework or more substantively in the occasional student organization, but there is no space yet for the collaborative rethinking of the very logics of the law we intend.
Email: abolitionistsatberkeleylaw@gmail.com
Mission: We are the Berkeley Law Chapter of the American Constitution Society. Our mission is to support and advocate for laws and legal systems that redress the founding failures of our Constitution, strengthen our democratic legitimacy, uphold the rule of law, and realize the promise of equality for all, including people of color, women, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, and other historically excluded communities.
Email: berkeleylawacs@gmail.com
Mission: The Animal Legal Defense Fund @ Berkeley Law is dedicated to providing a forum for education, advocacy, and scholarship aimed at protecting the lives and advancing the interests of animals through the legal system, and raising the profile of the field of animal law. ALDF aims to: (1) educate the UC Berkeley community about forms of institutionalized animal abuse, and (2) foster awareness about means of combating this abuse through litigation. We hope to provide opportunities, education, and assistance to Berkeley Law students working to promote positive legal protection of animal welfare.
Email: aldfberkeleylaw@gmail.com
Mission: ALEAB is dedicated to fostering a dynamic and inclusive community of scholars, practitioners, and enthusiasts committed to the exploration and advancement of antitrust law and economic principles.
Email: aleab@berkeley.edu
Mission: Asian American Law Journal (AALJ) is the preeminent law journal in the United States, and only one of two in the country, focused on Asian American communities in its publication agenda. Known as the Asian Law Journal until 2007, AALJ was first published in October 1993 in a joint publication with the California Law Review. AALJ’s first independent issue was published in May 1994.
AALJ’s purpose is to explore the unique legal concerns of the South Asian American, Southeast Asian American, East Asian American, and Asian Pacific American communities, while recognizing the diversity and intersections within Asian American identities. By providing a scholarly foundation for a wide range of Asian American voices, we aim to mobilize the scholarship into action and to promote national understanding and empowerment of Asian Americans.
Email: aalj@berkeley.edu
Mission: Berkeley’s Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA), established in the 1970s, is a political, community service, academic, professional and social law student organization. APALSA is dedicated to serving and empowering the Asian and Pacific Islander American (AAPI) community at Berkeley Law and the Bay Area community at large. On the whole, APALSA’s goal is to promote a greater awareness of the diverse culture, rich history, and current struggle of Asian Pacific Americans. APALSA serves to create a safe space for AAPI students to explore their identities, build community, and honor their cultures. APALSA also works very closely with other affinity groups and student organizations in coordinating various educational and social events.
Email: berkeleyapalsa@gmail.com
Mission: Bearrister Ballers shall be a community that empowers its members to model collaborative leadership and mobilizes community power for activism through participation in team sports.
Mission: The Berkeley Business Law Journal is a community of students who are committed to corporate social responsibility through publication of an online journal, a blog, and campus events. The Journal’s primary agenda is to publish quality articles by established authors on topics around business law.
Email: bblj@berkeley.edu
Website: https://businesslawjournal.org/
Mission: The purpose of BERC Law is to connect, educate, and engage law students with an interest in energy and resources law. It does this by (1) connecting students at Berkeley Law to energy-related education, opportunities, and resources at UC Berkeley, particularly through the campus-wide Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative (BERC) and (2) compiling special information, guidance and peer support to empower students to pursue their education and career goals in energy and resources law.
Email: bercatberkeleylaw@gmail.com
Mission: The Journal seeks to publish social policy and legal scholarship addressing economic, political, philosophic, and sociological issues affecting Black people. As we see it, the challenge facing the Journal is threefold:
First, the Journal aims to disrupt the centering of whiteness in legal academia. We hope our journal will ultimately serve Black communities by infusing intellectual discourse with provocative and innovative scholarship, thus deepening thinking about policy options and choices.
Second, the Journal will give rise to the voices of emerging scholars, organizers, and advocates. The Journal will bring these folks into conversation with community members, professors, judges, policy-makers, and practitioners.
Finally, we see the Journal as a training ground where students can sharpen their editing and writing skills, and gain experience in critical thinking by wrestling with ideas revolving around Black liberation, equality, and justice.
Email: bjblp@berkeley.edu
Website: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/ir/bjblp/
Mission: “The Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law is one of the nation’s preeminent forums for discussing regional, national, and international criminal law issues. Since its inception in 2000, the journal has published cutting-edge scholarship by professors, judges, research fellows, clerks, and law students from across the country.”
“The Journal should primarily strive to keep judges, policymakers, practitioners, and the academic community abreast of the dynamic field of criminal law. The Journal should also secondarily serve as a common thread for individuals in the Berkeley Law community with a similar interest in criminal law, and as a resource for the Berkeley Law community generally.”
“Recognizing our responsibility to promote diverse, balanced, and informed perspectives to the legal and academic communities we serve, the Journal is committed to dedicating time and resources to the development of thoughtful publication processes, election procedures, recruitment efforts, organizational policies, operational practices, and educational and professional programming that are mindful, supportive, and inclusive of groups that have been historically oppressed, discriminated against, or underrepresented within the fields of criminal law and academia, and within the legal profession and society at large.”
Email: bjcl@berkeley.edu
Website: https://www.bjcl.org/
Mission: The Journal has important goals, including but not limited to: promoting the study of labor and employment law; providing educational opportunities for its student members, whether or not they intend to practice in the field; providing writers on labor and employment law with opportunities to publish; and providing academic and practitioner readers with articles of interest to them.
Email: bjell@berkeley.edu
Mission: The Berkeley Journal of Entertainment & Sports Law (BJESL) is dedicated to providing a wide selection of intellectual and practical discussions from scholars, practitioners, and students on legal issues that contemporaneously impact the sports and entertainment industries, both domestically and internationally. As an interactive and electronic law review, BJESL presents a unique platform for rich discourse on legal topics regarding copyright, trademark, art, sports, film and television, communications and broadcast media, First Amendment, right to privacy, music, antitrust and unfair competition, and contracts, among others.
Email: bjesl@berkeley.edu
Mission: Our mandate is to publish feminist legal scholarship that critically examines the intersection of gender with one or more axes of subordination, including, but not limited to, race, class, sexual orientation, disability, and colonialism.
Email: bglj@berkeley.edu
Website: https://genderlawjustice.org/
Mission: The Berkeley Journal of International Law (BJIL, or the Journal), is a student-run international law journal at the University of California Berkeley’s School of Law (also known as Berkeley Law). b. Mission: As one of the leading international law journals in the United States, the Berkeley Journal of International Law infuses international legal scholarship and practice with new ideas to address today’s most complex legal challenges. BJIL is committed to publishing high-impact pieces from established and newer scholars likely to advance scholarly and policy debates in international and comparative law. As the center of U.C. Berkeley’s international law community, BJIL hosts professional and social events with students, academics, and practitioners on pressing international legal issues. The Journal also seeks to sustain and strengthen U.C. Berkeley’s international law program and to cultivate critical learning and legal expertise amongst its members.
Email: bjil@law.berkeley.edu
Mission: Berkeley Resistance Against Interpersonal Violence (BRAIV) exists to understand, interrogate, and ultimately oppose dynamics that lead to interpersonal violence. BRAIV confronts interpersonal violence through education, advocacy, and community building that center victim-survivors and advance urgent reforms. This organization uses an intersectional approach to learning and community building and centers the fact that Black and Indigenous women face the highest rates of violence in this country. BRAIV condemns patriarchal and white supremacist power structures that perpetuate cycles of abuse and oppression and is committed to promoting alternatives to carceral responses to interpersonal violence.
BRAIV encourages future lawyers and leaders to work in solidarity with victim-survivors, regardless of their career path. This organization brings students and practitioners together across practice areas to build relationships, share knowledge, and create networking opportunities grounded in shared values of justice and legal accountability. Through partnerships with student organizations, local service and advocacy groups, and community members, BRAIV works to sustain and expand the fight for gender and racial equity on Berkeley Law’s campus.
Email: brave@law.berkeley.edu
Mission: The Berkeley Technology Law Journal is a student-run publication of Berkeley Law. The Journal should primarily strive to keep judges, policymakers, practitioners, and the academic community abreast of the dynamic field of intellectual property and technology law. The Journal should also secondarily serve as a common thread for individuals in the Berkeley Law community with a similar interest in intellectual property and technology law, and as a resource for the Berkeley Law community generally.
Email: btlj@berkeley.edu
Website: btlj.org
Mission: Board of Advocates is a primarily student run organization charged with all of the school’s internal and external skills competitions. The Board of Advocates has won competition awards at multiple levels, consistently outperforming other top-ten law schools.
The Board of Advocate’s general membership includes over 90 students who participate in both regional and national competitions in four main areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Trial Advocacy, Technology and IP, and Appellate Advocacy. Competition for a place on these teams is fierce during the Board’s try-out process, with multiple students vying for each spot. Teams receive coaching from professors, Executive Board Members, alumni, and fellow students.
The Board also places a strong emphasis on training fellow students and future members through internal competitions and the opportunity to be heard by federal judges in mock argument. The Board of Advocates provides further opportunities for students to hone their advocacy skills, hosting multiple skills workshops throughout the year.
Email: Boardofadvocates@berkeley.edu
Website: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/advocacy-competitions-program/external-competitions/
Mission: CLAB seeks to provide a platform for all students and scholars interested in Chinese law and culture. Through developing social activities, CLAB seeks to enrich the academic experience of its members, building relationships between CLAB members through facilitating conversation and dialogue. CLAB also seeks to support the development of its members through hosting professional and academic events, laying the foundation for its members to develop their professional and academic experiences and capacities.
Mission: Christians at Berkeley Law provides biweekly Bible studies and a community within the law school for those seeking christian spiritual support. We offer a time for those who self-identify as Christians as well as those who are interested in learning more about the faith a place and community for exploring such, encouraging one another throughout the law school experience. We also provide networking opportunities to connect people to churches, other bible studies, as well as other faith groups at Berkeley.
Mission: The Consumer Advocacy and Protection Society (CAPS) is a student-run Berkeley Law organization dedicated to the promotion of consumer law and consumer protection at Berkeley Law. Our mission is to connect consumer-minded students, organize and host consumer-related events, network the greater consumer law community, and ensure the availability of consumer curriculum and clinic opportunities at Berkeley Law.
Email: caps@law.berkeley.edu
Website: https://consumer.berkeley.edu/
Defenders at Berkeley (DAB) provides Berkeley Law students with a supportive community and opportunities to learn about indigent defense careers through networking and discussions about important topics in indigent defense.
Email: defenders@berkeley.edu
Mission: Disability Justice Coalition (DJC) aims to provide a space for Berkeley Law students to learn about and advocate for disability justice, to facilitate access to resources and accommodations, and to foster a supportive space for disabled students to find community and mentorship.
Mission: ELQ provides a forum for environmental scholarship through publication of high-quality writing by scholars, practitioners, and students. At Berkeley Law, ELQ represents and advocates for the environmental law community, sustains and strengthens the environmental law program, encourages student writing, and fosters a diverse, welcoming, and inclusive social and academic community.
Email: elq@berkeley.edu
Website: https://www.ecologylawquarterly.org/
Mission: The Federalist Society is interested in the current state of the legal order. It believes that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution and that it is the duty of the judiciary to say what the law is not what it should be.
Law schools and the legal profession are currently strongly dominated by a form of orthodox liberal ideology, which advocates a centralized and uniform society. While some members of the academic community have dissented from these views, by and large they are taught simultaneously with (and indeed as if they were) the law.
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is a group of conservatives and libertarians interested in the current state of the legal order. It is founded on the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be. The society seeks both to promote an awareness of these principles and to further their application through its activities.
The Berkeley Law chapter of the Federalist Society’s goals include: promoting thoughtful and challenging discussion of legal and public policy issues; academically and intellectually sponsoring conservative and libertarian law students; and ensuring that Berkeley Law students are thoughtfully exposed to conservative and libertarian perspectives and consider these perspectives in their analysis of legal issues. We put on a number of great events, which include bringing out leading judges, legal scholars, and practicing lawyers to address hot-button issues of importance to the Federalist Society. We are also a social club, with happy hours and some planned excursions in the mix.
Membership is open to all students who are interested in thoughtful debate and the exchange of ideas, regardless of political ideology.
Email: berkeleyfederalistsociety@gmail.com
Mission: We are a student-led organization committed to advancing equity, access, and excellence for first-generation law students at Berkeley Law. Through structured mentorship, career advising, and intentional community-building, First Generation Professionals (FGP) seeks to address the unique academic, professional, and personal challenges faced by students who are the first in their families to navigate graduate education and the legal profession. Rooted in the lived experiences from working-class and historically underrepresented backgrounds, FGP fosters a diverse and inclusive community that prioritizes belonging, well-being, and holistic success.
Email: berkeleylawfgp@berkeley.edu
Mission: To provide all members at the law school with an interest in health law and life sciences law the platform and community to learn more about the field, connect with each other, and meet various professionals in the field.
Email: hals@berkeley.edu
Mission: HAB aims to foster research, discussion, and advocacy focused on housing justice through an abundance lens. The goals of the organization are threefold:
1) Create a community for housing advocates at Berkeley Law and strengthen connections between the law school community, practitioners, advocacy organizations, and similar student organizations in the broader Berkeley graduate and undergraduate community.
2) Foster conversation about litigation and policy strategies surrounding the intersections between abundant housing opportunity and other critical rights, such as reproductive justice, gender equality and gender affirming care, public health, education, economic opportunity, and more, through talks and panels showcasing practitioners, academics, and student voices, in collaboration with other student organizations.
3) Advocate for the creation of housing through information sessions on regulatory issues, proposed statutory reforms, promising impact litigation, and local/statewide ballot measures.
Email: housers@berkeley.edu
Mission: The Intellectual Property Society (IPLS) caters to the interests of all budding Intellectual Property lawyers! IPLS is committed to cultivating research, discussions and advocacy in the field of Intellectual Property Law. We strive to provide all kinds of fruitful opportunities for the students interested in intellectual property law, thereby strengthening their ties with the Berkeley Law community. We work towards: 1. Building networks between intellectual property law attorneys, advocacy organizations and the Berkeley Law student body in order to promote the field of intellectual property law; 2. Spreading awareness of intellectual property law as a career path for young scholars in the Berkeley community at large; 3. Providing training opportunities for students and supporting the intellectual property law curriculum at Berkeley Law. Join us!
Email: ipls.berkeleylaw@gmail.com
Mission: International Law Society (ILS)
hosts social, professional and academic events for law students and the broader community regarding comparative and international law. ILS’s activities include hosting lunchtime talks, job fairs, and social/networking events to help foster the study of international law at Berkeley Law and to support our students’ career aspirations. ILS further facilitates dialogue between the various international communities at Berkeley Law – connecting JD, JSP, and LLM students. Moreover, ILS supports international LLM students as they transition to school in the United States.
In addition to hosting events for the international law community, one of ILS’s core functions is to advocate for the advancement of international law at Berkeley Law. ILS works with BJIL and university faculty and administration to ensure that international law remains a vibrant field of study at Berkeley.
Email: ilsberkeleylaw@gmail.com
Mission: JSABL’s mission is to enrich Jewish student life and make positive contributions to our campus and the law. We envision a world where our members are inspired to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life and the legal community.
Email: jsabl@berkeley.edu
Mission: K-ABL is a student-run organization at Berkeley Law open to all interested Berkeley Law students. The group seeks to make it easier for current and future Korean international students to navigate various career paths and to address the unique concerns of international students pursuing a legal career in the United States and to build a vibrant network of legal professionals, practitioners, and academics who share and celebrate their Korean culture and/or heritage. Activities of the group include but are not limited to speaker series, networking opportunities, and/or cultural events, summer fellowships and symposia, and providing access to relevant journals and other publications.
Email: k-abl@berkeley.edu
Mission: La Alianza seeks to empower Latine students. By studying law with conocimiento (familiarity), we learn how to shape the law to enhance our diverse communities’ cultural, economic, political, social, and spiritual vitality.
La Alianza facilitates members’ diverse legal interests by maintaining an inclusive environment where members can engage deeply with their studies and each other. We develop and enact projects that provide opportunities for members to develop their leadership abilities and to serve local Latinx communities like the Fruitvale District in Oakland.
Drawing upon el poder de la comunidad (power of the community), La Alianza manifests solidarity with other progressive individuals and organizations who seek to transform social conditions in the United States y el mundo (the world). Together we realize the bright hope de la humanidad (of humanity).
¡A través de nuestra gente nuestro espíritu está presente! (Through our people, our spirit is present!)
Email: laalianza@berkeley.edu
Website: https://alianzaberkeleylaw.com/
Mission: The Latine Journal of Law and Policy is the longest-running Latine law journal in the country. Managed and edited by students, the Journal provides a previously unavailable forum to analyze legal issues affecting the Latine community. The Journal seeks to maintain an open forum for the analysis of legal issues affecting the Latine community; publish and elevate works written by Latine students, scholars, and practitioners; serve as a legal research resource; and influence public discourse on Latine issues.
Email: bljlp@law.berkeley.edu
Mission: The Law and Political Economy Society of Berkeley seeks to foster a community of students and faculty members interested in how law shapes politics and the economy through roundtable discussions, reading groups, and scholarly presentations.
Email: Berkeley.lpesoc@gmail.com
Website: lpesoc.org
Mission: Our purpose is to provide networking, professional development, and social opportunities for graduate students in Jurisprudence & Social Policy and the field of Law & Society.
Mission: Law Students for Climate Accountability Berkeley’s purpose is to activate and mobilize the power of Berkeley Law students to transform the legal industry’s role from exacerbating climate injustice to meaningfully supporting a just transition.
Email: ls4ca.berkeley@gmail.com
Mission: Berkeley’s Law Students for Justice in Palestine (LSJP), is Berkeley Law’s home for education, discussion, and activism promoting the rights of the Palestinian people. We seek to amplify the voices of Palestinian activists resisting annexation, settlements, and human rights abuses; to combat anti-Palestinian narratives and the silencing of pro-Palestine viewpoints in American politics and academia; to strengthen the intersectional bonds between the Palestinian struggle and other racial & social justice movements; and to highlight Palestinian arts and culture, particularly in forums that are accessible to students in Berkeley.
Mission: As Berkeley Law’s chapter of the National Black Law Students Association, LSAD is a place for Black law students to build community and find mutual support in their legal journey. LSAD actively participates in the recruitment and retention of Black students. Over the past four years, we’ve seen our membership steadily grow, in part due to the dedication of each class to mentor and support one another.
LSAD offers targeted programming focused on academic support, professional development, and relationship building for Black students. In addition, we seek to engage in advocacy and community outreach that centers the interests of the Black community in Berkeley and beyond. Whether you are a student or alum, administrative staff or faculty, sponsor or community member, we are excited about building with you.
Email: lsad@berkeley.edu
Website: https://ucberkeleylsad.com
Mission: LINE fosters a dynamic and inclusive environment, bridging the gap between law & tech. We plan to promote awareness about legal innovation and tech solutions, enhance legal education (to promote entrepreneurship) and drive professional development & networking.
We aim to drive the future of legal services through cutting-edge events, hands-on workshops, impactful research, and strategic partnerships while advocating for ethical practices and improving access to justice for marginalized communities.
Email: line-law@berkeley.edu
Mission: Mass Media at Berkeley Law (MMaBL) is a group for law students interested in the intersection of Media Law and Journalism. We are interested in building a community for students with previous media industry experience while also exploring ways that journalism and digital media can work in service of progressive legal goals and break down barriers to make the legal field more accessible.
Email: Massmediaberkeleylaw@gmail.com
Mission: The Middle Eastern and North African Law Students Association (MENALSA) empowers and builds community among Middle Eastern and North African students at Berkeley Law. MENALSA works in solidarity with other organizations to develop students academically and professionally, as well as provide a fun social forum and address challenges our broader community faces.
Comprised of students who identify as Middle Eastern and North African, as well as students who have an interest in the cultural, political, and legal events affecting people from the Middle East and North Africa, MENALSA seeks to foster a cultural, political, social, and academic space for the MENA community at Berkeley Law. MENALSA works to promote diversity in Berkeley Law, the legal profession, and beyond.
Email: berkeleylawmelsa@gmail.com
Mission: Military and Veterans at Berkeley Law’s mission is to create a community where veterans can help veterans succeed in law school and beyond. This means, first and foremost, promoting social cohesion among veterans and military service members at the school. Additionally, we seek to develop veteran-specific professional opportunities for our members, as well as host events geared toward educating the wider student body on military-related topics in the law.
Email: mvbl@berkeley.edu
Mission: The Muslim Law Students Association (MLSA) brings together Berkeley Law Muslims of diverse sects, backgrounds, and cultures under a unified community.
Email: berkeleylawmsa@gmail.com
Mission: National Lawyers Guild (NLG), Berkeley Law Chapter, seeks to bring together law students dedicated to using the law to advance civil rights and social justice. NLG Berkeley Law is a chapter of NLG, a national bar association of progressive and movement lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers who have long acted as the legal arm in social justice movements challenging the systemic criminalization of poverty and race. NLG Berkeley Law supports the objectives of NLG, as articulated in its Constitution.
Our aim is to create a collective space of action for those dedicated to protecting and expanding the civil rights and liberties of the masses in the face of persistent attacks upon them. This includes ensuring the safety and dignity of the working class, people of color, immigrants, women, LGBTQIA+ and gender non-conforming people, people with disabilities, and people experiencing poverty and homelessness.
As an anti-racist, anti-capitalist, and anti-imperialist collective of students, we stand in solidarity with global struggles for self-determination from Ferguson to Palestine. We are committed to using the law as an instrument for the protection of all people until a system of true justice is achieved.
Email: nlgberkeley@gmail.com
Mission: The Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) at Berkeley Lawstrives to support Native American law students, enhance campus discourse on federal Indian law and issues affecting Indian Country, and foster a strong, inclusive community built on unity, cooperation, and respect. As an academic, professional, and social resource for Native law students and their allies, NALSA seeks to form and maintain lasting relationships with alumni, faculty, other affinity groups on campus, attorneys that work with Indian Country, and the local Native community to advance its mission. Through professional development programming, social events, and mentorship opportunities, NALSA supports the prosperity of its members, pursues opportunities for engagement with federal Indian law and the Bay Area Native community, and creates a supportive community for Native students and their allies at Berkeley Law.
Email: NALSA.ucberkeley@gmail.com
Website: https://www.nalsaberkeley.com/
Mission: Older, Wiser Law Students (OWLS) exists as an affinity group for non-traditional law students – anyone who came to law school later in life, as a second career, with a family – or anyone who identifies as old and/or wise.
Email: berkeley.owls@gmail.com
Mission: Pilipino American Law Society (PALS) is a student-led group that strives to address the needs of law students of Filipino decent through mentorship, career advising, and social activities. Born of the common experiences and challenges of students from Filipino-American law students, PALS is a community that fosters inclusiveness, well-being, and academic achievement throughout students’ time at Berkeley Law.
Email: pals@berkeley.edu
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The Plaintiffs’ Law Association (PLA) is a student organization at Berkeley Law and an official AAJ* chapter dedicated to cultivating future plaintiff-side attorneys. We are a comprehensive resource for students interested in plaintiff-side careers –providing community support, professional guidance, and exposure to a variety of practice areas.
PLA hosts speaker events with prominent practitioners, connects students to mentors, and shares employment opportunities with current and former members. We are also committed to fostering community. We provide a space for students to support and encourage each other from day one, and engage with a robust alumni network.
More broadly, we want to dispel the myth that the only career opportunities for law students are in BigLaw, government, and the nonprofit sector. A career as a plaintiff-side dwo is fulfilling, financially rewarding, and impactful.
We are also dedicated to making the profession accessible to underrepresented groups. That is why diversifying the plaintiffs’ bar is a priority for PLA.
Overall, the Plaintiffs’ Law Association aims to equip members with the tools, knowledge, and relationships they need to succeed as future plaintiff-side advocates.
* The American Association for Justice is the largest nonprofit organization for plaintiffs’ lawyers in the United States.
Email: pla.law@berkeley.edu
Website: https://berkeleypla.org/
Mission: Privacy Law at Berkeley (PrivLAB) is a student-run organization that brings together Berkeley Law students interested in data security and privacy law and introduces them to the substance of their future practice. We host talks by eminent privacy experts, write briefing notes and opinion pieces, organize crypto-parties and privacy events, analyze foundational and complex privacy scholarship, and promote a multifaceted and inclusive understanding of information privacy in Berkeley and beyond.
Email: privlab@berkeley.edu
Mission: The Pro Bonotes is an a cappella group dedicated to producing sweet melodies and perfect-pitched harmonies. Relying on the power of voice alone, the group brings together students who want to sing and support each other through establishing a musical scene in the law school. The Pro Bonotes aim to perform music across a range of genres and eras for the many fans across the law school who enjoy musical showcases.
Email: berkeleyprobonotes@gmail.com
Mission: Since its founding in 1978, Queer Caucus has worked to eradicate the legal, political, and social oppression of LGBTQ+ people of all backgrounds, and to provide an affirming, supportive base for students of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. This mission is complemented by our commitment to intersectional work and coalition building with a broad spectrum of other student organizations and journals on campus.
Email: berkeleylawqc@gmail.com
Website: https://callink.berkeley.edu/organization/QC
Mission: Berkeley’s South Asian American Law Student Association (SALSA) is a social, academic, professional, community service, and political law student organization. SALSA is dedicated to serving and empowering the South Asian community at Berkeley Law and the Bay Area community at large. SALSA serves to create a safe space for South Asian students to explore their identities, build community, honor their cultural histories, and work for justice for South Asian community and aligned communities. SALSA works closely with other affinity groups and student organizations to coordinate social, educational, and community service events.
Email: salsa@law.berkeley.edu
Mission: TABL was founded in 2020 by transfer students who acknowledged the myriad of challenges transfer students face, and therefore sought to build a community that fosters inclusiveness, well-being, and academic and professional achievement. TABL is committed to addressing the needs of both 2L and 3L transfer students through career and academic advising, mentorship, social activities, networking, and other events and programs.
Email: transfers.berkeleylaw@gmail.com
Mission: UndocuStudents at Berkeley Law seeks to empower undocumented law students pursuing their legal education. UndocuStudents offers resources to assist students with professional opportunities, academics, financial aid, and legal services.
Email: undocustudents@berkeley.edu
Mission: Berkeley Law’s Vietnamese American Law Students (VALS) is an academic, professional, and social law student organization. VALS is dedicated to serving and empowering the Vietnamese American and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities at Berkeley Law and the Bay Area at large. On the whole, VALS’s goal is to promote a greater awareness of the diverse culture, rich history, and current struggles of Vietnamese and Asian Pacific Americans. VALS serves to create a safe space for Vietnamese and AAPI law students to explore their identities, build community, and honor their cultures. VALS also works closely with other affinity groups and student organizations in coordinating various educational and social events.
Email: vals@berkeley.edu
Mission: The Water Law Society at Berkeley Law seeks to engage the student body on increasingly pressing water law issues.
Email: waterlawsymposium@gmail.com
Mission: Women in Tech Law (WiTL) is a student-led organization that strives to recruit, support, and empower women who are interested in pursuing technology law through providing outreach, mentorship, and educational resources.
Email: witl@berkeley.edu
Mission: The Women+ of Color Collective (WOCC+) is dedicated to providing a supportive community space for Asian & Pacific Islander, Black, Latinx, Middle Eastern/North African, Native American, and other women and nonbinary people of color at Berkeley Law.
By providing cultural, social, professional, educational and community service programs, WOCC+ seeks to advance the passions, goals, and needs of women and nonbinary people of color and enrich their educational experiences at Berkeley Law. WOCC+ is committed to working in solidarity with other organizations to promote diversity in Berkeley Law, the legal profession, and beyond.
Email: berkeleylawwocc@gmail.com