UC Berkeley (Boalt Hall) Law Class of 2018
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 10:24 pm
Welcome Boalt Class of 2018!
Berkeley has their own flickr that seems to be regularly updated. Peep the pics below:
2014 Admit Day: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29370912@ ... 553344402/
Berkeley Law Life: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29370912@ ... 936345102/
2014 Scholarship Luncheon: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29370912@ ... 272756312/
Faculty Responses to Brown and Garner Cases: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29370912@ ... 706106102/
Thank you to jemthey17 for help gathering information!
Key Dates
Need-based Financial Aid: Apply by March 2, 2015
Admitted Students Weekend: March 12-14, 2015
First Admissions Response Form: April 15, 2015
Final Admissions Response Form: June 1, 2015
Statement of Legal Resident: June 1, 2015
1L Orientation: August 21, 2015
Classes Begin: August 24, 2015
Links
Admitted Students Website: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/admitted.htm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Berkeley ... 9436858124
Twitter: https://twitter.com/berkeleylawnews
Housing: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/433.htm
Financial Aid: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/finaid.htm
FinAid Blog: http://finaid.berkeleylawblogs.org/
Accepted Students Weekend: March 12-14 (Thu-Sat)
Travel Stipend (air only):
Where to Stay (ask for Berkeley discount): http://www.law.berkeley.edu/142.htm
Events
Thursday:
There are also regional receptions:
Offers are typically extended beginning in early March and until the final response deadline in June or until the available funds are exhausted.
Scholarship Matching Program (participating schools):
Other Scholarships:
In general, the awards range from $15,000 - $75,000 ($5,000 - $25,000 per year). Full tuition scholarships are exceedingly rare. Apply with your Scholarship Interest Form on the Accepted Students website
Previous Examples:
Graduate Housing Website with pictures and details: http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livinga ... dents.html
Single Students: Manville Apartments (12 month lease)
Manville Apartments is located three blocks from the southwestern corner of campus at Shattuck Avenue and Channing Way, Manville apartments is reserved for law and graduate students. The secured complex includes 132 small, unfurnished, single-occupancy studio apartments.
2014-2015 Rates:
Jackson Graduate House is located one block from the campus. The newly constructed complex offers space for 120 students in 2,3,4,5 and 6 bedroom shared apartments. Jackson House is considered "off campus" for budgetary purposes with the Financial Aid office.
2014-2015 Rates:
University Village Apartments (UVA) is a 58-acre complex with 974 1/2/3 BR apartments, and 2BR townhouses, located 4 miles west of the campus. UVA has its own recreational & community center, a café, laundry rooms, and child care center.
2014-2015 rental rates for Family Student Housing are $1337, $1597 and $1818 respectively for 1, 2 and 3 BR apartments in the new West Village, and $1733 to $2059 for 2 and 3 BR flats and townhouses in the recent East Village. Includes all utilities (except telephone service), and a parking space.
Other Options
International House
Berkeley Student Cooperative
Off-Campus
The following are typical monthly rent ranges for apartments and houses in Berkeley and the surrounding areas:
$812 average cost 2013 - Room in shared apartment or house
$1,250 average cost 2013 - Studio apartment
$1,600 average cost 2013 - 1BR apartment
$2,400 average cost 2013 - 2BR apartment or house
$3,500 average cost 2013 - 3BR or larger house (rare)
Summer Housing
Located in a residence hall near campus. Until mid-August, you can rent a single room for one or two people for approximately $65 per room per night, with a discounted weekly rate.
Transportation
UC Berkeley runs a campus shuttle service, with routes that connect with city bus stops and the downtown Berkeley subway (BART) station. And, remember, with the appropriate sticker, your Cal student ID Card entitles you to free rides on local buses so you need to confine your housing search to the immediate campus vicinity.
Academics
Grading
Seminars have special rules.
Graduation Requirements
This will be updated with more information. This was just to get a thread going. Please let me know if there's info to add or any errors. Thanks!
Berkeley has their own flickr that seems to be regularly updated. Peep the pics below:
2014 Admit Day: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29370912@ ... 553344402/
Berkeley Law Life: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29370912@ ... 936345102/
2014 Scholarship Luncheon: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29370912@ ... 272756312/
Faculty Responses to Brown and Garner Cases: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29370912@ ... 706106102/
Thank you to jemthey17 for help gathering information!
Key Dates
Need-based Financial Aid: Apply by March 2, 2015
Admitted Students Weekend: March 12-14, 2015
First Admissions Response Form: April 15, 2015
Final Admissions Response Form: June 1, 2015
Statement of Legal Resident: June 1, 2015
1L Orientation: August 21, 2015
Classes Begin: August 24, 2015
Links
Admitted Students Website: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/admitted.htm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Berkeley ... 9436858124
Twitter: https://twitter.com/berkeleylawnews
Housing: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/433.htm
Financial Aid: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/finaid.htm
FinAid Blog: http://finaid.berkeleylawblogs.org/
Accepted Students Weekend: March 12-14 (Thu-Sat)
Travel Stipend (air only):
- In-state: $150
- Out-of-State: $300
Where to Stay (ask for Berkeley discount): http://www.law.berkeley.edu/142.htm
Events
Thursday:
- Programming begins at 12:30pm
Check in at the Morrison Foerster Room as early as 10am (“MoFo room” in Simon Hall). Luggage storage available. Enter Simon Hall at corner of Piedmont Avenue & Bancroft Way.
Pick up your name badge (you’ll need it!) and learn your “Mock Module” assignment.
12-2 pm: Lunch with members of the faculty (Goldberg Room, Steinhart Courtyard).
2:15-5:30 pm: Choose from a variety of afternoon options:- Observe a class in session.
Tour the Berkeley Campus.
Dean Tom answers your questions.
Relax and meet your fellow admitted students.
Take care of business – pick up your travel stipend card, learn about financial aid, etc.
Available all day: Financial aid counseling by appointment (396 Simon). Travel stipend distribution (393 Simon).
Programming ends at 7:00pm
“The Hungry Games” – Meals by local neighborhoods (dinner on your own or with new friends).
5:30-8:30 pm: Choose from a variety of evening options:- 5:30-7 pm: Wrap up with our Celebrate Diversity Reception at the University Club in Memorial Stadium
6-8 pm: Berkeley Business Law Happy Hour
6:30-8:30 pm: BJSA Welcome Event
6:30-8:30 pm: FGP Welcome Dinner
6:30-8 pm: Veteran/Military Meet & Greet
7:30-8 pm: WOCC Dinner
- Observe a class in session.
- Programming begins at 8:30am
Check in at Donor Lobby. Luggage storage available (MoFo room).
If you haven’t already, pick up your name badge and learn your “Mock Module” assignment.
8:30 am: We provide a light breakfast in Steinhart Courtyard.
8:30 am-4 pm:- Convene for welcome remarks in Booth Auditorium.
Concurrent sessions (financial aid and scholarships, student life, hands-on learning, curricular interest areas, career development options, LRAP, etc.).
Experience life as a 1L and head to a mock first-year class. Expect a reading assignment!
Criminal Law taught by Professor Melissa Murray
Property Law taught by Professor Molly S. Van Houweling
Lunch with current students and members of your Mock Mod. Concurrent building tours available (Locations TBA).
More concurrent sessions (financial aid and scholarships, student life, hands-on learning, curricular interest areas, career development options, LRAP, etc.)
Pick up stored luggage by 5:30pm.
Available all day: Financial aid counseling by appointment (396 Simon). Travel stipend distribution (393 Simon).
Programming ends at 5:30pm
Dinner on your own or join an activity:- 5-9 pm: BHWA Happy Hour, BJIL Welcome BBQ, Dinner with Boalt Catholic Community, BTLJ Happy Hour, BJELL Happy Hour, AAPI Dinner, MELSA Dinner, La Raza Welcome, and Criminal Law Journal Happy Hour.
- Convene for welcome remarks in Booth Auditorium.
- 10:00am-Noon: Alumni Brunch Mixer (Steinhart Courtyard)
10:00am-1:00pm: Supplemental financial aid advising (by appointment) (396 Simon Hall).
Student-organized activities may be available (e.g., Gender Journal picnic, All-Enviro Berkeley Hills hike, CFD picnic, etc.). A complete list of your options will be available on the Admitted Students Website and distributed with registration materials.
Explore the Bay Area on your own – we’ve got it all. A list of suggestions will be included with your registration materials.
There are also regional receptions:
- LA: March 19th
DC: March 31st
NYC: April 2nd
SanFran: TBD
- Tuition (CA): 48,066
- Tuition (Nonres – 1st year only): 52,024
- Housing & Food: 18,560
- Books & Supplies: 1,544
- Personal: 1,480
- Transportation: 3,002
Offers are typically extended beginning in early March and until the final response deadline in June or until the available funds are exhausted.
Scholarship Matching Program (participating schools):
- Columbia University
Cornell University
Duke University
Harvard University
New York University
Stanford University
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University
Other Scholarships:
In general, the awards range from $15,000 - $75,000 ($5,000 - $25,000 per year). Full tuition scholarships are exceedingly rare. Apply with your Scholarship Interest Form on the Accepted Students website
Previous Examples:
- Berkeley Law Dean's Fellowship: Typically $30,000-$75,000 (awarded as $10,000-$25,000 per year
Philip S. Ehrlich Public Service Loan-Grant: Typically $60,000 (awarded as $20,000 per year)
S.K. Yee Fellowship: Typically $15,000 (awarded as $5,000 per year)
Larry L. Hillblom Fellowship: Typically $30,000 (awarded as $10,000 per year)
Billie & Adrian Kragen Scholarship: Typically $15,000 (awarded as $5,000 per year)
Ralph Eltse Memorial Scholarship: Typically $30,000 (awarded as $10,000 per year)
Graduate Opportunity Program Scholarship: Award typically provides full fees plus a $10,000 living expense stipend for the first year only.
Graduate Housing Website with pictures and details: http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livinga ... dents.html
Single Students: Manville Apartments (12 month lease)
Manville Apartments is located three blocks from the southwestern corner of campus at Shattuck Avenue and Channing Way, Manville apartments is reserved for law and graduate students. The secured complex includes 132 small, unfurnished, single-occupancy studio apartments.
2014-2015 Rates:
- Standard Apartment= 1,082
- Apartment with Bay view= 1,118
- Apartment with deck= 1,118
- Apartment with courtyard access= 1,118
Jackson Graduate House is located one block from the campus. The newly constructed complex offers space for 120 students in 2,3,4,5 and 6 bedroom shared apartments. Jackson House is considered "off campus" for budgetary purposes with the Financial Aid office.
2014-2015 Rates:
- 2 BR= 1,167
- 3 BR= 1, 123
- 4 BR= 1,110
- 5 BR= 1,049
- 6 BR= 992
University Village Apartments (UVA) is a 58-acre complex with 974 1/2/3 BR apartments, and 2BR townhouses, located 4 miles west of the campus. UVA has its own recreational & community center, a café, laundry rooms, and child care center.
2014-2015 rental rates for Family Student Housing are $1337, $1597 and $1818 respectively for 1, 2 and 3 BR apartments in the new West Village, and $1733 to $2059 for 2 and 3 BR flats and townhouses in the recent East Village. Includes all utilities (except telephone service), and a parking space.
Other Options
International House
Berkeley Student Cooperative
Off-Campus
The following are typical monthly rent ranges for apartments and houses in Berkeley and the surrounding areas:
$812 average cost 2013 - Room in shared apartment or house
$1,250 average cost 2013 - Studio apartment
$1,600 average cost 2013 - 1BR apartment
$2,400 average cost 2013 - 2BR apartment or house
$3,500 average cost 2013 - 3BR or larger house (rare)
Summer Housing
Located in a residence hall near campus. Until mid-August, you can rent a single room for one or two people for approximately $65 per room per night, with a discounted weekly rate.
Transportation
UC Berkeley runs a campus shuttle service, with routes that connect with city bus stops and the downtown Berkeley subway (BART) station. And, remember, with the appropriate sticker, your Cal student ID Card entitles you to free rides on local buses so you need to confine your housing search to the immediate campus vicinity.
Academics
Grading
- High Honors (HH): 10% 1L, 10-15% 2/3L
Honors (H): 30% 1L, 25-30% 2/3L
Pass (P)
Substandard Pass (PC)
Fail/No Credit (NC)
Seminars have special rules.
Graduation Requirements
- 1L Curriculum
Professional Responsibility course
Constitutional Law 220.6
Writing requirement
Professional Skills course (options)
- Clean Technology Law
Environmental Law
Law and Technology
- Death Penalty
East Bay Community Law Center
International Human Rights Law
Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy
- California Law Review (not open to 1Ls)
Website: http://www.californialawreview.org/
Ecology Law Quarterly
Website: Http://Www.Boalt.Org/Elq/
Berkeley Technology Law Journal
Website: Http://Www.Btlj.Boalt.Org/
Berkeley Journal Of Employment And Labor Law
Website: Http://Www.Bjell.Org/
Berkeley Journal Of International Law
Website: Http://Scholarship.Law.Berkeley.Edu/Bjil/
Berkeley Journal Of Gender, Law & Justice
Website: Http://Genderlawjustice.Berkeley.Edu/
Berkeley Journal Of African American Law & Policy
Berkeley La Raza Journal
Website: Http://Www.Boalt.Org/Lrlj/
Asian American Law Journal
Website: Http://Www.Boalt.Org/Aalj/
Berkeley Journal Of Criminal Law
Website: Http://Www.Bjcl.Org/
Berkeley Business Law Journal
Website: Http://Businesslawjournal.Org/
Berkeley Journal Of Middle Eastern & Islamic Law
Website: Http://Scholarship.Law.Berkeley.Edu/Jmeil/
Berkeley Journal Of Entertainment & Sports Law
Website: Http://Www.Bjesl.Net/
This will be updated with more information. This was just to get a thread going. Please let me know if there's info to add or any errors. Thanks!
