By the Numbers

30

Research institutes and centers

14

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

Meet Layla Yousef ’27, a first-year student already making waves in international law and human rights. From her undergraduate research on global security at Johns Hopkins to earning a geopolitics and diplomacy certification at Oxford, from interning with the U.S. Senate to working alongside United Nations experts in Geneva, Layla brings remarkable dedication to everything she does—including playing on Egypt’s national women’s soccer team! Discover how she’s charting a new course at Berkeley Law—as co-editor-in-chief, student leader, and advocate for inclusive global frameworks. Read her story now. #BerkeleyLaw #InternationalLaw #HumanRights #GlobalLeadership #UN #WomenInLaw #StudentSpotlight

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Meet Layla Yousef ’27, a first-year student already making waves in international law and human rights. From her undergraduate research on global security at Johns Hopkins to earning a geopolitics and diplomacy certification at Oxford, from interning with the U.S. Senate to working alongside United Nations experts in Geneva, Layla brings remarkable dedication to everything she does—including playing on Egypt’s …

Meet Layla Yousef ’27, a first-year student already making waves in international law and human rights. From her undergraduate research on global security at Johns Hopkins to earning a geopolitics and diplomacy certification at Oxford, from interning with the U.S. Senate to working alongside United Nations experts in Geneva, Layla brings remarkable dedication to everything she does—including playing on Egypt’s national women’s soccer team! Discover how she’s charting a new course at Berkeley Law—as co-editor-in-chief, student leader, and advocate for inclusive global frameworks. Read her story now.

#BerkeleyLaw #InternationalLaw #HumanRights #GlobalLeadership #UN #WomenInLaw #StudentSpotlight

Can the president shut down a federal agency? In this “It’s the Law” episode, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky lays out the constitutional facts—no opinions, just what the law actually says—on the scope of executive power and separation of powers. #ItsTheLaw #ExecutivePower #SeparationOfPowers #ConstitutionalLaw #SCOTUS #BerkeleyLaw

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Can the president shut down a federal agency? In this “It’s the Law” episode, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky lays out the constitutional facts—no opinions, just what the law actually says—on the scope of executive power and separation of powers.

#ItsTheLaw #ExecutivePower #SeparationOfPowers #ConstitutionalLaw #SCOTUS #BerkeleyLaw

Welcome back to another Asked and Answered with Ava! Today, @owenknapperjr, @asucsenatorknapper and @avafreeman05 asked law school students about their different pathways to law school. There truly is no conventional path! Got a question? Send us a DM.

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Welcome back to another Asked and Answered with Ava! Today, @owenknapperjr, @asucsenatorknapper and @avafreeman05 asked law school students about their different pathways to law school. There truly is no conventional path!

Got a question? Send us a DM.

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