Rio, the smartest dog in the world

Labradors don’t have the reputation of being the smartest dogs, but our eight-year-old chocolate lab, Rio, is out to prove ’em wrong. Not only did he figure out how to be rejected by TWO different families as a puppy (for being too energetic) just so he could be found on Craigslist and adopted by us, […]

Tamara Morgenthau

Clinical Teaching Fellow, International Human Rights Law Clinic   Prior to joining the Clinical Program, Tamara Morgenthau was a Bertha Legal Fellow with EarthRights International (ERI) where she worked on transnational corporate accountability cases, supporting communities defending their human rights and their environment. Tamara was also an associate at Lorne Waldman & Associates in Toronto, Canada, where she represented clients […]

Mary Briese Matheron

Senior Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations   Mary Briese Matheron is the Senior Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations at Berkeley Law School, where she leads the team responsible for alumni programming and securing philanthropic support for core operations, such as financial aid and faculty support, transformational programs, and endowment.   Prior […]

Roger Lin

Clinical Supervising Attorney, Environmental Law Clinic   Roger Lin has practiced law in the public interest for over ten years, instructed the Environmental Justice course at Berkeley Law for three years, and will continue to explore the intersection of racial justice and the environment with students in the Clinic.  Roger was formerly a Staff Attorney […]

Jim Gilbert

Director of Executive Education   Jim Gilbert recently joined Berkeley Law and the Berkeley Center for Business and Law as the Director of Executive Education. Prior to joining the law school community, he worked as a marketing and business development consultant in Silicon Valley, held senior management positions at a number of tech startups and worked […]

Madison Farricker

Legal Assistant, Faculty Support Unit   Madison is joining us from the office of Congressman John Garamendi where she served as an administrative assistant working with constituents, and coordinating media appearances and marketing and event functions.  Since 2013, Madison has worked with California Youth & Government as a volunteer advisor with over 400 students annually […]

Latest Faculty News

Sonia Katyal has been selected to participate in the inaugural Berkeley Faculty Leadership Academy in Spring 2019. The Academy is “intended for tenured faculty who are interested in developing skills and knowledge for leadership on the Berkeley campus.” To celebrate world refugee day on June 20, Katerina Linos and her research group launched the web […]

Library Folks & Building Services

Thank you so much to Michael Lindsey, Michael Levy and Ramona Collins of the library.  I’m so happy to have you as my colleagues.  Thank you for all the support you’ve given to the Visiting Scholars Program.  I also want to say thank you to Edwin Bish, gar Russel and Kathleen Vanden Heuvel for the […]

2nd Law School Trivia Night – Monday, September 17th 2018

Hi all, We’re having the 2nd Law School Trivia Night on 09/17/18 in the Warren room. This is pub style trivia where teams of 3 to 5 listen to questions read by a moderator, talk amongst their team, then write down the answers. At the end of each round, the sheets are collected and scored, […]

Welcome to the Registrar

The Registrar’s office maintains the permanent record for Berkeley Law and our students. We are Carol Rachwald (Registrar), Claire Blide, Beth Borowski, Trish Keady (Associate Registrars), and Christin Stella (Assistant Registrar). Together we provide excellent service and official information to students, faculty, staff, alumni, administrators, main campus, and the general public. We collect, protect, and […]