We’re holding our second Law School Trivia Night on 9/18/18 in the Warren room from 5:30 to 8 PM! Help dethrone the current champions Consumed and rescue the Trivia Cup from the clutches of the Dean’s Office! Family, friends, and ringers welcome! Sign up at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L5YcBaE8gWhg16toz9FbeBg6w82DqV6cO3_pulOTZ2Y/edit?usp=sharing
Casual Mailing List
Are you looking for someone to play tennis with during lunch? Find a cinephile to go watch a Kubrick retrospective at bampfa? Arrange a group constitutional around campus? Find out about events involving law school people that isn’t necessarily law school related? Join the casual mailing list – casual@law.berkeley.edu. As an opt-in list, it emphasizes the […]
Tips and Tricks
Did you know that UC employees are able to buy discounted tickets to places like the Monterey Bay Aquarium and SHN Broadway Musicals in San Francisco? Check out https://www.ucop.edu/local-human-resources/op-life/employee-discounts/ for a list. Also, don’t forget to check out the UC Berkeley-specific perks at https://hr.berkeley.edu/compensation-benefits/perks
Professor Robert Cooter honored at the Berkeley Law Citation Award Celebration
Bob Cooter received the Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award at the Citation Award Celebration last month. Alumni Noel Nellis ’66 and Quyen Ta ’03 received the Citation Award and the Young Alumni Award, respectively. When Dean Erwin Chemerinsky presented the award to Professor Cooter, he declared that, “If there was a Hall of Fame for law […]
Trivia Night Winners and Save-the-date
Congratulations to the winners of the June Berkeley Law Trivia Contest! Team Consumed took first place with 105 points. La Copa Trivial came in second with 101, while Keep Planking RBG was third with 100. Save the date XXXX, September XX, for the next contest!
Last Minute Heroes
Roberto Contreras and Jairus Chappell totally bailed us out. We had some furniture arrive unexpectedly and we needed help getting the old furniture out of the space. Without any notice, Roberto and Jairus stopped by and took care of everything! They were super friendly, helpful, and responsive – we’re so lucky to have them at […]
Fun times had playing trivia!
Thanks to Montie and Patricia for hosting and monitoring Berkeley Law’s first ever trivia night! Even though I had to leave early, I had a fun time. I hope we can do this twice a year or something like that. It was a great opportunity to build community. Hopefully more faculty will join in on […]
Laurie La Pointe
NAME Lauri La Pointe EMAIL Lauri@berkeley.edu DEPARTMENT/UNIT Legal Studies TITLE Student Academic Advisor WHEN I STARTED WORKING HERE: I started working for Legal Studies Fall 2006, before that in Molecular & Cell Biology beginning Summer 1999 and before that at the Office of the President in Oakland beginning Summer 1996. WHAT I DO IN FIVE […]
Berkeley Law Trivia Contest – June 28th, 2018
Pub Trivia style trivia for staff, faculty, and friends! Win prizes (maybe), have fun (probably), and show your triviality (definitely)! Final details are still being worked out, but it is scheduled for June 28th, 2018 5:30 to 7:45ish at the law school. This will be team based trivia, where the MC (Montie) will read out […]
Julie Lai Bio
NAME Julia Lai EMAIL julialai@berkeley.edu MY ROLE: Staff DEPARTMENT/UNIT Finance TITLE Research Administrator WHEN I STARTED WORKING HERE: 2005 at UCB (January 2018 at the Law School) WHAT I DO IN FIVE WORDS OR LESS: Gardening, cooking, eating, and traveling. THE BEST PART ABOUT WORKING HERE: The Law School management gives me opportunities to learn, […]