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Meet Admitted
Students at Upcoming Alumni Gatherings
Spend a spring evening with your local alumni community and welcome
students admitted to the class of 2012. Gatherings
will be held April 20 in New York, April 22 in
Washington DC
and May 12 in Los Angeles. Learn more and RSVP here.
April 29
Scholars offer predictions on the Obama Administration in Los Angeles
Join the Cal community for a discussion of
the Obama administration with two of Berkeley's
most prominent economists, Henry Brady and Severin Borenstein on April 29 in Los Angeles. Learn more and RSVP here.
April 30
"Altruism in Times of
Stress and Hardship" in San
Diego
Learn how instincts for good are built into the human
nervous system, and how early childhood environments may affect emotional
resilience well into adulthood from UC Berkeley professors Dacher Keltner and
Darlene Francis. Learn more and RSVP here.
May 7
Boalt and Haas Alumni
Happy Hour in Los Angeles
Stephanie Deaner '95, Faith Jones '08, Hartwell Harris '05 and Yury Kapgan '01 invite you to join them for an after-work gathering with Haas business alums from 6-8 pm at Nick & Stef's in downtown Los Angeles. Learn more and RSVP here.
May 14
Spend an evening with
Boalt's newest faculty in San Francisco
Join alumni and admitted students for a reception with Boalt's newest faculty members Michelle Anderson '04, David Gamage and Mark Gergen. You'll also hear from Susan Whitman, assistant dean of academic planning and curriculum development and Edward Tom, assistant dean of admissions. Learn more and RSVP here.
From Moscow
to Paris -
Spring events for international alumni
Connect with the UC Berkeley community abroad this
spring! Events are planned April 24 in Hong Kong, April 25 in Shanghai, and April 28 in Paris. Check out more information and RSVP here.
And don't miss the annual reunion of Boalt Hall's
international alumni this June in Sardinia,
Italy! Details are available here.
May 20
Dean Edley discusses the Obama Administration in
New York
All UC Berkeley alumni in the New York area are
invited to attend an insiders' conversation about the first 100 days of the Obama
Administration. Boalt Hall Dean Christopher Edley, Jr. and UC Berkeley professor David Romer are
featured speakers, and a networking reception will be held beforehand. Check out all the details and RSVP here.
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Campaign for Boalt Hall half way to its goal!
 Thanks to the tremendous support of alumni, students, faculty and friends, the
law school has reached the halfway point in the $125 million Campaign for Boalt
Hall. More than $63 million has been raised toward funding financial aid
programs, cutting edge research, faculty recruitment and retention and capital
improvements. You can participate in the campaign by clicking here to learn more and to make
your gift!
You can also check out the construction on the new South Addition via this live web cam!
Career Services
announces Career Development Panel
Join the Career Services Office (CDO) for a panel on Career Advancement for In-House and Outside
Counsel on Thursday, April 30, from 10:30 am to noon. This event is presented
by The California
Minority Counsel Program (CMCP) and will be held at the Federal Building
in Oakland.
Panelists include Duane Valz '96, Assistant General Counsel of Global Patents
for Yahoo!, and many senior attorneys from legal departments and large firms. Learn more and RSVP here.
Please also check out the CDO Newswire Blog, updated by
Terry Galligan, Assistant Dean for Career Services.
RSVP now for the May 1 Citation Award Dinner
 Make plans to attend this annual favorite celebrating the achievements of the Boalt
Hall community. The dinner will be held Friday, May 1, in San Francisco, and Stu
Gordon '65, Dick Buxbaum '53 and Laura Parsky '95 will be honored by the alumni
association. Please attend this
annual event for alumni, faculty and friends! Learn more and RSVP here.
Discount hotel rooms
now available for 2009 alumni weekend!
 A limited number of discounted rooms are available at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco
during the All-Alumni Reunion, October 8-11. Reserve
a discounted Palace Hotel room online here
or by calling 1.888.627.7196 before August 1. Please reference "Boalt
Hall.''
Festivities will be held at the hotel on the evenings of
October 8 and 10, and you may find it a convenient spot for your Bay Area
stay. We advise you to book early to
take advantage of the discounted rate, particularly as Fleet Week is scheduled
at this same time.
Check out more All-Alumni Reunion details here.
Alumni
Center Moves to 2850 Telegraph, Berkeley
As of April 13, you can now find the Alumni
Center at 2850 Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. This new site is also home to Admissions, Financial Aid and many of the law
school's research centers. Please stop by and visit us!
Boalt Connections
Join the Boalt
community online:
 Facebook
 Flickr
 LinkedIn
 Twitter
Check out these Boalt blogs:
CDO BCLBE
CLEE
Construction
See live construction progress on the new south addition from Boalt's web cam
here.
The Folk Collection
Freight and Salvage Coffee House - Saturday, April 18 at 8pm
Revisit the '60s and do a good turn for Boalt Hall at the
same time! The Folk Collection,
featuring Boalt Hall's own Ed Labowitz '73, will be playing at the Freight & Salvage Coffee House on Saturday April 18 at 8 p.m. The band will be
singing your favorite songs from the folk era. Travel back in time and sing
along to music by The Kingston Trio, Peter Paul & Mary, John Denver, Gordon
Lightfoot and The Limeliters, just to name a few.
Tickets are $18.50 in advance, and there will be an
opportunity at the door to make a gift to the Boalt Hall Fund, as well. Best of all, Ed has offered to contribute a
matching gift as part of the fundraiser. Freight & Salvage is located at 1111 Addison Street in Berkeley.
For information and reservations, please call (510) 548-1761 or visit http://www.freightandsalvage.org.
For information about the group, visit http://thefolkcollection.com.
To check out the latest at Boalt including
the 2009 All-Alumni Reunion Oct. 8-11 and to make a gift, please visit http://www.law.berkeley.edu/reunion.htm.
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Have you
moved to a new city or job? Do you have a baby on the way? Did you get
a promotion? Keep your fellow alums up-to-date with your important life
changes by submitting a Class Note. We'll publish your news on the web and/or the alumni magazine, Transcript. And if you don't have anything new to report, just browse our Class Notes page.
Rana Awad '04 has become an in-house attorney for NBC Universal's
Television Distribution Group after practicing trademark and copyright law
at Loeb & Loeb and Foley & Larder. As director of Business and Legal
Affairs, Rana drafts and negotiates license agreements in connection with the domestic and international distribution of NBC Universal's film and television content. She enjoys practicing law in-house, as it combines her interests in intellectual property and international business. The work is interesting and challenging and her colleagues are wonderful. Rana presently lives in Southern California with her husband, Akram Awad, who is also an attorney and a mediator.
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