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June 24 - Tonight!
Judges Panel with Alumni and Students in San Francisco
Distinguished jurists Kathryn Werdegar '62, California State Supreme Court Justice; Charles Breyer '66, U. S. District Court Judge, Northern District; Jon Tigar '89, Alameda Superior Court Judge; and Claudia Wilken '75, U.S. District Court Judge, Northern District, discuss their careers on the bench for alumni and students. The event will be held from 6-8 p.m. and is hosted by Nan Joesten '97 at her firm Farella Braun + Martel, Russ Building, 235 Montgomery Street, 17th floor, San Francisco.RSVP now by emailing rsvp@law.berkeley.edu or calling 510.643.6673.
June 25
Judges Panel with Alumni and Students in Los Angeles
Distinguished jurists Rosalyn Chapman '67, U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge, Central District; Dalila Corral Lyons '84, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge; Thomas Donovan '62, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge, Central District; Dick Fruin '65, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge; and Arthur Gilbert '63, California Court of Appeals Presiding Justice, Second District, discuss their careers on the bench for alumni and students. The event will be held from 6-8 p.m. and is hosted by Jay Shafran '63 at his firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, 601 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2500, downtown Los Angeles. RSVP by emailing rsvp@law.berkeley.edu or calling 510.643.6673.
July 28
Boalt Hall Women's Reception in Los Angeles
California State Bar President Holly Fujie '78 and Professor Eleanor Swift are featured guests at a reception celebrating the women of Boalt Hall. Alumnae and students should attend to develop mentorships, build professional networks and create new friendships. The event will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, July 28, at Bingham McCutchen's downtown office located at 355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 4400. The event is hosted by Debra Fischer '89, Hartwell Harris '05, Mary Ellen Kanoff '84, Jane Goichman '69, Gail Title '70, Judge Diane Wheatley '74. RSVP by emailing rsvp@law.berkeley.edu or calling 510.643.6673.
July 31
Alumni Reception at the American Bar Association
Annual Meeting in Chicago
The annual meeting of the ABA is a great opportunity to catch up with alumni across the country. Please make plans to stop by the Boalt Hall alumni reception on Friday, July 31. More details coming soon!
September 10
Alumni Reception at the California
State Bar Annual Meeting in San Diego
Save the date! More details
coming soon.
October 8-11
All-Alumni Reunion
- Discount hotel rooms still 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.
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James McManis '67 Named President of the Boalt Hall Alumni Association
 James McManis '67 has succeeded Nan Joesten '97 as president of the Boalt Hall Hall Alumni Association. Jim has been a member of the alumni board since 2002, and among his many leadership roles on campus, he served previously as chair of the reunion campaigns (2007) and chair of the Boalt Hall Fund (2005). New members to the BHAA Board of Directors include Greg Broome '90, Gail Dolton '86, Hector Huezo '08, John Kuo '88, Mark Lubin '77, Jay Shafran '63, Gail Title '70, Diane Yu '77 and Mitchell Zuklie '96. Check out a complete roster of the 2009-2010 alumni board here.
A tremendous thanks is owed to Nan and newly retired board members Ray
Amanquah '99, Jeff Bleich '89, Karen Boyd '96, David
Djavaherian '99, Jami Floyd '89, Alex Hehmeyer '67, Beth Karren '66 and Adam Sachs '86.
Make Your Annual Gift Before June 30th!
June is the last month of Boalt Hall's fiscal year, and a time when
hundreds of
alumni and friends make their gifts to the law school. This year, the
news of
ambitious increases in financial support for students for the next
academic
year is motivating donors to help. So far this fiscal year, almost 3000
alumni
and friends have made a gift to Boalt. If you've already made a gift
this year,
thank you! If you haven't yet made your
gift, to keep pace with last year's participation rate, we need your
gift by
Tuesday, June 30. Please visit http://give.law.berkeley.edu to give now!
New Issue of Transcript Magazine Headed Your Way
 Pop Quiz!
1. Which
Boalt alumna is still practicing law well into her eighties?
2. When's
the earliest that the Arctic could
experience ice-free summers (and what the heck does that have to do with
Boalt)?
3. Which
of Boalt's clinical programs is entering its third decade of service to
the community?
4. How
can someone simultaneously be a top member of UC Berkeley's men's gymnastic
team and a Boalt 1L?
5. What
pastime is Dean Edley too busy to pursue?
Extra credit: Why is your support
of Boalt's financial aid program so important?
Find the answer to these and many other pressing questions
in the upcoming issue of Transcript-Boalt
Hall's alumni magazine-coming to your mailbox soon!
August 1 Accelerated LLM Admissions Deadline
There is still time to apply for Boalt Hall's accelerated summer LL.M. program. In the new program, students earn their LL.M. degree over two consecutive summer sessions of 10 weeks each and are eligible to sit for the California Bar Exam. The condensed schedule is ideal for foreign educated lawyers who prefer not to leave their jobs or families for a single nine-month stretch. More information is here.
The Career Development Office Wants to Hear From You
Please contact Boalt's Career Development Office if you or your organization would like to be included in a directory of employment resources available to students and alumni. Just email career@law.berkeley.edu or call 510.642.4567.
Want to Teach Law? Attend the Boalt Boot Camp
Thinking about a career in law
teaching? Planning to go "on the market" this fall or the next? If you are a
Berkeley Law alum interested in a teaching career-whether you're committed,
or just curious-you are invited to the third annual "Boalt Boot Camp,"
sponsored by the Boalt Academic Placement Committee.
The BBC is a free, day-long
workshop on how to get a tenure-track academic job in law, to be held August 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the
Dean's Seminar Room at Boalt. The workshop includes information on how to
prepare for a teaching career, what to expect at the American Association of
Law Schools hiring conference, "job talk" do's and don'ts, and more - including
a mock job talk and mock interview in front of Boalt faculty, who will
participate in character and then offer constructive suggestions.
For those of you who are already
definitely committed to a law teaching career, and who plan to go on the market
this fall, we also offer an evening mini-workshop on how to navigate the
intricacies of the Faculty Appointments Register (FAR) form. Filling out this
online form, which is distributed to all law schools belonging to the American
Association of Law Schools (AALS), is the first step to an entry-level teaching
job. This workshop will be held July 14,
from 6-8 p.m., in room 111 at Boalt.
If you are interested in
attending the August BBC, the July FAR workshop, or both, please send an email
to Professor Angela Harris, aharris@law.berkeley.edu.
In your email, please let us know (1) your year of graduation from Boalt; (2) your research and teaching interests; (3) what year you plan to apply
for law school teaching jobs, if you've decided; and (4) whether you would also
like to be added to the BBC email list to be notified of academic job listings,
future BBC events, and more.
Boalt Connections
Join the Boalt
community online:
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Check out these Boalt blogs:
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Construction
See live construction progress on the new south addition from Boalt's web cam
here.
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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.
Naomi Vargas Banker '80 passed away on Monday, May 18, 2009 at the age of 54. Naomi will be greatly missed by the Boalt community. She is survived by her sons Alex, a sophomore at UCSB, and Nick, a sophomore in high school. See full obituary here.
Jeff Bleich '89 has been asked to provide legal advice and counsel to President Barack Obama. He will be on leave from Munger, Tolles & Olson, where he is a partner, while serving as Special Counsel to the Office of the President.
Jeff Falt '69 has worked for several decades in developing, war-torn countries of Asia, Latin America, and Africa to reestablish the rule of law and promote access to justice for disadvantaged groups. He and his wife, Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, now write. heir 2008 novel, The Green-Eyed Lama, won best book of the year in Mongolia, where they reside. The Green-Eyed Lama is the story of the people caught up in the 1937 Stalinist purge of Buddhism in Mongolia. Jeff and Oyungerel are now looking to publish it in the U.S., probably under the title Shadow of the Red Star.
Kenneth Kahn '65 passed away on Wednesday, May 27, as a result of injuries he sustained from a fall while climbing at Machu Picchu, Peru. Kenny was a unique and well-loved member of the class of 1965. He will be very much missed. See full obituary here.
Yuichiro Tsuji '05 is working with high court judges from Thailand, including Comwatchara Iangong '07, Judge of the Office of the President of Thailand's Supreme Court.
Check out what many more of your classmates are up to and submit your own announcement here.
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