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Alumni Photos
 Bay Area Boalt and Haas alumni gathered recently for a happy hour at Taverna Aventine in San Francisco. View photos of the event here. >> View photos of all alumni events Featured Event Join Boalt Community for CLE Lecture, Gala Reception & Dinner on April 30
Campaign for Boalt Hall Campaign Co-Chairs Announced Three of Boalt's most generous and distinguished supporters will be serving as Campaign for Boalt Hall co-chairs. Elizabeth Cabraser '78, Professor Pam Samuelson and Leo Pircher '57 have agreed to lend their energy and leadership to ensure that the momentum of the campaign continues through the second half to the $125 million goal. Thanks to the generous support of alumni and friends, the campaign has raised over $75 million, or 60 percent of our goal! >> VISIT THE CAMPAIGN WEB SITe 2010 Reunion CampaignOur 0 and 5 alumni are off to a great start with class committees solidifying and reunion gifts coming in. Our esteemed National Reunion Campaign Chairs, Fred Gregory '65 and Doug Wolf '70, anticipate a very successful year and are excited to lead such an outstanding group of fellow alumni. Check out committee lists, donor honor roles, class rosters, and all things reunion here. Reunions will be celebrated at Alumni Weekend on October 2nd. If you graduated in a year ending in 0 or 5 and would like to learn more about how to get involved with your class campaign, please contact Summer Staino at 510.642.9045 or [email protected]. New Alumni Challenge MatchThis unprecedented match, provided by the UC Foundation Board of Trustees, is coming to an end on June 30th. So far in fiscal year 2010, alumni and students from classes of '05 - '10 have made gifts exceeding $38,000, which translates to more than $150,000 in support for Boalt! As we approach the deadline for this remarkable giving opportunity, please support your law school by clicking here and know that this 3:1 match will quadruple the impact of your gift to Boalt. Make your gift today here! Special note to the Class of 2005: As the only reunion class eligible for this match, all gifts count toward your reunion campaign total!
Donor Spotlight:
Liv Hassett '00
"I am so grateful for my Boalt degree. Ten years ago, I really had no idea where I would be now. Nor did I really understand the privilege of attending Boalt. Today, I can see that my Boalt degree has gotten my foot in the door many, many times. I can appreciate the incredible education. I look back in awe at the times I sat in those big, old classrooms, surrounded by the fearsome brainpower of my classmates and our professors. I am so excited to celebrate our reunion and attend some of the very cool events coming up. We need to step up big with our class gifts. These are tough times, and Boalt needs us to give back." UCBF Award Winners In 1979, the University of California, Berkeley Foundation established a formal awards program to recognize outstanding volunteer work in the various fundraising efforts on campus. Boalt Hall would like to acknowledge and congratulate three of our alumni who received the awards: Ted Lee '59 Benson Cohen '04 & Alisa Nave '04 Alumni Center News
Network Through Boalt's Online Communities
Looking for a new job? Check out the Boalt alumni group on LinkedIn! Be in touch with over 1,000 members, post notes on the discussion board, and network! You can also stay connected to the Boalt alumni community through Facebook, Flickr and Twitter. School News
Human Rights Center Finds New Home at Boalt
Boalt's highly regarded Environmental Law program--the first in the country--has another feather in its cap this month after U.S. News and World Report ranked it the third-best environmental law program in the country. Founded by Professor Dan Farber, the program jumped up two spots in the rankings this year from number five in 2009. "It's great to see that the strength of our program is getting national recognition,'' Farber said. "This ranking is the fruit of a lot of hard work by our environmental law faculty and our new projects such as the Legal Planet blog, which has had over a quarter million viewings in its first year." Meanwhile, Boalt's Intellectual Property Program is back in the top spot. The magazine ranked the IP program number one in the country. This is the 12th time in the past 13 years that Boalt has had the top IP program among law schools. >> Alum Andrew T. Hayashi '08 writes about his boalt experience Atteeyah Hollie '10 Wins Sax Prize for Clinical Advocacy At a luncheon April 19, Atteeyah Hollie '10 received the Brian M. Sax Prize for Excellence in Clinical Advocacy. The prize is awarded annually to the graduating Boalt student who has best displayed excellence in advocacy and professional judgment on behalf of clients while participating in a legal clinic. At the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC), Hollie worked in the Clean Slate Practice providing legal services to low-income individuals with criminal records who are attempting to fully reenter society as productive members. At the Death Penalty Clinic, her work on an Alabama case focused on developing a claim against the prosecutor for using the majority of his peremptory challenges against prospective women jurors. A faculty committee selected Hollie from a group of nominees from Boalt's various clinics. Honorable mention went to Suzanne Martindale '10 for defending evictions and promoting housing rights at EBCLC's Housing Practice, Maile Padilla '10 for developing a client's life history at the Death Penalty Clinic, and Shane Witnov '10 for his work regarding law enforcement surveillance of social networking sites and online media privacy at the Samuelson Technology Law & Public Policy Clinic. LL.M Program Growing BrisklyBoalt Hall's LL.M. program is hitting new heights. For the 2010-2011 academic year, the program has surpassed its requested yield of 135 students, as 137 have been confirmed with more offers pending. Meanwhile, the Summer LL.M. program is preparing to welcome 38 new students--exactly double the size of last summer's inaugural class, which included 19 students from 12 countries. Those students will all soon return, and Boalt is scheduled to graduate its first Summer LL.M. class on July 30. Faculty In the NewsChris Hoofnagle to Help Issue Grants for Study of Online Privacy Boalt's Chris Hoofnagle has been tapped to serve on the three-member board of the new Digital Trust Foundation, which will issue more than $6 million in grants to organizations that study online privacy. The foundation was created as part of a $9.5-million settlement of a class action lawsuit that targeted Facebook's Beacon program, which published information about Facebook users' buying habits. Read more here. Ask the Archivist Women at BoaltQ: When did Boalt Hall first start admitting women to the law school? A: Unlike Hastings, which at first had a men-only admissions policy, the law program at Berkeley has always been coeducational -- though that gender-neutral admissions policy did not go unchallenged. Continue reading.
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