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University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Established: 1894
Type: Public
Dean: Christopher Edley, Jr.
Students: 925
Location: Berkeley, California, USA
Campus: urban
Website: http://www.law.berkeley.edu

The University of California, Berkeley School of Law, commonly referred to as Berkeley Law and Boalt Hall, is one of 14 schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A public university is a University that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government as opposed to private universities. In Academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit or over a specific area of concern or both Christopher Edley Jr (born 1951 is Dean of the University of California Berkeley School of Law ( Boalt Hall) The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley Boalt Hall is consistently ranked both as one of the top 10 law schools and the top three public law schools in the United States,[1] making it one of the most elite law schools in the country. A law school (also known as a school of law or college of law) is an institution specializing in Legal education. Over the past several years, Boalt Hall has had an acceptance rate of around 10%, the lowest of any law school in the United States except Yale Law School and Stanford Law School. Yale Law School, or YLS, is the Law school of Yale University in New Haven Connecticut. Stanford Law School is a graduate school at Stanford University located near Palo Alto California, United States, in Silicon Valley Admitted applicants generally have an undergraduate GPA of between 3. In Education, a grade (or mark is a teacher's standardized Evaluation of a Student 's work 7 and 3. 9 and a Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score of between 163 and 170 (90th and 98th percentile of all test-takers). The Law School Admission Test ( LSAT) is an examination administered by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC that attempts to measure logical and verbal reasoning The 2009 U.S. News & World Report ranked Boalt Hall sixth overall among all law schools in the country. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D [2] Boalt Hall is renowned for having what is regarded as the best intellectual property program in the world, a discipline in which it has held the top spot in the U. Intellectual property ( IP) is a legal field that refers to creations of the mind such as musical literary and artistic works inventions and symbols names S. News and World Report rankings for 11 years running. [3][4]

In April 2008, the law school's name was officially changed to "UC Berkeley School of Law", with "Berkeley Law" as its shortened form, in order to more closely tie the law school's name with the campus upon which it resides. It is expected that this move will increase the law school's prestige since people will now associate it with the world-renowned Berkeley campus. [5][6]

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History

Boalt Hall
Boalt Hall

The Department of Jurisprudence was founded at Berkeley in 1894. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1913, the department was elevated to the School of Jurisprudence, which was then renamed the School of Law in 1951. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January

The School was originally located in the center of the main UC Berkeley campus in the Boalt Memorial Hall of Law, built in 1911 with funds largely from Elizabeth Josselyn Boalt donated in memory of her late husband, John Henry Boalt. John Henry Boalt ( March 29, 1837 in Norwalk Ohio - May 9, 1901 in Cloverdale California) was an attorney who resided In 1951, the School moved to its current location in the new Boalt Hall, at the southeast corner of the campus, and the old Boalt Hall was renamed Durant Hall. The current structure is notorious for its bland architecture:

“ At its best, Boalt Hall has the comfort of an old couch—it's a serviceable place one can sink into without having to worry about ruining the upholstery. And at its worst, Boalt Hall is still an adequate facility, even if it is downright homely. Inside the building, spareness predominates, and the clearest design message is that this is a state university. [7] ”

Academics

Boalt Hall's law library was expanded in 1996 with the North Addition, pictured above.
Boalt Hall's law library was expanded in 1996 with the North Addition, pictured above.

Boalt Hall has approximately 850 J.D. students, 30 students in the LL.M. and J.S.D. programs, and 45 students in the Ph.D. program in Jurisprudence and Social Policy. Juris Doctor (abbreviated JD or JD, from the Latin, Teacher of Law) is a first professional graduate degree and Professional The Master of Laws is an advanced Academic degree, or research degree and is commonly abbreviated LL Doctor of Laws ( Latin: Legum Doctor, LLD) is a Doctorate -level Academic degree in Law. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. The School also features specialized curricular programs in Business, Law and Economics, Comparative Legal Studies, Environmental Law, International Legal Studies, Law and Technology, and Social Justice.

The JD program's admissions process is highly selective. Boalt Hall is known to value high undergraduate GPAs, perhaps even more than high LSAT scores (whereas the opposite is considered the norm at other top law schools). According to U. S. News and World Report, Boalt has the third-lowest acceptance rate among American law schools; approximately 10% of applicants are admitted.

The teaching style of Boalt's conservative faculty relies heavily on chains of questions for the students to answer in class, a standard curriculum, and a "stone-heavy work load. "[8]

Boalt's grading system for the JD program is unusual among law schools. Students are graded on a High Honors (HH), Honors (H), and Pass (P) scale. [9] Approximately 60% of the students in each class receive a grade of Pass, 30% receive a grade of Honors, and the highest 10% receive a grade of High Honors; lower grades of Substandard Pass (or Pass Conditional, abbreviated PC) and No Credit (NC) may be awarded at the discretion of professors. The top student in each class or section receives the Jurisprudence Award, while the second-place student receives the Prosser Prize.

When calculating grade-point averages (GPAs), which determine admission to the Order of the Coif and class ranks, a Pass grade is worth 2 points, an Honors grade is worth 3 points, and a High Honors grade is worth 5 points. The Order of the Coif is an Honor society for United States law school graduates (Boalt makes class ranks available to JD students only for the purpose of applying to judicial clerkships and academic positions. )

For a typical class in the JD program, the average age of admitted students is 24 years old, over a range of ages from 20 to 48 years old. Approximately 88% of JD students receive financial aid. As state institutions, Boalt and UCLA had the lowest tuition of the top 15 law schools in the country in 2005. The tuition for the 2006-07 school year is $25,380. 00 for California residents ($37,625. 00 for nonresidents), though the sum has been rising each year.

Rankings

US News ranks Boalt Hall 6th among top law schools in the US, but as the least diverse of the four law schools in the UC system. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D In the political arena the term diversity (or diverse is used to describe political entities (neighborhoods cities nations student bodies etc [10][11] It has the second smallest student body and the smallest student/faculty ratio of all the UC schools. [12] While it is the most expensive law school in the UC system, it is only slightly more expensive than UCLA. [13] However, it grants a median amount in financial aid for the system, and students tend to graduate with the least amount of debt on average than most of the other UC schools, with the exception of Davis. Debt is that which is owed usually referencing Assets owed but the term can cover other obligations [14][15]

According to Brian Letier's Law School rankings, Boalt ranks 7th in the nation in terms of scholarly impact as measured by academic citations of tenure-stream faculty. A citation is a reference to a source (not always the original source published or unpublished(citation needed [16] In terms of student numerical quality, Boalt ranks 14th in the nation. [17]

Boalt Hall in popular culture

Centers at Boalt Hall

A view of San Francisco and the Bay from Boalt Hall.
A view of San Francisco and the Bay from Boalt Hall.

Law Journals at Boalt Hall

List of noted alumni

List of noted faculty

References

  1. ^ Cynthia L. Cooper, The Insider's Guide to the Top Fifteen Law Schools (New York: Doubleday, 1990), 178-179.
  2. ^ Law School Rankings (Brief), U. S. News & World Report.
  3. ^ Law Specialty Rankings: Intellectual Property Law, U. S. News & World Report
  4. ^ U.S. News & World Report Again Ranks Boalt IP Program No. 1
  5. ^ Tanya Schevitz, UC Berkeley dropping Boalt Hall from law school's official name, San Francisco Chronicle, October 11, 2007.
  6. ^ Berkeley Law/ Boalt Hall / Naming Convention, Christopher Edley, Jr. , Dean of Berkeley Law
  7. ^ Cooper, 192.
  8. ^ Cooper, 178-183.
  9. ^ Cooper, 180.
  10. ^ America's Best Graduate Schools 2008. US News. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D Retrieved on 2007-10-23. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC -
  11. ^ America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, Law School Diversity Index. US News. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D Retrieved on 2007-10-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony
  12. ^ America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, What are the largest and smallest law schools?. US News. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D Retrieved on 2007-10-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony
  13. ^ America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, Who's the priciest? Who's the cheapest?. US News. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D Retrieved on 2007-10-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony
  14. ^ America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, Which public schools award the most and the least financial aid?. US News. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D Retrieved on 2007-10-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony
  15. ^ America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, Whose graduates have the most debt? The least?. US News. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D Retrieved on 2007-10-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony
  16. ^ Top 35 Law Faculties Based on Scholarly Impact, 2007. Brian Leiter's Law School Rankings. Retrieved on 2007-10-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
  17. ^ Brian Leiter's Law Schools Ranked by Student (Numerical) Quality, 2007. Brian Leiter's Law School Rankings. Retrieved on 2007-10-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.

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Boalt Hall School of Law • College of Chemistry • College of Engineering • College of Environmental Design • College of Letters and Science • College of Natural Resources • Goldman School of Public Policy • Haas School of Business • School of Education • School of Information • School of Journalism • School of Optometry • School of Public Health • School of Social Welfare
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