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UC Berkeley School of Law

Berkeley, CA


By the Numbers

Established: 1894
Number of Students: 865

Student Body Demographics:
Minority: 33.3%


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  • "Generally provides students with strong legal analytical skills. Students with technical degrees or prior work experiences transition well into practice."
  • "Lawyers are no better than those from other UC schools, which is still high quality, but not amazing."
  • "Top quality, tend to stay and make it to partner"
  • "Solipsistic"



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San Francisco has a reputation of being more relaxed than the rest of the country, and so it's only fitting that the nearby campus of Berkeley Law has a reputation for being laid-back--at least, for a top-tier law school. Part of this perception stems from Berkeley Law's admissions process, which tends to emphasize LSAT scores less than GPAs and p ... Read More


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While your LSAT score and GPA are very important to every law school, once you make the first cut, berkeley law really tries to look beyond test scores and grades. If you want to get in, you have to let the admissions committee know through your ... Read more

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