The UC Berkeley School of Law will celebrate its 100th anniversary since its 1912 founding in November.
According to Susan Gluss, spokesperson for the law school, the law school plans to hold a number of events later this year that will “showcase the law school’s leadership in legal education,” such as a 100th anniversary gala in November.
The law school was founded by William Carey Jones. Jones, a graduate of the campus in 1875, taught the campus’ first law class in 1882 and subsequently pushed for a law building on campus as the program grew more popular.
Since then, the law school has grown to include 12 research centers which “tackle society’s toughest challenges, including climate change, identity theft and patent protection,” UC Berkeley Law Dean Christopher Edley wrote in a Feb. 26 op-ed published in the San Francisco Chronicle.
According to its website, the law school also houses six community law clinics and three clinics within the law school that allow students to take on hands-on casework.
“This is a place where you come to fulfill the dreams you have of having a direct impact in your community, “ said Assistant Professor of law Melissa Murray in a video on the website.
According to Edley, in a growing economy based on technology and global financial markets, lawyers will have to understand a variety of disciplines in addition to law – including science, economics and business strategy.
“Our 21st century public mission is not simply serving Californians or even Americans but being global citizens,” Edley wrote in the op-ed. “We need to think about the kind of legal culture and legal problem solving that all of humanity needs. America’s future security and prosperity depend upon it.”
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