UC-Berkeley School of Law is a strong presence in the San Francisco Bay Area market and ranks among the top law schools in the country.
Under the leadership of Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, one of the nation’s top constitutional law scholars, Berkeley Law offers an intellectually vibrant community within which to learn the law. In addition to courses instructed by Berkeley Law’s renowned faculty, students learn practical lawyering skills through engagement with legal clinics and multidisciplinary research centers, including the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT). The first of its kind, BCLT has garnered worldwide distinction for its research and instructional program exploring the most pressing technology law and policy issues.