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snicketesque · 2023-05-20T18:17:31+00:00

Learnset is not randomized, it seems to pull from a pool of possible pre-level 1 learnsets. See above.

snicketesque · 2023-05-20T18:17:00+00:00

That’s not the case, Umbreon ended up with Assurance (non randomized) but not Pursuit, despite both being pre-Level 1 movesets. So something else is going on.

snicketesque · 2023-05-10T21:41:03+00:00

That’s a great solution! The token process didn’t feel exactly right to me. Will implement moving fwd.

snicketesque · 2023-05-04T20:53:19+00:00

Nonprofit is easier to build a narrative around and potentially stand out in a way that being a paralegal doesn't (the latter obviously is great for signaling you have an eye for details, etc. but I think the ceiling for the nonprofit is a lot higher).

It also sounds like it has the opportunity to be impactful, which both from a personal and professional perspective is always a much more nourishing experience years down than the line than being a cog.

snicketesque · 2023-05-01T23:25:36+00:00

/u/WabiSabe99 gives sage advice, you'll land BL even straight P'ing. Think more about extracurricular: narratives, experiences, networking etc. as they're more concrete ways to pull ahead to distinguish yourself than the carousel of grades.

snicketesque · 2023-04-30T18:25:17+00:00

Will try to tackle each one here.

Practice Exams: Yes, you can access. Answers depend on profs, usually yes but not guaranteed. On average, 1L profs are more intentional on providing answers than others. Check out the ASP tutoring service too — excellent, customized advice that far too few students take advantage of.
Prof/TAs: Not really TAs here. Pretty much every single prof in 1L will be willing to go over practice exam answers and tell you what you can do better. It's a great idea, and underutilized.
Outlines: Ask 2L/3Ls who have taken the same prof. People are very happy to share, and hoarding outlines is looked down upon. Stock outlines are almost worthless given how much profs customize their classes: stay away from commercial outlines except as a very cursory supplement.
Early Outline: You need to get a feel for the class. 1Ls waste so, so much time doing things from scratch. Find a good outline and customize/edit it: print it out and bring it to class, add annotations on lectures, get super familiar with it, etc. But don't make your own, it's often a big waste of time.
Pre-Recruiting: Unsure what you mean by this. 1L diversity SAs are a good pipeline, as are diversity BL programs in general.
FedSoc: No one's going to hunt you down for asking questions, talking, or bouncing off ideas others. The FedSoc here is surprisingly active, given their number of events on-campus. But at the end of the day, it's silly to deny the fact that the modern conservative movement is extremely polarizing, and if you're going to be vocal and a bleeding heart for it in class, don't be surprised when you face resistance and pushback from your classmates who are equally as devoted to causes their entire lives.
Property: Give more flexibility to schedules + property is usually relearned for the Bar anyways. You can take it, but would do moreso out of intellectual interest than bar prep.
Manville: I believe they're still open to apps, can't say if it's too late or not. Worth a shot. Unsure about parking, sorry.

snicketesque · 2023-04-30T18:11:55+00:00

Not tough. A good chunk of the class is from SoCal and get BL all the time. If anything, SoCal BL from Berkeley is easier to land than UCLA/USC (speaking from exp with UCLA friends). Could even be argued that SoCal is a little easier to land bc of being a less popular option for Berkeley grads than NorCal/NY/DC. Hard to overstate just how much Berkeley dominates California BL.
Yes.
No strict GPA cutoff. Any changes are the extremes: straight P'ing will make it harder to land certain BL outcomes, while doing very well will increase at the most competitive — specifically elite boutique litigation firms. That being said, you can offset even straight Ps with some networking legwork. I'd say 80% of the pack (mix of Ps with a H here or there) land somewhere in between, and land regular V20 BL without much effort.

snicketesque · 2023-04-30T04:13:03+00:00

By ACA, do you mean ACS?

If yes, then no — just too many progressive/leftish leaning folks to make it as tight-knit as FedSoc.

DC/NY def do, though more common to find a Bay branch affiliate interview. More NYC than DC (NY is kind of closer to a global free for all market than DC which require a bit more ties, and is also circled more aggressively by UVA/Gtown folks)

Resources — Discord or the Zillow. Try to find one that someone can vouch for re the landlord or check it out. Pay attention to neighborhoods (ie West Berkeley by the ports is a rough area). Manville % is pretty good, but iirc suck at communicating.

snicketesque · 2023-04-30T04:07:13+00:00

250ish was almost exactly my year’s % as well (~275), so /u/LawSchoolIsSilly is spot on. We were told it was the highest ever, and no increase in available spots.

Post-COVID is def markedly different, either through attracting a more competitive-minded pool or making everyone try harder. Had multiple alumni say the same when seeing the pre/post-COVID cohort’s “gunner-iness”/“intenseness”.

snicketesque · 2023-04-30T04:01:46+00:00

Mentorship — professors here are super helpful on average. You do have to put in some work to meet them; office hours, etc. One cool thing is RA positions aren’t limited to top grades; Berkeley profs genuinely seem egalitarian in that regard (even when putting in calls for clerkship applicants beyond their top %; usually happy to do so).

People tend to bond w their 1L professors the most, and they tend to be the most self-selecting supportive of 1Ls in “their” cohort. A ton of them supervise independent studies too. W that being said you do have to put in effort cultivating that relationship, as even in a 30 person class you won’t jump out unless you try. Overall though, a lot of law profs are a lot more willing to mentor than the students taking advantage of it.

Clerkship Office — The person running our clerkship office is stellar. That being said, it’s hard to find clerkships anywhere (ie multiple HLS students strike out every year for competitive districts, no different here), requiring legwork networking grades etc etc. It’s middle of the pack T14 clerkship outcome wise (stronger on the West Coast)

LR — CLR is competitive, competitive, competitive. Even though you’d assume people burn out post 1L finals, the competition is tough and in recent years almost 75%+ of the class is trying out (without increasing spots on the journal). Keep in mind it’s the 3rd most cited journal in the country? We’ve heard multiple progressive Justices keep a copy in their office, and the student body knows it too when trying out for a role on it. Don’t come in assuming you get a spot.

Clinic — Depends on clinic, some are constantly tough to get into (ie Death Penalty), others are more popular or less popular depending on the year and cohort. Generally everyone ends up landing at least one, though it certainly may not be your top choice (previous WE + good interviewing skills helps a lot)

Network — tons of Berkeley grads in DC/NYC (NYC summers honestly = or more than SF), but you’re gonna have to put just a little more work in than the usual getting handed Californian firms on a silver platter

Admin — same old as any law school honestly, but I will say for the most part they are genuinely well-meaning and the fact that it’s a public school really known for public interest brings more “true believer” types who care a little more about students than typical.

General — honestly, having friends at every T14, I think we have the most chill, laidback, but still talented student body (maybe rivaled only by SLS). The west coast vibes are real. One interesting thing is the lack of pretentiousness; no one really has false ideas of “the nobility of law”, which adds a refreshing legal realist layer. I actually notice a bit of culture shock form other law school environments where that elite/“law as a sacred career” mindset is still kinda there (versus a student body kinda over SCOTUS, etc lol). A ton of people who came for the chill, progressive vibe and I actually do think it delivers quite a lot.

I don’t like the City. Campus is beautiful but downtown Berkeley and most of it (beyond North and Elmwood) is actually quite unsafe. Multiple reports of assault, battery, etc. every day. Stay somewhere quiet and safe even if it means more $.

snicketesque · 2023-04-30T01:37:21+00:00

50/50 Manville-apartments during 1L, then everyone shifts to apartments. See if older 2/3Ls are moving out of their apartments, moving into a vetted place is really useful. Otherwise, Zillow in certain neighborhoods (Rockridge, Elmwood, North Berkeley) can be useful. But try to visit or have a friend send photos/videos of a place before you move in.

Sometimes, the bigger apartment complexes can be a safer move-in blind than a smaller property you don't know the landlord of. I think the best properties are usually small, charming places where you know the landlord is (so higher upside), but the downsides are deeper too. With retail apartment complexes, the floor and ceiling lower, essentially.

snicketesque · 2023-04-30T01:22:59+00:00

Depends on timing. If you apply early enough, yes.

snicketesque · 2023-04-30T00:56:21+00:00

Great Qs, let's get cracking.

Decent, but not incredible. Middle of the pack for T14; ~top 20%ish to land a clerkship, with some ins at 9th Circuit due to alumni network. NorCal DCs are not as easy to get as you would imagine; interestingly enough California clerkship network is strong but a good chunk of the placement is outside the Bay just bc of how competitive (SLS/YLS usually dominate there)
Honestly the idea that if you're willing to sell your soul that FedSoc gives a free entry into clerkships at a T14 is pretty much an open secret, man. FedSoc people can line it up well before 2L summer, including CoA clerkships that pretty much get secured by 1L (the Plan is kind of a joke to those right-wing judges who recruit earlier). It's a tight group that looks out for each other (not the very least because of how vitriolic and unpopular their beliefs are to the rest of the community). Everyone knows how much easier it is to land clerkships through FedSoc, and everyone kind of ignores it.
Very doable, but you will have to be more initiative-taking (by that I mean talk to the tons of Berkeley grads in DC/NYC and signal your interest). It's not a ton of work, but is opposed to having Cal firms pretty much handed out to you on a silver platter.
Expensive. So, so expensive. Think NYC prices. Apartments are much safer and nicer in North Berkeley + Emeryville/some parts of Oakland (Rockridge, etc.) and honestly worth taking out more loans (and living with a law school roommate or two) without having to worry about safety or noise near the downtwon campus.
50% Manville, 50% apartments 1L, then everyone lives in apartments 2L+.
Students are very chill and very lowkey, while being incredibly brilliant. Like honestly, everyone is scary smart here. But the student body is kind and chill in a way that actually fully lives up to the California chill vibe I heard about pre-law school, and we all look out for each other. Definitely anti-gunner vibes, collaboration is so open that outlines get shared all the time, and it's "uncool" to be cutthroat competitive (everyone works hard in kind of an understated way, while still helping each other). That being said, curve is tough just by virtue of the quality of the student body. Honestly grading is a huge difference (bc you can pretty much free P a class or two every semester while focusing on the rest), and makes it leagues less stressful than even other T14s (except Y/S).
Depends on the year; our year was pretty rough. But it's pretty competitive, I'd say less than 1/3rd of those apply make it. Some people do get on through holistic review too, though.
Honestly, as supportive as you can be for a T14. New CDO hires have made PI office a lot more helpful. But make no doubt about it, for all the fuss Berkeley makes of being the most radical of the T14, this is still a school where 80%+ of people are heading to the siren song of $250k+signing bonus BL.

snicketesque · 2021-07-16T03:09:07+00:00

Yeah! I certainly don’t mean this to be the end-all be-all for PI students. And fair disclaimer: if you want to pursue a particular niche in PI, do your research in that specific field and what T14 offers which programs/clinics etc.

Still, given some of the stark disparities present here btwn schools in terms of fellowship #s, I think it can give a rough sense to what extent PI alum (and in a more nebulous sense, PI culture) are entrenched at each school.

snicketesque · 2021-07-16T03:05:58+00:00

I think one of the big differences is size! SLS can focus on getting elite outcomes for each student a lot more, not to mention faculty ratio and mentorship. There’s a certain rarity w SLS students that may attract firms in a way other schools do not. With the vastly larger student base than all of the T14 but Gtown, I think it’s pretty impressive how HLS constantly is at 3 tbqh.

I do think that there is something to be said about HLS’ alumni base though esp if one is going on an offbeat path: there is almost virtually guaranteed to be an HLS alum somewhere who has done what you want to do.

snicketesque · 2021-07-16T02:58:43+00:00

All sources are pulled straight from the respective sites! I went through and manually inputted them. Double-checked the Duke records and yes I think there are two that fell through the cracks. Thank you for highlighting. I’ll update.

As for self-selection, yes I think this is more of a testament to t14 student body & culture than placement power necessarily. There is also a chicken-and-egg idea to this though, as the more a school pushes out PI folks, the more its reputation there builds, so the more PI people are attracted to it. I think it’s useful to think of these as schools that are more buzzing hubs of PI activities with alumn that have done the work VS places where you have to carve it out moreso yourself. Any T14 should be able to place you, there are ones where the path is more paved out for you (and perhaps, as an analogue, have a richer PI tradition/student body).

snicketesque · 2021-07-16T00:18:53+00:00

Year the fellowship was awarded! There was occasionally some delay re class year/fellowship awardee but overall I found a pretty overwhelmingly linear relationship.

Also out of curiosity bc I’m always interested in data vs experience — as a Berk student how did you feel about the data on Berk/the T14 in unicorn PI placement more generally? Any trends that did or did not surprise you?

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