Where Berkeley Law Grads Land
62.2% of the class of 2025 went to firms of 101+ lawyers.
Large-Firm Share
62.2%
176 of 283 graduates at firms of 101+ lawyers: 4 at 101 to 250 (1.4%), 10 at 251 to 500 (3.5%), 162 at 501+ (57.2%).
Federal Clerkships
6.4%
18 graduates in full-time, long-term federal clerkships.
First-Time Bar Passage
91.2%
+11.3 vs. ABA average
+11.3 points against the ABA weighted average of 79.9% for the same jurisdictions.
Law Firm Jobs by Firm Size
Firm size is the number of lawyers at the firm. Each bar is a share of the whole class, so the bars do not add up to 100%.
- Solo
- 0% of graduates (0)
- 1 to 10
- 0.7% of graduates (2)
- 11 to 25
- 1.8% of graduates (5)
- 26 to 50
- 1.8% of graduates (5)
- 51 to 100
- 1.4% of graduates (4)
- 101 to 250
- 1.4% of graduates (4)
- 251 to 500
- 3.5% of graduates (10)
- 501+
- 57.2% of graduates (162)
Plus 18 federal clerkships.
Firms That Hire from Berkeley Law
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Meanwhile, 118 listed firms have an office in California:
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto
- Latham & Watkins LLPCentury City, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Downtown, Orange County, Orange County (Costa Mesa), San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPLos Angeles, San Francisco
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPRedwood City
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPIrvine, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, San Francisco
- Milbank LLPLos Angeles
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto, San Francisco
- Sidley Austin LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco
- Covington & Burling LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto, San Francisco
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto, San Francisco
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto, San Francisco
OCI and Recruiting Dates
Quoted from Berkeley Law's own pages. Check the source before you plan around a date.
Dates This Cycle
- September 16-18, 2026Registration · OCI ProgramsSource
- September 16-18, 2026Interview Window · OCI ProgramsSource
- August 24, 2026Interview Window · OCI ProgramsSource
- August 12, 2026Registration · OCI ProgramsSource
- August 11-13, 2026Registration · OCI ProgramsSource
- August 11-13, 2026Interview Window · OCI ProgramsSource
- July 20 – July 24, 2026Interview Window · OCI ProgramsSource
- July 20, 2026Registration · OCI ProgramsSource
- July 8, 2026Registration · OCI ProgramsSource
- June 1, 2026Registration · OCI ProgramsSource
- August 11-13Interview Window · OCI ProgramsSource
- September 16-18Interview Window · OCI ProgramsSource
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