In November, La Raza and Morrison & Foerster hosted a panel made up of attorneys working in big law firms. Daneille, Joanne, Lilia, Mallory, Melissa, and Nadia talked about their experiences as attorneys of color working in private practice. They also talked about navigating the job hunt as a 1L and about the 1L diversity positions at their respective law firms. After the panel the attorneys networked with our 1L students!
Native Land Acknowledgement
We take a moment to recognize that Berkeley sits on the territory of xučyun (Huichin) (Hoo-Choon), the ancestral and unceded land of the Chochenyo (Cho-Chen-yo) speaking Ohlone people, the successors of the historic and sovereign Verona Band of Alameda County. This land was and continues to be of great importance to the Muwekma (Muh-wek-muh) Ohlone Tribe and other familial descendants of the Verona Band.
We recognize that every member of the Berkeley community has benefited, and continues to benefit, from the use and occupation of this land since the institution's founding in 1868. Consistent with our values of community and diversity, we have a responsibility to acknowledge and make visible the university's relationship to Native peoples. By offering this Land Acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty and will work to hold the University of California, Berkeley more accountable to the needs of American Indian and Indigenous peoples.