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RAZA-ING THE BAR: What is the Bar?

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On September 10, we hosted the first installation in our Raza-ing The Bar, bar prep series! Our first event “What is the Bar?” was presented to us by Chris Ide-Don, UC Davis School of Law’s Academic Success Director. Chris presented to a group of about 15 first-ten Latinx 3Ls and allowed us to ask every question we haven’t felt comfortable asking before! He walked us through the costs of the applications and the exam, the structure of the exam, the classes covered, and tips for how to approach the exam with confidence. After the event we got great feedback from students who shared that they now feel a little more stressed about the bar, but a lot more confident that they will pass!

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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.