PLA is a Berkeley Law student org dedicated to cultivating future plaintiff-side attorneys across areas like consumer rights, labor, antitrust, securities fraud, civil rights, and personal injury. Members get access to speaker events with prominent practitioners, a weekly newsletter with job and scholarship opportunities, a firm database, career guides, and connections to a plaintiff-side alumni network. The club also actively works to diversify the plaintiffs' bar and make the career path accessible to underrepresented students.
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Events They Host
Plaintiffs' Law Practice Panel
Panel with practitioners covering plaintiff-side legal practice areas.
Mallory v. Norfolk Southern and the Future of Plaintiff Pleading
Co-hosted with American Constitution Society and Professor Andrew Bradt.
Plaintiff-Side Summer Internship Student Panel
Co-hosted with Queer Caucus and APALSA. Students share perspectives on summering at plaintiff-side firms.
Litigating Financial Fraud
Co-hosted with Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP.
Workers' Rights Mixer
Co-hosted with BJELL.
Mixer with Plaintiff-Side Attorneys
Hosted by Gibbs Law Group LLP. Networking event with local plaintiff-side attorneys including Berkeley Law alums.
Consumer Attorneys of California
Co-hosted with Berkeley Law Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice and Consumer Advocacy & Protection Society.
For the Plaintiff
Co-hosted with Walkup Melodia.
PLA + CAPS Happy Hour
Co-hosted with Consumer Advocacy and Protection Society.
Antitrust Enforcement in Labor Markets
Co-hosted with Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law, Berkeley Business Law Journal, and Berger Montague.
Employment Law: The Plaintiffs' Side
Co-hosted with Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law and Outten & Golden LLP.
Securities Litigation and Social Justice
Co-hosted with Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP.
Virtual Plaintiff-Side Career Panel