UC Berkeley Law Personal Statement

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Other than the fact that UC Berkeley Law is known as one of the top ten law schools in the United States, what truly gravitates me towards Berkeley law is the school’s de-emphasis on a traditional system of learning: refraining from assigning traditional letter grades, calculating GPAs, or assigning numerical rankings, and instead adding emphasis on participation in student-initiated projects, journals, and organizations. As is evident by my resume and the extra curricular activities I have partaken in the past years at NYU Stern, participation in projects outside of the classroom is something that is crucial for my own satisfaction from what a law school can offer me. Law school only teaches one how to think like a lawyer, while internships,