Eudaimoniac

Hey all! Just wanted to check in and see how everyone else is hanging in there? I haven’t heard anything myself- And congrats again to those accepted!!

congrats to those who have heard back! No answer for me yet, so probably a rejection. Such is life- I will reapply next cycle! also, just so y’all know, a JSP faculty member passed away last week. Prof. Edelman. Her work upended DEI in the workplace, and it’s a major loss to our field. It seems she had the rare quality of being both a brilliant scholar and a very good person. I’d have very much liked to have met her, as she and I shared subspecialties and quite a few viewpoints. I highly recommend you all read her book “working law”. If you’re going to work in the US, it’s very important to our workplace culture, and is the story of a career well spent https://jsp-ls.berkeley.edu/news/memoriam-lauren-edelman

Another week to wait in! I’m still holding out hope. (Perhaps illogically at this point) Good luck everyone!

Anyone heard anything yet?

Hey y’all! Welcome to academic purgatory. All of the topics here sound really interesting! It’d be great to work with any/all of you. I also applied to the JD, however I’m a “super splitter” so I expect I won’t hear back on that until March-ish. Also, I was wrong about the labor contract- that was agreed upon a few weeks ago. Oops. ?

Just a heads up, Berkeley JSP students are currently going through the labor contract negotiation process. So I’d be unsurprised if decisions are just going to be later this year. Then again, maybe I got rejected! Lol Time will tell. For now, I recommend we all get some rest and self care. I know that’s what I’ll be up to this weekend.

Hey y’all , even though it’s only January, I thought I’d start this thread for us to all panic together waiting for JSP decisions. while you’re here, fell free to drop info about your interests! After all, we may soon be cohort members! Personally, I’m interested in civil rights law and policy, (especially Disability policy) and I’d like to use Sociology to add an extra lens to my work. I also plan to complete my JD while at Berkeley. I’m interested in litigating civil rights cases in addition to studying the structures and circumstances they arise under.