WALNUT CREEK -- Terence L. Bruiniers' path to the law ran through an actual bar.
"I was tending bar at a little place called La Val's over on north campus," Bruiniers said. "A lot of the [Berkeley police] officers at the time had been to Cal and had degrees. I knew a couple of them. When Berkeley started hiring I was like, 'This is a job I can do at night for a couple of years and finish up at school during the day.'"