Seems the kids at UC Berkeley’s law school, Boalt, are more than a little excited about fictitious character Sandy Cohen’s (of Fox’s hit drama The O.C.) alumni status on the show. So much so, that in addition to this detailed The O.C. at Boalt fan website, the school has also started a Sandy Cohen Fellowship, dedicated towards encouraging law students to go to work in the public defender’s office.
All the Boalt-O.C. fanfare certainly hasn’t gone unnoticed, most notably by the man who plays Sandy Cohen, Peter Gallagher, who told the Oakland Tribune:
“I love the fact that [the OC at Boalt] are encouraging people to go into the public defender’s office, and the fact that it happens to be based on a character I play is all gravy. I think this club is amazing. They aren’t lampooning [Sandy] as an impossible dreamer missing out on a fat paycheck. Instead, they are encouraging people to do the right thing.
Next thing you know, they’ll be changing the fight song to Phantom Planet’s “California”.