School policy · checked October 19, 2026

Accused of using AI at University of California, Berkeley? Its own rules, on the record.

Where this school stands on detectors

Detector: OFF

Campus leadership opted out of Turnitin's AI writing detection — permanently, after a pilot — because it gives no conclusive proof and students cannot see the report.

“UC Berkeley has opted out of the use of Turnitin's AI writing detection tool”

Status source: the school’s own published page — read it · checked October 19, 2026.

Your window

Published window: 10 calendar days to appeal a finding.

“the student or the Center for Student Conduct must submit the written appeal within ten (10) days of the issuance of the Dean's Decision Letter”

Window source: the school’s own published page — read it · checked October 19, 2026.

Count it from your notice date in the free checker. If your letter states a different date, the letter wins.

How your case gets decided

Either a panel hearing before the Committee on Student Conduct or an administrative hearing before an Independent Hearing Officer.

What this means for your answer

If a detector score is being used against you at University of California, Berkeley, the school's own decision is your first exhibit: the institution turned this tool off because it did not trust it. Ask, in writing, which tool produced your score and under what authority it was used anyway — then answer with your trail.

Next steps: count your deadline in the free checker, build from the evidence list, and compare schools in the full table.

Included in the $39 MyWorkMyWords Kit

  • The evidence binder builder: the exact order to assemble version history, drafts, research trail, and earlier writing into one file a panel can follow in five minutes
  • Appeal statement templates: the fill-in structure for 'I wrote this, and here is the trail' — for a first answer, a formal appeal, and a score-only case where the school's own rules bar the score as sole proof
  • Hearing scripts: what to say when they read the score aloud, the questions to ask about the report, and how to answer 'did you use AI?' without talking yourself into a corner
  • The deadline tracker: your window, your hearing date, and the 'what to save from today' checklist so nothing expires while you build the file
  • The escalation page: the signs your case has outgrown a $39 kit — expulsion on the table, a license at stake — and how to hand a lawyer a file that is already built

Get the MyWorkMyWords Kit — $39

One payment of $39. No subscription. The kit is a web page you can return to and print — the evidence binder builder, appeal statement templates, hearing scripts, and deadline tracker, built for a student answering an accusation this week.