Considering improving your Spanish skills? Get a head by doing a language exchange with a JSP (lawyer) student from Chile. I’m looking to learn some advance grammar to improve the editing of my English-language papers. In return, I will help you with your oral or written Spanish needs. Contact me directly to make arrangements.
Mayra Feddersen (mfeddersen@berkeley.edu)
The Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law & Social Policy (Warren Institute) at the UC Berkeley Law School is a multi-disciplinary research center that tackles the most pressing issues in education, civil rights, criminal and juvenile justice, immigration, work/family and healthcare facing California and the nation. The Institute engages a wide range of legal and policy issues within these areas, providing valuable intellectual capital to public and private sector leaders, the media and the general public, while advancing scholarly understanding.
The Warren Institute is currently seeking students interested in working on criminal justice projects. We currently have two projects where we would like to hire law students:
1. A project with the California District Attorneys Association and the California Crime Victims Assistance Association (CCVAA) conducting a study of the needs of women victims of violence in the state of California.
2. A project working with the San Francisco Adult Probation Department to implement the Bill of Rights for Children of Incarcerated Parents. We need to develop materials for children whose parents are on probation.
If you are interested in working as a GSR for the Warren Institute on these and/or other projects, please send an email to Warren Institute Managing Director/Director of Criminal Justice Andrea Russi at arussi@law.berkeley.edu by February 3, 2012.
On behalf of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Animals and the Law, I am pleased to announce that we are now accepting entries for our Fifth Annual Student Writing Competition. Attached you will find our official announcement, as well as the official rules of the competition. We encourage you to circulate this information to your student body.
For additional information about the competition, including past winners and entries, please visit our website: http://www.nysba.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Student_Writing_Competition.
The Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law & Social Policy (Warren Institute) at the
UC Berkeley Law School is a multi-disciplinary research center that tackles the most pressing issues in education, civil rights, criminal and juvenile justice, immigration, work/family and healthcare facing California and the nation. The Institute engages a wide range of legal and policy issues within these areas, providing valuable intellectual capital to public and private sector leaders, the media and the general public, while advancing scholarly understanding. Central to its methods are concerted efforts to build bridges connecting the world of research with the world of civic action and policy debate so that each informs the other, while preserving independence, quality and credibility of the academic enterprise.
The Warren Institute is currently seeking students to assist with programs in voting rights, education, immigration, and criminal justice.
Spring Semester 2012 Internships: the Warren Institute seeks students interested in working on our current projects for approximately 10 hours per week. Positions are both paid and unpaid (depending on the project funding).
Summer 2012 Internships: In 2012, the Warren Institute will host a small number of full-time summer interns. Our summer internship program provides an excellent opportunity to gain meaningful hands-on experience working on cutting edge issues and to work with leading scholars and advocates in the field. Most internships are unpaid, but we are willing to assist students seeking funding from other sources. We will sponsor two types of summer interns:
Legal summer internships: Open to students who have completed at least their first year of law school. We may consider individuals who have graduated law school and will start a judicial clerkship in the fall.
Social science summer internships: Open to graduate students who have completed at least one year of graduate study, including quantitative analysis coursework or other high level analytical skills.
To apply for a internship, please forward a resume, cover letter, and references to Elaine Mui at emui@law.berkeley.edu. Application deadline for the spring semester have been extended to January 27, 2011. Applications for summer 2012 are due by February 1, 2012.
For more information on the Warren Institute, please visit our website: www.warreninstitute.org
Haas asked that we mention the following classes to our students. They are open to Boalt students.
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Join us Jan 18th for guest speaker Dr. Victoria Hale, Founder of One World Health
Wed. 4-6pm, MBA 292N, 2 Units (open to all Cal Graduate students)
Cheit Hall C135 (Haas School of Business)
Instructors: Jane Wei-Skillern and Jennifer Walske
Social entrepreneurs are redefining the way that business functions as a part of society. This course explores how to utilize social entrepreneurship to generate social impact as efficiently, effectively, and sustainably as possible through two primary means: 1) through organizational level growth and innovation and 2) through network approaches which require the mobilization of a vast array of actors and resources beyond organizational boundaries.
NONPROFIT BOARDS: GOVERNANACE AND LEADERSHIP
Sun. 2/26/12 & 3/11/12, MBA 292B, 1 Unit (open to all Cal Graduate students)
Instructor: Paul Jansen
· Nonprofit Boards: Governance and Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations examines the roles and responsibilities of members of nonprofit boards of directors. Students will identify and develop the leadership and management skills necessary to be an effective board member. Using board assessment instruments and self-assessment activities, the class will seek to determine “fit” between different types of boards and class participants. This course is highly recommended for Berkeley Board Fellows.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Sun. 2/12/12 & 3/4/12, MBA 292F, 1 Unit (open to all Cal Graduate students)
Instructor: Brent Copen
· In order to be an effective leader in the nonprofit field, one must have a solid grounding in financial management. This course is designed to develop the core financial management skills needed by board members and seniors managers in large and small organizations. Students will learn the tools and techniques for effective planning and budgeting as well as how to control, evaluate and revise plans. The course will address current regulations and issues that impact nonprofit financial management.
You can still sign up for these courses during the add/drop period. For more information please contact Nora Silver at silver@haas.berkeley.edu.
Mary Ann Mason and I are looking for a law student who will work 20% time in the Spring 2012 Semester looking and law and regulations on Title 9 and universities. There is a new NSF study and lots of developments at the national level.
Students can either use this research to satisfy their Berkeley Law Writing Assignment or they can get course credit. The work will be conducted through the Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy.
I’m looking for a research assistant to help me revise the supplement to my evidence casebook. Having taken, or currently taking, evidence would be helpful, but mainly what I’m looking for is someone who understands rules, statutes, and commentary and who can be meticulous in working with and revising large Word documents with complicated formatting and cross-references. If you might be interested, would you please email me at dsklansky@law.berkeley.edu, or stop by 435 North Addition? David Sklansky
For Innovative Research and Writing on Lawyers’ Professional Liability
An Annual Competition
Concluding every April
$5,000 PRIZE & a free trip to Boston, MA!
Contest Deadline & Information
Deadline for Submission
ONLINE entries MUST be submitted by 11:59 PM CST on February 18, 2011.
MAILED entries MUST be postmarked by February 18, 2011.
Contest Mission
The contest encourages original and innovative research and writing in the area of legal malpractice law, professional liability insurance and loss prevention.
Prize
* Cash award of $5,000.
* All expense paid trip to the Spring 2011 National Legal Malpractice Conference in Boston, MA on April 27-29.
Sponsors
The Bert W. Levit Essay Contest is conducted by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability and the San Francisco law firm of Long & Levit LLP. The 2011 contest is administered and judged by a subcommittee designated by the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability.
The Assignment
The 2011 Contest Essay Hypothetical concerns whether a party who has engaged in fraud has standing to bring a suit against a lawyer for fraud and legal malpractice based on the lawyer’s conduct relating to the fraud itself, or rather if such a claim is barred by the doctrine of in pari delicto, which prohibits one wrongdoer from suing another wrongdoer for a fraud the two parties committed together.
For more information, please visit: http://apps.americanbar.org/legalservices/lpl/levit/levit.html
Professor Anne Joseph O’Connell is looking for at least one Research Assistant for the spring semester to work on a series of administrative law and structural constitutional law projects. Some projects are in the early stages of development so work would include researching the current literature on the topic and tracking down relevant information. Other projects are further along so work on those would include bluebooking and editing. Students who have taken Administrative Law and Constitutional Law preferred. Please send cv and unofficial transcript to aoconnell@law.berkeley.edu.
The Sexual Violence & Accountability Project at the Human Rights Center seeks a graduate student researcher (GSR) for the 2012 spring semester. The position is open to 2L and 3L students at Berkeley School of Law.
The Sexual Violence & Accountability Project works to improve access to justice, protection, and support for those fearing or fleeing sexual and gender-based violence through evidence-based research that informs policy and programming. We analyze legislation, investigative and prosecutorial practices, and judicial outcomes; we also assess the importance of psychosocial support and witness protection or community intervention. In addition to studying individual capacities in health, legal, forensic, judicial, and community sectors, we look at ways the linkages between them can be strengthened for the benefit of the survivor.
Responsibilities of the GSR will be focused on assisting the Project Director develop research and case study preparations for the Project’s work on accountability for sexual and gender-based violence, in and out of armed conflict. Specifically, the GSR will research aspects of accountability generally as well as within the context of specific countries of interest. This will entail drafting of research memos, development of HRC’s subject-area library, and assisting with fieldwork preparations. (Depending on the availability of funds and time, international fieldwork may also be an option during the summer.)
The GSR should be available from late January 2012 until late April 2012, with possibility of extension into the summer. The time commitment required is 8-10 hours per week. The rate of pay is $15.99 / hour.
To apply, please send a letter of interest, resume, 10-15 page writing sample, and 2 references to Project Director Kim Thuy Seelinger at ktseelinger@berkeley.edu. Applications accepted on a rolling basis, with selection to be concluded before January 16, 2012.
Alameda County Office of Education, Sheila Jordan, County Superintendent
THE PHILIP A. HARLEY MEMORIAL MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION 2012
Judges & Attorneys Needed
Judge the competitions and help enrich the lives of
over 200 local high school students!
What: Mock Trial is a national program through which students learn
key concepts of our judicial system and hone critical thinking and debate skills. In the competitions, teams of high school students portray courtroom principals in a simulation of a criminal case with a pretrial motion of a Bill of Rights issue. Local judges preside and attorneys rate the students’ performances from the jury box.
When: Scorers and judges still needed 6-8 p.m. January 11, 12 & 31, and
February 2, 7, 9 &16
Where: Alameda County Superior Court Administration Building
1221 Oak Street in Downtown Oakland
**Help out at just one of the competitions or several!**
For more information or to sign up to volunteer for one or more of the evenings, contact Mock Trial Attorney-Judge Coordinator Jenny Keystone at
(510) 206-7366 or mokstone@gmail.com.
Steve Weissman, Director of the Energy Program at Boalt’s Center of Law, Energy and the Environment, and Jennifer Granholm, former governor of Michigan, are co-teaching a 2-unit seminar jointly offered between Berkeley’s Law School and the Goldman School of Public Policy: Renewable Energy, Clean Fuels (Law 270.7 /Public Policy 290-05). This course needs the assistance of a Tutor who will aid the professors in guiding six student groups to prepare regional renewable energy plans that will be combined into one national energy strategy, including researching and identifying materials for class presentations.
The Tutor will assist with the student groups, ensuring that the groups and reports are coordinated and cohesive. The course will feature a number of guests – either in person or remotely — with specific expertise in areas of renewable energy technologies and strategies; the Tutor will assist with identification and technical coordination of class guests. The Tutor must have an academic concentration or experience in renewable energy law, technology or policy. Experience in leading or guiding group projects is a plus.
To apply, please e-mail your resume and a brief note indicating your interest and any relevant experience to ing@law.berkeley.edu .
Applications will be evaluated as they are received, beginning December 12, 2011, until such time as the position is filled.
Professor Andrea Roth seeks a research assistant for Spring 2012, about 10 hrs/wk, starting mid-January, for a project involving jurors’ rejection of exculpatory DNA evidence in favor of non-DNA evidence of guilt. Interested students should contact Professor Roth at aroth@law.berkeley.edu, and include a resume and unofficial transcript.
Steve Weissman, Director of the Energy Program at Boalt’s Center of Law, Energy and the Environment, and Jennifer Granholm, former governor of Michigan, are co-teaching a 2-unit seminar jointly offered between Berkeley’s Law School and the Goldman School of Public Policy: Renewable Energy, Clean Fuels (Law 270.7 /Public Policy 290-05). This course needs the assistance of a Tutor who will aid the professors in guiding six student groups to prepare regional renewable energy plans that will be combined into one national energy strategy, including researching and identifying materials for class presentations.
The Tutor will assist with the student groups, ensuring that the groups and reports are coordinated and cohesive. The course will feature a number of guests – either in person or remotely — with specific expertise in areas of renewable energy technologies and strategies; the Tutor will assist with identification and technical coordination of class guests. The Tutor must have an academic concentration or experience in renewable energy law, technology or policy. Experience in leading or guiding group projects is a plus.
To apply, please e-mail your resume and a brief note indicating your interest and any relevant experience to ing@law.berkeley.edu .
Applications will be evaluated as they are received, beginning December 12, 2011, until such time as the position is filled.
The Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law & Social Policy (Warren Institute) at the UC Berkeley Law School is a multi-disciplinary research center that tackles the most pressing issues in education, civil rights, criminal and juvenile justice, immigration, work/family and healthcare facing California and the nation. The Institute engages a wide range of legal and policy issues within these areas, providing valuable intellectual capital to public and private sector leaders, the media and the general public, while advancing scholarly understanding. Central to its methods are concerted efforts to build bridges connecting the world of research with the world of civic action and policy debate so that each informs the other, while preserving independence, quality and credibility of the academic enterprise.
The Warren Institute is currently seeking students to assist with programs in voting rights, education, immigration, and criminal justice.
Spring Semester 2012 Internships: the Warren Institute seeks students interested in working on our current projects for approximately 10 hours per week. Positions are both paid and unpaid (depending on the project funding).
Summer 2012 Internships: In 2012, the Warren Institute will host a small number of full-time summer interns. Our summer internship program provides an excellent opportunity to gain meaningful hands-on experience working on cutting edge issues and to work with leading scholars and advocates in the field. Most internships are unpaid, but we are willing to assist students seeking funding from other sources. We will sponsor two types of summer interns:
Legal summer internships: Open to students who have completed at least their first year of law school. We may consider individuals who have graduated law school and will start a judicial clerkship in the fall.
Social science summer internships: Open to graduate students who have completed at least one year of graduate study, including quantitative analysis coursework or other high level analytical skills.
To apply for a summer internship, please forward a resume, cover letter, and references to Elaine Mui at emui@law.berkeley.edu. Applications for the spring semester are due by November 28, 2011. Applications for summer 2012 are due by January 27, 2012.
For more information on the Warren Institute, please visit our website: www.warreninstitute.org