If you are a New American, please plan to attend the information session for the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. The session will be held in 110 Boalt Hall, 2-3 P.M., on Thursday, April 15. Warren Ilchman, Director, Stanley J. Heginbotham, Consulting Director of Selection, and the current Boalt 1L who is now a Soros Fellow, will provide information and insights about how to be a successful applicant for this prestigious $90,000 two-year national fellowship.

A New American is a person who holds a Green Card, or is already a naturalized citizen, or the child of a naturalized parent (the other parent cannot be a US born citizen). A candidate must not be more than 30 years of age as of November 1 of the year of application. Please go to www.pdsoros.org for more information about the fellowships.

Dennis Tominaga
Assistant Dean of Financial Aid

Professor Jennifer Urban would like to hire a summer research assistant to work with her on copyright and privacy research projects. This will include research related to the remix practices of American fans of Japanese anime, copyright takedown notices and “three strikes” policies, and privacy within the home.
She is also conducting research on cloud computing, software patents and IP and technology law clinics.

First year law students interested in this position should submit a resume and writing sample to Professor Urban at jurban@law.berkeley.edu by April 12. Completion of the Intro to Intellectual Property Rights class is not necessary, although it may be helpful. Previous empirical experience may also be helpful, but is not necessary.

The undergraduate Legal Studies Program may have openings for JD/JSD students to serve as Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) in the fall semester of 2010. For a given course, a GSI attends and helps facilitate faculty lectures, organizes and teaches discussion sections, grades examinations and papers, holds office hours, and provides individual mentoring of undergraduate students.

The courses for which there may be openings are: LS 105, Theoretical Foundations of Criminal Law; LS 138, Supreme Court and Public Policy; LS 147, Law and Economics II; LS 151, Law, Self and Society; LS 155, Government and the Family; LS 170, Crime and Criminal Justice; LS 177, American Legal and Constitutional History; LS 177, Law, Politics and Society; and LS 184, Sociology of Law. See this schedule of classes for the days and times of lecture classes and discussion sessions. Be sure to check these days and times before applying for a particular course because there is no flexibility to adjust them to your schedule.

To be considered, send a brief statement (no more than 1 page total) about your qualifications related to one or more courses you are available to serve as a GSI in the fall term; a resume/CV; and an informal transcript electronically to: Michael Musheno at mmusheno@law.berkeley.edu no later than Friday, April 16, 2010.

The Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund at the University of California, Berkeley, is now accepting grant applications for its 2010-11 grant cycle. The fund will distribute $225,000 in grants this year to support projects and programs that link UC Berkeley faculty, staff and students with residents and community-based organizations to improve the quality of life in Berkeley.

Established in 2006, the fund has awarded more than $800,000 to over 60 diverse neighborhood improvement projects and community service programs that utilize collaborative relationships between UC Berkeley and the community to address critical needs.

This year, campus and community members are encouraged to develop collaborative partnerships that will yield real-world results in the areas of community safety and livability, environmental stewardship, education, and arts and culture.

“I am excited about the opportunities the fund offers to help forge closer connections between the community and the campus,” said Caleb Dardick, director of UC Berkeley’s Local Government and Community Relations Office.

An advisory board of city, campus and community representatives developed the goals, criteria and process for awarding partnership grants and will review and recommend projects for funding. Grant proposals are due by May 14, 2010. The grant awards will be announced in July 2010.

The fund will host a workshop for interested applicants as well as potential community or university partners on Wednesday, April 7th from 5:30 – 7:30 PM at the North Berkeley Senior Center (1901 Hearst Avenue at Martin Luther King Jr. Way).

The Chancellor’s Community Partnership fund Web site is http://communityrelations.berkeley.edu/ccpf. Its e-mail address is calpartnershipfund@berkeley.edu

Opportunity for collaboration on a publication in support of Informal Advanced Directives with faculty from the Cal School of Public Health.

Professor Marc Pollock (Public Health) is in the process of writing an article in support of “informal” written or oral advanced directives, and is seeking a law student assistant to go through the legal literature and find recent court cases that begin to establish a foundation for this approach. The paper is a guaranteed publication and the assistant’s name would be listed on the paper as well. Work could be completed during the summer months.

The student would need to review the legal foundations beginning with the California Health Care Decisions Act that took effect in 2000, and all pertinent litigation either in support or opposition to Informal Advance Directives.
Two examples would be Conservatorship of Wendland, 28 P3d 151,(2001) here in Calif. or the Michigan case of Martin, 538 NW2d 399. In both cases lower court rulings in favor of oral Advanced Directives, were over-turned by State Supreme Courts.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please reply to Professor Marc Pollock at marcp@berkeley.edu.

The Boalt Hall Women’s Association is offering the Herma Hill Kay Summer Fellowship to Boalt students who dedicate their summer work to improving women’s lives through the law. Students may apply for the fellowship by sending both the general Boalt Hall Funding Application plus answers to the supplemental questions (see below) in one document to saragiardina@berkeley.edu by Thursday, April 1st. If you are selected as a Herma Hill Kay Fellow, you will be required to attend the HHK Fellows Reception on April 26th at 5PM in the Goldberg Room.

Supplemental Questions:

1. Herma Hill Kay has dedicated her professional life to improving women’s rights. Please describe any activities you have undertaken to promote women’s equality and empowerment. Activities may be academic, work-related or volunteer, and may be in or outside of law school.

2. Please describe the particular population of women your work will benefit.

Questions? Contact Sara at saragiardina@berkeley.edu.

Professor Pamela Samuelson would like to hire a summer research assistant to work with her on intellectual property research projects. This will include research about the derivative work right, copyright reform, and the origins of and justifications for statutory damages. She is also conducting research on software intellectual property rights, including an empirical project on the importance of intellectual property rights for software start-up companies. First year law students interested in this position should submit a resume and writing sample to Professor Samuelson at psamuelson@law.berkeley.edu by April 5. Completion of the Intro to Intellectual Property Rights class is not necessary, although it may be helpful.

Boalt students interested in independent study for supervised legal research and drafting concerning revision of the CAMPUS CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT, should contact Stephen Rosenbaum, Lecturer, at srosenbaum@law.

Professor David Gamage seeks one or more part-time summer Research Assistant(s) for Summer 2010 to assist with research related to tax and budget policy. Interested students should contact David Gamage at: dgamage@law.berkeley.edu.

Scholarships are available to all students, both male and female, and are based on financial need, academic excellence, residential or other ties to San Mateo County, and involvement in activities, whether legal, scholastic, public, private or community. Applicants for the scholarship should submit a letter stating their qualifications for the award and the information about why they should be chosen. Please include in the letter, or as a separate attachment, the following information: All law school scholarships received and in what amounts, specify how the law school education is being financed, and include a copy of the current law school transcript.

Please send letters to:

San Mateo County Women Lawyers Education Foundation, P.O. Box 341, San Carlos, California 94070

* Deadline: April 1, 2010
* Award: $1,000 to $4,000
* Contact: Vivian L. Kral
* Phone: 650-367-1771

The Kern County Women Lawyers Association (KCWLA) of Bakersfield, California is an organization that supports and promotes women in the profession as well as issues of gender, diversity and equality. The KCWLA, through its Foundation, awards scholarships to both female and male law students, each year, in April or May. In order to receive a scholarship, the applicant must have ties to Kern County, California, have financial need and/or hardship and have good academic standing and scholarship. The Foundation is interested in candidates who have interests and experiences concerning issues facing the procession and, in particular, those issues important to women. Each year, at least one scholarship for a second, third or fourth year law student is awarded.

* Deadline: April 2, 2010
* Awards: $250-$3,000
* Contact:
Cynthia C. Norris, Secretary
Kern County Women Lawyers Foundation
P.O. Box 2702
Bakersfield, CA 93302
* Phone: 661-868-2736
* Download the Application

Every year the Essex County Bar Foundation offers a scholarship in memory of Joseph J. and Vincent P. Biunno. The scholarships are designed to offer financial assistance to persons with disabilities who are currently attending law school. For purposes of the scholarship, a disability is limited to a permanent physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one of more of the major life activities of the individual having such an impairment. Persons wishing to apply for the scholarship will need to demonstrate a permanent disability consistent with the criterion outlined above and demonstrate financial need, law school achievement and commitment to practice law. Those with connections to New Jersey receive preference.

* Deadline: May 7, 2010
* Email: info@essexbar.com
* Phone: 973-622-6207
* Website and Application: www.essexbar.com

The SABANC (South Asian Bar Association of Northern California) Foundation has a fellowship program that funds public interest fellowships for law students who are interested in dedicating their summers to public interest work that impacts and benefits the South Asian community in the Bay Area.

* Deadline: March 26, 2010
* Contact: Monali Sheth
* Email: mssheth@gmail.com
* Website and Application: http://www.southasianbar.org/saba-foundation/fellowship

Law Students for Law Students (LSLS) is a new student organization dedicated to providing support for law students through peer counseling and mentoring. Applications are available now for peer counseling positions. Email lawstudentsforlawstudents@gmail.com to request an application and receive information on the group’s plans for the upcoming semester, anticipated training schedule, time commitment, and other details of participation. Applications are due Friday, March 19 at 5:00 p.m.

Brian Carver, Assistant Professor at the School of Information (and Boalt alumnus), seeks a full-time Research Assistant for Summer 2010 to assist him with his research on copyright and cyberlaw. The RA may research current case law in these areas, may research specific legal questions and write memoranda about the research, may conduct literature reviews and summarize law journal articles, and may assist in case book editing.

Start and end dates are flexible, but full-time availability for at least eight weeks and demonstrated interest in the subject matter, through coursework or extra-curricular activities, is preferred. Pay is GSR Step I.

Please send a cover letter and resume to Brian Carver at: bcarver@ischool.berkeley.edu

Professor Carver hopes to complete interviews by March 18th.