The Law Office of Lawrence A. Organ is looking for a 2L or 3L student intern for the spring semester. This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience on a variety of engaging and interesting cases. Ideal candidates will have strong legal research and writing skills.

The office is a small plaintiff-side, civil rights firm in San Anselmo, California that focuses on employment discrimination, whistleblower/retaliation, and sexual harassment. The office consists of experienced solo-practitioner Larry Organ and two associates. For more information, visit www.equalitylawcal.com.

Hours are flexible to accommodate your schedule and any applicable requirements to get academic credit. If interested or for more information, please contact Meghan Corman (Boalt ‘08) at Meghan@equalitylawcal.com.

The following judicial chambers are looking for spring 2009 externs:

Judge William Alsup, U.S. District Court of Northern California, Ninth Circuit, San Francisco, Ca

Judge Jon Tigar, Alameda County Superior Court, Oakland, Ca

For further information, please contact Sue Schechter, Field Placement Director, at sschechter@law.berkeley.edu or 510-643-7387.

Spring 2009 WOA TA Positions

We are now soliciting applications for Teaching Assistants for the 1L Written and Oral Advocacy Class, Spring 2009.

Information about the position can be found outside the office of Roxanne Livingston, 1L Skills Program Assistant, Room 461 Boalt.

Applications are due by Wednesday, November 12, 2008.

The Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center is looking for an extern to work on a 4-year-old tribunal monitoring project at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), a UN-backed war crimes tribunal in West Africa. The monitoring program was established by the Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center in June 2004. We maintain an ongoing daily presence at trials in order to report on the progress of the Court and the quality of justice dispensed by the tribunal. Our monitors publish substantive and procedural legal critique of the proceedings on a regular basis throughout each trial session. The extern will be working in The Hague, Netherlands.

The extern will be responsible for daily monitoring of the SCSL Prosecutor v. Charles Taylor trial and assisting with the creation of weekly and monthly reports. These reports will be published by the UC Berkeley War Crimes Center and disseminated to international NGOs. The reports will also be used in researching and writing longer, thematic reports, as well as a retrospective analysis of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

Please send a cover letter and current resume to Jennifer Easterday, at jennifere@gmail.com. Applications due October 17, 2008.

Prof.(emeritus) Edward Halbach wishes to hire a research assistant, primarily to assist in his project to rewrite the Restatement of the Law of Trusts. The workload will be light. There are no firm prerequisites for the position, although a student who is entering the second year might be ideal, especially if planning to take the Estates & Trusts course next year. Even an entering first-year student who has legal research skills will not be ruled out. Interested students may submit informal applications (briefly summarizing qualifications) to Professor Halbach=s assistant, Teriann Asami-Oki in 697 Simon Hall. (Her work hours are generally 7:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.) Later, for information or inquiries, applicants and potentially interested students can call Professor Halbach (524-0515, days or evenings) after September 14.

The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) provides many opportunities for students to meet attorneys from over 40 top Bay Area firms throughout the fall semester.  These opportunities include Job Fairs, Receptions and Lunchtime Presentations.  Students should make every effort to attend as many of these events as your schedule will allow.  It will give you the opportunity to practice talking to potential employers in a comfortable setting.  It may also be a good means of collecting information about a firm in which you are interested or a chance to reinforce a favorable impression from an interview.  Even if you are not interested in working for the hosting firm, you can learn more about what it is like to practice in the broad area of technology law.  Remember, firms interviewing on campus often arrange interviews with students directly before or after their interview day and during breaks.  So take advantage of these opportunities to meet attorneys and make contacts.  Visit the BCLT website at http://www.law.berkeley.edu/institutes/bclt/events.html to obtain dates, times and locations of these programs.