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

Professor Catherine Albiston seeks at least one research assistant to conduct research on issues related to workplace bias against workers who take family leave. Projects involve investigating potential legal theories available for addressing these biases, as well as how these legal theories compare to social psychological findings about the mechanisms behind these biases. Approximately 8-10 hours per week, although more hours are negotiable under appropriate circumstances. If interested, please apply by email to calbiston@law.berkeley.edu, and attach your CV to your email. In the email, please provide the following: your status (e.g. 1L, 2L, 3L, LL.M. student, Ph.D. student) any relevant experience and/or coursework, and why you are interested in this project. Deadline for applications is September 20th, but applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Berkeley Board Fellows is a yearly program that places Berkeley
graduate students on the Board of Directors on local nonprofit
organizations. JD students are encouraged to apply for the program.
Full details are available on the website at http://bit.ly/boardfellows

Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Time: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Location: C325 – Haas School of Business

Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Time: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Location: Helzel Board Room, F299 – Haas Scchool of Business
Link: http://bit.ly/boardfellows

Want to get involved in a cause that you believe in? Interested in
helping a local nonprofit? Want to use your legal and analytical skills
to make an impact at the highest level of an organization?

Attend one of these information sessions to learn about the Berkeley
Board Fellows Program. This unique 9-month experiential learning
opportunity places Haas MBA, Goldman MPP, MPH and JD graduate students
on local nonprofit boards of directors. Hear from a panel of past Board
Fellows regarding their experience in the program.

For more information, please contact the Center for Nonprofit and Public
Leadership: socialimpact@haas.berkeley.edu.

Research assistant needed in China and comparative environmental law and governance

Professor Alex Wang seeks a research assistant for the Fall 2011 semester (and possibly Spring 2012) to carry out research on various issues related to China environmental law and governance, as well as general (non-China) research on administrative law, organizational theory, bureaucratic management, and environmental law. Approximately 10 hours per week. Ability to carry out research on Chinese materials is preferred, but is not necessary for the non-China component of this work. Please submit c.v. and statement of interest (including relevant background) to awang@law.berkeley.edu.

UGBA102B-2 – GSI – Introduction to Managerial Accounting:

FTE: 50% time (120 hours) Total Compensation: $2,995.20 (at step 1.0) Dates of Appointment: Session D (7/5/11 – 8/12/11) Section Day/Time: Tuesdays/Thursdays 10:30am-1pm

Potential candidate must have some accounting background and have completed managerial accounting class with the letter-grader no less than B+. CPA or professional experience in public accounting is a plus, but not mandatory.

A GSI is responsible for facilitating discussion sessions which are held two times a week: Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30 – 1:00. Additional responsibilities include grading and proctoring exams.

UGBA102B-2 is held during 2nd 6 weeks of the summer session.

UGBA120B-1 –GSI – Advanced Financial Accounting:

FTE: 50% time (120 hours) Total Compensation: $2,995.20 (at step 1.0) Dates of Appointment: Session D (7/5/11 – 8/12/11) Section Day/Time: Tuesdays/Thursdays 10:30am-1pm

Potential candidate must have strong accounting background. CPA or professional experience in public accounting is a plus, but not mandatory.

A GSI is responsible for facilitating discussion sessions which are held two times a week: Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30 – 1:00. Additional responsibilities include grading and proctoring exams.

UGBA120B-1 is held during 2nd 6 weeks of the summer session.

If you are interested in any of the above positions please contact Rosina Rocco at rrocco@haas.berkeley.edu

The Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy has two paid summer research positions available. Start dates are flexible between now and 6/1. A minimum 8 week commitment is required. There is a possibility for continued GSR work in the fall semester.

Full time, paid summer legal intern. A research assistant is needed this summer to work with faculty at Berkeley Law and the general counsel of the Silicon Valley Bank Group to help investigate the scope and regulation of the expanding private marketplace for the stock, options and other securities of successful large companies such as Facebook. This project will provide an opportunity to gain insight into a cutting edge source of financing for high tech growth companies and liquidity for their investors and employees. Completion of a securities regulation course is preferred, but not required. To apply for this summer position, please forward a resume, cover letter, and references to Phyliss Martinez at the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy, bclbe@law.berkeley.edu

Paid summer legal intern (full or part time). A research assistant is needed this summer to work with Professor Nancy Wallace at the Haas School of Business and Ken Taymor, Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy, to help investigate the scope and regulation of a little known private corporation at the heart of the nation’s mortgage foreclosure crisis: MERS Corp. MERS is a private corporation that holds title to roughly half of all the home mortgages in the nation, has revenues in the hundreds of millions of dollars, is being sued by a wide range of homeowners and government officials and was an essential player in facilitating the mortgage securitization process that contributed to the country approaching the brink of depression. Our project will investigate the structure, financing, operation and legality of MERS and analyze the litigation surrounding it. This project will provide an opportunity to work with business and law faculty to gain insight into the financial crisis, how law functions in the creation of innovative financing structures, and how home ownership is financed in the United States. To apply for this summer position, please forward a resume, cover letter, and references to Phyliss Martinez at the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy, bclbe@law.berkeley.edu

The mission of the Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security (Berkeley CHEFS) is to address the increasing insecurity faced by workers and families in the United States through the development of integrated and interdisciplinary policy solutions.

Berkeley CHEFS is part of the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy (Warren Institute), UC Berkeley Law School’s multi‐disciplinary research center tackling the most pressing issues in civil rights, work‐family and health care reform, and criminal justice, facing California and the nation.

WI- Health, Economic & Family Security: Investigates vital needs of working families with regard to health and economic security, and work-family balance. Currently, we operate programs on improving health insurance and care delivery, job protection for employees on leave, and work-place flexibility.

Summer Internships: In 2011, the Warren Institute will host a small number of full-time and part-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.

This summer we are offering paid internships for legal interns to assist us with two health law reform projects:

- Increasing Accountable Care Organizations: Legal interns will assist us in researching the legal and regulatory barriers to implementation of Accountable Care Organizations for safety net providers. This project involves questions of administrative law, anti-trust law, state law on the corporate governance of medicine, and federal and state fraud and abuse laws.
- Improving Seamless Health Coverage: The second project focuses on how to implement the Affordable Care Act’s premium tax subsidies so as to ensure maximum enrollment and the least penalties for those individuals going through major life transitions (and thus health benefit transitions). This project involves the intersection of health law and policy with tax law and policy and mixes in some interesting health privacy questions.

To apply for a summer internship, please forward a resume, cover letter, and references to Phyliss Martinez at CHEFS@law.berkeley.edu.

Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Social Policy and Law

2011 Summer Internship Program – now accepting applications

The Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Social Policy and Law (Warren Institute) at
UC Berkeley Law School is a multi-disciplinary research center that tackles the most pressing issues in civil rights, work-family and health care reform, and criminal justice, 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.

WI- Race, Ethnicity & Diversity: Engages the most difficult topics related to civil rights, race, and ethnicity. Currently, we operate programs dealing with voting rights, education, and immigration.

WI- Health, Economic & Family Security: Investigates vital needs of working families with regard to health and economic security, and work-family balance. Currently, we operate programs on improving health insurance and care delivery, job protection for employees on leave, and work-place flexibility.

WI- Criminal Justice: Works to enhance public safety and foster a fair and accountable justice system through research, analysis and collaboration. Currently, we operate programs on juvenile justice and criminal justice.

Summer Internships: In 2011, 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. 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 Phyliss Martinez at CHEFS@law.berkeley.edu.

Hello Boalties!

A local high school is in need of debate coaches. We are looking for people with high school and/or college experience in speech/debate events. You would be meeting with the students once or twice weekly to work on techniques such as delivery and speech content. $2,654 yearly stipend. Please contact Jonathan MacMillan (909)633-5653.

Professor Samuelson is looking to hire one or two RAs for the summer of
2011. Her research projects for the summer will mainly be focused on
copyright reform measures (including a refinement of the derivative work
right), the Google Book Search settlement and its aftermath, digital
library copyright issues, and the importance of intellectual property
protections for computer software. Please submit your CV, a writing
sample, and any other resource you think would be helpful to me to
Joelle Brown, jbrown@law.berkeley.edu, by Feb. 21.

Assistance for a program partiallty run by the Kadish Center for Morality, Law, and Public Affairs, called “Religion in the Public Sphere.” This project is conducted jointly with Professor Olivier Roy of the European University Institute in Florence and takes up the question of how liberal democracies do and should accommodate the many varieties of religious communities within them. (The project has a special, but not exclusive, focus on Islam in the West.) More information about the project is available here: http://rps.berkeley.edu/

As part of the project, Berkeley will be the site for a conference on the topic on May 6-7, 2011, bringing a range of international scholars to discuss these issues. Your chief responsibility during the Spring would be to help prepare for the conference. The position will be at 24% time and would start as soon as possible continuing through the semester and, ideally, through the summer. Your direc supevisor would be Ms. Heddy Riss, the Program Director.

If you are interested, please contact Heddy Riss directly, at hriss@berkeley.edu. Professor Chris Kutz is available to answer any questions as well.

Internship Program at the Beijing Arbitration Commission

EMPLOYER DESCRIPTION
The Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC), established in 1995, is one of China’s foremost non-profit arbitration organizations. The BAC offers services in arbitration, mediation, and other dispute resolution procedures. By June 2009, BAC has accepted 14,977 cases in total. The parties to these cases are from such jurisdictions as USA, UK, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.

JOB DESCRIPTION
The internship with the BAC will provide candidates with the opportunity to practice what they have learned thus far in their legal education, as well as broaden and improve their knowledge about Chinese dispute resolution mechanisms and legal practice. There is a $4,000 stipend. The BAC will provide a moderate lunch subsidy for interns.

Tasks assigned to interns will depend on the level of fluency in the Mandarin language and will mainly consist of:

- Taking part in the administration of the arbitral process, including case acceptance, pre-hearing activities, the arbitration hearing, and case management;
- Performing research in the field of Chinese law and dispute resolution. This will often constitute a major project for foreign interns not familiar with the language and will be an opportunity to learn the Chinese legal regime and offer a comparative prospective to the members of the Commission on the alternative arbitration and mediation system in force in the country of the applicant;
- Assisting the BAC Secretariat (case managers) with other tasks that will be helpful to the applicant’s development, legal education and future career.

Furthermore the applicant is strongly encouraged to meet with and interview members of the BAC staff and the BAC Arbitrators in panel. These represent invaluable opportunities to gain insight about the process of Chinese dispute resolution mechanisms.

During the internship, candidates will be supervised by a member of the BAC Secretariat, all of whom hold an LLM, or equivalent degree, and are admitted to practice law in China in various capacities. Applicants willing to develop research projects of their own are invited to present them to their mentor, to discuss the project’s feasibility and prospect of implementation.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
The BAC provides internship positions throughout the year. Any law school students with interest in China’s commercial dispute resolution are welcomed to apply. All prospective interns are requested to supply all of the following information:
- a cover letter indicating what the intern expects to benefit from the internship and the specific period of time and dates the intern would like to stay;
- a current curriculum vitae;
- a letter of recommendation from a professor or professional specialized in dispute resolution or Chinese law who has personally knowledge of the candidate’s qualifications.

The due date for applications is January 24, 2011. Please send all inquiries and required materials to Tony Zaloom, China Program Director, Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy, at azaloom@law.berkeley.edu.

The Haas School of Business is hoping to find a graduate student in the School of Law that has strong tax experience (CPA preferred), to GSI for our UGBA121 – Federal Income Tax Accounting course.

The GSI appointment is for 25% time.

You are welcome to view the available GSI and Reader positions at http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/gsi/JobsSpring11.asp

The Spring 2011 GSI and Reader positions have been posted on the Haas GSI website.

You are welcome to view the available GSI and Reader positions at http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/gsi/JobsSpring11.asp

Those of you interested in applying for a spring 11’ GSI and/or Reader position are welcome to submit an online application at https://acadadmin.haas.berkeley.edu/GSIRecruitment/Application.pl

Before submitting an online application please be sure to review the various eligibility requirements located at http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/gsi/index.asp#Getting hired

First-time GSI’s must attend the central campus GSI Teaching Conference that is scheduled for Friday January 14, 2011. Please visit the GSI Teaching and Resource Center website located at http://gsi.berkeley.edu/conf_wkshop/index.html for updates on the Spring 2011 GSI Teaching Conference. (If you were a first-time GSI during fall 10’ and did not attend the fall GSI Teaching Conference, you MUST attend the spring 11’ GSI Teaching Conference if you are reappointed during the spring 11’ semester.)

All first-time GSI’s must complete a 300-level pedagogy training course that is required by central campus. For more information regarding this requirement, please visit http://gsi.berkeley.edu/faculty/300courses.html

New GSI’s and Reader’s will also be required to attend the New ASE Orientation. Four dates will be offered sometime in February 2011 and new GSI’s and Reader’s will be required to attend one of the orientations. (If you were a first-time GSI or Reader during fall 10’ and did not attend any of the fall New ASE Orientations, you MUST attend one of the spring 11’ New ASE Orientations if you are reappointed during the spring 11’ semester.) For more information, please visit http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/labor/ase_orientdate.htm

First-time GSI’s will also be required to successfully complete the GSI Professional Standards and Ethics online course. For more information regarding this requirement, please visit http://gsi.berkeley.edu/ethics/index.html

If you will not be able to attend the required training for first-time GSI’s and Reader’s, please do not submit an online application.

Only graduate students enrolled in a full-time degree program, who have met the various central campus eligibility requirements and have a single or combined GSI/Reader appointment of 25% (170 hours), are eligible to receive a partial fee remission.

**Students who do not speak English as a native language and do not hold a Bachelor’s degree from an institution in the United States must demonstrate oral English proficiency to be appointed as a GSI. For more information please visit the GSI Teaching and Resource Center at http://gsi.berkeley.edu/lpp/teaching.html#proficiency_testing