The Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy (BCLBE) seeks 2-3 current law students to volunteer to assist with research and writing related to public and private investments in renewable energy. Topics likely will include federal funding and commercialization related to Department of Energy grants, loan guarantees and tax incentives under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), as well as historical comparisons with federal investments in other industries and sectors, including public health and biotechnology. Students may also have the opportunity to be involved in a one-day conference on these topics in December 2009.

Time commitment: 3-6 hours/week.

Contact: Ken Taymor (ktaymor@law.berkeley.edu) / Braden Penhoet (bpenhoet@law.berkeley.edu)

I’m currently conducting an experimental ethnography of the mental health courts operating in Delaware, and would like to do a comparison with the San Francisco Behavioral Court.  I would like someone to conduct observations of court sessions and interviews with court actors (and possibly participants).  Data collection could begin as soon as you like, but no later than Summer 2010.  Funding may be available, but is not at present.  Instead, research experience on a large, mixed methods, comparative project is offered, with possible co-authorship.

If interested, please email santhi@udel.edu to arrange a meeting while I’m at Boalt on October 1 and 2 and to receive the full project description.

Chrysanthi Leon (Boalt JD ‘06, PhD ’07)
Assistant Professor
Sociology and Criminal Justice
University of Delaware
302 831-8683
santhi@udel.edu

The Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity is looking for an RA to work on education law and policy projects, including a review of case law and policy literature on comparability and school finance, and analysis of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary School Act. Up to 10 hours per week. Background in discrimination or constitutional law helpful but not required. No 1Ls, please. Send c.v. and transcript to emui@law.berkeley.edu. The deadline is September 16th.

WANTED: RESEARCH ASSISTANT FOR PROF. FARBER’S DELTA DISASTER PROJECT

10 hours per week for Fall and Spring semesters

Working with Professors Dan Farber you will assist with legal perspectives for a major project on risk assessment and management in the California Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta flood protection (levees), water distribution, and power supply systems.

California’s Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta is a high-risk region. The California Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta flood protection, water distribution, and power supply systems are embedded in a complex and sensitive ecosystem. They also co-exist with communications, transportation, and emergency services. Like infrastructure systems in other parts of the U.S., their effectiveness and performance have eroded over time due to age, deferred maintenance, increasing societal demands, and natural hazards.
The responsibilities for this project include:

1. To contribute to an assessment of local, state and federal operators in the Sacramento Delta levee, water and power systems. The overall task of the legal team is to define the legal dimensions of the probability of system failure, considering human and organizational uncertainties. This will include working with an interdisciplinary team (Berkeley Law, Haas Business, UCB Engineering) to assist with mapping and interviewing system operators.

2. Analyze current and past laws and regulations affecting system operations.

Please send a resume and a short statement of your interest and any relevant experience (courses, familiarity with the region, etc) to Professor Farber at: dfarber@law.berkeley.edu.

Professor Farber is looking for an RA to work on several projects, including a new edition of a book about the First Amendment, the final stages of revising an environmental law casebook, the introduction to a CLR issue, and an article about how government agencies and courts should take uncertainties into account when creating legal rules. Up to 10 hours per week. Background in environmental or constitutional law helpful but not required. No 1Ls, please. Send c.v. and transcript to dfarber@law.berkeley.edu.

Professor Elisabeth Semel is in need of a research assistant who is available approximately 10 hours a week, preferably for the entire academic year. Projects include concluding an article on an aspect of Justice Stevens’s capital punishment jurisprudence, and research on race discrimination in jury selection and on counsel standards in death penalty cases.

Please send resumes to Professor Semel at esemel@law.berkeley.edu

The Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law, at Berkeley Law seeks a GSR with fluent French for a project on water rights in Senegal. Student will translate and edit legal research papers from French to English. Excellent English writing skills are mandatory. Work will begin ASAP. Please send a resume and a short statement of your interest and language qualifications, etc) to Emily Best ebest@law.berkeley.edu.

BCLBE is seeking a research assistant to work with Executive Director Ken Taymor and Prof. Robert Bartlett on a project relating to the structuring and regulation of credit derivatives. The position is paid at standard GSR rates, with hours to be determined, starting immediately for the summer and possibly extending into next academic year. Interest and familiarity with corporate finance and basic accounting principles preferred. Contact Ken Taymor for additional information or submit CV to: ktaymor@law.berkeley.edu.

Help Wanted with Attorney Supervised Research & Writing

available immediately

civil litigation projects

please tell a little about yourself

if sending resume, just paste into email (not attachment)

to…

JulieZudan at lycos.com

Thanks!

Ann O’Leary, Executive Director, of the Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security (Berkeley CHEFS) is seeking research assistants (RAs) to conduct research over the summer and in the fall 2009 semester.

RAs will engage in research on one of two projects related to Berkeley CHEFS’s portfolio on work-family policies:
(1) policy and legal research regarding the development of a national model paid family leave policy for a project Berkeley CHEFS is doing in collaboration with Georgetown Law School’s Workplace Flexibility 2010;
(2) policy and legal research on the role of government in supporting women as workers and caregivers and in the role of education in supporting women workers for a project Berkeley CHEFS is doing in collaboration with the Center for American Progress and First Lady Maria Shriver.

Applicants are encouraged to provide information about any relevant work experience, academic courses, or research. Please see below for more information on the mission and direction of Berkeley CHEFS.

RAs must be available to work at least 10 hours per week. RAs will be paid at the standard GSR rate or in lieu of pay, RAs may request credit for their independent research. When applying, please indicate if you are applying for a summer or fall position or both.

To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and transcript (unofficial transcript is fine) to Ann O’Leary at aoleary@law.berkeley.edu

Please see our website for more information about Berkeley CHEFS at
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/chefs.htm

The Legal Studies program is soliciting applications for a GSI position for its fall course, American Legal and Constitutional History. Here is a description:

177: American Legal & Constitutional History, Prof. Brown, TuTh 8-9:30am 4 units,

This course explores the history of American legal institutions and doctrine from colonial times to the present. It deals both with the history of American constitutional law (through the study of major U.S. Supreme Court opinions) and with the development of certain important bodies of non-constitutional law, such as the law of property, the law of torts (civil wrongs), and criminal law. In exploring how American law has developed over time the course may serve as something of an introduction to our current legal and constitutional order.

The discussion section meeting times are listed on the Legal Studies website.

Students who are interested in being considered should send an expression of interest and a c.v. to Charles McClain, program Vice Chair. cmcclain@law.berkeley.edu

SUMMER RESEARCH ASSISTANT WANTED

Henry Hecht is looking for a Research Assistant for summer 2009 to assist with research for the second edition of his book Effective Depositions (American Bar Association), which is expected to be published this fall 2009. The work will involve researching case law and current literature on discovery in civil law suits and depositions in particular.

Research Assistants are currently paid approximately $15.00 per hour. The time commitment is subject to discussion.

Interested students should submit a resume, writing sample, and references to Mr. Hecht’s assistant, Wanda Castillo, 344 North Addition, e-mail: wcastillo@law.berkeley.edu.

Professor Erin Murphy is seeking a summer research assistant. I prefer a 50% time (roughly $ 1300/mo), but the exact hours and dates are negotiable, and a full-time position may be possible (or split with another faculty member). The project involves research on secrecy in the criminal justice system. Crim Pro (investigations or adjudication) or criminal work experience preferred, but not necessary.

Professor Amy Kapczynski is looking for summer RAs (probably part time). Work will likely relate to a project about definitions of openness and freedom in open source / open standards / free software contexts, and possibly another project about international law and social movements. If interested, please send a CV, cover letter, and transcript to akapczynski@law.berkeley.edu by Monday, April 6.

Professor Pamela Samuelson is seeking two full-time research assistants for the summer to work on topics in copyright law and policy. Most of the work will involve researching specific legal questions and writing memoranda about the research, but researchers will have an opportunity to be involved with the Copyright Principles Project, which is a collaboration of academics, practitioners, and industry representatives whose goal is to articulate sound principles of copyright law with an emphasis on clarity and normative content.

Among the particular topics expected to be targeted for study this summer are infringement standards, copyright remedies, and administrative and rulemaking practices. Please submit applications to Professor Samuelson, pam@law.berkeley.edu by Monday, March 9. Priority will be given to first year students who have some interest and/or background in intellectual property law.