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.

LSLS allows students to talk to a peer counselor who understands what they are going through. This first-hand perspective can be especially valuable in high-stress environment like law school. Accordingly, students who have experienced their own challenges in law school will be particularly helpful and are encouraged to apply.

For more information please email: lawstudentsforlawstudents@gmail.com or attend the information session on Wednesday, March 10, at 12:45 p.m. in Room 12.

All communications will be kept confidential.

Please e-mail btljwritingcompetition@gmail.com with questions or for additional information.

Submissions should be submitted with a cover sheet that can be requested by email or downloaded from http://www.btlj.org/submissions/competition.php and comply with the following rules:

Papers must be no more than 50 pages long, including footnotes. Do NOT use endnotes. Margins should be 1”, minimum. Body text must be double-spaced. Font must be Times New Roman or a similar serif font, and 12 point. Footnotes may be 10 pt and single-spaced but there should be a space between notes. Citations must conform to the 18th Ed. of The Bluebook. The author’s name should not appear anywhere on the paper. Only one entry will be accepted per person.

Funded through a generous donation from Professors Robert Glushko and Pamela Samuelson, these paid Fellowships will provide a small number of rising 3Ls with the opportunity to work full-time over the summer with Samuelson Clinic faculty to support the Clinic’s ongoing legal work on behalf of their clients and the public interest. The Fellowships are intended to provide a summer experience participating in real-world lawyering and policy work where students to assist Clinical faculty in the execution of live cases on the Clinic docket.

If you are a rising Berkeley Law 3L interested in a Fellowship for this summer, please email (1) your resume and (2) a short statement of no more than 1,000 words describing your interest in and commitment to technology law, public policy, and/or the public interest to Clinic Directors Jason Schultz (jschultz@law.berkeley.edu) and Jennifer Urban (jurban@law.berkeley.edu). Submissions are due no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, March 5, 2010.

More information about the Samuelson Clinic is provided below and can be found at http://www.samuelsonclinic.org/.

Established in January 2001, the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at UC Berkeley Law was the first clinic in the nation to provide law students with the opportunity to represent the public interest in sound technology policy through client advocacy and participation in legislative, regulatory, litigation and technical standard-setting activities. Since its founding, the Samuelson Clinic has been extremely successful in a broad range of matters in the digital realm, working with nonprofit organizations, government agencies and legislators, and academic researchers across a variety of issues touching on technology including free speech, privacy, intellectual property, electronic commerce, voting systems, open source software and the life sciences.

Today, the Samuelson Clinic offers law students the unparalleled opportunity to learn about lawyering, government institutions and the complexities involved in technology-related law, while representing individuals, nonprofits, and consumer groups that could not otherwise obtain counsel on these legal issues. Through the clinic, students counsel small and large clients; file amicus briefs; comment on proposed legislation and regulations; produce guidelines on new and emerging technologies; conduct cutting-edge research, often in conjunction with non-profits, experts, or graduate students from other disciplines on campus; and most importantly, provide legal assistance on important issues related to law and technology such as biotech, copyright, privacy, free speech, electronic voting, patent reform, etc.

The specialized curricular program ensures students develop a broad background in fundamental areas of law while receiving advanced training in environmental, energy, finance, and intellectual property law.

Please note that requirements for the graduating class of 2010 are different than those for graduating classes of 2011 and beyond. Complete requirements and applications are available here. 3L applications are due on April 19.

Direct any questions to cleantech@law.berkeley.edu.

The Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security (Berkeley CHEFS) seeks law students for clerkships in summer 2010. The law clerks will engage in legal and policy research on work-family issues and health care reform. Applicants are encouraged to express interest in one of these topics and provide information about any work experience, academic courses, or research in these areas.

Summer law clerks must be available to work full time during the summer. The positions are unpaid, but Berkeley CHEFS is willing to assist students who are seeking to secure funding from other sources. Please see below for more information on the mission and direction of Berkeley CHEFS.

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to chefs@law.berkeley.edu.
Application deadline is March 15, 2009.

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

The economic security of American families is a growing national concern but policy proposals to address the needs of working families with regard to health security, economic security, and work-family balance are too often advanced separately. With faculty experts in law, social welfare, public health, political science, public policy, medicine, and economics, Berkeley CHEFS initiates robust dialogue and research aimed at developing policy recommendations to assist the engineering of legislative, institutional, and regulatory reforms. Berkeley CHEFS’ programmatic goals include:

*Increasing health security through promoting universal health coverage and improved care delivery at the national, state, and local levels;

*Developing better protections for workers who are on voluntary or involuntary leave from their jobs; and

*Supporting working families in a flexible workplace.

For more information, please visit: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/chefs.htm.

The Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice (BCCJ) seeks a law student for an internship for summer 2010.

BCCJ works to bring law enforcement and community together to build partnerships in support of innovative, research-based criminal justice policy approaches. The summer intern would do research and policy work on BCCJ projects in one or more of the following areas: street violence reduction, juvenile justice, corrections and reentry, policing and community policing, and drug policy. The summer intern’s duties may also include the opportunity to work directly for BCCJ Faculty Board members.

Summer interns will work under the direction of the Executive Director and Director of Programs. The position is open to first and second year students.
Interested applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and unofficial transcript to BCCJ Executive Director Andrea Russi at arussi@law.berkeley.edu

For more information about BCCJ, visit our website: www.bccj.berkeley.edu.

Scholarship applicants must be current first-year, full- or part-time (attending first-year classes) law
students who are students of color, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer
(LGBTQ) community, disabled, or whose background or experience would otherwise contribute to the
diversity of the legal profession.

Their scholarship committee is composed of attorneys at the firm, and scholarship recipients will be
chosen based upon a combination of merit and financial need. With respect to merit, the committee will
consider each applicant’s academic accomplishments, background, activities, obligations and commitment to community service. Need, as interpreted by the committee, will be determined based upon the applicant’s and the applicant’s family’s income; the applicant’s sources of financial aid, including loans, grants, fellowships and scholarships, if any; assets, if any; expenses; and expected income during the summer of 2010. Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate a commitment to working and living in the Bay Area.

Applications are available on their website (www.fbm.com), and all completed applications must be
postmarked by March 12, 2010. Scholarship recipients will be notified by April 13, 2010 and will receive their scholarship checks shortly thereafter.

The Public Interest Scholarship is awarded in the fall of 2010 for the 2010-2011 academic year. Please visit our Scholarship posting for more information.

The application packet is available online at http://www.calbarfoundation.org/programs/scholarships/lawschool.html

Because each school must nominate applicants for the CA Bar Foundation Public Interest Scholarship, applications will need to be submitted the Law School’s Financial Aid office by 5:00pm Wednesday, March 3, 2010.

For additional information. please contact Jasmine Guillory, Program Director, at 415-856-0780 ext. 302 or jguillory@calbarfoundation.org

The Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice (Henderson Center) at UC Berkeley School of Law is seeking a Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) for spring 2010, to assist with literature searches and summarizing (abstracting) empirical scholarly articles. Much of the literature searches and abstracting will be related to mental health, girls and incarceration.
Job Description: The Henderson Center GSR will work under the supervision of the Senior Research Associate on a variety of research and administrative tasks associated with developing research proposals and assisting with current research projects on equal opportunity programs and the impact of a restorative justice program at an Oakland, California middle school.
Responsibilities: The Henderson Center GSR will be responsible for performing comprehensive literature reviews, summarizing (abstracting) literature, and transcribing interview data.
Requirements:
• Ability to start work immediately and commit to a regular work schedule, approximately 10 to 15 hours per week.

• Substantial experience with the use of library search engines.

• Substantial experience in summarizing (abstracting) empirical scholarly articles.

• Ability to accurately transcribe digitally recorded interviews.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a small team to set priorities and meet deadlines.

• Ability to preserve the confidentiality of the research study.

• Demonstrated commitment to social justice.

Desired Qualifications:
• Experience working with a research team at an academic institution or nonprofit.
• Background in juvenile mental health issues, particularly related to girls and the juvenile system.

Interested students should submit a resume, a one page statement of interest, and a brief (5 to 10 pages) writing sample to Wilda White, Executive Director, wwhite@law.berkeley.edu.
Established in 1999, the Henderson Center is a research and training center that fosters scholarship on race and poverty that views the law in a larger social context, works in partnership with communities to educate the public and influence policy, and prepares UC Berkeley School of Law graduates to pursue public interest legal careers. For more information, see www.law.berkeley.edu/HendersonCenter.htm.

Completed applications must be postmarked no later than March 5, 2010. Successful applicants will be recognized at the Black Women Lawyer’s Foundation Luncheon at the Sheraton Delfina in Los Angeles, California, May 1, 2010

The application is available at http://www.blackwomenlawyersla.org/.

Scholarship awards shall be exclusively for tuition and related expenses for persons who enroll as full-time students in programs leading to the award of the L.L.B. or J.D. degree offered by law schools located in one of the United States or District of Columbia and accredited by the American Bar Association. Each scholarship will be made on the basis of demonstrated financial need, superior academic performance, community and public service, and demonstrated contacts with and commitment to the State of Rhode Island.

For more information, please contact the Rhode Island Bar Foundation office at (401) 421-6541 or e-mail: gcaldwell@ribar.com

* Deadline: received by March 19, 2010
* Award: 2 awards for $15,000 each
* Website and Application: http://ribar.com/foundation/scholarships.asp

Interested applicants for the scholarship must:
1. Have your permanent address in Sonoma County or have attended a high school located in Sonoma County.

2. Submit a completed application to the Community Foundation Sonoma County no later than 5:00p.m. March 1, 2010.

The application and additional information are located on the Foundation’s web site, www.sonomacf.org. The application must be completed online and should be submitted to the Community Foundation office with an official transcript and any supplemental materials, if required.
Questions? Please contact Dana Johnson, Program Associate, Community Foundation Sonoma County, 250 D Street, Suite 205, Santa Rosa, California 95404, or (707) 579-4073.

In June 2000, the Howard Fox Memorial Law Scholarship Fund was transferred to the Berks County Community Foundation to manage and administer. The award of $3,000 is presented annually at the Berks County Bar Association Law Day Event. It is given to help fund a deserving Berks county, Pennsylvania, resident embarking on his or her second year at an accredited Law School.

Please refer to the website, www.bccf.org for the application. Completed applications must be submitted to Berks County Community Foundation between January 15 and April 1st.

ALL Berkeley Law students are encouraged to please fill out this questionnaire so that we can gauge student interest and to determine viable formats for a new seminar.

Thank you for taking a few moments out of your time. If you have any questions, you may direct them to barker-ball@berkeley.edu.

The fellowship includes a stipend of $4,500. The awards will enable students to carry out clearly defined human rights-related fieldwork during summer 2010 with specific governmental or non-governmental organizations related to the student’s area of study.

A completed application consists of 4 collated sets of the following materials: 1) Application cover sheet; 2) Curriculum Vitae/resume; 3) A 2–5 page statement of purpose; 4) Recommendation letters from 2 faculty members; and, 5) Letter from the sponsoring organization.

Fellowship applications are available online at http://hrc.berkeley.edu or at the Human Rights Center, 460 Stephens Hall.

Completed applications must be submitted to the Human Rights Center by 4:00pm on February 25, 2010.

For further information about the fellowships, please see our website at http://hrc.berkeley.edu.

Please e-mail btljwritingcompetition@gmail.com with questions or for additional information.

Submissions should be submitted with a cover sheet that can be requested by email or downloaded from http://www.btlj.org/submissions/competition.php and comply with the following rules:

Papers must be no more than 50 pages long, including footnotes. Do NOT use endnotes. Margins should be 1”, minimum. Body text must be double-spaced. Font must be Times New Roman or a similar serif font, and 12 point. Footnotes may be 10 pt and single-spaced but there should be a space between notes. Citations must conform to the 18th Ed. of The Bluebook. The author’s name should not appear anywhere on the paper. Only one entry will be accepted per person.

The Berkeley Business Law Journal (BBLJ) is pleased to announce that it has started accepting student submissions of short comments (or “shorts”) for publication in the print edition of BBLJ. A short is a piece on a recent case, agency decision, or scholarly legal article that is less than 15 pages double-spaced. Shorts can be written on any topic that is related to Business Law. Student submissions that are accepted will be included in Issue 7 of the BBLJ.

All Boalt Hall students are eligible to submit a short. The deadline for consideration for publication in Issue 7 is 11:59 PM PST on February 15, 2010. Pieces submitted after this time will be considered for publication in Issue 8.1.

For details including to whom to direct inquiries and how to submit a short please see the announcement on the BBLJ website http://www.boalt.org/bblj/Shorts.pdf.

This is an excellent way to have your work published in a leading law journal. We look forward to your submission!

Best,
Matt DalSanto
Senior Submissions Editor
Berkeley Business Law Journal

The Warren Institute is a multidisciplinary, collaborative venture to produce research, research-based policy prescriptions, and curricular innovation on issues of racial and ethnic justice in California and the nation.

The Institute’s mission is to engage the most difficult topics related to civil rights, race and ethnicity in a wide range of legal and public policy subject 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 the independence, quality and credibility of the academic enterprise.

The Warren Institute has established itself as an important interlocutor in some of today’s most pressing legal and political topics. We currently operate programs dealing with voting rights, education, health, and immigration. Our activities include research, policy development, and advocacy. Each year, we hold a number of convenings on salient civil rights issues that bring national civil rights leaders to campus.

Summer Internships: In 2010, the Warren Institute will host a small number of Summer Interns. Summer Interns will have substantial responsibility researching civil rights problems and developing policy reforms to address them. Our summer internship program provides an excellent opportunity to gain meaningful hands-on experience working on cutting edge civil rights issues and to work with leading scholars and advocates in the field. We will consider 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 and will start a judicial clerkship.

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 are due by January 29, 2010.

For more information about the Institute, visit www.law.berkeley.edu/centers/ewi.