Boalt Bulletin Board

Research Assistants Needed for Casebook Revision

Admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 00:30:44 +0000

Professor Steve Bundy and Judge Willy Fletcher are looking for two or more part time research assistants to work this summer and next fall on a revision of their civil procedure case book. Interested students should send a resume and unofficial transcript along with an indication of how much time they have available to Professor Bundy sbundy@law.berkeley.edu.

Summer LRW program seeks writing coaches

Admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:31:51 +0000

The Professional LLM program needs writing coaches for the Legal Research and Writing classes this summer. The primary duties are to read drafts of short memos and meet individually with students. Pay is approximately $15/hour. Scheduling is flexible, and this work will dovetail well with some summer jobs, such as research assistant or local judicial clerk. Please email Robyn Wang, rwang@law.berkeley.edu.

Margaret A. Gannon Legal Education Stipend

Administrator — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:46:24 +0000

Women Lawyers of Alameda County (WLAC) has established the Margaret A. Gannon Legal Education Stipend Fund to provide financial assistance to individuals preparing to take the California Bar Exam to help offset the costs of a bar review course or study materials. The deadline to apply has been extended to May 7th. More information is at the link below.

WLAC-MAG_Stipend_and_Membership_App_2012

Help with Citations for Law Review essay

Admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:34:47 +0000

UCB English professor in final stages of finishing essay accepted by law review looking for a law student to help check citations, as soon as possible. The essay concerns policing of urban space, poverty, disability law. Will pay well. If interested, contact Susan Schweik at sschweik@berkeley.edu.

Part Time RAs Needed for Summer

Admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:58:55 +0000

Professor Kate Jastram is looking for full- or part-time research assistants for projects in international humanitarian law and refugee law this summer. Students who have taken International Humanitarian Law, Refugee Law, International Law, or Human Rights Law preferred. Familiarity with SPSS a plus. Assignments could be completed in the evenings and on weekends. Please send cv and unofficial transcript, along with an indication of how many hours/week you could work, to kjastram@law.berkeley.edu.

Research Assistants Needed for Projects in Financial Law and International Law

Admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:22:29 +0000

Professor Stavros Gadinis is looking for full- or part-time research assistants for projects in international finance and international business law this summer. Some projects are at an early stage, so they could benefit from reviewing literature and original sources, typically available online. These projects involve new international organizations developed after the financial crisis, or reforms in the mandate of pre-existing financial organizations. Other projects are at the final stages, and require assistance with editing and blue booking. Please send your resume to sgadinis@law.berkeley.edu, indicating how many hours per week you could work.

Part Time Research Assistants Needed for Summer

Admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:43:39 +0000

Professor Anne Joseph O’Connell is looking for at least two Research Assistants to work part-time this summer on a series of administrative law and structural constitutional law projects. Some projects are in the early stages of development so work would include researching the current literature on the topic and tracking down relevant information. Other projects are further along so work on those would include bluebooking and editing. Students who have taken Administrative Law and Constitutional Law preferred. The commitment would be approximately ten hours a week; assignments could be completed in the evenings and on weekends. Please send cv and unofficial transcript to aoconnell@law.berkeley.edu.

Research Assistant Needed for Project on Leveraged Buyouts

Admin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:21:06 +0000

Professor Robert Bartlett is seeking a full- or part-time research assistant over the summer to help conduct research on private equity transactions. The project will entail an in-depth examination of the transaction structure of approximately 100 leveraged buyouts. Interested students must be willing to work at least 30 hours per week. If you are interested, please send your resume to rbartlett@law.berkeley.edu along with a cover email indicating the number of hours per week you can work.

Social Justice Skills & Practical Issues Course in Fall

Admin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:04:50 +0000

Rising 2Ls and 3Ls:

Enroll in a course next fall that will let you practice traditional and innovative advocacy and litigation skills with real issues: e.g., complaint and disovery drafting, meet-and-confer, legislative drafting and lobbying, community education, media advocacy. For more information, go to room 12 on Tues, April 17 (12:45-1:45 pm) or room (TBA by Henderson Ctr) on Thurs, April 19 (12:45-2 pm). Or contact instructor directly: srosenbaum@law.berkeley.edu

Research Assistant Needed for International Criminal Law Article

Admin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:02:54 +0000

Professor Saira Mohamed is seeking a full- or part-time research assistant over the summer to help with an article on social deviance and international criminal law. If you are interested, please send your resume to smohamed@law.berkeley.edu, and please include in the cover email the dates and number of hours per week you are available over the summer.

Berkeley-Haas PhD in Business Administration Information Session

Admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:36:10 +0000

The UC Berkeley Haas School of Business is hosting an information session for our PhD in Business Administration program. Within this major are seven different areas of study: Accounting, Operations Management, Management of Organizations, Business & Public Policy, Finance, Real Estate, and Marketing. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss the application process and ask any questions about the program. All majors are welcome and the minimum degree to apply is a bachelor’s degree. The information session will be held on:

Date & Time:
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
5:30-6:30PM

Location:
Haas School of Business, Room C335
2220 Piedmont Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94720

For more information please visit www.haas.berkeley.edu/Phd. The link to RSVP is https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHBSWTU1aGRoVDROMk5Xak9oaEpzMUE6MQ#gid=0. We would greatly appreciate it if you could kindly forward this email announcement.

Thank you,
Bradley Jong

HRC seeks summer GSR, El Salvador

Admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:05:26 +0000

The Human Rights Center seeks a Graduate Student Researcher to help (10 hrs/week) with the funded project “Building Justice in El Salvador: Expanding Forensic Analysis for the Identification of Disappeared Persons.” The project is an ongoing 6-year collaboration between the Human Rights Center and the NGO Pro Búsqueda Association for the Search of the Missing Children of El Salvador
(http://www.law.berkeley.edu/HRCweb/el_salvador.html)

The candidate should have a working knowledge of Spanish (written translation of
Spanish into English), suitable computer skills with the MS suite of applications and a creative disposition to contribute to the development of Internet-based strategies to locate children, now young adults, separated from their families during the civil war in El Salvador (1980-1992) and since adopted in the United States and Europe. The individual will report to project director who is a forensic geneticist with experience in DNA-based kinship analysis.

Please send a CV and letter or email to Cristian Orrego at corrego@law.berkeley.edu. Please copy Program Administrator Alexey Berlind (aberlind@berkeley.edu).

Seeking full or half-time GSR for Summer 2012

Admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:11:13 +0000

I am seeking a research assistant to work at least half-time during the summer of 2012. The position will focus on local government law, specifically a project about cities coping with acute fiscal crisis. You will be conducting original legal research, drafting one or more research memos, and helping to edit my work. If interested, please submit your CV and a cover email about your availability this summer (the dates and amount of hours you’re interested in working) to manderson@law.berkeley.edu. I will accept applications until the position is filled–hopefully by April 15.

Law School Stress and Solutions Survey

Administrator — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:44:41 +0000

Hello law students!
My name is Hana and two years ago I graduated from Berkeley Law (Boalt Hall). I am now pursuing a doctoral degree in clinical psychology at the School of Professional Psychology at Pacific University and conducting research on effects of law school on students. I am writing to request your participation in a brief survey. Your participation will likely require no more than 10-15 minutes and is entirely anonymous. Then you can get right back to reading cases, yay!
I know that law school keeps you very busy but your input is vital to this study. Your opinions will be useful in compiling data that could help design programs to help law students better manage the stress of law school. If you would like a summary of the findings from this study, whether or not you choose to participate, please email me at the email address below. I will send you the summary once the data has been received and analyzed. This project is being conducted under the supervision of Tamara Tasker, Psy.D., Assistant Professor, and Shawn Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, at the School of Professional Psychology at Pacific University.

To take the survey click on the embedded link above.

Thank you in advance,

Hana

Hana Nielsen-Kneisler, J.D.
Doctoral Student
Pacific University
hanank@pacificu.edu

Tamara Tasker, Psy.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Professional Psychology
Pacific University
(503) 352-2411
tasker@pacificu.edu

National survey of law school students

Administrator — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:41:40 +0000

You are invited to participate in a research project featuring a national survey of law school students investigating students’ exposure to peer mistreatment behaviors at law school. Participants are asked take between 20 and 25 minutes to complete the Exposure to Peer Mistreatment Questionnaire. The questionnaire contains 101 simple questions that should take very little time to answer. Participation in this research project is voluntary and will remain voluntary and is not required for anything, and will not affect your grade or academic standing in any way. The data collected will be used to better understand the extent of peer mistreatment behaviors at Law Schools around the country. Please access the questionnaire here and complete the survey within the next 21 days. Again, your participation in this study will in no way impact your grades and/or graduation status.

Thank you for your help with this project. If you have any questions, you may contact Daniel Weddle at the number and address below.

Sincerely,

Dan Weddle

Daniel B. Weddle

Clinical Professor of Law

Director, Law School Strategies Program

School of Law

University of Missouri-Kansas City

4100 Rockhill Road

Kansas City, Missouri 64110

816-235-5654

Research Assistant Needed for Privacy Article

Admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:14:33 +0000

Professor Jason Schultz is looking to hire a full or part-time research assistant over the summer to help with an article on the privacy implications of big data. Work can be done remotely. If you are interested, email your resume to him at jschultz@law.berkeley.edu.

Law Internship/Research Assistant Position

Admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:30:20 +0000

Professor john a. powell and the Haas Center for Diversity & Inclusion are seeking a law student research assistant for the summer.

Principal Duties:

RAs may work on research on a wide variety of topics including, but not limited to: civil rights and human rights, racial and economic segregation, criminal justice, discrimination and equal protection law, eminent domain, land use planning, housing law, questions pertaining to the 14th Amendment, immigration, disability, and citizenship.

RAs may assist in legal analysis, legal research, preparation of presentations, conferences and other engagements, writing projects including book chapters, journal articles, and bibliographic reviews.

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least one semester of law school completed
• Experience and familiarity with the Bluebook system of legal citation
• Excellent communication skills
• Research experience and knowledge of legal databases.
• Demonstrated writing ability and competence with word processors.
• Good organizational skills and the ability to work independently.
• A demonstrated interest and understanding of various social cleavages.

To Apply: Send resume, letter of interest (no more than two pages), and one writing sample by April 6, 2012 to David Grady at dgrady@law.berkeley.edu.

Research Assistant – Editing Help

Admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:31:43 +0000

Assistant Professor Katerina Linos is looking for a research assistant. The primary task will be editing a book manuscript. Interest in international and comparative law, health law, or employment law would be a plus but is not required. Strong writing skills, editing skills, and attention to detail would be very helpful.

If you might be interested, please send a CV and transcript to klinos@law.berkeley.edu, along with a short cover email outlining any writing and editing background you may have, and what time you have available for this project for the spring and/or summer.

EBCLC Policy Clinic Interns (Summer)

Admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:40:15 +0000

Professor Jeff Selbin is looking for 1-2 Boalt summer students to intern in a new Law & Public Policy Clinic. Summer students will work on existing pilot projects and identify new and prospective projects. Prior policy experience and the ability to work independently are a plus. Interested students should send a short cover letter, writing sample, references and resume to Jeff (jselbin@law.berkeley.edu).

Great and furnished NYC apartment available/room for summer ($1000)

Admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:26:03 +0000

I’m a Boalt grad and will not be in my NYC apartment this summer from mid-May through August 31st. Thought I would see if anyone at Boalt needs a place.

Great room with own bathroom and fire escape in a beautiful, very large apartment. The neighborhood is Ft. Greene / Clinton Hill (Greene and Clinton). It’s a share but the room, roommates and neighborhood are all great.

If you don’t know New York, this is a pretty good situation. Call if you’re interested: 917.207.2561

Alex