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

As the Spring 2012 Schedule of Classes was only released yesterday, the deadline for clinical applications has been extended to *Wednesday, October 19, at Noon,* in order to allow students to consider their entire semester schedule when applying. We welcome your application! Please contact the faculty and students of the Samuelson Clinic, East Bay Community Law Center, or International Human Rights Law Clinic with any questions about their clinics. We look forward to your application!

LOS ANGELES (September 2011) – CAPS (Californians for Population Stabilization) has launched a statewide college competition for the California Population Awareness Awards. Through the CAPA Awards, CAPS aims to increase awareness among college students of the state’s rapid population growth and to encourage students to explore the sources and implications of continuing growth.

California’s population has nearly doubled in only about 40 years, and projections point to more growth – the state adds about one person a minute, or nearly half a million each year. In 1910, California was relatively wide open with not quite 2.4 million people. Fast forward 100 years, and nearly 39 million people called California home in 2010. Projections indicate a population of potentially 60 million by 2050.

“The students in our institutions of higher learning are very important to how California evolves,” said Marilyn Brant Chandler DeYoung, CAPS Chairman of the Board. “They can and will influence the future of the state, the country and the world.

“Unfortunately, unlike during the 1960s and 1970s when population growth was widely discussed, in more recent decades, it’s become politically incorrect to discuss the implications of overpopulation. So much of the younger demographic is unaware of how rapid population growth has impacted California’s economy, our environment, our public schools, health care facilities, prisons, highways, wetlands, biodiversity, water resources, energy consumption and state and national parks – virtually every aspect of life. With the CAPA Awards competition, CAPS hopes to get the overpopulation issue back on people’s ‘radar screens.’”

To enter the CAPA Awards competition, students in California colleges and universities may submit an original short video or radio spot, write an Op-Ed, or design a Facebook initiative or Twitter campaign that focuses on the causes of overpopulation in California and its effects on the environment, wildlife and quality of human life and the future benefits that a sustainable population would bring.

The top award is $5,000 in the video category. A winning entry in the radio category will garner a $3,000 award. The Op-Ed, Facebook and Twitter categories each have an available $1,500 award. Additionally, the first 100 qualified entries will be entered in a random drawing for an iPad 2 (three will be given away).

The CAPA Awards college competition is open to all students enrolled at least half-time in a university or college (state or private), a community college, or a trade or career-based school located in California who are at least 18 years of age by the time of the competition submissions deadline.

Complete information for awards submission is at http://www.capaawards.com. Submission deadline is November 30, 2011.

About CAPS

CAPS (http://www.capsweb.org) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1986 that works to preserve California’s future through the stabilization of our state’s human population. Since nearly all of California’s runaway population growth now comes from immigration, CAPS focuses largely on this issue. The organization sponsors public and media awareness campaigns, works with lawmakers to promote more responsible policies, conducts research and has a growing network of member-activists who are concerned about the impacts of overpopulation.

The undergraduate Legal Studies Program may have openings for you to serve as a Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) in the spring semester of 2012. For a given course, a GSI attends and helps facilitate faculty lectures, organizes and teaches discussion sections, grades examinations and papers, holds office hours, and provides individual mentoring of undergraduate students.

A schedule indicating the lecture courses for which there may be openings is here. For each class, the days and times of faculty lectures and discussion sessions are indicated. You would be required to attend faculty lectures and direct two sections for a course you are selected to serve as a GSI. Be sure to check these days and times before applying for a particular course because there is no flexibility to adjust them to your schedule.

To be considered, send a brief statement (no more than 1 page total) about your qualifications related to one or more courses you are available to serve as a GSI in the spring term; a resume/CV; and an informal transcript electronically to: Michael Musheno at mmusheno@law.berkeley.edu no later than noon on Thursday, October 20, 2011.

The Big Ideas @ Berkeley Initiative provides funding, support, and encouragement to interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students who have “big ideas.”

Since its founding in 2006, UC Berkeley’s annual “Big Ideas” prize contest has inspired innovative and high-impact student projects aimed at solving the world’s most pressing problems. By seeking out and supporting smart and promising new ideas, Big Ideas has produced remarkable results.

Visit their website for more details:  http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/

FYI — Prof. Jamie O’Connell is familiar with the program and can attest to its value.  He chairs the Board of Directors of an NGO, International Professional Partnerships for Sierra Leone, which got its start with seed money from this competition a few years ago.

Thinking about getting a PhD?

Discover how your degree in economics, mathematics, engineering, computer science or the social and natural sciences could lead you to an academic career in business.

October 18, 2011
5:00PM to 7:00PM
University of California, Berkeley
International House
2299 Piedmont Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94720

Join The Berkeley-Haas PhD Program as they host the next Bay Area DocNet Recruiting Forum at UC Berkeley.
Hear insightful panel discussions about an academic career in business from professors and current students. Attendees will also have the opportunity to meet admissions representatives from over 20 universities to answer questions you may have as you start planning your life after graduation.

To register for this free event, visit:  Haas.berkeley.edu/Phd/admissions/DocNet.html

Participating Universities include:
Emory University
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York University
Northwestern University
Stanford University
Temple University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Chicago
University of Michigan

Professor Stephen Sugarman is looking for a research assistant to work 8 hours a week on a variety of projects – eg. One on torts and the vaccine compensation plan, one on tax credit funding of K-12 school scholarships, one on inalienable rights. I would prefer a former student I know, but I am happy to entertain applications from others. Please send a CV to sugarman@law.berkeley.edu

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.

Professor Gillian Lester seeks a research assistant to help investigate questions relating to the adjudication of Social Security Disability Insurance claims — how ALJ’s are selected, the criteria they use for adjudicating claims. Research will also explore the process of appointing and discretion afforded to Administrative Law Judges more generally. The overarching theme of the research is the political economy of the financing and distribution of social insurance benefits, using both theoretical and empirical modes of analysis. Please e-mail me a statement explaining your interest in the subject, and a resume including references (preferably from within the Berkeley community).

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.

Considering taking Spanish for Lawyers in the Spring? Get a head start by doing a language exchange with a JSP student from Chile. Mayra Feddersen (mfeddersen@berkeley.edu) would like help in editing English-language papers. In return, she will help you with your oral or written Spanish needs. Contact her directly to make arrangements.

Steve Rosenbaum
Lecturer

[if possible, pls. cross-list this w/ General]

Professor Joan Hollinger is seeking a research assistant for the fall semester to work 8-10 hrs/wk on several adoption and child welfare projects that involve interstate and intercountry controversies as well as the protection of children with gay or lesbian parents.

Please e-mail your resume and a brief note indicating your interest and any relevant experience to jhollinger@law.berkeley.edu or call her at 642-1419.

Professor Jeff Selbin seeks an RA for the fall 2011 semester (and possibly spring 2012). Approximately 8-10 hours per week on one or more research projects related to access to justice, law and poverty (including criminalization and international perspectives) and clinical education. Relevant experience/interests a plus. Please email your resume and a short cover letter to jselbin@law.berkeley.edu.

Professor Jennifer Granholm seeks a research assistant in Fall 2011 semester to work on a variety of projects in the field of politics, public and/or economic policy. Applicant demonstrates strong interest/experience in the fields is desirable. Please submit a c.v. and statement of interest to ing@law.berkeley.edu.