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.

Professor Ty Alper, Associate Director of the Death Penalty Clinic, seeks an RA for the fall 2011 semester (and possibly spring 2012). Approximately 8-10 hours per week on research related to criminal law, capital punishment, and lethal injection as a method of execution. May involve some medical literature research. If interested, please email resume and cover letter to talper@law.berkeley.edu.

Professor Jamie O’Connell is seeking a research assistant to start immediately or at the beginning of the fall semester, for an article on democratization in the Middle East and Western countries’ foreign policy. Possible tasks including reviewing of academic articles, policy analyses, and press reports on topics such as dynamics of democratic transitions, Western countries’ current efforts to support democratization in Tunisia, and internal political developments in Egypt. The project will require, on average, 5-10 hours of work per week, weighted toward the first half of the fall (August through mid-October). Please apply by emailing the following to joconnell@law.berkeley.edu.

* Cover email describing:
o why you are interested in the position
o any relevant background or skills you may have, whether general — research/writing skills or prior experience as a research assistant on unrelated subjects — or specific — e.g., prior study of or experience working on democratization processes, political transitions, US or other Western countries’ foreign policies, Middle Eastern politics, and/or comparative politics (generally).
* Resume
* One or two references (with email and phone number) — if possible someone connected with UC Berkeley (e.g., faculty) and someone for whom you have worked, not just taken a class from. The same person could be both.

THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED

RA needed for issues in two substantive areas: health care andeducational diversity.  If interested, please send c.v. and cover noteto Marjorie Shultz,mshultz@law.berkeley.edu, or leave hard copy under
my door at Boalt 311A.”