Our Students - Profiles

Lauren Maisel Goldsmith

Year: Advanced to Candidacy (ABD) - JSP

Email: laurenmgoldsmith@berkeley.edu

Education:

J.D., UC Berkeley, School of Law, May 2013
B.A. in Political Science (honors) and Russian Language & Literature (high honors), Duke University, 2009 (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa)

Awards:

Honorable Mention for Sarah Weddington Writing Prize, Spring 2013
Berkeley Graduate Division Summer Grant, Summer 2013
JSP/Center for the Study of Law & Society Conference Travel Grant, Spring 2013
Berkeley Graduate Division Summer Grant, Summer 2012
Selznick Fellowship, 2010-2011
Berkeley Law Summer Fellowship, Summer 2010
Advocacy Award in Written & Oral Advocacy, Spring 2010

Concentrations:

Constitutional Law
Administrative Law
Law and Politics
The U.S. Supreme Court
Federalism

Academic Experiences:

Graduate Student Instructor, Property & Liberty, Spring 2013
Graduate Student Instructor, International Human Rights, Fall 2012
Graduate Student Researcher, Professor Anne Joseph O'Connell, Summer 2012
Graduate Student Instructor, Comparative Constitutional Law, Spring 2012
Graduate Student Instructor, Government and the Family, Fall 2011, Fall 2013
Graduate Student Researcher, Professor Kristin Luker, Summer 2011
Graduate Student Researcher, Professor Catherine Albiston, 2010-2011
Research Assistant, Professor Joseph M. Grieco, Duke University, 2006-2009
Research Assistant, Professor Peter D. Feaver, Duke University, 2007-2009
Research Assistant, Professor Catherine A. Admay, Duke University, 2007-2008

Employment Experiences:

Summer Associate, Nixon Peabody LLP, Summer 2011
Law Clerk, Port of Oakland, Summer 2010
Economic Development and Infrastructure Intern, NY State Governor David A. Paterson, Summer 2008
Intern, American Civil Liberties Union National Legal Department, Summer 2007
Intern, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, Summer 2006