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Alexander Rosas

Year: Advanced to Candidacy (ABD) - JSP

Education:


Ph.D. Candidate, Jurisprudence and Social Policy, University of California, Berkeley
J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Order of the Coif) (2007)
B.A., International Relations, Stanford University (Honors; Distinction) (2004)

Admitted to Practice Law in the State of New York

Concentrations:


Legal and Political Theory

International Human Rights Law
Multiculturalism, Nationalism, Citizenship

Academic Experiences:


Stanford Education Program for Gifted Youth, Legal Studies Instructor (2009)

Berkeley Legal Studies Program, Graduate Student Instructor: 

20th Century American Legal History with Ben Brown (2009)

International Human Rights Law with Kirk Boyd (2009) 

Law, Politics and Society with Malcolm Feeley (2005)

Law, Self and Society with Meir Dan-Cohen (2008; 2006)
Punishment, Culture and Society with Jonathan Simon (2007) 

Punishment, Culture and Society with Pieter Spierenburg (2006)



Berkeley Law Legal Research and Writing Program, Teaching Assistant (2006-2007) 



Berkeley Law International Human Rights Law Clinic, Internet Expression and Privacy Project (2006)

Dissertation Abstract:


"Diversification of the Republic: Muslims and Multiculturalism in Contemporary France"

Employment Experiences:


Sullivan and Cromwell LLP (New York and Melbourne), Summer Associate (2008)
Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP (New York and Washington), Summer Associate (2008, 2007)
United Nations Children's Fund, East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office (Bangkok), Extern (2006)
American Friends Service Committee (Oakland), Solitary Confinement Project, Researcher (2004-2007)

Awards:


Berkeley Dean's Normative Time Fellowship (2009-2010)

Jurisprudence and Social Policy Department Fellowship (2009) 

Berkeley 'Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor' Award (2009) 

Berkeley Law Prosser Prize, Criminal Procedure (Investigation) (2007)
Philip and Barbara Kaplan International Public Service Scholarship (2007) 

University of California, Berkeley Mentored Research Award (2007-2008)

Berkeley Law Jurisprudence Awards, International Human Rights Law (2006)
Berkeley Law First-Year Moot Court Program, Best Legal Brief Award (2006) 

Foreign Language Area Specialization Summer Fellowship in Arabic (2005) 

Philip Selznick Fellowship in Jurisprudence and Social Policy (2004-2005)
Stanford International Relations Distinguished Honors Thesis Award (2004)