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UC Berkeley, School of Law

421 Boalt Hall; Berkeley, CA 94720

law.berkeley.edu/bclt

Dear Berkeley Law Students,
 
 
Here’s what you’ll find in this week’s newsletter:
 
Upcoming Events:
  • BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: Latham & Watkins LLP - TUE 12/1
  • BCLT/PLS: 1L Job Tech Fair - TUE 12/1
  • BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: Federal Trade Commissioner Terrell McSweeny - WED 12/2
  • BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: Fish & Richardson, P.C. - TUE 12/3

Future Events:

  • 16th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute: Silicon Valley - THU 12/10, 2015 – FRI 12/11

Law & Tech Opportunities:

  • Research Assistant for BCLT Executive Director, Jim Dempsey
  • Phil Cowan/BMI Memorial Scholarship Writing Competition

If you have any questions about this week's content or items for inclusion in future newsletters, please email bclt@law.berkeley.edu

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

 

 
The Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity at the UC Berkeley School of Information: Joanne McNabb
 
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
12:00 Noon
South Hall, Room 205
 
The Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity at the UC Berkeley School of Information presents:
 
Joanne McNabb
Director of Privacy Education & Policy,
Privacy Enforcement and Protection Unit,
California Department of Justice
 
Joanne McNabb has been a privacy leader in California and nationally for several decades.  Her unit enforces California privacy laws through civil enforcement actions, educates consumers and businesses, and advises the State Attorney General on privacy matters. A light lunch will be served. RSVP.
 
 
BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: Latham & Watkins LLP
 
 
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“The Juno–Celgene Life Sciences Collaboration: A Case Study.”
Tuesday, December 01, 2015
12:55 PM - 1:55 PM
Boalt Hall, Room 105
 

Partner Judith Hasko, Associate Kate Hillier, and Associate Marshall Olin from Latham & Watkins LLP will highlight a recent, award-winning collaboration for development of immuno-oncology and immunology products as an example of complex strategic alliances executed by life sciences companies.

 

Lunch is served for students staying through the entire presentation. 
 
Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.
 

 

BCLT/PLS: 1L Job Tech Fair

 

 

Tuesday, December 01, 2015

6:00-6:45 PM - Patent Practice Recruiting Panel, Warren Room (2nd floor of Boalt Hall)
6:45-8:30 PM - 1L Job Tech Fair, Goldberg Room (2nd floor of Boalt Hall)

 

The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) and the Patent Law Society (PLS) are hosting a 1L Job Tech Fair featuring BCLT sponsor law firms that are hiring 1L summer associates. Prior to the Tech Fair, recruiters will be participating in a panel and discussing what they look for in 1L summer associates. After the talk, students will have an opportunity to meet the recruiters, in addition to other BCLT sponsor law firms recruiters who are hiring 1Ls and be able to hand out resumes. This is a great chance to get off to an early start with your job search!

 

The following recruiters will be participating in the panel:
  • Meave Cox, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
  • Sara Eng, Paul Hastings LLP
  • Clare Fifield, Fish & Richardson P.C.
  • Sarah Fellows, Latham & Watkins LLP
  • Lee Anne Masetti-Martin, Morrison & Foerster LLP
 
Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be provided.
 
This event is co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) and the Patent Law Society (PLS).

 

 
BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: Federal Trade Commissioner Terrell McSweeny
 
“Big Data, Algorithms, and Emerging Issues of FTC Oversight”
Wednesday, December 02, 2015
12:55 PM - 1:55 PM
Boalt Hall, Room 105
 
 
Smartphones, social networks, and powerful predictive analytic techniques enable the collection, analysis, and use of data in ways not possible just a few years ago. Tremendous benefits flow from the insights of big data. At the same time, concerns have been raised about whether big data may be used to categorize consumers unfairly or even unlawfully. Commissioner Terrell McSweeny will discuss how the FTC is approaching what some have called "algorithmic fairness."
 
Lunch is served for those staying the entire presentation. 
 
Sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT), Berkeley Technology Law Journal (BTLJ), Consumer Advocacy and Protection Society (CAPS) and the Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association (BIPLA).
 
 
BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Series: Fish & Richardson P.C.
 
 
Fish & Richardson
 
 
“Tracing the History of Software Patentability through the Years:
From Gottschalk v. Benson to Alice to Now”
Thursday, December 03, 2015
12:55 PM - 1:55 PM
Boalt Hall, Room 105
 
Associates Michael Portnov ‘09 and Michael Shepherd from Fish & Richardson P.C. will present “Tracing the History of Software Patentability through the Years: From Gottschalk v. Benson to Alice to Now.”
 
Gregoire sandwiches will be served on a first-come, first-served basis for those staying for the entire presentation.
 
Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.
 

 

 

FUTURE EVENTS

 

 

 

The 16th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute: Silicon Valley

 

    Thursday, December 10 &11, 2015

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
Four Seasons Hotel
2050 University Avenue
East Palo Alto, CA
 
A nationally recognized faculty of leading judges, professors, litigators, patent attorneys and senior IP counsel from major corporations attended the Advanced Patent Law Institute: Silicon Valley (APLISV).
 
UC Berkeley School of Law certifies that this activity has been approved for 13.75 hours Continuing Legal Education credit, including 1.0 hour in Legal Ethics and 1.0 hour in Elimination of Bias, by the State Bar of California.
 
Questions? Please contact us at aplisv@law.berkeley.edu or 510.642.4712.
 

 

 

LAW AND TECH OPPORTUNITIES

 

 

 

Research Assistant for BCLT Executive Director, Jim Dempsey

 

Deadline to apply is December 1, 2015

 

The BCLT Executive Director, Jim Dempsey, is looking for a research assistant for the Spring semester to monitor developments and conduct assigned research on cybersecurity issues. If interested, please send your resume and a short writing sample to bclt@law.berkeley.edu and indicate an interest in the BCLT cybersecurity opportunity. This opportunity is for J.D. candidates only from the Berkeley Law School.

 

 
Phil Cowan/BMI Memorial Scholarship Writing Competition

 

Submissions Due December 12, 2015


The Entertainment Law Section of the NY State Bar Association and BMI http://www.nysba.org/Sections/Entertainment_Arts_Sports/Law_Student_Initative/Phil_Cowan_Memorial/BMI_Scholarship.html jointly sponsor this annual writing competition, open this year to JD and LLM candidates at Berkeley Law. The paper should be an original work addressing any legal issue of current interest in entertainment, art or sports law, should be 12 to 15 pages in length (including Bluebook form footnotes), double-spaced.
 
The winning author will receive an award of $2500 and the winning paper will be published in the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Digest. There is no exclusivity requirement. 
 
Papers are due on December 12, 2014 and can be submitted to Beth Gould, New York State Bar Assn, at bgould@nysba.org
 

 

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