Dear Berkeley Law Students,

 

Happy Holidays!

 

This will be the last eNews until January, 2016. Here’s what you’ll find in this week’s newsletter:

 

 

 

Legal Internships in the Attorney General’s Executive Office are designed for current law students who have completed at least one year of law school coursework. We are currently looking for students who would be interested in an internship with our office focused on technology/consumer privacy issues. Interns would work for Attorney General Harris’ Special Assistant Attorney General for Technology. This position would be unpaid and interns are responsible for their own transportation. We are looking for candidates who would be able to dedicate about 20 hours per week to the internship during the Spring/Fall term and about 40 hours per week during the Summer term. Our offices are located in the San Francisco Civic Center.

 

To apply, please send in a cover letter and resume to: Drew Spence at: Drew.Spence@doj.ca.gov

 

Edtech: Design, Policy and Law (2 credits, Spring 2016)- Open for Enrollment

 

Imagine that you serve on a committee tasked to implement education technology (Edtech) in K-12 classrooms. Your school is resourced-constrained. Parents say that they want technology in the classroom, but when you press them on the issue, they only say that it would be good to teach coding. Some parents say they are concerned about privacy and security, but guidance from the school district on those issues is minimal. Your school has limited support staff for technology, and some teachers embrace new technologies while others are more resistant.

 

Educational Technology: Design, Policy, and Law will be an interdisciplinary seminar using problem-based learning to explore how one might use the best research to answer the question of how schools can smartly integrate technology into the K-12 classroom. At least four different privacy regulatory regimes touch Edtech, yet enthusiasm for the field remains high, with venture funding now reaching almost $2b for the sector. Among the questions we will explore include: What can we realistically expect from Edtech? How can Edtech be used most efficaciously? How do we regulate student privacy and why? How can technology design serve the regulatory requirements and ends of policy? 

 

Info 290 will be held Fridays from 10-12 in 210 South Hall, led by Chris Hoofnagle. The course control number is 41968.