BCLT EventNews

Week of January 22, 2017

BHBLS First General Meeting

Monday, January 22, 2017
1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
Room 136

Join the Boalt Healthcare & Biotech Law Society (BHBLS) for its first general body meeting on Monday, January 22 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm in Room 136. We will discuss plans for future meetings.

Lunch will be served on a first-come, first-serve basis.

BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Series: Paul Hastings LLP

 

 

“The Anatomy of a Patent Case – Creating Value and Opportunities as a Junior Associate and Beyond”

Tuesday, January 23, 2018
12:45 P.M. – 1:45 P.M.
Room 100

Of Counsel Philip Ou and Associate Phoebe Hung of Paul Hastings LLP will walk you through the patent litigation process – from filing of a complaint all the way through post-trial motions – and discuss a number of litigation milestones unique to patent law, with an emphasis on the role of a junior associate in creating opportunities.

Lunch is served for students staying for the entire presentation.

Sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT),  Berkeley Technology Law Journal (BTLJ) and Patent Law Society (PLS).

BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati

 

“The Evolving Fate of Gene and Software Patents Post Alice”

Thursday, January 25, 2018
12:45 P.M. – 1:45 P.M.
Room 100

Associate Ali R. Alemozafar of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati will discuss evolving subject matter eligibility landscape after the Supreme Court’s Alice decision. A portion of the talk will delve into how the U.S. patent office is treating subject matter eligibility, with particular attention to gene and software patents.

Lunch is served for students staying for the entire presentation.

Sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT), Berkeley Technology Law Journal (BTLJ) and Patent Law Society (PLS).

Blockchain@Berkeley Law Presents:
Jeremy Kauffman, CEO, LBRY

“Blockchain Approaches to Content Distribution and Copyright”

Friday, January 26, 2017
12:45 P.M. – 1:45 P.M
Room 105

Jeremy Kauffman is founder and CEO of LBRY, a blockchain-utilizing content distribution platform that is transforming monetization of online content while protecting users against external censorship. Jeremy will be discussing his company, its unique use of blockchain technology, and some of the nascent legal issues surrounding blockchain and intellectual property.

Sponsored by Blockchain@Berkeley Law, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) and Berkeley Center for Law & Business (BCLB).

Science & Cinnamon Rolls: Space Law Social at Lawrence Hall of Science

Saturday, January 20, 2018
11:00 A.M – 2:00 P.M.
Meet at Cinnaholic
2132 Oxford St.

Join the Space Law Society for delicious (& vegan!) cinnamon rolls (on us!) before checking out the Lawrence Hall of Science! From the Planetarium to the first Cyclotron, the Lawrence Hall is a fun place to interact with science!

This is a great way to chill with the Space Law Society—for the first time or the fiftieth—no prior experience required! Bring ID for entry!

Co-sponsored by Space Law Society and Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.

 UPCOMING EVENTS

 

Haynes and Boone LLP 1L Reception

 

 

Wednesday, February 7, 2018
6:30 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.
Graduate Berkeley – Durant Room
2600 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704

Business casual attire. Appetizers and drinks will be served.

RSVP to allison.solis@haynesboone.com by February 1st. Please include a copy of your resume.

More information about 1L opportunities and more about the 1L Fast Track Program in the firm’s Dallas office can be found here.

BCLT Annual Spring Tech Fair

Thursday, February 15, 2018
12:30 P.M.- 2:00 P.M.
Steinhart Courtyard

RSVP here!

BCLT is excited to host its Annual Spring 2018 Tech Fair. This is an exciting opportunity to meet lawyers from the top firms in tech law.

Students will receive a ticket to redeem for a free Top Dog during the Tech Fair, after visiting a firm table. A vegetarian option will be available.

Students, please bring copies of your resume. The dress code is business casual.

This event is open to current Berkeley Law students and BCLT law firm sponsors.

Please note: This event is intended for current Berkeley Law J.D. students. BCLT is working with the Advanced Degree Programs office to create a special event for LL.M. students. More information will be circulated in a few weeks.

 LAW AND TECH OPPORTUNITIES

Reminder: Jan Jancin IP Award – $5K Prize

 The American Intellectual Property Law Association is inviting law schools to nominate a student who has excelled in the study of intellectual property law for the Jan Jancin Award. https://www.aipla.org/resources2/programs/Pages/Jan-Jancin-Competition.aspx.
If you are interested in being considered, send a short statement of your accomplishments in the field of IP (courses taken, papers written, internships or other work) and a grades transcript to BCLT ED Jim Dempsey. The faculty directors will select a Boalt student to nominate for the award.

See entry below for information regarding other AIPLA awards and competitions

Collecting Resumes Books from all Boalt Students (1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, and LL.M.s)

Every year, BCLT compiles resumes for 1Ls and 2Ls who are looking for a summer job and 3Ls who are looking for employment after graduation. We send these resumes to BCLT sponsor law firms. This is another way to get your resume in front of prospective employers. This year, we will also compile LL.M. resumes (but please recognize that BCLT sponsor law firms hire very few LL.M.s who do not have a U.S. J.D.).

Please email a PDF version (1 page) of your resume to BCLT Assistant Director Claire Trias at ctrias@law.berkeley.edu by February 9.

Professor Katyal Seeking Research Assistant

Professor Katyal is looking for a research assistant to help with a variety of projects relating to artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship and trademark law for the spring semester.  Please email Professor Katyal directly at skatyal@berkeley.edu with a short statement of interest/experience, resume, and transcript by January 15. Hours are expected to be around 5 hours per week. 

Research Assistant Opportunity at Center for
Long-Term Cybersecurity

The Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) is looking for graduate and undergraduate researchers and assistants to work with us on a project addressing the threats facing politically at-risk people and organizations online. Specifically, CLTC is looking for students to develop methods for providing cybersecurity assistance to civil society who may be under attack by governments and other politically-motivated actors. Students will work together with CLTC staff and partner organizations in the private sector, civil society, and academia to build a model for  supporting politically vulnerable organizations’ cybersecurity. These positions will work cooperatively with other Student Assistants and Graduate Student Researchers from other disciplines. Both technical and non-technical positions are available, and so students from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. 
 
Graduate students may apply through Handshake at the following link, (or by searching for Job #1167459): https://berkeley.joinhandshake.com/jobs/1167459?ref=postings-search-result. If you do not have a Handshake account, you can create one here: https://career.berkeley.edu/handshake.
 
Undergraduates eligible for work study may apply here: https://workstudy.berkeley.edu/JobRequestForm.aspx?job_num=2714513535. Other undergraduates may apply through Handshake at the following link (or by searching for Job #1164312): https://berkeley.joinhandshake.com/jobs/1164312?ref=postings-search-result. If you do not have a Handshake account, you can create one here: https://career.berkeley.edu/handshake.
 
Please contact Sean Brooks at swb@berkeley.edu if you have any trouble applying or have any questions.

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Competitions and Awards

Visit the AIPLA website resources page for more information on the following law student competitions and awards in 2018:

Latham and Watkins 1L Fellowship

As part our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce, our 1L Fellowship Program offers a unique summer employment opportunity for students who have just finished their first year of law school. Over the eight to ten week program, 1L Fellows will work in one of our US offices and in the legal department of one of our clients. We seek students who are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.

Our 1L Fellows participate in the program for a total of ten weeks during the summer of 2018 ($3,470/week).

Two Tracks:

• General: for students interested in working on matters across all of Latham’s practice groups

• Intellectual Property Track: for students with a technical background (including a degree in engineering, computer  science, chemistry, biology, or physics), and who are committed to pursuing a career in intellectual property law in our Chicago, Silicon Valley, or Washington, D.C. offices.

Applications Due: January 12, 2018

View more information and apply online »

1L Judicial Clerkship Summer Job – Judge Kathleen O’Malley (Federal Circuit; Washington, DC)

Judge O’Malley is interested in receiving applications for a summer judicial externship position in her chambers. Interested candidates should apply as soon as they receive their 1L Fall grades.  

Applications should be sent in ONE PDF document to Allison A. Schmitt, Law Clerk to the Honorable Kathleen M. O’Malley at schmitta@cafc.uscourts.gov.  The application should contain a cover letter, resume, writing sample, undergraduate transcript and law school transcript).

The Federal Circuit is unique among the thirteen Circuit Courts of Appeals. It has nationwide jurisdiction in a variety of subject areas, including international trade, government contracts, patents, trademarks, certain money claims against the United States government, federal personnel, veterans’ benefits, and public safety officers’ benefits claims.

Webinar – Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Internship Program

Friday, February 2, 2018
3:00 P.M. EST
 
Webinar Information: 
Meeting number: 991 053 237
Meeting password: fcc123
Join by phone. Call: 1-888-858-2144
Access Code: 3866234
 
Through the PSHSB internship program, students gain hands-on experience in communications and administrative law matters pertaining to public safety, homeland security, national security, emergency management and preparedness, and disaster management.  Students help PSHSB develop, recommend, and administer the FCC’s policies and rules to advance the security and reliability of the nation’s communications infrastructure as well as its public safety and emergency response capabilities and emerging technology.    
 
If you have questions, please contact Attorney-Advisor John Evanoff at John.Evanoff@fcc.gov,  202-418-0848.

Legal Intern- Slack

Slack is looking for a law student to join their legal department as a Legal Intern for the Summer of 2018 in their San Francisco office. As their Legal Intern, you will be exposed to various aspects of a thriving technology company’s legal environment, including contract review and negotiation, employment agreements, their intellectual property program, international law considerations, and privacy concerns.

Find full details and apply here.

White and Case 1L Intellectual Property Fellowship

(Please note: 1Ls, per NALP guidelines, please do not apply until December 1)

White & Case is again seeking to hire first-year law students for our 2018 Summer Program.  The Silicon Valley office is hiring for our 1L Intellectual Property Fellowship, a program dedicated to hiring law students with STEM background and interested in pursuing a career in intellectual property.  

In addition, our New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, and Miami offices are looking for diverse law students through our 1L Diversity Fellowship. If you are interested in applying for this fellowship program on December 1 for a particular office location, please contact the recruiters directly for more information.

Benson Lee, Silicon Valley, benson.lee@whitecase.com
Nina Delas Alas, Los Angeles, nina.delasalas@whitecase.com
Maria Elena Camps, Miami, mcamps@whitecase.com
Kasey M. Stein, New York, recruit@whitecase.com
Susanne L. Chapman, Washington, DC, schapman@white.com

NIH Bioethics Fellowship

The Department of Bioethics is pleased to offer a limited number of post-baccalaureate fellowships. Fellows participate in the activities and the intellectual life of our interdisciplinary department and study ethical issues related to biomedical research, clinical practice, genetics, biotechnology, public health, and health policy. They conduct mentored theoretical and empirical research on a range of bioethical fields of interest. For a typical fellow, this research yields multiple first-authored publications in premier academic journals. In addition to research and writing, fellows participate in weekly bioethics seminars, case conferences, ethics consultations, and IRB deliberations, and have access to multiple educational opportunities at NIH. No prior bioethics experience is required or expected.

View more information and apply online at:  http://bioethics.nih.gov/education/index.shtml.

For further information see www.bioethics.nih.gov or contact bioethics-inquiries@mail.nih.gov, or call 301-496-2429.

Post-bac Application Deadline Date: January 15, 2018

Externships in Washington, DC

The UCDC Law Program is a full-time externship program in Washington, DC providing experiential learning through a full-time field placement with a government agency, nonprofit or advocacy organization, including those engaged in law and technology issues.  Law students who participate are eligible to receive 13 units:  10 units for the field placement and 3 units for the companion course, “Law and Lawyering in the Nation’s Capital.”

Full details: https://www.ucdc.edu/academic/law

Specific Externships:

Federal Communications Commission, Competition Policy Division in the Wireline Bureau

Competition Policy Division of the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau. Our primary mission is to foster competition in the provision of communications services through market-opening rulemaking and other proceedings that affect wireline telecommunications service providers and consumers. The division is responsible for implementation of non-pricing aspects of the local competition requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, including interconnection, network element unbundling and privacy. The division also administers U.S. numbering policy (including local number portability), and reviews applications from wireline carriers for mergers and other transfers of control, and discontinuance of service.

The Future of Privacy Forum

The Future of Privacy Forum is a non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for privacy leadership and scholarship, advancing principled data practices in support of emerging technologies. FPF brings together industry, academics, consumer advocates, and other thought leaders to explore the challenges posed by technological innovation and develop privacy protections, ethical norms and workable business practices. FPF helps fill the void in the “space not occupied by law” which exists due to the speed of technology development. As “data optimists,” we believe that the power of data for good is a net benefit to society, and that it can be well-managed to control risks and offer the best protections and empowerment to consumers and individuals. www.fpf.org

FPF seeks legal interns to support Policy Counsel responsible for developing and evaluating data practices in the consumer and commercial sector by shaping corporate practices, engaging with regulators and government agencies, and providing thought leadership in a variety of settings. Issue portfolios will include privacy concerns related to current commercial and consumer technologies such as – but not limited to – Big Data and the Internet of Things, connected cars, student data, ad tracking, mobile location data use, smart cities, deidentification standards, algorithms, and biometrics and AI. Positions located in the Washington D.C. office.

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives

The Republican staff of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives seeks candidates for law student internships for spring 2018.  Legal interns will have the opportunity to participate in substantive work on investigations and legislation, attend hearings and briefings, and participate in an intern education program.

Apply here: UCDC Law Application

Learn more about UCDC Law

Free Membership Available in California Bar Sections

Did you know that even as a 1L, before you pass the bar, you can join the IP Section of the California State Bar for free? This allows you to stay abreast of programs, legal developments in the field, and networking events. For more information click here. 

 ACADEMIC OFFERINGS

 

Currently, there are no academic offerings through BCLT.

 

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