Research Positions
Research Opportunities 2019 | UC Berkeley
Interested in Sustainable Business and Investment? Would you like to be at the forefront of research related to Corporate Sustainability? Then apply here for the Business in Society Institute’s Fall 2018 Graduate Research Program. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis and close on Thursday, September 6th.
Research Assistants will work with Professor Stavros Gadinis and Amelia Miazad on emerging topics in sustainability including how companies govern sustainability, trends in sustainable investing from mainstream investors, sustainability and its compatibility with Delaware Law, and increased corporate activity on social and political issues. Academic credit or pay options are available. This research will be incorporated into a law review article as well as shorter publications and practitioner-focused case studies.
For more information please email Amelia Miazad, the Founding Director of the Business in Society Institute at amiazad@law.berkeley.edu.
Field Placements
Winter-Spring 2019 | Field Placement | Santiago, Chile
Third-year JD students Elvia Lopez and Sean Litteral are spending the Spring semester working in Santiago, Chile for a nonprofit organisation – Iniciativa de Sostenibilidad Legal Corporativa (“ISLC”). ISLC was founded by a Berkeley LLM alumnus. Its mission is to help Latin American businesses embrace corporate responsibility and empower inside counsel with the necessary knowledge and tools related to corporate governance and compliance
Elvia and Sean will work with ISLC on issues related to corporate responsibility and compliance and engage with companies based in Latin America.
Summer Internships
Summer 2019 | 1L In House Counsel Position in Corporate Sustainability
The successful Berkeley Law 1L student will have the opportunity to travel to Arlington, VA and Vevey, Switzerland over summer 2019. The primary purpose of this internship will be to explore the overlap between corporate responsibility, sustainability, and compliance at Nestlé.
The structure of the internship is as follows:
– 1 month in the Arlington, VA Office (See office address here) under the guidance of General Counsel Daniel Nugent and members of his team.
– 1 month in the Vevey, Switzerland Office (See office address here) under the guidance of General Counsel Zone Americas, Esteban Mezzano and members of his team.
Areas of focus will include an analysis of emerging sustainability issues. One key issue the intern will work on is analyzing how to overcome the legal and regulatory hurdles to help Nestlé achieve its goal to reduce its use of plastics including using all recyclable and reusable packaging by 2025, described here.
For questions, please email Esther Yang, Graduate Fellow, Business in Society Institute at eyang1018@berkeley.edu. You can also reach out to Lauren Kelly-Jones, a current 3L at Berkeley Law who spent her 1L summer at Nestle in Vevey, Switzerland. Please reach out to her at lkellyjones@berkeley.edu to discuss this opportunity.
Thank you for interest in the 1L In House Counsel Position in Corporate Sustainability. The application for Summer 2019 is now closed and will re-open for Summer 2020 in January.
Student Field Placements 2019
Elvia Lopez | UC Berkeley School of Law | 3L
Elvia Lopez is a third-year at Berkeley Law. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles and received a master’s in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the London School of Economics and Political Science. While at Berkeley, she has participated in the New Business Practicum, International Human Rights Law Clinic, and the California Asylum Representation Project. Following graduation, she will clerk for Justice Daniel Winfree of the Alaska Supreme Court and the Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam in the Northern District of California. Elvia and Sean will spend Spring 2019 in Santiago, Chile assisting the nonprofit, Iniciativa de Sostenibilidad Legal Corporativa.
Sean Litteral | UC Berkeley, School of Law | 3L
Sean Litteral is third-year at Berkeley Law. He is a member of the Berkeley Law Environmental Law Clinic and has served as a Senior Editor for the Berkeley Business Law Journal and Berkeley Journal of African American Law and Policy. While at Berkeley Law, he also served as a research assistant for Professor Karen Tani and law clerk for the Special Litigation Section of the U.S. Department of Justice. He holds a master’s in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he focused on international trade relations. Prior to his graduate studies, Sean was a Teach for America Corp Member, a Congressional Fellow for the U.S. House, and a Legislative Intern for U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown. Following graduation, he will clerk for Justice Susan M. Carney of the Alaska Supreme Court.