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UC Berkeley, School of Law
421 Boalt Hall; Berkeley, CA 94720
law.berkeley.edu/bclt
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Dear Berkeley Law Students,
Here’s what you’ll find in this week’s newsletter:
Upcoming Events:
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BCLT/BTLJ Lunch White & Case LLP - TUE 10/13
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School of Information Dean's Lecture. “I'm Very Concerned About the Privacy of My Users:” Privacy as a Practice in Mobile App Development." - WED 10/14
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BCLT Law & Technology Curriculum Course Planning - THUR 10/15
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boalt.org Sunsetter Happy Hour -THUR 10/15
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BIPLA/Internet Lab Privacy Happy Hour -THUR 10/15
Future Events:
Law & Tech Opportunities:
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Law Student Action Group
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Job Opportunity at Lex Machina
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Internships at ACLU
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Tech Research Funding Opportunity from the School of Information
If you have any questions about this week's content or items for inclusion in future newsletters, please email bclt@law.berkeley.edu »
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BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: White & Case LLP: Patent Law in a Globalized Economy: Extraterritorial Damages and Post-Importation Inducement
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 ~ 12:55pm to 1:55pm
Boalt Hall, Room 105
Partner Bijal Vakil, Associate Allen Wang ‘11 and Associate Pan Lee ‘11 will discuss two factors that potentially broaden the reach of plaintiffs:
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Scenarios in which plaintiffs may be able to reach outside of the US for damages
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Recent Akamai and Suprema decisions that make it easier to find inducement and also permit the ITC to block products subject to post-importation direct infringement (could be through inducement)
This event is sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT), the Berkeley Technology Law Journal (BTLJ), and the Patent Law Society (PLS).
Lunch is served for students staying through the entire presentation.
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UC Berkeley School of Information: “I'm Very Concerned About the Privacy of My Users:” Privacy as a Practice in Mobile App Development
With Katie Shilton, University of Maryland
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 ~ 4:10pm to 5:30pm
202 South Hall
Watch the lecture live stream at 4:10 pm PDT.
Privacy is a critical challenge for mobile application development. Mobile applications are easy to build and distribute, and can collect diverse personal data. US policy approaches to data protection in the mobile ecosystem rely on privacy by design: approaches that encourage developers to proactively implement best-practice privacy features to protect sensitive data. But what factors motivate developers to implement privacy features, when faced with powerful disincentives? This talk will describe how developers define and legitimate privacy, and describe how knowledge of how to approach privacy problems is disseminated.
Katie Shilton is an assistant professor in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research explores ethics and policy for the design of information collections, systems and technologies. Current research projects include an investigation of ethics in mobile application development; a project focused on the values and policy implications of Named Data Networking, a new approach to Internet architecture; surveys of consumer privacy expectations in the mobile data ecosystem; and investigating researchers’ ethical beliefs and practices when using online open data sets. Her work has been supported by a Google Faculty Award and several awards from the U.S. National Science Foundation, including an NSF CAREER award. Katie received a B.A. from Oberlin College, a Master of Library and Information Science from UCLA, and a Ph.D. in information studies from UCLA.
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BCLT Law & Technology Curriculum Course Planning
Thursday, October 15, 2015 ~ 12:55pm to 1:55pm
Boalt Hall, Room 105
The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) will present an overview of the law and technology curriculum at Boalt, with a specific focus on Spring 2016 course offerings. BCLT Faculty Director Professor Peter Menell will provide general guidance on course selection. The discussion will help students decide which courses to take next semester in order to take full advantage of the law and technology curriculum and to meet the Law & Tech Certificate requirements.
Lunch is served for those staying through the entire presentation.
This event is co-sponsored by the Patent Law Society (PLS) and the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT).
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Boalt.org Sunsetter Happy Hour
Thursday, October 15, 2015 ~ 4:00pm to 6:00pm
West Terrace-Roof Garden (above Zeb)
alcohol | appetizers | soda
Join boalt.org for our first sunsetter happy hour of 2015.
boalt.org is a community of lawyers, hackers and entrepreneurs who want to encourage great technology and innovation in the legal industry for public good. From improving access to justice to reinventing legal services provision, we aim to encourage collaboration and innovation.
Meet like-minded people, network, share resources and ideas, build community, and discuss trends in the emerging legal tech industry, or just hang out.
All graduate students (+21) welcome. No tech skills required.
RSVP @ boalt.org
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Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association (BIPLA) Privacy Happy Hour
Thursday, October 15, 2015 ~ 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Freehouse, Pool Table Room
2700 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA
Dennys Antonialli (M.L.B, Bucerius '10, J.S.M., Stanford '11) is Executive Director at InternetLab, a law and technology research center based in São Paulo, Brazil, and PhD candidate at the University of São Paulo. He will be talking about his work at InternetLab, current hot topics in Brazil at the intersection of privacy and technology, and his PhD research on the role of the FTC in redressing privacy harm and data protection violations in foreign jurisdictions.
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Next Week:
BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 ~ 12:55pm to 1:55pm
Boalt Hall, Room 105
The BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series features local practitioners, bringing real world experience and practical legal knowledge to Berkeley Law students.
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.
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Patent Law Society Presents: Patent Practice Student Panel
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 ~ 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Boalt Hall, Room 134
Not sure whether you’re interested in patent prosecution, litigation or transactions? Come listen to 2Ls and 3Ls share how they chose their respective fields and their experiences in each.
Lunch will be served and student attendees are expected to stay for the entire panel session.
This event is co-sponsored by the Patent Law Society and the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.
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BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series Baker Botts LLP
Thursday, October 22, 2015 ~ 12:55pm to 1:55pm
Boalt Hall, Room 105
The BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series features local practitioners, bringing real world experience and practical legal knowledge to Berkeley Law students.
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
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Future Events:
BCLT/BTLJ Fall Mixer
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 ~ 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Goldberg Room (2nd floor of Boalt Hall)
(Immediately following the CDO Practice Area Program: "What’s Out There: Finding the Right Legal Specialty for You” held in the Warren Room 5:30-7:00pm.)
Join BCLT/BTLJ for our 2015 Fall Networking Mixer. Attendees will include attorneys from the top IP law firms in the area and 1L, 2L and 3L Berkeley Law students. Do not miss this exclusive networking opportunity. Drinks and light refreshments will be served.
Registration is complimentary but required. Deadline to RSVP is Friday, October 30, 2015.
RSVP »
This event is open only to current Berkeley Law students and BCLT law firm and corporate sponsors.
Note: Pursuant to NALP Guideline Part V:D.2. Prospective employers and first year law students should not exchange resumes, interview or make offers to first year students before December 1
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Law & Tech Opportunities:
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ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law Subcommittee in the Law Student Action Group
Law students are invited to apply to the Law Student Reporters Program. Participants selected for the Program are given complimentary registration to the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law’s 31st Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference in Bethesda, MD on April 6-8, 2016.
During the event, students attend the Section’s premier CLE programs and network with Intellectual Property Law attorneys from across the nation while reporting on the content of the CLE programming via social media.
Applications for the program’s first round of decisions are due by Monday, November 9, 2015 at 5:00pm EST. The application can be accessed here ». More opportunities are available for law students who join the Law Student Action Group.
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Job Opportunity: Part Time Job - Lex Machina
Part-time Job: Lex Machina, the IP legal research and data analysis company, is looking to hire a law student to code case outcomes over the next month and a half. $25/hour for about 200 hours total with near-complete flexibility on when the hours are worked. No particular experience required, just diligence. A good way to earn a little extra money and get to know Lex Machina. Contact Brian Howard, Legal Data Scientist, Lex Machina <bhoward@lexmachina.com>
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ACLU of Northern CA Legal-Policy Department Internships
The ACLU-NC invites applications for internships for law and graduate students in the Legal-Policy Department. Students willing to work with intensity and focus will find an internship at the ACLU-NC a rewarding learning experience. Qualified applicants are enthusiastic, creative, and detail-oriented; have excellent research, writing, and oral communication skills; and, can articulate a commitment to work for social justice and the ideals of the ACLU.
Available Internships:
LITIGATION INTERNSHIPS
Litigation Interns work directly with one or more attorneys and conduct legal research and writing in support of active and potential impact litigation that spans the ten core issue areas. Interns may be asked to draft legal memoranda, portions of court documents, and pre-litigation demand letters.
More Information »
TECHNOLOGY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES INTERNSHIP
The Technology and Civil Liberties Intern will participate in cutting edge legal and policy work to safeguard privacy and free speech in the modern digital world. Interns will help draft reports, analyses, articles, and testimony to the legislature and regulatory agencies and brief the ACLU of California and National ACLU staff on a variety of technology issues. More Information »
APPLICATION DEADLINES & MORE INFORMATION »
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Tech Research Funding Opportunity from the School of Information
The newly-created Center for Technology, Society & Policy at the School of Information is accepting proposals from students for research projects and fellowships concerning "engineering ethics; technology and well-being; infrastructure, standards and governance; and digital citizenship.” CTSP is seeking to "fund thoughtful and creative but concrete ideas to advance the state of knowledge, solve problems, and promote understanding” in the aforementioned areas. CTSP is also seeking mentors for researchers. View request for proposals and more information »
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