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Dear Students and Faculty,
Have a good Spring Break! Coming up this week in our BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series we have speakers from Durie Tangri LLP on Tuesday, 3/21, and from Irella & Manella LLP on Thursday, 3/23. We will resume with our BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series on Thursday, April 6 featuring General Counsel Joshua Walker of Airbus Group (A^3). Please note that applications for Law & Tech Certificate Applications are due April 1st. See details below.
Exciting news! BTLJ has launched a student podcast. New episodes will be released bi-weekly (Mondays on BTLJ website, and Tuesdays on iTunes). Click on the links below to listen:
Law & Tech Certificate Applications
Applications are being accepted for the Law & Technology Certificate; it's easy to apply and most students qualify. Deadline is April 1, 2017. Apply online and view more information.
See below for more information on these and other events, opportunities and more.
If you have any questions about this week's content or items for inclusion in future newsletters, please email bclt@law.berkeley.edu. All items for inclusion must be submitted by 12:00 p.m. Friday of the week prior to publication.
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BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: Durie Tangri LLP
"Fair Use in the Real World: Lessons from Litigation”
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
12:45 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.
Boalt Hall, Room 105
Durie Tangri Partner Joe Gratz has litigated some of the highest-profile and some of the lowest-profile fair use cases in recent years. Joe will talk about lessons learned from litigating those cases, which include the Google Books case, the Shepard Fairey “Hope” poster case, the Beastie Boys “Girls” case, and a dispute nobody’s ever heard of between scholars of 17th-century Spanish literature.
Lunch is served for students staying for the entire presentation.
Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.
This event is open to current Berkeley Law students, Berkeley Law affiliates and BCLT law firm sponsors only.
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Engaging Contradictions: Research, Action, and Justice workshop series is happening next week. Under the Radar: Research and Technology in an Age of Surveillance
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
4:00P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
Dwinelle Hall, Room 117
How can researchers participate in community-engaged research in an era of heightened surveillance? What legal, practical, and theoretical tools allow us to navigate the challenges that surveillance presents to researchers, particularly those engaged with organizations, social movements, and targeted communities? Join us for Under the Radar: Research and Technology in an Age of Surveillance, the second workshop in the Engaging Contradictions: Research, Action, and Justice workshop series. This workshop features three complementary sessions.
Attend one, attend two or attend them all:
Session 1: Digital Security and Policy (4:00pm-4:50pm)
Session 2: Real Case Studies (5:00pm-5:50pm)
Session 3: Tools to Protect Your Data, Your Subjects, and Yourself (6:00pm-6:50pm)
Featured Organization:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation & The American Civil Liberties Union
This event is free and open to the public. Dinner will be provided. If possible, bring a computer.
Please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/under-the-radar-research-and-technology-in-an-age-of-surveillance-tickets-32744106504
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Boalt Healthcare & Biotech Law Society (BHBLS) Presents: The State of Eugenics
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
5:00 P.M.
Boalt Hall, Room 100
Please join us at 5:00 pm on March 21, 2017 at UC Berkeley for a free screening of The State of Eugenics, the just-released film about the eugenic sterilization program North Carolina ran between the 1930's and 1970's. The film documents how that long-forgotten program was brought back to light by researchers and journalists, resulting in a pitched political battle over compensating victims.
Comments and Q&A after the screening by filmmaker Dawn Sinclair Shapiro and University of Michigan Professor Alexandra Minna Stern.
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Speakers:
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Director/Producer Dawn Sinclair Shapiro
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Alexandra Minna Stern, Professor at University of Michigan and author of the prize-winning book Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America will join us via Skype
Pizza will served!
Sponsored by: The Center for Genetics and Society, Center for Science, Technology, Medicine and Society, Gender & Women's Studies - Chau Hoi Shuen Gender and Science Initiative, Boalt Healthcare and Biotech Law Society and Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.
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Boalt Healthcare & Biotech Law Society (BHBLS) - General Meeting
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
1:00 P.M.
Boalt Hall, Room 10
Come join us to learn more about the different positions available for next year and also discuss upcoming events!
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BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: Irella & Manella LLP
"Client Expectations in IP Litigation”
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
12:45 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.
Boalt Hall, Room 105
Attorneys in IP or high-tech litigations may face unique challenges in representing their clients. Counsel Sandra Haberny ‘08 and Associate Christopher Abernethy from Irell & Manella LLP will discuss the different types of clients and different approaches to representing them in IP or high-tech cases. They will also discuss some of the things that all clients expect from—and what they generally like the most and least about—their attorneys.
Lunch from Gregoire will be served while supplies last and for students staying through the entire presentation.
Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.
This event is open to current Berkeley Law students, Berkeley Law affiliates and BCLT law firm sponsors only.
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1L Rception - Kilpatrick Townsend LLP
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
Cornerstone Beer Garden & Restaurant
2367 Shattuck Ave (Shattuck & Durant)
Berkeley, CA
Kilpatrick Townsend invites 1L students to Cornerstone to learn more about our firm. Food and beverages will be provided.
RSVP »
If you have questions, please contact Attorney Recruiting Coordinator, Philippa G. Manley at: pmanley@kilpatricktownsend.com.
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BCLT: How To Plan Your Law & Tech 2017-18 Class Schedule
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
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 Fall 2017 course offerings. BCLT Executive Director Jim Dempsey will lead the session; faculty will describe the diverse career paths available in law & technology and the exciting courses available.
The discussion will help students decide what courses to take next semester and how to plan their 2L and 3L schedules in order to take full advantage of the law and technology curriculum and to meet the Law & Tech Certificate requirements.
Lunch will be served for those staying through the entire presentation.
This event is open only to current Berkeley Law students, staff, and Berkeley Law affiliates.
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3rd Annual Berkeley Law Sports & Society Conference
April 13-14, 2017
California Memorial Stadium
UC Berkeley
Berkeley Law’s Annual Sports and Society Conference is a marquee campus event that brings together leading executives, management professionals and attorneys from the world of sports to California Memorial Stadium for the opportunity to discuss leading topics in sports law, society, business and culture.
For more information and to register, go here.
Presented by Berkeley Journal of Entertainment & Sports Law, Berkeley Center for Law, Business & the Economy, UC Berkeley Division of Equity & Inclusion, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, and Haas Sports Business Club.
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LAW AND TECH OPPORTUNITIES
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ABA Center for Innovation-Microsoft NextGen Fellow
The ABA Center for Innovation and Microsoft have announced a unique new fellowship opportunity for recent law school graduates. The ABA Center for Innovation-Microsoft NextGen Fellow will gain invaluable experience while positively impacting the delivery of legal services to those most in need of assistance. In residence at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, the NextGen Fellow will spend most of his or her time helping to advance the an ABA-Microsoft project with the Legal Services Corporation that is creating statewide online justice portals, but will also contribute to a variety of other technology initiatives. Full details and application process at http://abacenterforinnovation.org/aba-center-innovation-microsoft-nextgen-fellow
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1L Summer Position - Haynes and Boone, LLP
Haynes and Boone, LLP is actively looking for a 1L to work this summer in its patent litigation department in Palo Alto.
To apply, please email Partner Brian Kwok, brian.kwok@haynesboone.com with your resume and grade transcript.
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Greenberg Traurig part-time law clerk opportunity in Silicon Valley
Greenberg Traurig is accepting applications from current law school students for a part-time law clerk position in the intellectual property, data privacy and security group in its Silicon Valley office. During the semester, the law clerk will be working 15 to 20 hours per week.
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1L Summer Program - Hogan Lovells
Hogan Lovells seeks a select group of first-year law students for our 2017 Summer Associate Program in our Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Northern Virginia, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. offices.
We are looking for candidates who have serious, long-term commitments to practicing law in cities that are home to our U.S. offices. We require excellent academic credentials and communication skills, demonstrated leadership ability, good judgment, strong motivation, work experience, and the ability to work well with others.
Hogan Lovells is a proud participant in the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Scholars Program (LCLD). In addition to our general 1L hiring process, which is open to all first-year law students, 1Ls are eligible to apply for the LCLD Scholars Program in select Hogan Lovells offices. LCLD Scholars at Hogan Lovells will have the opportunity to work on assignments with specific clients under the supervision of our firm’s lawyers. LCLD Scholars additionally will have the opportunity to participate in the LCLD Scholars Summit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 23-25, 2017.
View more information and apply online.
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ACLU-Northern California Spring and Summer 2017 Law & Policy Internship Program
The ACLU of Northern California invites applications for Spring and Summer 2017 internships in its Legal-Policy Department. Internships are full- or part-time, generally requiring a 16–24 hours per week commitment. Interns will be eligible for Law School field placement credit. Students must commit to working all semester (12–14 weeks). The ACLU prefers that part-time interns commit to work full work days (i.e., two eight-hour days rather than four four-hour days) and recommends that students commit as many days a week as possible for the best internship experience. (For details about field placement credits, contact Sue Schechter, sschechter@law.berkeley.edu.)
For full details, information on internships, and to apply go here.
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Law & Technology Certificate Program
Applications are being accepted for the Law & Technology Certificate program.
The Law & Technology Certificate recognizes successful completion of a specialized course of study in addition to an activity component. The curricular requirements emphasize depth and breadth of coverage and afford students substantial flexibility in adapting their course of study toward a range of career paths at the growing intersection of law and technology.
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