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Week of September 25, 2017
Dear Students and Faculty,
This week in our Law & Tech Speaker Series, we welcome Dr. Christian Mammen of Hogan Lovells on Thursday, 9/28.
NOTE: The Tuesday lunch talk has been cancelled for this week.
Law and Tech Certificate Applications are now being accepted. It's easy to apply and most students qualify. More information about the program can be found here.
Events this week:
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BCLBE Leadership Lunch Talk: Eve Peters, Whim | 9/25 | 12:45 P.M. | Rm 132
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BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: Hogan Lovells | 9/21 | 12:45 P.M. | Rm 100
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Screening of "The Big Short" & Discussion with Noah Zinner of HERA | 9/28 | 6:30 P.M. | Rm 132
Click here for full details on all BCLT events and announcements this week.
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BCLBE Leadership Lunch Talk: Eve Peters, Whim - From Law School to Startup Founder
Monday, September 25, 2017
12:45 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.
Boalt Hall, Room 132
A conversation with attorney Eve Peters from Whim.
Eve is the founder and CEO of her own successful startup, Whim. Whim curates and coordinates first dates for singles more eager to meet in person than spend hours texting back-and-forth. They use scheduling tools, venue algorithms, and matching processes to deliver an online-to-offline experience that feels seamless and delightful. Prior to Whim, Eve was a former Product Lead at OkCupid Labs and at Crashpad. She graduated from Berkeley Law in 2012.
Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology (BCLT) and the Berkeley Business Law Journal (BBLJ).
Lunch provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
Register here: http://conta.cc/2uEqkTF
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BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: Technology in Practice featuring Dr. Christian Mammen of Hogan Lovells LLP
“How Tech is Disrupting the Practice of Law, and What Junior Lawyers Should Know About It”
Thursday, September 28, 2017
12:45 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.
Boalt Hall, Room 100
The practice of law is changing rapidly and profoundly. Client pressures to provide services better, faster, and cheaper are upending the traditional business model. Law firms are responding, among other ways, by turning to technology. In this inaugural session of the BCLT “Technology in Practice” series, Hogan Lovells partner Christian Mammen will explain the changing business model of law practice, the evolving role of technology in delivering legal services, and the opportunities for those who get ahead of the curve. Dr. Mammen is a recognized thought-leader at the intersection of law, technology and litigation. He has been practicing and teaching in San Francisco and Silicon Valley for over 20 years.
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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Screening of "The Big Short" & Discussion with Noah Zinner of HERA
Thursday, September 28, 2017
6:30 P.M.
Boalt Hall, Room 132
Join the Consumer Advocacy and Protection Society (CAPS) Thursday evening for a screening of "The Big Short" and a discussion with Noah Zinner, Managing Attorney at the Housing and Economic Rights Advocates. Come learn about the Great Recession, the impact on California homeowners and its aftermath today. Pizza will be provided!
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BCLT: Wrestling with the Flim-FLammers: Anti-Fraud Regulation in America
Monday, October 2, 2017
12:45 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.
Boalt Hall, Room 130
Drawing on his new book, FRAUD: AN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM BARNUM TO MADOFF, Duke historian and vice provost Edward Balleisenwill focus on three themes: the value of considering the long-term evolution of public policy; the advantages and limitations of predicating consumer and investor protection on self-regulatory schemes; and the causes of the dramatic increase in business fraud in the US since the mid-1970s. Prof. Balleisen has written widely on the historical intersections among law, business, and policy in the United States, as well as the evolution of American regulatory institutions and contemporary debates on regulatory governance.
Pizza and sodas will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
Sponsored by Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT), Berkeley Technology Law Journal (BTLJ), Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association (BIPLA) and Consumer Advocacy & Protection Society (CAPS).
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CAPS Presents: Transitioning from Big Law to the Plaintiff's Side
Monday, October 9, 2017
12:45 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.
Boalt Hall, Room 100
Join CAPS on Monday, October 9th from 12:45-1:45 P.M. in Room 100 for a panel discussion with alumni attorneys who started their careers in big law firms and are now working on the plaintiff's side. Attorneys will discuss their current practices, how they transitioned out of their previous firms, what would-be plaintiff's attorneys should consider when starting at a big, defense-side firm, and more.
Lunch will be provided.
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LAW AND TECH OPPORTUNITIES
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ACLU Technology & Civil Liberties Policy Attorney/Technologist
Location: San Francisco, CA
Deadline: Oct. 8, 2017
The opportunity
The ACLU of Northern California (ACLU-NC) seeks an experienced and innovative Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Attorney or Technologist who thrives in a collaborative organization and can skillfully handle diverse approaches to a broad privacy, free speech, and technology docket. This position joins our Technology and Civil Liberties team, nationally recognized for its use of cutting-edge legal, policy, and technology strategies, in the San Francisco office and reports to the Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Director for the ACLU of California.
The approach
You bring enthusiasm and passion to your work on issues at the intersection of technology and civil liberties. You are a creative thinker who can identify new opportunities to advance the goals of the Technology and Civil Liberties Project. You bring a big picture perspective to all of your work and have experience working on a multi-strategy team. You are a relationship-builder and willing collaborator with demonstrated success developing and maintaining key relationships with community groups and leaders. You excel at time-management and are able to keep a disciplined focus on making progress on your priorities while balancing emerging opportunities. You are thorough while also efficient and always produce top-notch work product that is tailored to Project goals. You have a growth-mindset and always seek to learn and improve the quality of your practice.
The position
Your job is to defend and promote civil rights and civil liberties in the digital age. You are responsible for implementing multi-disciplinary, proactive projects and responding to immediate threats in the areas of government surveillance, consumer privacy, and free speech on the internet. Working closely with the team, you are responsible for integrating a range of legal and policy strategies into your work that may include, but not limited to, legal, policy, and technical research, legislative and agency lawyering, legal analysis and civic engagement, coalition development, public education, and strategic communications.
More information can be found here.
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Research Assistant Position
Professor Mark Cohen, who will be joining Berkeley Law this fall as director of the new BCLT Asia IP Project, is seeking a research assistant, to start in October and work through the Spring semester. Chinese reading and writing ability required; knowledge of Chinese law and in particular Chinese IP law preferred. 5 to 15 hours per week (flexible based on school schedule). Duties to include working on Prof. Cohen's Chinese IP blog, monitoring and analyzing US and Chinese IP law developments, assisting in developing BCLT programs on IP law in Asia, and some Chinese language correspondence and/or social media.
Chinese reading and writing ability required.
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2L Summer 2018 Internship Program - U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Chief Counsel
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking expressions of interest from current second-year law students for paid summer intern positions in its Office of Chief Counsel during the summer of 2018. At this time, FDA’s Office of Chief Counsel is seeking expressions of interest (consisting of a cover letter, resume, and transcript) for these positions. Although it is not necessary to submit an expression of interest in order to be considered for these internships, interested students may send a cover letter, resume, and transcript by September 22, 2017, to OCOCCAttorneyAPP@fda.hhs.gov (and designate SUMMER INTERN 2018 on the subject line).
The positions will be formally announced on USAjobs.gov in early October. Candidates
must apply through USAjobs.gov. Students who submit expressions of interest to the e-mail
address listed above will receive an e-mail notifying them when the positions are announced on
USAjobs.gov. Please be aware that the timeframe for submitting applications through
USAjobs.gov is short, and we will not be able to accept any additional applications once the
posting closes on USAjobs.gov.
Interested students should email a cover letter, resume, and transcript by September 22, 2017, to OCOCCAttorneyAPP@fda.hhs.gov (and designate SUMMER INTERN 2018 on the subject line). All interested applicants will need to formerly apply through the posting on USAjobs.gov, which will be available in early October.
If you have questions, please contact Associate Chief Counsel, Tiffany M. Nichols, Esq., tiffany.nichols@fda.hhs.gov.
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Yale Law Journal Student Essay Contest
The Yale Law Journal is excited to announce its first Student Essay Competition. The Competition is open to law students and recent law graduates nationwide. Up to three winners will be awarded a $300 cash prize. Winning submissions will be published in the Yale Law Journal Forum, YLJ’s online component. All Forum pieces are fully searchable and available on LexisNexis and Westlaw, as well as on our website.
Competition Topic: Emerging Issues in Law and Technology
The goal of this competition is for the next generation of legal scholars and practitioners to reflect on emerging legal problems and challenges. Submissions must thus focus on novel issues in law and technology, broadly conceived. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: artificial intelligence, bioethics, biotechnology, copyright, cybersecurity, digital speech, food and drug law, health law, Internet law, patent law, privacy, and surveillance. We welcome topics in other related areas as well, and hope to receive both clinical and academic submissions.
Eligibility and Submission Details
The competition is open to all current law students (Classes of 2018, 2019, and 2020) from any ABA-accredited American law school as well as recent graduates (Classes of 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017). Each individual may submit only one (previously unpublished) Essay, and Essays may not be submitted to other law reviews during the judging period.
The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2017. Submissions must be no longer than 5,000 words, including footnotes. Essays must be submitted via the YLJ online submissions portal. A selection committee from Volume 127 of the Yale Law Journal will consider all submissions anonymously. Winners will be announced by November 10, 2017.
For more details on submissions, see here.
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The Future of Digital Consumer Protection
The Future of Digital Consumer Protection
Instructor: Prof. Chris Hoofnagle
Mondays, 2-5 pm
Info 290 Section 001
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2017-fall-info-290-001-lec-001
Digital technologies have brought consumers many benefits, including new products and services, yet at the same time, these technologies offer affordances that alter the balance of power among companies and consumers.
This course will employ a problem-based learning method (PBL). Students in the course will work in small groups to generate hypotheses, learning issues, and learning objectives in digital consumer protection. Through this process we will develop a high level conception of consumer protection and its goals. We will then explore its fit in the digital realm.
Students will develop short presentations on these learning objectives to create group learning and discussion. For the culmination of the course, students will work together to generate a research agenda for the future of digital consumer protection.
Law students are free to enroll using CalCentral and class number 40454.
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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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