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This week in our Law & Tech Speaker Series, we welcome trial lawyer James Pooley and performance coach Shari Carlson on Tuesday, 2/6, and White and Case LLP on Thursday, 2/8.
Resume Books are due THIS WEEK! We are collecting Resume Books from all Boalt Students (1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, and LL.M.s) - due date: February 9. Please email a PDF version (1 page) of your resume to BCLT Assistant Director Claire Trias at ctrias@law.berkeley.edu. Click below for more information.
The BCLT Spring Tech Fair is next week! This year's fair is being held on Thursday, 2/15, from 12:30 P.M.-2:00 P.M. in the Steinhart Courtyard. Free lunch provided by Top Dog for those students who've visited a firm table. RSVP today! See below for more information.
The deadline to RSVP for the Haynes Boone LLP 1L Reception is today. Details below.
Law & Tech Certificate Applications - Due April 1. It's easy to apply and most students qualify. Apply online and view more information
This Week:
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Boalt Hall Space Law Society: Blasting Off with Blue Origin | 2/5 | 1:00 | Rm 100
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BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: "How to Act Like a Lawyer" | 2/6 | 12:45 P.M. | Rm 100
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Haynes Boone LLP 1L Reception | 2/7 | 6:30 P.M. | Graduate Berkeley - Durant Room
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BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: White & Case LLP | 2/8 | 12:45 P.M. | Rm 100
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Blockchain@BerkeleyLaw: Hayden Parker| 2/9 | 12:45 | Rm 132
Other opportunities:
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1L/2L Summer Internship at Blue Origin
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Jan Jancin IP Award - $5K Prize; and other AIPLA awards and competitions
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1L Judicial Clerkship Summer Job
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White and Case 1L Intellectual Property Fellowship
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Cal Bar Section Membership
Click here for full details on all BCLT events and announcements this week.
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Boalt Hall Space Law Society Presents: Blasting Off with Blue Origin
Monday, February 5, 2017
1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Room 100
Deputy General Counsel Audrey Powers from Blue Origin will provide insight into what a space lawyer does, discussing such topics as her typical day, her career path, and substantive legal aspects of her work. She will also outline key international and national laws relevant to space law, including the Outer Space Treaty, the Commercial Space Launch Act, and FAA regulations.
Open to all Berkeley Law students and affiliates who have wondered about our place in the universe. Lunch provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
NOTE: Audrey Powers will be available to speak to 1Ls and 2Ls in Room 141 from 11:30am-12:45pm for those interested in applying for the 2018 Legal Internship Program prior to her lunch presentation at 1pm.
Co-sponsored by Berkeley Center for Law and Technology.
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BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Series: "How to Act Like a Lawyer"
“How To Act Like a Lawyer”
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
12:45 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.
Room 100
Experienced trial lawyer James Pooley appears with his performance coach, Shari Carlson, creator of “How To Act Like a Lawyer in Six Easy Lessons”. Shari will describe how principles of stage performance can make your court appearances easy, successful and even fun. Jim will share how basic training in acting has made a difference not just in court but in meetings and basically any in-person professional transaction. Learn how to show up, own the room, be in relationship with your audience (judge or jury), and win, just by being who you are.
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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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.
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BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Series: White & Case LLP
Thursday, February 8, 2018 @ 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
“Wait, is data privacy a practice area?”
IP Counsel Robert Blamires of White & Case LLP will provide an introduction to data privacy as a practice area at law firms and companies. This presentation will cover points such as:
why data privacy is an interesting and rewarding practice area;
the issues that arise and how data privacy lawyers address them;
the ways in which data privacy lawyers interact with other practice areas in a law firm or company;
the global/cross-border aspects of a data privacy practice; and
tips for success for would-be data privacy lawyers.
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 Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association (BIPLA).
This event is open to current Berkeley Law students, Berkeley Law affiliates and BCLT law firm sponsors only.
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Blockchain@BerkeleyLaw Presents: Hayden Parker, Security Expert at Coinbase
Friday, February 9, 2017
12:45 A.M. - 2:00 P.M
Room 132
Do you keep hearing about Bitcoin from That Guy but still have no idea how it works? Have you thought “what do we need Internet money for, when we already have online banking?” Are you chafing at reading articles in the New York Times about newly-minted millionaires who’ve seemingly done nothing, while you’re drowning in debt to buy a shot at a soul-crushing firm job? Wondering how a technology that guzzles more electricity than over half the countries on the planet can be valued so highly? Want to get your hands on some of the documents They don’t want you to see?
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Space & The State Department
Monday, February 12
12:45 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Room 100
Join the Space Law Society for a lunchtime talk with Gabriel Swiney, Attorney Advisor at the State Department and lead international space lawyer for the U.S. Government! Topics of discussion will include U.S. space policy; whether it is legal to mine asteroids and the moon; and how the American legal system should respond to unprecedented activities in outer space, such as tourism, satellite servicing, and resource extraction.
Open to all Berkeley Law students and affiliates. Lunch provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology.
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BCLT Annual Spring Tech Fair
Thursday, February 15
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 a free Top Dog during the Tech Fair after visiting a firm table. Vegetarian option will be available.
Students, please bring copies of your resume. 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.
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LAW AND TECH OPPORTUNITIES
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1L/2L - Summer Internship at Blue Origin
Blue Origin interns participate in legal projects related to the design, development and operations of engines, rockets, payloads, and human spaceflight. Interns work directly with our Legal team
and engineers on projects related to commercial and government contracts, regulatory and government affairs, intellectual property, and sales and marketing. Students gain real-life experience that allows them to apply classroom learning to real business challenges.
To apply and and view more information, please apply through your B-Line account. Job ID: 25751.
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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.
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American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Competions and Awards
Visit the AIPLA website for more information on the following law student competitions and awards in 2018:
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Robert C. Watson Writing Competitions ($2000.00 award)
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Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competion ($2000.00 1st/$1000.00 2nd place awards)
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Jan Jancin Award ($5000.00 award)
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Sydney B. Williams, Jr. IP Law Students Scholarship ($10,000.00 per year for 3 years)
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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.
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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
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