We hope that you all had a lovely weekend.

 

This week in our BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series, we welcome Marc J. Massarweh, Esq., Client Success Manager at Bloomberg Law on Tuesday, October 9th and Dr. Christian Mammen, Partner at Hogan Lovells LLP on Thursday, October 11th. 

 

This Week:

  • BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Series: Bloomberg Law | 10/9 | 12:55 P.M. | Room 100
  • Patent Law Society (PLS): Student Panel | 10/10 | 12:50 P.M. | Room 140
  • BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Series: Hogan Lovells | 10/11 | 12:55 P.M. | Room 100
  • Sports Entertainment Law Society (SELS): Twitch.tv | 10/12 | 12:45 P.M. | Room 100

Upcoming Events:

  • BCLT: How to Plan Your Law & Tech 2019-2020 Class Schedule | 10/18 | 12:55 P.M. | Room 100
  • BCLB/BCLT Leadership Lunch Talk | 10/19 | 12:45 P.M. | Room 100
  • BCLT/BTLJ Fall Law Mixer | 10/30 | 7:00 P.M. | Goldberg Room (2nd Floor) - Join BCLT/BTLJ for our 2018 Fall Law Firm Mixer. This event is intended to give J.D. students at Berkeley a chance to meet top law firms and learn more about the different intellectual property and technology law practices. RSVP here. See below for more information. 

Other opportunities:

  • ACLU of Northern California - Technology & Civil Liberties Fellowship 
  • Summer Intern Program - Civil Liberties at the NSA
  • UCDC Law Program Externships in Washington D.C.
  • Cal Bar Section Membership
  • Please note: Per NALP guidelines, 1Ls cannot apply for summer positions until December 1st.

Law & Tech Certificate Applications - Due April 1. It's easy to apply and most students qualify. Apply online and view more information.

 
Click here for full details on all BCLT events and announcements this week.
 

 

 

 

THIS WEEK

 

 

 

BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Series: Bloomberg Law

 

 

 

Data, Analytics, and Advanced Technologies in Legal Practice

 

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

12:55 P.M. - 1:55 P.M.

Room 100

 

Data, analytics and advanced technologies are becoming increasingly important parts of legal research and practice. Join Marc J. Massarweh, Esq., Client Success Manager from Bloomberg Law to learn more about how technologies enhance and expand the boundaries of legal research with direct application to privacy and data security law, transactional law and intellectual property.

 

Lunch from Grégoire will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis and for those staying for the entire presentation.

 

Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.

 

This event is primarily aimed at 2Ls, 3Ls, and LLMs.

 

 

Patent Law Society (PLS): Student Panel

 

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

12:50 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Room 140

 

Interested in patent law but don't know what patent prosecution involves and who patent prosecutors are?  How does patent litigation fit in? Come to Patent Law Society's student panel where you can learn about the essentials behind patent litigation and prosecution and how they are fundamentally different. The panel is geared towards students who are interested in learning more about these practice areas within patent law in considering future opportunities.  The panel members will share their backgrounds, experiences, and other factors they considered as law students in order to help you think about what might be most relevant to your career goals.

 

 

BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Series: Hogan Lovells LLP

 

 

AI in Law Practice: Robot Lawyers and Legal Ethics

 

Thursday, October 11, 2018

12:55 P.M. - 1:55 P.M.

Room 100

 

We are all reading breathless accounts of how AI and “robot lawyers” are poised to take over the practice of law. Dr. Christian Mammen, a partner at Hogan Lovells with deep experience litigating patents and other technology-related cases, has been studying the impact of technology on the practice of law. In this presentation, he will consider several case studies of AI in law practice and the issues of legal ethics that arise out of each.

 

Lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis and for those 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.

 

 

Security in the Age of Aritificial Intelligence

 

Guardians, Aliens, or Robot Overlords?

 

Thursday, October 11, 2018

4:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M.

109 Moses Hall (IGS Library)

 

Edward W. Felten is Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University.  His research interests include computer security and privacy and public policy issues relating to information technology.  

 

He is the Director of Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP).

 

To learn more about Felten's upcoming talk at Berkeley, visit the IIS website.

 

 

Sports Entertainment Law Society (SELS) - Twitch.tv

 

Friday, October 12, 2018

12:45 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.

Room 100

 

Berkeley Sports and Entertainment Law Society is hosting a talk and presentation by Shirin Keen, associate general counsel at Twitch.tv. Ms. Keen will be presenting on content moderation on Twitch.tv and social media in general in a time where hate speech and other controversial forms of communication are widely propagated through social media.

 

Sushiritos will be served.

 


 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 


BLCB/BCLT: Leadership Lunch Talk

 

The Ongoing Revolution in Legal Technology: Artificial Intellegence in Legal Practice

 

Friday, October 19, 2018

12:45 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.

Room 100

 

Three leaders in the legal tech industry will discuss how technology is changing the practice of law.

 

Lunch provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

 

Register here: https://conta.cc/2G4F5F1

 
 

 

BCLT: How to Plan Your Law & Tech 2019-2020 Class Schedule

 

Thursday, October 18, 2018

12:55 P.M. - 1:55 P.M.

Room 100

 

The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) will present an overview of the law & technology curriculum with a specific focus on Spring 2019. BCLT Executive Director Jim Dempsey will lead the session; faculty will describe the diverse career paths available in law & technology and the courses that prepare you for those careers. 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 & technology curriculum here at Berkeley and to meet the Law & Tech Certificate requirements.

 

Lunch will be served for those staying through the entire presentation.

 

Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.

 

 

BCLT/BTLJ Fall Law Firm Mixer

 

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.

Goldberg Room (2nd Floor)

 

(The Fall Mixer is preceded by the CDO Practice Area Specialties Fair that will be held in the Warren Room, 5:30 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.)

 

Join BCLT/BTLJ for our 2018 Fall Law Firm Mixer. This event is intended to give J.D. students at Berkeley a chance to meet top law firms to learn more about the different intellectual property and technology law practices.

 

Please register to attend by Wednesday, October 24th. RSVP here. 

 

Drinks and hors d'oeuvre will be served. 

 

​This event is primarily for Berkeley Law J.D. students, aimed at 1Ls in preparation for 1L summer job hiring. We have a special event planned for L.L.M. students in collaboration with the Advanced Degree Programs (ADP) Office. More information will be circulated soon. 

 

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. 

 

 

 

LAW AND TECH OPPORTUNITIES

 

 

ACLU of Northern California - Technology and Civil Liberties Fellowship

The ACLU of Northern California is now accepting applications for its Fall 2019 Technology and Civil Liberties Fellowship.This is a full-time, one-year position. Details about the fellowship and the application process are available here. 

 

Summer Intern Program - Civil Liberties at the NSA

The National Security Agency is accepting applications for a summer internship in its Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Transparency Office, offering a unique opportunity to see firsthand how privacy principles influence decision-making at the NSA on a daily basis. Note: The focus is on policy, not law, but if you are interested in national security and civil liberties, this would be a great introduction.  More information can be found here (scroll down the list and you'll see the internship). Applications are due on October 15, 2018. 

 

 

UCDC Law Program Externships in Washington, D.C.

 

The UCDC Law Program is a full-time externship program in Washington, DC providing experiential learning through a full-time field placement with a government agency, nonprofit or advocacy organization, including those engaged in law and technology issues.  Law students who participate are eligible to receive 13 units:  10 units for the field placement and 3 units for the companion course, “Law and Lawyering in the Nation’s Capital.”

Full details: https://www.ucdc.edu/academic/law

Specific Externships:

Federal Communications Commission, Competition Policy Division in the Wireline Bureau

Competition Policy Division of the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau. Our primary mission is to foster competition in the provision of communications services through market-opening rulemaking and other proceedings that affect wireline telecommunications service providers and consumers. The division is responsible for implementation of non-pricing aspects of the local competition requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, including interconnection, network element unbundling and privacy. The division also administers U.S. numbering policy (including local number portability), and reviews applications from wireline carriers for mergers and other transfers of control, and discontinuance of service.

The Future of Privacy Forum

The Future of Privacy Forum is a non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for privacy leadership and scholarship, advancing principled data practices in support of emerging technologies. FPF brings together industry, academics, consumer advocates, and other thought leaders to explore the challenges posed by technological innovation and develop privacy protections, ethical norms and workable business practices. FPF helps fill the void in the “space not occupied by law” which exists due to the speed of technology development. As “data optimists,” we believe that the power of data for good is a net benefit to society, and that it can be well-managed to control risks and offer the best protections and empowerment to consumers and individuals. www.fpf.org

FPF seeks legal interns to support Policy Counsel responsible for developing and evaluating data practices in the consumer and commercial sector by shaping corporate practices, engaging with regulators and government agencies, and providing thought leadership in a variety of settings. Issue portfolios will include privacy concerns related to current commercial and consumer technologies such as – but not limited to – Big Data and the Internet of Things, connected cars, student data, ad tracking, mobile location data use, smart cities, deidentification standards, algorithms, and biometrics and AI. Positions located in the Washington D.C. office.

Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB)

Through the PSHSB internship program, law students gain hands-on experience in communications and administrative law matters pertaining to public safety, homeland security, national security, emergency management and preparedness, and disaster management.  Students help PSHSB develop, recommend, and administer the FCC’s policies and rules to advance the security and reliability of the nation’s communications infrastructure as well as its public safety and emergency response capabilities and emerging technology.   

Federal Communications Commission, Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division (legal) 

(https://www.fcc.gov/general/internships-public-safety-and-homeland-security-bureau)

The Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division (CCR) provides legal, engineering, and other technical advice and expertise to the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and the Federal Communications Commission regarding public safety and homeland security issues, particularly with respect to ensuring that communications networks are reliable, resilient, and secure.  CCR develops and recommends Commission and PSHSB policies on network and other infrastructure reliability, including 911 reliability, and other public safety issues as assigned.  CCR also administers the Commission’s information collection requirements with respect to communications reliability (such as network outage reports, disaster information reporting, and 911 reliability certifications) and performs analyses and studies on public safety, homeland security, national security, disaster management and related issues.

  •  Internship Period(s): Fall/Spring semester and Summer
  • General Duties: Unpaid Legal Intern
    Fall, Spring, and Summer interns will assist with analysis of a broad variety of legal and policy issues relating to potential and existing programs and regulations of the agency.  They will perform legal assignments which address Division/Bureau issues and that may involve technical or complex information.  Additionally, the intern will assist in the preparation of legal memoranda and other Commission documents.  The intern also may attend and participate in meetings with Commission personnel and outside parties.  The intern will assist staff attorneys and Division leadership in an often fast-paced environment on a variety of issues.  They may interact with industry counsel and other third parties on several issues.
  • Selection Criteria:
    Seeking second and third year law students with strong analytical, research, writing, and communications skills that demonstrated a strong interest in communications law, public interest, or federal government.  Students must be enrolled in an accredited law school at least half-time to apply.  Students may apply during their first year of law school, but they must have completed their first academic year of law school before the internship starts.  Must be a U.S. Citizen.
  • Send Application to: Brenda Villanueva, Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau at Brenda.Villanueva@fcc.gov.  A completed application packet should include: cover letter, resume, law school transcript, and a brief writing sample.  Applicants should clearly indicate the period(s) for which they are applying, and the amount of time (days/hours) they would be available to work each week.
  • Applications Deadline: Rolling basis.

For all Spring 2019 externships, start applying now. Apply here: UCDC Law Application

Learn more about UCDC Law

 

Please note: Per NALP guidelines, 1Ls cannot apply for summer positions until December 1st.

 

 

Free Membership in Caifornia Bar Sections

 

Did you know that even before you pass the bar, even as a 1L, you can join the IP Section of the California State Bar for free. This allows you to stay abreast of programs, legal developments in the field, and networking events:  http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/sections/sections-join-form.pdf

 

 

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