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BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Series: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

"The Current States of Section 101 in the Life Sciences"

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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

Room 100

The way in which Federal Courts have handled patent eligibility under § 101 has changed dramatically in the last decade, and continues to rapidly evolve. How has it changed in the life sciences, and what’s next? This talk will explore the expanding role of patent eligibility in biotechnology patent disputes and consider just how much further the doctrine can be stretched.

Edward Reines, a partner at Weil, is Co-Head of Weil’s nationwide Patent Litigation practice, Co-Head of the Firm’s Life Sciences practice, and a member of the Firm’s Technology Litigation practice. He is a first-chair trial lawyer and trusted appellate advocate with extensive experience in the life sciences and technology sectors. Mr. Reines is widely recognized as a top litigator and a thought leader in the patent field. Most recently, Mr. Reines was named a 2018 Intellectual Property “Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal.

Mr. Derek Walter is a partner in the Patent Litigation practice in Weil’s Silicon Valley office. His practice area focuses on technologies in the biological and chemical disciplines. He has worked on both the plaintiff and defense side in matters relating to DNA sequencing technology, noninvasive fetal diagnostic techniques, and laundry chemicals. Mr. Walter has participated in representing clients before the International Trade Commission and US District Courts in all phases of patent litigation encompassing a wide range of technical areas, including life sciences, software, data storage devices, Internet technologies, networking equipment, and microprocessor design.

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.

Baker McKenzie: 1L Diversity Interview Skills Roundtable and Reception

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

5:30 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.

2 Embarcadero Center, 11th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Baker McKenzie would like to invite UC Berkeley 1Ls to a roundtable discussion and reception in our San Francisco office on March 19. Students will have the opportunity to speak with partners and associates about OCI, diversity initiatives, and our Summer and Fall recruiting programs. The evening will end with a networking reception featuring refreshments and appetizers.

Please RSVP here by Monday, March 18.

Weil: Berkeley 1L Reception

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

6:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.

Free House - 2700 Bancroft Way, Berkeley

Join us at our Berkeley 1L Reception for an evening of networking with Weil attorneys and former summer associates. Contact lauren.debernardi@weil.com with any questions. Click here to RSVP.

Fenwick & West 1L Reception

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.

Graduate Berkeley, Durant Room

2600 Durant Avenue

Please join our attorneys from each of our practice groups for appetizers and drinks to learn more about Fenwick & West. RSVP to recruit@fenwick.com.

BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Series: Nuala O'Connor

Thursday, March 21, 2019

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

Room 100

Nuala O’Connor is the President & CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology, a global nonprofit committed to advancing our digital rights. She is a vocal advocate for harnessing the potential of the internet and emerging technologies to increase equality, amplify voices, and promote human rights.

Lunch is served for students staying for the entire presentation.

Big Law/In-House Counsel Privacy Panel

Monday, April 1, 2019

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

Room 110

Join us to hear from Michael Rubin (Latham) and Will DeVries (Google) who will be speaking on campus about privacy issues that they companies face. They will speak about the relationship between BigLaw and In-House Counsels in responding to cutting-edge privacy issues. Please fill out this RSVP Form so we know much food to provide. Sponsored by BIPLA.

Call for Student Papers: ACM Inaugural Symposium on Computer Science & Law

The ACM Inaugural Symposium on Computer Science and Law is hosting a student paper competition. The Symposium will be held October 28-29, 2019 in New York City. Suitable paper topics include but are not limited to: Security, privacy, encryption, and surveillance; cyber espionage, cyber war, and cyber diplomacy; cyber crime, cyber law enforcement, and digital forensics; freedom of expression online (or the lack thereof); online market structure, platform monopolies, and antitrust law; online government services; digital intellectual property; legal informatics; automation of legal reasoning and legal services; fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics (FATE) in machine learning and data mining; and methodological compatibility and incompatibility between the discipline of computer science and the discipline of law.

Between 10 and 20 papers will be selected for poster presentation at the October symposium. The symposium organizers will provide a travel stipend for at least one student per successful submission to present their work and attend the entire symposium.

Students may submit papers written for university courses covering topics in computing and law.

The submission deadline is June 10, 2019 (11:59 P.M. GMT) and the notification deadline is August 30, 2019.

Submissions should be 10,000 words (or 10-page ACM double-column format). Note that references do count toward the page limit, and submissions should not be anonymized. Submissions may have multiple authors. For multiple-author submissions, one author must be designated to present the poster. Submit online at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cslaw2019.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Summer Law Clerk

For more than 60 years, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has applied science and technology to make the world a safer place.

We have an opening for a law student who has completed his or her second year of law school to serve as a Law Clerk in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Office of General Counsel (OGC) during summer 2019.

The OGC is comprised of nine experienced attorneys, as well as other legal professionals, who represent the Laboratory across a wide spectrum of practice areas. You can anticipate assignments in any of the substantive areas relevant to operation of the Laboratory: e.g., litigation; business transactions; environmental, health and safety; government contracts; patent prosecution and intellectual property; export law; employment law, and more. You may also indicate areas of special interest, which may influence your assignments.

You will be part of a cohort of 500+ graduate and undergraduate students who come from all over the world to experience LLNL’s world-class scientific facilities and participate in research with the Laboratory’s accomplished scientists and engineers. The summer program provides all interns the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of scientific and national-security-related lectures, seminars and other activities.

This position is full time and paid, for up to 12 weeks during the summer of 2019.

For more information and to apply, see the posting for the position here.

Rubrik - In House Legal Summer Associate

Rubrik, Inc. is a cloud-data management company that is one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in the Silicon Valley. The Rubrik legal team is looking for high-performing legal interns to work on a variety of corporate, commercial and intellectual property-related matters. You will gain experience working with a dynamic in-house legal team at a high-growth, late-stage private technology company.

The position will be based in Palo Alto, CA.

Responsibilities:

Support Rubrik’s commercial legal team with negotiations and transactions with Rubrik’s customers
Help Rubrik manage and develop its intellectual property programs, including patents, trademarks and open-source policies
Assist with corporate governance, compliance efforts and large corporate transactions, if necessary
Complete the above through a rotational program within the legal team

Requirements:

Currently pursuing a J.D. or L.L.M. (or equivalent) at an ABA accredited law school
Attention to detail is critical
Eager to learn in a fast-paced environment and passionate about technology
Entrepreneurial mindset with a great sense of humor
Exceptional writing and presentation skills
Experience with corporate and commercial transactions for technology companies, whether in-house or at a law firm, is preferred but not required

The link to apply can be found here.

Haynes and Boone: 1L California IP Weekend - 2019

Friday, July 19 - Sunday, July 21

Program Information

The California IP Weekend is a nationwide campaign to recruit 1L students for our Intellectual Property Practice Group in our Dallas, Orange County, Palo Alto, Richardson, and Washington D.C. offices. The program will take place in San Francisco, California and will run the duration of two and a half days that will include panels and hands-on workshops with practitioners from the following practice areas from the Orange County, Palo Alto, and Texas offices: Patent Prosecution, IP Litigation, and Trademark. Mentoring opportunities will also be provided. 1L students should have a background in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, physics, and/or have similar academic or industry experience.

Additional information on the program can be found in this flyer.

How to Apply

Send your cover letter, resume, undergrad and law school transcripts via email to allison.cohn@haynesboone.com.

Deadline to apply is March 29, 2019.

Haynes and Boone 2019 1L Summer Associate Opportunities

Diversity Scholars Program

The Haynes and Boone 1L Diversity Scholars Program offers a six to eight-week clerkship with meaningful work and mentorship experiences. Scholars also receive a $7,500 scholarship during the school year. For 2019, we are recruiting scholars for our Dallas, Houston, New York, Palo Alto, and RIchardson offices.

1L Program

The 1L Program offers a six to ten-week clerkship (varies by city) with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the daily life of a Haynes and Boone attorney. The 2019 program will begin May 13 in the following cities: Dallas, Houston, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, and Richardson.

Dallas Fast Track Program

The Dallas Fast Track Program is a one-week clerkship that is an ideal compliment to other summer plans and provides the opportunity to familiarize candidates with the Dallas legal market and life at a large law firm. The 2019 program will run from July 20-26.

2019 Fast Track: July 20 - July 26

A one-week clerkship that is an ideal complement to other summer plans
Intended to familiarize candidates with the Texas legal market and life at a large law firm
An in-depth look at the people and practice of law at Haynes and Boone, LLP

Now in its 12th year, Fast Track is a unique and innovative opportunity for exceptional 1L law students interested in the Dallas legal market. For more information on their Fast Track Program in Dallas, see their flyer here.

For more information on the programs offered, see their flyer here. For more information about Haynes and Boone, we suggest:

Additional 1L opportunities may be available in other offices on a case-by-case basis. Please submit ll inquiries to Amanda Kelly, Manager of Entry-Level Recruiting at amanda.kelly@haynesboone.com or at 214-651-5176.

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Democratic Staff Internship Program

The IP subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee has openings in the Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 terms for law clerk interns interested in IP. This would be a great way to gain more exposure to hot-topic IP issues and learn what it’s like working on the Hill.

The Committee on the Judiciary’s Democratic staff internship program offers undergraduate and law students, as well as recent graduates, an opportunity to experience the operation of a congressional committee firsthand and learn about the important role that House committees play in the legislative process. The Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction over a wide range of legislative and oversight issues which include constitutional amendments, litigation reform, patent and trademark law, federal criminal law, federal civil rights law, homeland security, immigration and naturalization, and antitrust. More information can be found on their website.

Deadline for applications for the fall session: June 1st

Berkeley Law students who apply should also send an email to (jamie.simpson@mail.house.gov), the subcommittee's chief IP counsel.

U.S. Department of Commerce: Technology/Telecom Advisor (Intern)

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA), Office of Policy Analysis and Development (OPAD), seeks summer interns to participate in researching and analyzing important Internet and communications policy issues. NTIA is by statute the principal advisor to President on telecommunications and communications policy.

As NTIA's domestic policy office, we play an important role in addressing public policy challenges that affect Americans' daily lives in the digital age. Our multidisciplinary team, which includes policy analysts, attorneys, economists, and engineers, focuses on some of the most important challenges in Internet policy, including protecting privacy online, facilitating widespread broadband adoption, and achieving balanced protections for intellectual property.

Interns at OPAD make substantive contributions to federal Internet and communications research and policy, with projects varying based on interests and academic background. Past interns have been exposed to a broad array of issues, and have assisted in analyzing the complex network neutrality debate, producing recommendations related to copyright policy, and performing quantitative analysis of data on computer and Internet use.

Interns will gain increased understanding of the characteristics that make the Internet unique and will be exposed to the myriad of laws, policies, protocols, and principles that have allowed the Internet to thrive as a force for global trade and the free flow of information. Interns will assist OPAD experts in the development of research, papers, and briefings on today’s cutting edge Internet policy issues to assist government leaders in navigating the intersections between technology and policy in today’s marketplace.

To learn more about NTIA's internship program and apply for a position, please visit the intern application page. If there are any questions, you can contact Edward Carlson at ecarlson@ntia.doc.gov.

Georgetown Law Technology Review Student Writing Competition 2018-2019

Law students are invited to submit papers addressing a legal or public policy question relating to artificial intelligence, machine learning, the use of data analytics and/or algorithmic decision-making. Example topics include: questions of data ownership, questions relating to transparency or testability, questions relating to intellectual property, privacy, consumer protection, competition, issues of bias and discrimination, or product liability; or subject-matter- specific legal issues arising from various applications of a technology. Preference will be given to papers that are relevant to current legal and public policy debates or present an original perspective. Papers must be submitted by May 31, 2019.

PRIZE

Up to three winners will be selected, with a First Prize of $4,000, a Second Prize of $2,500, and a Third Prize of $1,000.

Winning papers may be selected for publication in The Georgetown Law Technology Review.

Additional information about rules and deadlines may be found here.

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Competitions and Awards

Visit the AIPLA website Student and public resources page for submission procedures, deadlines and more information on the following law student competitions and awards in 2019:

Robert C. Watson Writing Competitions ($2,000.00 award)

Jan Jancin Award ($5,000.00 1st/$2,500.00 2nd place awards)

If you are interested in being considered, send a short statement of your accomplishments in the field of IP (courses taken, papers written, internships or other work) and a grades transcript to BCLT Executive Director Jim Dempsey. The faculty directors will select a Boalt student to nominate for the award.

See entry above for information regarding other AIPLA awards and competitions.

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 on UCDC can be found here.

Specific Externships:

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

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. The application and additional details can be found here.

For all externships, start applying now. Apply to the Fall 2019 or Spring 2020 UCDC Law Program here.

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