Whether you know how to ski or not this trip will be a great chance to get away for the weekend and bond with fellow students. Space is limited so you don’t want to miss out!
Included in the trip:
Cost is $250 due at signup in the DOS office WCC-3039. Cash, credit cards, and checks are accepted. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Sociology Department is seeking 1 or 2 Teaching Fellows for the following course:
Sociology 95: Research for Nonprofits
http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/0136
Tu/Th 2:30-4 pm in William James Hall 601
“Research for Nonprofits” supports students in carrying out a research project for a nonprofit or volunteer organization of their own choice.
The course meetings include guest lectures with relevant experts, analysis of case studies, and discussion of readings and student projects; to provide students with the conceptual tools, research methods, and broad background on the nonprofit sector to enable them to carry out their research projects. See attached syllabus for more details.
The duties of the TF(s) include:
- Attending all classes. Tuesday is usually a guest speaker, with Thursday being discussion and application. TF(s) will probably facilitate small groups for the Thursday classes.
- The main work of the TF will be advising and grading student projects.
This entails providing fairly detailed feedback to project proposals, the sector overview paper, and final presentations and reports. TFs also meet with students in their advising group one-on-one at least twice in the semester.
- There is no separate discussion section that is taught by the TF, although depending on background and interest, they could lead some topics of the class.
- TFs will meet with the instructor for planning meetings regularly during the semester and may assist with some administrative tasks.
Please contact the instructor as soon as possible, and no later than Thursday at 5 pm if you are interested in this position. Provide a brief description of your teaching experience and any prior experience with organizational sociology, OB, nonprofits, consulting, or business management. The instructor: Dr. Alison Denton Jones, adjones at fas.harvard.edu.
The deadline for the 2012 Chayes International Public Service Fellowship is coming up soon! All Chayes applications should be turned into Wasserstein Hall, Suite 5005 by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1. All applicants should also contact International Legal Studies to schedule a mandatory interview. More information can be found here: http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/spotlight/ils/fellowships/chayes-fellowship-info-for-students.html#ApplicationProcedures.
Prof. Sitkoff is seeking summer research assistants, primarily to assist in a casebook revision, and also to assist in various trust-law related projects.
Please send a current resume, a writing sample, and a transcript (unofficial is fine) to meskridge at law.harvard.edu.
Registration for the Spring IM basketball league is now available at http://goo.gl/IRd87. The registration deadline is Sunday, January 29 at 5:00 PM, with games starting shortly thereafter.
Full rules (including eligibility, cost, and gameplay rules) are available at http://hlshoops.pbworks.com/w/page/50086318/Spring%202012%20League%20Rules; please contact Brian Itami ( bitami at jd12.law.harvard.edu) or Brian Wood ( bwood at jd12.law.harvard.edu) with any questions.
Professor Wilkins is still accepting students in this seminar, which will bring top scholars from a variety of disciplines to share their research on the cutting edge issues transforming the legal profession and legal practice in the US and around the world. Among the scholars who will present their work are Professor John Coates (Harvard) presenting research on lawyers in cross-border M&A transactions involving emerging economies; Professor Ashish Nanda (Harvard) discussing a study of associate recruitment and retention; Professor Vikram Khanna (Michigan) presenting research from his forthcoming book on Legal Process Outsourcing; Professors Mitu Gulati (Duke) and Robert Scott (Columbia) presenting research from their forthcoming book on how lawyers use form contracts in sovereign debt transactions; Professor Scott Cummings (UCLA) presenting work from his forthcoming book on the future of public interest law; and Professor Richard Suskind (Oxford) discussing th
e reaction to his recent book “The End of Lawyers?” (A complete listing of all of the speakers and their topics is available on the course website). Students will be expected to read the materials that will be presented each week and to write short (two page) response papers raising questions or comments for the speakers. Students who are interested in doing further research in the area will have the option of writing a longer paper, for which they may be entitled to receive some research support from the Program on the Legal Profession. 1Ls, LLMs and SJDs, students from other disciplines, and research fellows seeking to audit the course are all welcome. Interested students are encouraged to attend the first session on Tuesday 1/24 and enroll online. Please direct any questions to Prof. Wilkins’ assistant Nathan Cleveland: ncleveland at law.harvard.edu
During the second semester of your 2L year, you can petition the Administrative Board to study at Berkeley for your 3L year. A maximum of five students will be approved to participate in the exchange with priority given to students with academic interests served by visiting at Berkeley. To apply, please draft a short email petition (one paragraph to a few pages) detailing your interest in studying at Berkeley (personal and professional) and attach a proposed course of study during your time at Berkeley. Petitions should be emailed to dos@law by Friday, February 3 at 5pm. Decisions will be made by early April. Additional information can be found at: http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/sfs/policy/special-populations/berkeley.html.