The Predatory Lending Prevention/Consumer Protection Clinic of the WilmerHale Legal Services Center is on the cutting edge of the vibrant and fascinating area of consumer protection. We focus our advocacy efforts on preserving and protecting equity for low- and moderate-income homeowners; combating abuses in the consumer financial services industry; and ensuring equal and fair access to credit markets for low and middle income Massachusetts residents.

Please contact Julie McCormack at jmccorma@law.harvard.edu to apply.

The Food Law and Policy Clinic of the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation was established in 2010 to link Harvard Law students with opportunities to work with clients and communities on various food law and policy issues. The Clinic aims to increase access to healthy foods, prevent diet-related diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and assist small farmers and producers in participating in food markets.

To apply for the Summer Fellow position in the Food Law and Policy Clinic, please contact Julie McCormack at jmccorma@law.harvard.edu

A professor at the Harvard School of Public Health seeks to hire law student as a part-time, paid research assistant (RA) to work on a pilot study of the cosmetic surgery/procedures industry in the United States. The student should have completed two years of law school by summer 2012. The health law RA will attend monthly research team meetings and work closely with Dr. Bryn Austin and health law consultant Jennifer Pomeranz, JD, MPH. The RA will compile a report of her/his findings. The report will document all federal bills, regulations or legislation that have been filed or enacted or the lack thereof. If research reveals state activity on this issue, the report will describe the same for five states selected for focus. If legal activity is found to be lacking, the report will recommend legal actions possible at the federal and state levels, drawing on successful approaches used to address other public health issues. The report will provide the basis for future legal research and the publication of the information in a scientific peer-reviewed journal and perhaps also a law review journal, if appropriate. The research assistant will write a final report on her/his research results and will contribute to drafting a manuscript for peer-review publication. The position is 12 hours per month for nine months, starting either summer 2012 or September 2012, depending on student availability. Please send resume and statement of interest to Dr. Bryn Austin at bryn.austin@childrens.harvard.edu.

Professor Laurence Tribe is looking to hire several Teaching Fellows for his Spring 2013 undergraduate course, “Thinking About the Constitution.”  The course will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 to 11:30 am.  Applicants should have a strong background in constitutional law.

If you are interested, please email Vivek Suri (vsuri at jd13.law.harvard.edu) with a transcript, CV, and brief statement of interest.  Applications are due by Monday, April 16th at noon.

Course Description: What difference does the U.S. Constitution make? Does it matter whether we think about it as a text, as living practice, or as a set of mostly unwritten principles? This course will explore such questions through the lens of several concrete constitutional controversies about desegregation, abortion and death; about the federal legislation penalizing failure to purchase health insurance; about same-sex intimacy and marriage; about free speech and church-state relations; about informational privacy; and about the limits of executive power in times of emergency. Readings will be drawn from judicial and other writings about the Constitution, its history, and its interpretation.

Professor Hal Scott is looking for a Harvard Law School student to work as a research assistant, beginning as soon as possible. Knowledge of or experience with retail payment systems preferred.  Please send your resume to mshanley@law.harvard.edu.

Looking for Teaching Assistants to support Professor Roger Porter’s course in the Presidency at Harvard College.  Candidates who have had experience working in the White House are particularly desirable.  Please contact roger_porter@harvard.edu

Professor Bryn Austin at the Harvard School of Public Health seeks to hire law student as a part-time research assistant (RA) to work on a pilot study of the cosmetic surgery/procedures industry in the United States. The student should have completed two years of law school by summer 2012. The health law RA will attend monthly research team meetings and work closely with Dr. Bryn Austin and health law consultant Jennifer Pomeranz, JD, MPH. The RA will compile a report of her/his findings. The report will document all federal bills, regulations or legislation that have been filed or enacted or the lack thereof. If research reveals state activity on this issue, the report will describe the same for five states selected for focus. If legal activity is found to be lacking, the report will recommend legal actions possible at the federal and state levels, drawing on successful approaches used to address other public health issues. The report will provide the basis for

future legal research and the publication of the information in a scientific peer-reviewed journal and perhaps also a law review journal, if appropriate. The research assistant will write a final report on her/his research results and will contribute to drafting a manuscript for peer-review publication. The position is 12 hours per month for nine months, starting either summer 2012 or September 2012, depending on student availability. Please send resume and statement of interest to Dr. Bryn Austin at bryn.austin@childrens.harvard.edu.

Prof. Hay is looking for summer research assistance for work aimed at general audiences.  An interest in journalism would be helpful.  Contact Carol Igoe at  cigoe at law.harvard.edu

Research Assistant for Climenko Fellow Avlana Eisenberg (criminal law).
Ms. Eisenberg is looking to hire a research assistant to help study developments in hate crime legislation and prosecution. Pay is $11.50/hr for work beginning now and with the possibility of continuing through June.  Interested candidates please email your CV along with a statement of interest that includes your availability to  aeisenberg at law.harvard.edu.

Professor Hay is looking for research assistance this summer.  Interested students should email Caroll Igoe at  cigoe at law.harvard.edu.

Professor Hal Scott is looking for 2-3 Harvard Law School JD Candidates to work on Professor Scott’s International Finance textbook, beginning as soon as possible

Please send a resume and statement of interest to Professor Scott’s assistant, Meagan Shanley,  mshanley@law.harvard.edu

Professor Detlev Vagts seeks summer RA for work in international law.  Scheduling flexible.  French would be an advantage.  Please send your resume to Marilyn Uzuner,  muzuner at law.harvard.edu.

Prof. Spamann is looking for a summer RA to read and summarize books and articles about common and civil law. Scheduling is very flexible. Knowledge of French or German would be helpful but it is not required. Please contact hspamann@law.harvard.edu if you are interested.

Research Needed in the Field of Social Entrepreneurship for Suzanne McKechnie Klahr

Students,

Over the past semester, Catherine Kim (a former student of the Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship course) has been working on a project researching how BUILD can transition to a more sustainable funding model.  Small nonprofit organizations are typically able to meet their budgeting needs by motivating several individual donors, securing a small number of grants, or combining various types of funding sources to satisfy the organization’s overall need.  However, as nonprofit organizations grow, such efforts are rarely sufficient to sustain large-scale fundraising needs.  In response to this dilemma, The Bridgespan Group has produced the seminal guide, Finding Your Funding Model: A Practical Approach to Nonprofit Sustainability.  This guide helps organizations like BUILD find their appropriate funding model(s) by: (1) analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of their current funding strategy, (2) identifying the preferred funding models that match the organization, (3) res  earching best-in-class peer organizations within each preferred funding model, (4) evaluating the revenue-potential and costs of the preferred funding model options, and (5) developing an implementation plan for the selected funding models.  Catherine has completed steps 1 and 2; she has also begun assembling contacts at various organizations for step 3.  However, since Catherine is graduating, BUILD is now looking for another researcher to continue the project to completion.

2-4 independent writing credits can be given for this project, depending on the number of hours that the student is able to commit.  The project also provides a fantastic opportunity to work closely with BUILD board members, as well as CEOs and development executives at major nonprofit organizations across the country.  If you have questions or would like more information on the project, please contact Catherine at ckim@jd12.law.harvard.edu.

Hanina Ben-Menahem, Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Visiting Professor in Talmudic Civil Law, seeks a Research Assistant for approximately 20 hours of total work, beginning April 4th and ending by April 20th 2012.

-The ability to read Hebrew and a familiarity with Rabbinical sources is required.

-The work will include photocopying, retrieving books from Langdell library, and performing other administrative tasks in preparation for an upcoming conference.

-The Research Assistant will be compensated at the Harvard Law School student research assistant rate of $11.50 per hour.

If you are interested in this position, please email your resume to benmenha@law.harvard.edu

The Center of Legal and Social Study (CELS) in Buenos Aires, Argentina is looking for a Spanish-speaking Harvard law student who would work collaboratively with CELS as well as with CAREF, the Argentine Refugee Commission, and with the University of Buenos Aires (BA) Legal Clinic on the Rights of Immigrants and Refugees.  The intern would have a range of responsibilities, including working on immigration and refugee cases and attending classes at the BA law school.  Among the objects of the internship would be to determine parallels and/or differences between Argentine refugee law and U.S. asylum law, and to help develop a relationship between the BA clinic and the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic for the future.  This is an exciting opportunity to explore in detail what an immigration and refugee clinic does in another country and the ways we can collaborate in pedagogy and advocacy around immigrant rights issues.  If interested, please email a cover lett
 er and resume to Sabi Ardalan at sardalan (at) law.harvard.edu.

Professor Hal Scott is looking for 2-3 Harvard Law School JD Candidates to work on Professor Scott’s International Finance textbook, beginning as soon as possible

Please send a resume and statement of interest to Professor Scott’s assistant, Meagan Shanley,  mshanley@law.harvard.edu

Prof. Hay seeks a research assistant for a study of the work of Hannah Arendt. Interested students should email hay@law.harvard.edu.

Professor Alford wishes to hire a research assistant for the summer. The position would include working with Professor Alford to identify reading materials for a new class offering on China’s role in the international legal order and world affairs more generally, and assisting in research on various projects concerning contemporary Chinese law, modern Chinese legal history, and the legal profession in Asia more generally. Ideally, applicants should have strong Chinese language skills, imagination, and a willingness to work on matters both concrete and abstract. Hours are flexible but would be at least twenty per week. Applicants should submit a CV, a cover letter regarding their experience in conducting research and their attributes for this position, and the names of one of more Harvard faculty members willing to be a reference. Materials should be submitted to Professor Alford (alford) with a copy to Ms. Emma Johnson (johnson) at your earliest convenience.

Professor Hal Scott is looking for a  student (HLS or other) to work as a research assistant, beginning as soon as possible. Knowledge of European capital markets preferred.  Please send your resume to japostol@law.harvard.edu.

Interest in Europe-U.S. International Finance and Capital Markets imporant.  RA to compose briefing materials for in advance of the Symposium.