Professor Tushnet seeks a research assistant for the summer (part- or full-time) for research on the Supreme Court in the 1930s. The work will involve library-based research, and can be conducted in Cambridge or elsewhere if the RA has access to a computer and a printer suitable for printing out a large number of pages. Interested students should submit a statement of interest and resume to him at mtushnet at law.harvard.edu.
Professor Dan Gilbert – How to Do Precisely the Right Thing at All Possible Times
| Date | Thursday, February 16, 2012 |
| Time | 4:00 pm |
| Where | WCC – 2036 Milstein East C |
| Speaker(s) | Daniel Gilbert, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, author of Stumbling on Happiness., and host of the PBS television series This Emotional Life.Most experts tell us what to decide but they don’t tell us how. So the moment we face a novel decision—should I move to Cleveland or Anchorage? Marry Jennifer or Joanne? Become an architect or a pastry chef?—we’re lost. Is it possible to do the right thing at all possible times? In fact, there is a simple method for making decisions that most people find easy to understand but impossible to follow. New research in psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics explains why.Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served. This event is open to the Harvard community only. ID cards will be required for entry. |
Kagan Scholarship Deadline 2-16-12
The Justice Elena Kagan Scholarship of $5,000 will be awarded to a law school student committed to equal opportunity and access in the judicial system. The application deadline is 2-16-12. Check out:
http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/sfs/myaid/outside-scholarships/current.html
Informational Session on Taking the Bar — Co-Sponsored by HLS Dean of Students Office and Themis
There will be an informational session on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 12:00 noon in WCC Milstein West A. Catered lunches will be provided. Third-years and LLM students are particularly encouraged to attend, as the topics covered will include the logistics of applying for the bar, the structure and content of bar exams, as well as the key points to know in preparing for the bar. Discussion will touch upon the bar exams of various states, with emphasis on New York and Massachusetts. Dean Cosgrove will also speak to students about the character and fitness portion of the bar. 1Ls and 2Ls are also welcome. All students who attend will receive a discount voucher for a bar review course.
Talk by Elizabeth Kolbert, “Journalism, Advocacy and the Environment”
Harv. Env. L. Rev. and the Harvard Environmental Law Society present Elizabeth Kolbert, on Journalism, Advocacy and the Environment. February 28th, 12-1pm, Austin West. Non-pizza lunch.
Come hear the author of the 2006 best-seller Field Notes from a Catastrophe and staff writer at the New Yorker speak about her experience as a climate change journalist, where she sees the politics and policy of environmentalism heading in the run-up to the 2012 elections, and the risks of unconventional fuel development in the U.S. and abroad.
Susan Crawford seeks a research assistant
Visiting Professor Susan Crawford of the Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government seeks a Research Assistant in Cambridge, MA for a period of one year. This position represents an ideal opportunity for those interested in future policy or law school studies, whether currently admitted or still applying to such programs.
Over the course of the year, a motivated individual will sharpen and focus his or her research agenda and make valuable contributions to the field of communications policy and beyond, while being exposed to leaders in academia, industry, and government. A research assistant in this position will work very closely with Professor Susan Crawford, assisting in a variety of research areas, e.g. Internet access, the free flow of information worldwide, and new forms of human collaboration online. More information about Susan and her work can be found on her blog at: <http://scrawford.net/blog/>.
This research assistantship requires, primarily, the ability to absorb large amounts of written and other media materials from various sources (including but not restricted to: original sources, scholarly articles, news articles/blogs, interviews, databases) in a short amount of time, critically analyze that material and render it back. This rendering could take the form of prep materials for panels, conferences and presentations; article outlines; fact checking materials; original article or paper drafts; slide decks or other digested forms. Research is largely self-directed with little outside guidance beyond broad outlines and themes (though occasional targeted research assignment for a specific fact or image can be expected), so the ability to quickly critically appraise sources and identify interesting, relevant and original paths is essential. Wide-ranging interests and the ability to work on almost any issue or topic that arises is a plus. Excellent writing and editori
al skills with an attention to detail are also required. Previous formal experience in Internet law or communications law is not required, but a strongly developed interest in the Internet, technology and policy is highly recommended.
This position is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Required Education, Experience and Skills:
* BA/BS preferred
* Proven ability to complete independent research
* Independent and self-motivated, comfortable working with little outside direction
* Excellent critical reading skills: must have the ability to absorb large amounts of material quickly
* Wide-ranging interests, able to work enthusiastically on intellectually diverse projects
* Previous teaching/TAing experience a plus
* Excellent writing and editing skills
* Willing to engage intellectually in a non-territorial manner
Time Commitment & Payment:
Time commitment during the academic year will be 8-12 hours per week. Continuation into the summer, with additional hours, is a possibility.
Research assistants are paid $11.50 an hour. No other benefits are provided.
To apply:
Please email a current CV or resume and a cover letter summarizing your interest and experience to Beth Tremblay at <Beth_Tremblay@harvard.edu>.
1Ls: Participate in Focus Groups on the 1L Experience!
As part of a student-led independent project, we are holding focus groups for 1Ls to get feedback on the academic experience at HLS. Student opinions and thoughts are invaluable to this project, which we hope will help improve the student experience at HLS and give 1Ls an additional opportunity to have their voice and opinions heard. The groups will be held on Feb. 27th and Feb. 28th from 6-7:30 pm; dinner will be served. To sign up to participate in a group on either day, email Nicole Summers at nsummers at jd13.law.harvard.edu or Krista deBoer at kdeboer at jd12.law.harvard.edu.
Summer Counsel Positions
The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau is seeking Harvard 1L’s and 2L’s for Summer Counsel Positions
As a Summer Counsel, you will have the opportunity to:
-Litigate cases in Massachusetts courts and at administrative hearings
-Serve clients in need in the Boston and Cambridge communities
-Join a collaborative community of lawyers
HLAB Summer Program: May 21-Aug. 24th, 2012 (Includes 2 weeks of vacation)
Apply Today by sending your Cover Letter, Resume, Unofficial Transcript, Two references and a Writing Sample to Joshua Rovenger, Executive Director at: HLABrecruitment at gmail.com
Please note that the application process for HLAB summer counsel is different than the process for general Bureau membership. To learn more about the Spring 2012 application process for general membership, go to http://www.harvardlegalaid.org/apply or email questions to join at harvardlegalaid.org.
Research Assistants wanted for work on the relationship between lawyers and psychological, medical and human rights experts in U.S. asylum cases
Research Assistants needed for work on use of psychological, medical, and country experts in asylum cases. Sabi Ardalan, Lecturer on Law and Clinical Instructor with the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic, is looking for research assistance this spring on the relationship between lawyers and psychological, medical and human rights experts in U.S. asylum cases, and the conflicts that may arise in the course of preparing a client’s case. She is particularly interested in exploring interdisciplinary and comparative and international perspectives.
If interested, please email Sabi Ardalan at sardalan at law.harvard.edu by February 17, 2012 with your resume and the basis for your interest in the position, including any relevant coursework or experience.
Full time summer research assistant for Professor Richard Lazarus
Professor Richard Lazarus is interested in hiring a current HLS law student for a full time research assistant position this summer. Applicants should be able to work a minimum of eight weeks, beginning in late May or early June. To apply, students should submit a resume and transcript to his assistant, Kimberly O’Hagan ( kohagan at law.harvard.edu) along with a short statement of interest. Please include, if applicable, any particular interest or background you have in environmental law and/or the U.S. Supreme Court.
Justice Under Pressure: Judicial Independence in Slovakia and the U.S.
Discussion and lunch hosted by Chief Judge Mark L. Wolf of United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
February 20, 2012, 10:00 AM
Moakley Federal Courthouse
1 Courthouse Way, Boston MA
Join us for a discussion between Chief Judge Wolf and Judge Jan Hrubala of the Specialized Criminal Court, Slovakia, and students from area law schools
RSVP by 2/16/12
Margaret_priestley at mad.uscourts.gov
Seating is Limited
comments: For more information, and the Judge’s full invitation, email rlarin at jd12.law.harvard.edu
COOP Election Season Underway: Applications for Nominations Now Open
February 01, 2012 is the beginning of Coop election season. The first phase involves inviting applications for nomination for election to the Board of Directors. Successful applicants will gain valuable business experience, influence how the Coop serves students and other members now and in the future and receive a stipend too ($1500.).
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR
STUDENT DIRECTOR CANDIDATES
Read the following information and instructions CAREFULLY.
1. Who serves on the Board of Directors and what does the Board do?
The Board of Directors consists of 23 members, 11 students and 11 faculty, officers or alumni of Harvard or M.I.T. plus the Coop’s President, and is the principal policy making body of the Coop. The Board functions in the same way as the board of directors of any other corporation; it is responsible for establishing the policies which guide the Coop’s operations and for making all significant decisions that affect the Coop. The Board considers issues such as the Coop’s plans and objectives; opening, remodeling or closing stores; establishing employee benefit policies; making major equipment acquisitions, etc. The Board is not involved in day-to-day operational matters such as the establishment of prices for individual items. Decisions in these areas are delegated to the President and his staff who are responsible to the Board.
The Board of Directors is elected by the Stockholders. The Stockholders elect directly the eleven board members who are faculty, alumni or officers of M.I.T. or Harvard and they formally elect the eleven students who emerge as the successful candidates from the student director election held each spring.
2. Who are the Stockholders?
The Coop has 10 Stockholders, 5 students and 5 faculty, officers or alumni of Harvard and M.I.T. who hold the Coop’s stock in trust for the Society’s members. The primary functions of the Stockholders are to make any needed changes to the Coop’s by-laws, to elect the Board of Directors, and to elect or nominate, as the case may be, certain of the Society’s officers. The Stockholders follow procedures detailed in the Society’s by-laws and elect their own successors.
3. How can a student become a Director?
By prevailing in the election for Student Directors held each spring.
4. Who is eligible to stand for election?
Any undergraduate or graduate student of Harvard University or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is at least 18 years of age and will be a degree candidate during the year for which election is sought. Candidates must be Coop members with dues paid each year.
5. How does a student get on the ballot?
There are two ways:
- Nomination by the Stockholders. The by-laws specify that the Stockholders are to nominate eleven or more students for election at the next annual meeting. The student nominees shall be chosen so that during the following academic year, 2 shall be undergraduates of Harvard College, 2 shall be graduate students of Harvard University, rotated in the discretion of the Stockholders among the several graduate schools and 2 shall be undergraduates or graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Stockholders have appointed a Nominating Committee to recommend to them a slate of candidates for nomination.
The Nominating Committee considers all candidates who apply by submitting an online application at www.thecoop.com along with the appropriate attachments. The Committee also considers all students who are currently serving on the Board and are eligible for re-election, and wish to serve for another term.
- By Petition: The by-laws also provide for nominations to be made by Petition. Any student member of the Coop who expects to be eligible to serve on the Board of Directors next year may complete and submit a Petition Application online at www.thecoop.com . Petition Candidates must also obtain the valid signatures of at least 75 student Coop members to have their name included as a candidate on the election ballot-(a valid signature is that of a full-time degree candidate student in Harvard or MIT and who is a Coop member with membership dues paid up for the current year). Petition candidates must direct their supporters online at www.thecoop.com to sign a petition. After a Petition Application is received and verified, each Petition applicant’s name is posted to the election section on the Coop’s website, where petition supporters may choose the Petition Candidate they wish to support and sign a Petition. Supporters may sign only one Petition for one Petition Candidate. If a supporter signs more than one Petition, their signature will be disregarded on each Petition. Petition Candidates will be able to check the progress of their petition throughout the Petitions period.
6. How often does the Board of Directors meet and does the Board have Committees?
The Board meets approximately six times during the academic year. The Board has several committees on which interested and qualified directors, student and non-student, are appointed to serve by the Chair.
7. What are the differences in the responsibilities of the student directors and the faculty/officer/alumni directors?
None-According to Coop by-laws, all directors have the same responsibilities and equal voice in the affairs of the Society.
8. How is the election conducted?
Voting is conducted online. Policies relating to the conduct of the election are set by the Stockholders and the Stockholders have appointed an Inspector of Elections to conduct the election.
9. Who votes in the election?
All student members of the Coop, with membership dues paid for the year, are eligible to sign petitions and to vote. Student members of the Coop are those registered as degree candidates in Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or the Episcopal Divinity School. Proxy voting is expressly prohibited by the By-Laws (Article VI) of the Society
10. What may be included in a candidate’s statement for consideration by student members voting in the election?
The Stockholders have voted to permit only biographical data to be included in these statements.
Candidates may indicate in their statement that they are:
-Nominated by Stockholders
-Incumbent running for reelection
-Petition Applicant”
The Inspector of Elections is the final arbiter of any disputes relating to the content of statements.
11. May I campaign?
Yes, and you are encouraged to do so. However, the use of Coop letterhead by candidates is expressly prohibited.
12. What are the deadlines?
The attached calendar lists the important dates for this year’s election.
Talk by Mary Nichols, “California’s Low Carbon Energy Future”
Future of Energy Series. Talk by Mary Nichols, Chairman, California Air Resources Board on
Monday, February 27, 2012 at 5:00 pm in Austin North details posted at environment.harvard.edu
Research Assistant for Prof. Roe (bankruptcy and corporate law).
Research Assistant for Prof. Roe (bankruptcy and corporate law).
description: Professor Roe is looking for research assistance in business bankruptcy and corporate law for work starting now and for work during the summer. Interested candidates please contact Anastasia Tolu ( atolu at law.harvard.edu), with CV and availability.
Yong K. Kim ’95 Memorial Prize papers due April 27 to EALS
The Yong K. Kim ’95 Memorial Prize was established by the East Asian Legal Studies program in memory of Yong K. Kim A.B.’92, J.D. ’95 through the generosity of his parents, Professor and Mrs. Joe H. Kim, his family, and many friends at and beyond the Law School. A prize of $1,500 is awarded to the student who makes the most significant contribution to the life of the Law School’s East Asian Legal Studies program. That contribution may take several forms. It may entail authorship of a paper concerning the law or legal history of the nations and peoples of East Asia, or legal issues concerning international relations in the region or with the United States. Alternatively, it may entail active and creative participation in EALS and the fostering of understanding at Harvard Law School regarding East Asia and its interaction with the U.S. The prize recipient should also possess Yong Kim’s interest in and enthusiasm for fostering U.S.-East Asian understanding a
nd plan a career that will further advance these interests. Papers may be written in conjunction with a course or seminar or as an independent study project at the Law School. Papers should be submitted to the East Asian Legal Studies office (Austin 301)by April 27, 2012. For further information, please contact Professor William Alford. Website:
http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/writing/prizes.html
Yearbook Picture Day is Coming – Sign up today!
Photos for the yearbook will be held Tuesday through Thursday, February 14-16 and March 27-29 in the Hark (Caspersen) fireside lounge from 10am-4pm.
To sign up for your 5 minute time-slot, please visit www.legacyharvardlaw.info. Under “Select Session” in the drop-down menu on the bottom left side of the screen, select “Yearbook Sitting.” Please sign up if you are a new user.
Please note: February appointments are “live” and available for booking, but March will be up in the coming weeks. There is an option for a free text message reminder, and you can also view, print confirmations for, and cancel appointments online, as well as export to Outlook. 24-hour notice minimum for cancellations is required so that other students may sign up for open spots. Group pictures of student organizations and journals are tentatively scheduled for early April.
If you already have a yearbook photo you’d like to submit, the Yearbook Staff invites HLS students, family or friends to submit photos for the 2012 HLS Yearbook. If you have great photos of school and community events or you and your friends just having fun, we’d like to see them. Our photographers can’t be everywhere so we want you to help us get as many photos as possible to in order to create the best yearbook possible. For more information on submitting photos to the yearbook, please visit http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/student-services/commencement/hls-yearbooks.html
We Want YOU…to give feedback on Hemenway Gym
Have questions/concerns about Hemenway Gym? The Dean of Students Office wants to hear them! Join our Gym Committee and advise us on what’s what – first meeting tbd! Be Heard!
Please contact Tracey-Ann Daley at tdaley@law.harvard.edu if interested.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITION Summer 2012
Clinical Director/Professor Wendy Jacobs seeks a Research Assistant to work approximately 30 hours per week during the summer. Ideally, work would begin in May 2012 and conclude by early/middle of August 2012. The RA will work on several complex and important clinic projects relating to, inter alia, development of policies for drilling in the Arctic, lifecycle analyses of tar sands oil and solar power systems, and comments on regulations governing hydraulic fracturing for natural gas across the U.S. In addition, the RA will help develop a case study for the siting and permitting of a large, off-shore wind farm.
Applicants should have some grounding in environmental and administrative law, a strong academic record, excellent legal research and writing skills, and be well organized, detail-oriented and responsive.
To apply, please submit a resume, transcript, the names and contact information for two references, and a short statement of interest (no more than 2 pages) describing your relevant experience to:
Jacqueline Calahong, Staff Assistant
Environmental Law & Policy Clinic
Harvard Law School
6 Everett Street, Suite 4119
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-496-2058
Email: jcalahong at law.harvard.edu
As Ms. Calahong will be out of the office part of February, please send a copy of your application materials to wjacobs at law.harvard.edu.
Research Assistants needed for work on asylum and refugee law
Professor Deborah Anker is looking for several part-time Research Assistants to work this spring, summer and/or fall on her book, Law of Asylum, which is published annually by West and is available in Westlaw. Research Assistants will explore current topics in asylum and refugee law, including reviewing new case developments, recent articles, and regulatory and policy developments in the U.S. and internationally.
If interested, please email Bonnie Rubrecht at brubrecht at law.harvard.edu by March 15 with your availability this spring, summer and/or fall (including number of hours you can work), the basis for your interest, your resume (including any relevant background or coursework), and transcript (unofficial okay).
Valentine’s: A Chance to Try Out In Vino Veritas!
Ever wanted to try out In Vino Veritas, HLS’s premier wine society, for a day?
Here is your chance! In Vino is throwing its annual Valentine’s Day event on Monday, February 13 from 8 pm – 10:30 pm. We’ve reserved a limited number of spots for non-members to join the festivities.
And this event will certainly be one to remember, as we’ve combined the charm of red velvet cupcakes, chocolate mousse cake, and Hershey’s Kisses, with 8 kinds of sparkling wine – all served in the luxury of the new ruby-red Wasserstein pub! Eros himself couldn’t have done better.
If you would like to attend, please email invinohls at gmail.com. The admission fee for the event is $20, but non-members who enjoy the experience are welcome to apply for permanent membership. If they are accepted, the $20 guest fee will serve as a $20 credit towards the second semester membership fee.