Administrative Updates Archive

2009/08

Fall 2009 Course/Book Information: Students Legal Profession (42300A-1) - Professor Wilkins: The materials for this class are Kaufman and Wilkins, Problems in Professional Responsibility for a Changing Profession (5th ed. 2009), and John S. Dzienkowski, Professional Responsibility, Standards, Rules and Statutes (2009-2010 ed.). [Wed, 26 Aug 2009]
General Interest: Application Deadline for "Prosecution Policies and Strategy at the ICC" (Winter te: Applications for "Prosecution Policies and Strategy at the International Criminal Court," to be taught winter term by Dean Minow and Professor Whiting, are due September 15. [Wed, 26 Aug 2009]
Jobs: Ames Foundation Seeks Technical Assistance: The Ames Foundation, an organization devoted to legal history and resident at HLS, seeks a technical assistant to work with Prof. Donahue in developing web pages for online publications in legal history. [Wed, 26 Aug 2009]
Jobs: POSITION IN JAPANESE LAW FIRM, 2010-2011: One of Japan's foremost law firms seeks a talented student to work for one year following graduation (September 2010-August 2011) in its Tokyo office. [Wed, 26 Aug 2009]
Jobs: Research Assistant: Visiting Professor Lynn LoPucki is seeking a research assistant to work 10-20 hours a week for the fall semester (20 is preferred). [Wed, 26 Aug 2009]
Jobs: Research Assistant: Professor Jon Hanson is working on several projects (including editing a book) considering relevance of mind sciences (particularly social psychology and social cognition) for law and legal theory. [Wed, 26 Aug 2009]
Jobs: Research Assistant: Visiting Professor Julie Cohen seeks a research assistant for the academic year to work on her forthcoming book about copyright, privacy, network architecture, and the construction of the "networked self"; the third edition of her copyright casebook; and miscellaneous other projects. [Thu, 20 Aug 2009]
Fall 2009 Course/Book Information: Professional Services: Professor Nanda invites students to learn what it takes to be a leader in a law firm. [Thu, 20 Aug 2009]
Jobs: Research Assistant: Prof. Goldberg is seeking a 2L, 3L, or graduate student to assist him with research related to one or more of several topics in tort law. [Thu, 20 Aug 2009]
Jobs: Teaching Assistant: Prof. Goldberg is seeking a 2L or 3L to work with him as a teaching assistant for his fall 09 1L Torts course. [Thu, 20 Aug 2009]
Fall 2009 Course/Book Information: Community Action for Social and Economic Rights (CASER): All students interested in taking the class, whether or not you have pre-registered, should sign up for a conference with Professor White between September 2 and 8. [Fri, 14 Aug 2009]
Fall 2009 Course/Book Information: Property (Glendon) Reading First Class: The text for the course is Dukemenier, Krier, Alexander and Schill, Property (6th ed. 2006), supplemented with multilithed materials. [Fri, 14 Aug 2009]
Fall 2009 Course/Book Information: Tocqueville Reading Group (Glendon) First Class Reading: Tocqueville Reading Group (Glendon). The group will meet on Wednesday afternoons at 5 pm beginning September 4. [Fri, 14 Aug 2009]
Jobs: Research Assistant: Professor Kaplow is looking for a number of research assistants, mainly for antitrust. [Fri, 14 Aug 2009]
Notices: 2009 Orientation volunteers wanted: We are looking for volunteers for Friday, August 28th through Sunday, August 30th. [Fri, 07 Aug 2009]
Jobs: Research Assistant Needed: Cora True-Frost seeks a research assistant to work on a project in the field of international organizations. This project will commence immediately and conclude in early September 2009. [Fri, 07 Aug 2009]
Fall 2009 Course/Book Information: Making Rights Real: the Ghana Project: All students selected for the Ghana Project last spring should immediately email Professor White (lwhite) to confirm your intent to take the course. [Fri, 07 Aug 2009]
Jobs: Research Assistant Needed: Steven Shavell is looking for an RA through the end of August. His paper is on product liability and is co-written with Mitch Polinsky, who is a prof at Stanford Law School. [Fri, 07 Aug 2009]
Fall 2009 Course/Book Information: Taxation with Prof. Kaplow - First Assignment: Assignment for First Meeting: Background material (Chapter 1) and up to (not including) the Kowalski case in I.A.2 of the course outline [IRC '61, text pp. 35-37, 39-43, 45 (nn.2-5 only); IRC '119, Reg. 1.119-1; pp. 48-50, IRC '107] [Fri, 07 Aug 2009]
Jobs: Professor Hal Scott seeks an Intern for the Program on International Financial Systems: The Program on International Financial Systems (PIFS) is looking for an unpaid intern for the month of August to assist in preparing for two international Symposiums: Japan-U.S. and Russia-EU-U.S. to be held this coming fall. [Thu, 06 Aug 2009]
General Interest: Human Rights Journal Board Applications: The Human Rights Journal is seeking applications for board positions as Executive Editors, Managing Technical Editor and Primary Editors. [Thu, 06 Aug 2009]
Fall 2009 Course/Book Information: CONTRACTS - SECTION 3 (Professor Jerry Frug): The assignment for our first class, Tuesday September 1, will be pages 1-13 of Fuller and Eisenberg, Basic Contract Law (8th ed. 2006). [Thu, 06 Aug 2009]