Two Positions at Stanford’s CIS
- 2005-2006 FELLOWSHIP POSITION WITH
CENTER FOR INTERNET AND SOCIETY
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The Center for Internet and Society (CIS), located at Stanford Law School, is offering a one-year Fellowship (2004-2005) to work in conjunction with its Cyberlaw Clinic on public interest litigation involving technology and the Internet.
The Center for Internet and Society is a leading center for the study of the relationship between the public interest, law and technology. CIS was founded by Professor of Law Lawrence Lessig and is headed by Executive Director attorney Jennifer S. Granick, who also teaches the Cyberlaw Clinic.
The CIS Clinic is an in- house clinic of eight students assisting in the direct representation of clients in matters involving security, privacy, free speech scientific innovation and technology, as well as policy analysis and public information campaigns. Illustrative litigation includes representing a company that distributes peer-to-peer file sharing software in a lawsuit filed by the recording industry; protecting the rights of Internet publishers to speak anonymously on- line; and protecting speech interests against claims of intellectual property infringement.
The Fellow will be directly and primarily responsible for one or more of the intellectual property ‘impact’ cases that CIS is litigating. She will also assist on other CIS litigation and work with students in the Cyberlaw Clinic on cases and projects on an as-needed basis. In addition, the Fellowship may provide the opportunity for the pursuit of individual research and scholarship.
The position is for 12 months, with the possibility of renewal for a second twelve months. The start date is flexible, anytime from July 2005 to September 2005. At least two years of post-law school civil litigation experience is required. Salary is $40,000 per year, with benefits. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, writing sample and a list of references by February 28, 2005 to Executive Director Jennifer S. Granick at: Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA 94305-8610 or through the CIS website.
For further information, please contact Ms. Granick’s legal assistant, Joanne Newman, at: 650-723-4336.
SUMMER INTERNSHIP POSITION WITH STANFORD’S CENTER FOR INTERNET AND SOCIETY
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The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School is hiring a Summer Intern to work public interest issues involving technology and the Internet.
The Center for Internet and Society is a leading center for the study of the relationship between the public interest, law and technology. CIS was founded by Professor of Law Lawrence Lessig and is headed by Executive Director attorney Jennifer S. Granick, who also teaches the Cyberlaw Clinic. The Summer Intern works with Attorney Granick and Professor Lessig on CIS and Cyberlaw Clinic litigation, including cases challenging the extension of copyright to works that had passed into the public domain, protecting the rights of Internet publishers to speak anonymously on-line, protecting speech interests against claims of intellectual property infringement, and providing legal information in response to cease and desist letters sent to Internet publishers.
The Summer Intern also assists in preparing materials and research for Cyberlaw Clinic course and caseload, keeping the CIS website and calendar up-to-date and various administrative tasks on an as-needed basis. The position is for approximately 12 weeks. Second and third year law students are preferred, as is experience with computers, including email, instant messaging, Movable Type, and Excel. Hourly rate in accordance with the Law School work-study rates, to be announced. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, writing sample and a list of references by February 28, 2004 to Executive Director Jennifer S. Granick at: Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA 94305-8610. For further information,
please contact Ms. Granick’s legal assistant, Joanne Newman, at:
650-723-4336.