Berkeley Judicial Institute Research Apprentice
Denise Neary, Director of Judicial Education
Berkeley Judicial Institute
Applications for Fall 2024 are closed for this project.
The Berkeley Judicial Institute (BJI) aims to establish an effective bridge between the legal academy and the judiciary for the primary purpose of promoting an ethical, resilient and independent judiciary. By creating this much needed synergy between the legal academy and the judiciary, BJI also seeks to address the concern that legal scholarship has become less relevant to the actual work that judges do. BJI is an Institute within Berkeley law, directed by Judge Jeremy Fogel, the former Director of the Federal Judicial Center. The apprentices would have the opportunity to assist in several aspects of the Institute’s work as it takes shape.
Role: BJI is seeking apprentices to help with a few different projects, and to provide general administrative support. This includes 1 apprentice to work on logistics in developing an EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION ACROSS DIFFERENCES program for law students (learn more here, https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji/events/2024-ecad/)and one apprentice to assist with planning and coordinating (mostly virtual) events (learn more here, https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji/events/) for the Institute. Applicants should indicate which roles interests them when applying.
In either role, apprentices would be asked to do some literature or other research to support these projects.
Qualifications: Experience or knowledge of the courts is helpful, but not necessary. Students interested in either opportunity should discuss why the work is of interest.
Day-to-day supervisor for this project: Denise Neary
Hours: to be negotiated
Related website: http://https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji/
Social Sciences