CDO: Smaller Firms Making a Big Impact: Small & Medium-Sized Private Public Interest Law Firms - 145 Boalt Hall

dcarter@law.berkeley.edu (Dianna Carter) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:45:00 GMT

12:45PM to 1:45PM - 145 Boalt Hall: Come meet practitioners from a range of public interest issue areas who are fighting for justice at small & medium-sized firms! Hear about what it's like working at smaller private public interest firms taking on major cases in areas like civil rights, criminal defense, immigration, and consumer protection. Panelists include:

Julia Sherwin and Michael Haddad, Haddad & Sherwin
Lindsay Nako ('05), Lewis, Fienberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson
Lisa Weissman-Ward, Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale
George J. Cotsirilos, Jr., Cotsirilos & Campisano

CDO: Trial Advocacy Summer Fellowship Program Info Session - Boalt 105

dcarter@law.berkeley.edu (Dianna Carter) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:45:00 GMT

12:45PM to 1:45PM - Boalt 105:

The San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association’s Trial Advocacy Fellowship Program for the Summer of 2010 is an intensive 11 week, full-time stipended ($6,000) program for students who have completed their second year of law school. Selected students are placed with 3 different mentor firms, each for a 3-4 week period. The students will be assigned to a mentor attorney and will observe and participate in all aspects of a plaintiffs’ trial practice including depositions, trial preparation, motion hearings, trials and mediations. Come meet with Fellowship Program committee members to learn more about this unique opportunity and how to apply. This fellowship is sponsored by the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Diversity Committee.

Questions? Please contact Alex Lee at alee@law.berkeley.edu

Career Development Office

CDO: Smaller Firms Making a Big Impact: Small & Medium-Sized Private Public Interest Law Firms - 145 Boalt Hall

CDO: Trial Advocacy Summer Fellowship Program Info Session - Boalt 105