The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School is offering a one-year Fellowship to work in conjunction with its Cyberlaw Clinic on public interest litigation involving technology and the Internet.
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 would be directly and primarily responsible for the litigation of Golan v. Ashcroft a suit challenging the extension of copyright to works that had passed into the public domain, and assisting or supervising the litigation of other CIS cases and well as working 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 2004 to September 2004. 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 10, 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.