IP: Position Announcement -- Fellowship Program

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 16:21:14 -0500
>From: "James Boyle" <BOYLE@law.duke.edu>
>Cc: "Eileen Wojciechowski" <WOJCIECH@law.duke.edu>
>
>
>Sorry to hit you with a request so early in the year...
>I am attaching a position announcement for a Fellowship Program at 
>Duke.  I would be very grateful if you could post or otherwise circulate 
>this to anyone who might be interested.  A pdf version of the file, which 
>might print a little more cleanly, is attached.  Thanks very much. J
>_____________________________________________
>
>Position Announcement
>Duke Fellowships in Intellectual Property, Public Interest & the Public 
>Domain
>
>January 2, 2001
>Please feel free to post and redistribute
>
>With generous funding from the Ford Foundation and the Center for the 
>Public Domain, the Duke Law School Program in Intellectual Property is 
>creating a Fellowship Program devoted to scholarship, education and 
>advocacy for the public interest in intellectual property law and digital 
>technology.  The Fellowship Program aims to enrich scholarship and 
>analysis on the role of the public domain in innovation, culture, and 
>democratic dialogue, and to help train a new generation of public interest 
>lawyers to work on issues raised by the Internet and the information 
>society * focusing particularly on free speech, privacy, open access and 
>democratic accountability.  Fellows will be appointed for one year, paid a 
>stipend of $50,000, and have three main areas of responsibility;
>
>*       In collaboration with law school faculty members, they will teach 
>a seminar each semester in which law students do research and writing for 
>existing digital public interest groups and electronic civil liberties 
>organizations. The Fellows will be responsible for working with the public 
>interest organizations in selecting topics for research and writing, for 
>arranging both virtual and real meetings between the public interest 
>groups and students and faculty, for supervising and reviewing student 
>work, and for conducting class discussions about the overarching themes 
>raised in the course of the seminar.  Fellows may also be asked to 
>co-teach other classes with full-time faculty members.
>*       Fellows will write policy-papers (and supervise student-written 
>policy papers) as part of an online paper series about the topics central 
>to the Fellowship.  The range of potential topics is a broad 
>one;  assignments would be tailored to the particular skills and 
>inclination of the individual fellows. Possible topics include: 
>intellectual property and privacy, empirical or historical analysis of the 
>effects of intellectual property regimes, the possibility of a Knowledge 
>Conservancy modeled after Nature Conservancy Programs,   constitutional 
>analysis of Federal database protection, the role of the public domain in 
>scientific research, intellectual property protections and international 
>development, and so on.
>*       Fellows will help to organize conferences designed to stimulate 
>further debate around these issues. Some Fellows may also be asked to 
>assist in the production of educational materials on the issue, ranging 
>from traditional textual source materials to multi-media presentations.
>
>Qualifications:
>Applicants should possess a JD degree and an outstanding academic 
>record.  The Program aims to appoint a diverse group of Fellows with a 
>diverse set of skills, so that not every candidate needs to have all of 
>the skills listed below, but possession of some of the following 
>qualifications would make a candidate more desirable.
>*       Advanced degree in some subject relevant to research in this area; 
>(including history of technology, economics, computer science, cultural 
>studies etc.)
>*       Demonstrated scholarly interest in the area.
>*       Experience in legal practice on matters related to intellectual 
>property law
>*       Work in public policy, legislation or advocacy
>*       Technical skills in a relevant area.
>*       A commitment to a career in public interest practice or law 
>teaching on the subject
>
>Duke is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.  The Program is 
>particularly committed to broadening the pool of applicants to include 
>groups and viewpoints that are not currently well-represented in 
>information policy debates.
>
>Stipend & Support: The current Fellowship runs from Aug 1, 2001 to July 
>31st 2002; in exceptional cases, part-year appointments may be made.  The 
>Fellows will receive a stipend of $50,000, a benefits package and have a 
>research assistant and secretarial assistance. Funds will also be 
>available for approved travel and conference expenses. Fellows will work 
>with Professor James Boyle, (who is directing the Fellowship Project) 
>Professor David Lange, Professor Jerome Reichman and with other Duke 
>faculty in and outside of the law school.
>
>Applications: Applications should be sent to Ms. Eileen Wojciechowski at 
>Duke Law School by mail or e-mail.  Applications should include a resume, 
>a cover letter describing the candidate's interest in the position, 
>qualifications and experience in the area, and the names of at least two 
>references.  Applications should be received by March 15th 2001.
>
>E-mail:
>wojciech@law.duke.edu
>
>
>Mail:Ms. Eileen Wojciechowski
>Duke Law School
>Box 90360
>Durham, NC 27708-0360
>919 613-7206
>
>_____________________________
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>Professor of Law
>Duke University Law School
>Science Drive & Towerview
>Box 90360
>Durham, NC 27708-0360
>919 613-7287 ph.
>boyle@law.duke.edu
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