Job Opportunities and Fellowships
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RESEARCH FELLOW, STANFORD LAW SCHOOL (Fixed term positions)
* multi-job posting
Commitment
Full-time, starting Summer 2010, for 12-24 months each
Description
Assist with the research of Professors Alison Morantz, Daniel Ho, Daniel Kessler, and Jeff Strnad at Stanford Law School. All positions involve assessment of existing empirical work, statistical analyses of large data sets, programming, basic research and data collection, and report writing. These positions are ideal for recent college/university graduates and provide an excellent opportunity for those considering law school, graduate school, and/or business school in the future. Prior research fellows have matriculated to law school at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Columbia and/or Ph.D. programs at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and MIT. Several positions are available.
Job Qualifications
· Outstanding academic credentials and intellectual ability required.
· A background in a social science or a mathematical field and interest in law and public policy.
· Experience with quantitative data analysis, statistics, and/or econometrics, and familiarity with commonly used statistical/numerical analysis packages.
· Basic knowledge of computer programming required.
· Solid quantitative aptitude, excellent communication skills, attention to detail, strong writing abilities, and the ability to work independently.
· Prior research experience, especially in labor economics, workers' compensation, health economics and policy, or quantitative political science/political economy preferred.
How to Apply
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the positions are filled. There are (2) steps to applying:
(1) Send a resume, cover letter (addressed to “Research Fellows”), unofficial transcript, list of at least 2 references (including e-mail and phone numbers of professors or employers), and standardized test scores (e.g. GRE, LSAT, GMAT) by e-mail to: Stanford.Law.Fellows@gmail.com <mailto:Stanford.Law.Fellows@gmail.com>
(2) Submit your resume online via the Stanford jobs website http://jobs.stanford.edu/find_a_job.html <http://jobs.stanford.edu/find_a_job.html> - enter the job number 36164 in the keyword search field to locate this job posting and apply.
Job Opportunity for Social Studies Concentrators
U.S. PIRG is a nation-wide network of state-based public interest advocacy
groups. This year we are hiring over 100 graduating college students to
determine where this country is going; to reform our broken health care
system; to make college more affordable; to work for more and better public
transportation options; and make an impact on many other public interest
issues. America faces daunting challenges, but at U.S. PIRG we believe
that solutions are within reach. We've never been more confident that by
working together we can tackle these challenges head on. I was hired last
year by U.S. PIRG as a campus organizer with MassPIRG.
We will be holding an information session for graduating seniors on campus
on November 3rd and holding interviews through OCS on November 4th.
"The Measure of Our Success: How Do We Define and Attain the Good Society?"
A public panel presented by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University
<http://cesharvard.wordpress.com/>
In anticipation of our panel “The Measure of Our Success: How Do We Define and Attain the Good Society,” <http://cesharvard.wordpress.com/> we’d like to hear from you. What do you think makes for a good society and quality of life? Share your thoughts on our blog by leaving a comment <http://cesharvard.wordpress.com/> as we start this inter-disciplinary conversation.
The panel will take place on Friday, November 13, 2009 from 2:00-4:00 pm to consider this topic and present two important new publications. The first is the ‘Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Report’ <http://www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr/documents/rapport_anglais.pdf> commissioned by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France that looks at how policy makers might go beyond GDP when measuring the well-being and quality of life of their people. Two of the authors, Amartya Sen <http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/sen> in Cambridge and Jean-Paul Fitoussi <http://www.ofce.sciences-po.fr/fitoussi/accueil_fitou.html> (via teleconference) will discuss the findings. Professors Peter Hall <http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/p29.html> and Michèle Lamont <http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/p52.html> will then present their new book Successful Societies: How Institutions and Culture Affect Health <http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521736305> , that integrates recent research in an effort to answer the question of why some societies are more successful than others at promoting individual and collective well-being.
Friday, November 13, 2009
2:00 - 4:00pm
Center for European Studies
Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall
27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MAAmartya Sen, Nobel laureate in economics; Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University; Chair Adviser of the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress;
Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Professor of Economics and President of the Observatoire Français des Conjonctures économiques (OFCE) in Paris; Coordinator of the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress;
Peter Hall, Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Co-Director of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research's Successful Societies Program;
Michèle Lamont, Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and Professor of Sociology and African and African American studies, Harvard University; Co-Director of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research's Successful Societies Program
Moderated by Éloi Laurent, senior economist and scientific advisor at the Observatoire Français des Conjonctures économiques (OFCE) and Visiting Scholar at CES
Free and open to the public
Link to directions <http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu/about/directions.html>