Legal studies major Chris Peterson presents his thesis “Saving Face: The Privacy Architecture of Facebook” at the 2009 Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference at the University of Massachusetts.
The slides to his presentation can be downloaded here and he can be contacted at cpeterson [at] umasslegal.org.
A YouTube version of the video can be accessed here and a full-quality (1.5 gig) version of the movie can be downloaded here.
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Professor Ethan Katsh of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Legal Studies Department delivers the 2006 Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series. Professor Katsh–who is also the Director of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution and the Chair of a U.N. Forum on Online Dispute Resolution–discusses Sealand, Second Life, virtual worlds and the law and borders of cyberspace in this broad and substantive discussion.
Click here to download a high quality version of this video (MP4, 500 meg).
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Civil Rights Clinical Project
Recruiting schedule
For Fall semester, 2009 internships at MFHC
Applications available: April 13
Applications due in LS office: April 24
Interviews: April 27-29
Admission Decisions: May 1
Questions may be directed to Professors Arons or Levinsky.
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An incomplete list of Fall 2009 is now available here. Several 200 level classes are not yet listed because we still need to figure out what they will be and who will be teaching them. Keep checking back for those, but in the interim you can look at the rest of the classes now.
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Below is a great opportunity for students interested in digital technologies, society, and law, from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. It’s a conference in Porto, Portugal, during July.
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From Tami Paluca, the Academic Advisor for the Legal Studies Department:
Labor Center alums Edgar Chen, Jenn Doe, John Donahoe, Steve Linsky, TeriMerisotis, Amanda Plumb, Harream Purdie, Penny Schwarz, and ULA student LouHmielski will join STEPC, Women’s Studies and Afro-Am alums for thisnetworking event.
Making Connections: Life After UMass - A Student/Alumni Networking Event
Thursday, April 2, 2009 . 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Student Union . Cape Cod Lounge
UMass Amherst grads from Afro-American Studies, the Labor Center, STPEC and Women’s Studies return to campus to meet students and offer internship and career information.
Come meet organizers, teachers, advisors, health care professionals, human service workers, researchers, managers, lawyers, business people, and more.
Participants and organizations include: (partial list)
Sponsored by Career Services www.umass.edu/careers
Come for the yummy food, stay for the career connections.Stop by for a few minutes or stay the whole time. Open to all.
For information contact the cosponsors:
W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
www.umass.edu/afroam 545-2751
The Labor Center www.umass.edu/lrrc 545-5907
STPEC www.umass.edu/stpec 545-0043
Women’s Studies www.umass.edu/wost 545-1922
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Professor Emeritus Peter D’Errico’s talk has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. It will be rescheduled - check back here for details.
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Legal Studies Professor Emeritus Peter d’Errico will be giving a talk on Thursday, March 12th, at 4:15 in Gordon Hall 303.
d’Errico is one of the founders of the Legal Studies Department. He has authored many influential texts in the field of critical legal studies, including Corporate Personality and Human Commodification, an article which dissects the idea, origins, and effects of corporate personhood in American law.
He will be giving a talk entitled “Indigenous People and the United States: A Manifesto.”
The event flyer can be accessed here.
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Just want to make a quick announcement:
Diane Curtis, the prelaw advisor, runs a blog full of information that legal studies majors might find interesting. So we’re importing a feed of her posts direct into this blog. When you see a post written by “Diane”, that’s from her blog. Click the title to travel back to her blog.
There’s also a direct link to her blog in the “Contributors” category on the right hand navbar.
Neat huh? Thanks Diane!
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In this 1999 paper, Professors Gaitenby, Katsh, and Rifkin wrote about the process of online dispute resolution at eBay. The Legal Studies Department has a long history with SquareTrade, the company behind eBay’s dispute resolution software, and its founder Colin Rule.
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