[JOB OPP] Stanford Law School Research Fellows

From: "Jeff Knerr" 
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:15:37 -0500
To: job-opps@cs.swarthmore.edu
Subject: [JOB OPP] Stanford Law School Research Fellows
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>> Stanford Law School is looking to hire one Research Fellow beginning
>> in January 2008, and four Research Fellows beginning in Summer 2008,
>> for full-time, year-long or 18-month-long positions. We are
>> advertising these positions to graduating seniors and recent graduates
>> of a small number of top undergraduate programs, and I was hoping you
>> could be of help contacting students at your school who may be
>> interested. If you have a departmental e-mail list, this might be an ideal
>> opportunity to advertise to students who are considering graduate school
>> in economics, other social sciences, public policy, or applied
>> mathematics/statistics. The positions would also be appealing to students
>> considering law school. I have appended the job description below.
>> 
>> Thank you for your help!
>> 
>> Best,
>> Garth Sheldon-Coulson
>> 
>> 
>> STANFORD LAW SCHOOL
>> 
>> Five positions available:
>> - One position starting January/February 2008, for one year or 18 months.
>> - Four positions starting Summer 2008, for 1 year each.
>> 
>> 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 are desirable. Experience with quantitative data
>> analysis, statistics, and/or econometrics, and familiarity with
>> commonly used statistical/numerical analysis packages or programming
>> languages is preferred. The candidate will ideally have working
>> knowledge of one or more major statistical/numerical analysis packages
>> and/or programming languages. An understanding of relational database
>> design would be an additional asset. Job is ideal for recent
>> college/university graduates with solid quantitative aptitude,
>> excellent communication skills, attention to detail, strong writing
>> abilities, and the ability to work independently. Prior research
>> experience would be a significant plus.
>> 
>> Job Description:
>> Assist with the research of Professors Alison Morantz, Daniel Ho, and
>> Jeff Strnad at Stanford Law School, or that of law and business school
>> professors affiliated with Stanford's Rock Center for Corporate
>> Governance. Assessment of existing empirical work, statistical
>> analyses on large data sets, programming, basic research and data
>> collection, and report writing. Excellent opportunity for those
>> considering law school, graduate school, or business school in the
>> future; prior research fellows have matriculated to law school at Yale
>> and Stanford, Ph.D. programs at Yale and Stanford, and graduate
>> programs in financial mathematics. Five positions are available: one
>> beginning in January or February 2008, with a term of one year or 18
>> months (the latter being strongly preferred), and four beginning
>> Summer 2008, with a term of one year each.
>> 
>> To apply, send resume, cover letter, unofficial transcript, and
>> standardized test scores by e-mail to:
>> 
>> Garth Sheldon-Coulson
>> Stanford Law School
>> Crown Quadrangle
>> 559 Nathan Abbott Way
>> Stanford, CA 94305-8610
>> GSheldonCoulson@law.stanford.edu
>> (650) 724-3716
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