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2007-2008 Faculty and Administrative Work Study Postions Avaliable:
Necessary Payroll Procedures: All work-study students hired as administrative assistants / legal interns must see Lisa DiNapoli, Fiscal Officer, Stuart M305, Dean's Suite to complete the necessary payroll paperwork for the academic year. Students cannot be hired until they fill out the necessary payroll paperwork. Note: if a student is returing to work for the academic year, he/she must fill out a peach color coded work-study academic form. Students working for Boston College for the first time must fill out a payroll packet of documentation including the peach work-study form, form includes: peach color coded work-study form, personal data form ( A voided check is requested for direct deposit purposes), I-9 Employment eligibility form, documentation must be presented such as a license and your BC ID card, A social security card and / or birth certificate, or a passport will sufice. (posted 9/10)

2007-08 FACULTY POSITIONS : HOURLY RATE: $10.00 WKLY HOURS: 8.00 September - mid-May

Allexis Anderson
Mary Ann Chirba-Martin
Daniel Kanstroon
Fillipa Anzalone
Daniel Coquillette
Thomas Kohler
Daniel Barnett
Jane Gionfriddo
Judy McMorrow
Sharon Beckman
Dean Hashimoto
Mary-Rose Papandrea
Robert Bloom
Kent Greenfield
Zygmunt Plater
Joan Blum
Renee Jones
James Repetti
George Brown (Church & State issues)
Diane Ring
Mark Brodin
Greg Kalscheur
Evangeline Sarda
Francine Sherman
Judith Tracy
Paul Tremblay
Catharine Wells
Alfred Yen

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS: Hourly Rate: $8.00 Weekly Hours: 10 September - mid May

Depts. Contact Person:
Academic Services: Linda Raute (undergraduates only)
Career Services Leslie LeBlanc
Alumni/Institutional Advancement Yvonne Kelley
Law Review Publications John Gordon
Admissions/Financial Aid Jill Barnhart/Julie Geary (undergraduates only)
LLM Program Gail Hupper
Word Processing Center Jeanne Stowe
Kif Augustine-Adams
Linda Beale (spring only)
Elizabeth Foote
Leslie Espinoza Garvey (spring only)
Ilana Hurwitz (fall only)
Marjorie Kornhauser (fall only)
Lisa Nicholson (fall only)
David Olson
Roger Park (fall only)
Emily Sack (spring only))

Law Library Job Opportunities:
Library Assistant III: Duties include assisting patrons at the Circulation/Reserves Desk and in the computer labs with minimum supervision; maintaining library security and enforcing policies; and other tasks as assigned. Requires familiarity with legal terminology and computer technology. Attention to detail and good service orientation required. Hourly rate: $9.00
Available Shifts:
Fridays, 4:00 p.m - 10:00 p.m. (1 slot)
Saturdays, 4:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. (2 slots)

Computer User Assistant: Duties include providing front-line software and hardware support for the users of the Law Library computer labs; monitoring and supporting the Pharos Print Management System; maintaining security and enforcing lab and library policies; and other tasks as assigned. Ability to support Windows (XP Pro & Vista) and Macintosh OS X platforms and Microsoft Office software desirable. Excellent service orientation required. Hourly rate: 9.00
Available Shifts:
Fridays, 4:00 p.m - 9:30 p.m.
Saturdays, 4:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Sundays, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sundays, 4:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.

Interlibrary Loan Assistant: Duties include processing, filing, and tracking of interlibrary loan requests; data entry and database management; online bibliographic searching; preparation of correspondence to patrons and lending institutions, and other duties as assigned. This position requires 10 hours of work per week; schedule to be worked out with supervisor. Hourly rate: $8.50

If you are interested in one of these positions, please contact: Michèle Latimer, Access Service Supervisor Law Library, 204 (617) 552-8605 michele.latimer@bc.edu. (posted 9/5)

Babysitter Needed:
Student needed to drive young child to local speech therapy appointment on Monday and Wednesday. Must be avaliable from 11:40am - 1:30pm. Parent will supply carseat. Wages: $60/week. Contact nearyma@bc.edu if interested. (posted 9/10)

Child Care Oppurtunity:
Attention 1L's, 2L's and 3L's, student needed to drive young child to local speech therapy appointment on Monday and Wednesday. Must be avaliable from 11:40am to 1:30pm. Parent will supply the carseat. Wages: $60.00 per week. Please contact nearyma@bc.edu if interested and for more information. (posted 9/13)

L.E.N.D FELLOWSHIP:
6 credits – Fall 2007 & Spring 2008
The Leadership Education and Neurodevelopment Disabilities Fellowship is an interdisciplinary program for graduate students who want to learn more about serving the needs of developmentally disabled children and their families. The LEND Fellowship is a national program with its regional base at Children’s Hospital. Fellows meet each Friday morning for seminars with outside experts, work in teams on improving delivery of services to children, and travel to Washington, D.C. to meet with legislators and study the impact of the legislative process on various public policy goals. Boston College Law students are the only law students invited to apply for this prestigious program. It runs from September through May and carries 6 independent study credits (3 credits per term).This is a PHENOMENAL opportunity and each and every ne of our students has been absolutely thrilled with the experience!If interested, please send Lend Fellowship Application via email and a resume to Prof. Chirba-Martin, chirbama@bc.edu. (posted 4/17)

Employment Opportunity at Latinas “Know Your Rights!” Project of Greater Boston Legal Services, Fall 2007:
The Latinas “Know Your Rights!” Project is a community lawyering project based in Waltham for Latina immigrant survivors of domestic violence. The Project will hire two work-study eligible legal interns for the Fall 2007 semester at $12.00 per hour for approximately 10 hours per week. Depending on interest and capabilities, Project interns will work in one of several areas as follows: o Casehandling - immigration petitions, restraining orders and/or benefits cases for battered immigrant women; o Community leadership group - Creation of educational material for Latina immigrant women which introduces them to the US legal system and their rights as survivors of domestic violence. Interns will do basic research and create the content for the workshops and accompanying booklets. Creativity, computer presentation skills and the ability to convey legal concepts to lay people are a plus for work on the education project; o Systems advocacy – documentation of systemic barriers that prevent battered immigrant women from accessing services or exercising their legal rights. Spanish language capability is preferred but not necessary. The Project office is in Waltham (site of BC’s Civil Litigation Clinic, 15 minutes from the law school) with an additional office in Boston (near North Station). Continued employment through the spring semester is possible. Please email resume to Mithra Merryman at mmerryman@gbls.org. If you have questions please contact me at 617-603-1614 or via email. (posted 9/5)

New England Innocence Project Independent Study: Professor Sharon Beckman will be supervising an independent study (2 students each semester; 1- or 2-credit options) involving work with the New England Innocence Project (http://www.newenglandinnocence.org). If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your resume and statement of interest to Professor Beckman at beckmans@bc.edu. (posted 9/5)

Criminal Investigator positions:
The Boston College Defenders are seeking 2 work-study students to work as investigators. The BC Defenders, 3rd year students enrolled in the Criminal Justice Clinic, represent indigent people charged with crimes in the Dorchester District Court. Access to a car and ability to speak Spanish are helpful but not required. These are year-long positions (both semesters). To apply, please email your resume and statement of interest to Professor Sharon Beckman at beckmans@bc.edu. (posted 9/5)

The Health Law, Independent Study:
3 credits - Fall 2007, Small, boutique health law firm in Boston LOVES BCLS students and is looking for 1-2 students to assist in representing community-based health are providers and trade associations. Work may include analyzing federal and state public policy issues affecting access to health care as well as an array of ethical, reimbursement, fraud and abuse, corporate and other legal matters. The student may also work with other health-care provider clients. This would be structured as a 3-credit ndependent study through Prof. Chirba-Martin. If interested, please contact chirbama@bc.edu. (posted 4/9)

Kaplan PMBR Hiring Student Representative:
Kaplan PMBR Hiring Student Representatives and Kaplan PMBR Multistate Bar Review is now hiring student representatives for the 2007-08 school year. Commitment is approximately 12 hours per semester. Benefits include free PMBR 6 day and 3 day courses plus monetary compensation. 3L, 2L and 1L students may apply. Students planning to work in government or public interest are particularly encouraged to apply. Write to Kandace Kukas, Kaplan PMBR Director, at kandacekukas@verizon.net to apply. (posted 9/13)

Research Assistant Needed for Fr. Kalscheur:
Fr. Greg Kalscheur is seeking a research assistant for the academic year to assist him with scholarship in the area of church-state relations and institutional religious freedom. If you are interested (and work study eligible) please email your resume to Fr. Kalscheur at kalscheu@bc.edu.(posted 9/5)

Research Assistant Needed for Professor Roger Park: Visting Professor Roger Park needs research assistance. The initial research will examine reasons for "Innocence Project" exonerations. There may be additional research on evidence topics. The research assistant will be working 5-10 hours per week until exam period. Please leave resume, grade transcript, and anything else you wish him to consider (such as writing sample) in his mailbox, or slip it under his door (smith F310). Professor Park's email address is parkrh@bc.edu. (posted 9/5)

Law School Graduate Technology Consultant.
The Law Library's Administrative and Technology Resources (ATR) department is currently accepting resumes for the Law School Graduate Technology Consultant position for the 2007-2008 academic year. You must be a graduate student at Boston College to apply. Preference is given to law students applying for the law school position. The Graduate Technology Consultant (GTC) will work directly with ATR in providing technical support for desktop computing and communications needs of the law school community. Tasks include, but are not limited to: desktop troubleshooting and support, workstation set up and configuration, software and system installations and upgrades, virus, spyware and adware prevention and removal, assistance with network activation and remote access, user training, hardware and software inventory maintenance and web development. The Law School GTC’s primary responsibility is providing Student Help Center coverage. The position requires expertise in the use of Windows XP Operating System, Microsoft Office Suite, an understanding of email clients, especially MS Outlook and BC's webmail client. Database and web development skills and experience with Mac OS X are a plus. The Summer GTC is required to work 25 hours per week for 12 weeks and receive a service stipend of $6,000 for the summer. This stipend is considered taxable income. The Academic Year GTC is required to work 15 hours per week for 32 weeks and receive a service stipend of $12,000 per academic year. The stipend is paid out in 8 monthly payments of $1,500 per month. This stipend is considered taxable income. If you are nterested in applying for either or both of the law school positions, please forward a resume and cover letter to ATR at atrinbox@bc.edu. (posted 2/26)

Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant:
Professor Chirba-Martin will be hiring students for the positions of Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant for the 2007-08 academic year to assist with LRRW as well as a variety of health law projects. Work study eligibility is NOT necessary for the TA position, but IS required for the RA position. If interested, please email a resume to chirbama@bc.edu. (posted 4/17)

Research Assistant needed for Professor Mary Holper.
The Boston College Immigration and Asylum Project (BCIAP) seeks a work-study student for the 2007 academic year. BCIAP represents non-citizens who are detained in county jails by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the Department of Homeland Security because ICE is trying to deport these individuals from the U.S. The project conducts regular "Know Your Rights" presentations at the local jails where immigration detainees are held and conducts intake with the detainees to determine whether they are eligible for a defense to deportation under U.S. immigration law. The project represents detainees in immigration court to secure their release from custody and the right to remain in the U.S. The work study student will help prepare case filings, answer phone calls and letters from detained immigrants and their families, and assist with office organization and other tasks as requested by the staff attorney. There is a preference for students who speak Spanish and/or Portuguese, although a second language is not required. To apply, please contact Mary Holper, holper@bc.edu, 617-552-0593. (posted 8/20)

 





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