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Law students in the new program will file friend-of-the-court briefs, write and comment on proposed legislation, and provide legal assistance to individuals and community groups filing lawsuits against corporations or government agencies. The program's areas of focus will include anti-trust, copyright, privacy, and encryption policy. The center is scheduled to open during the 2000-01 school year, following a national search for a director.
"The time to address the public's interest in this new society is now, before crucial policy decisions are made by industry and governments and the public's voice is lost," said Berkeley professor and cyberlaw expert Pamela Samuelson. With her husband Robert Glushko, a director at ecommerce services provider Commerce One, Samuelson donated $2 million to endow the clinic. The couple also has pledged $1 million to fund graduate student fellowships at UC Berkeley's School of Information Management & Systems (SIMS). Samuelson has a joint appointment at the law school and at SIMS.
The New York City-based Markle Foundation, headed by Berkeley alumna Zoe Baird, is also donating $300,000 to support the clinic. The grant is the first to be made as part of the foundation's recently announced $1.6 million commitment to support the development of legal and other graduate training programs that specialize in public interest advocacy related to the Internet and other emerging information technologies.
Other gifts to the clinic include a $300,000 donation from Mitchell Kapor, the founder of Lotus Development Corp.
FCnote: The John and Mary R. Markle Foundation (NY) had assets of $172,414,903 and made grants totaling $5,952,247 in the fiscal year ending 6/30/97.
Gilmore, Janet. "UC Berkeley to Announce Nation's First High-Tech Law Clinic to Provide Public Conscience for Silicon Valley, Voice for Consumers." Berkeley University Press Release 4/24/2000.
"Markle Foundation Commits $1.6 Million to Develop Public Interest Advocacy Clinics Specializing in Internet Issues." Markle Foundation Press Release 4/24/2000.
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