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Hiring Research Assistant for Public International Law Project

Salma Waheedi, Lecturer on Law, seeks to hire one or more research assistants for projects relating to public international law and international litigation. Research will begin during the summer with an opportunity to extend into the fall-spring. This position is particularly well-suited for students with an interest in practicing international human rights law and international criminal law. A strong background in public international law and strong legal writing skills are essential.

If interested, please submit a resume and a brief description of your availability and interest in international law/human rights to [email protected]. The RA positions are open to current HLS students only.

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We advertise annually for fixed-term, paid research assistants, who usually undertake a one-year contract, which begins in or around September.

Information about how to apply for our 2024 campaign can be found in our Guide for Applicants and links to each vacancy can be found here:

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Every year, the Law Commission recruits a number of research assistants to help make the law simple, modern and fair.

We look for exceptional candidates from all backgrounds, all of whom have a passion for law reform.

The role is fixed-term for 51 weeks, with the possibility of renewal for a further year upon application.

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Find out about our current Research Assistants .

Here are some Top Tips to help you through the recruitment stages; from application through to joining the Law Commission. Also take a look at our CV Template , which should be used as a guide to structure your CV.

More information about being a Research Assistant and a timetable of key events can be found in our Guide for Applicants (2023/2024) .

In December 2022 we held a free online information session ahead of our 2023/24 research assistant campaign . You can find the recording here.

You can also find a short video showing what our interviews are like, and demonstrating good and bad interview skills.

A video on how to answer strengths and behaviour-based questions at interview is also available here . 

As a research assistant at the Law Commission, you’ll master complex areas of law and help shape UK legal reform as part of an expert team. You will develop a range of skills and gain professional experience that is hard to obtain anywhere else.

You’ll be part of an organisation which makes a real difference to people’s lives – the work you contribute to won’t just sit on the shelf. Over the past 50 years, more than two-thirds of our recommendations have been accepted or implemented.

At a central London location, in the heart of Whitehall, you’ll be working shoulder to shoulder with a Court of Appeal Judge, KCs, professors, barristers and solicitors – all at the top of their game. You’ll also gain insight into the inner workings of government, working with different departments and policy officials.

As a civil servant, you’ll also be able to access training and benefits to help you progress in your career. Time at the Law Commission is regarded extremely highly by employers – our research assistants typically go onto successful careers at the bar, top law firms, academia and in policy.

What do research assistants do?

Research assistants apply and are assigned to one of four teams:

• Commercial and Common Law
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• Property, Family and Trust Law

Within those teams, a research assistant will mainly work on one project supporting the lead lawyer – normally a solicitor, barrister or academic.

This work involves a mix of legal research and writing, policy analysis, and administrative work.

Depending on the stage of a project you could be looking at how the present law operates in practice and considering how it should be reformed, helping to run large-scale open public consultations, or finalising recommendations to Government and instructing Parliamentary Counsel to draft a Bill implementing those recommendations.

What are we looking for?

There is no model candidate that we look for – often research assistants join us following postgraduate studies, professional qualification or later in their career, and sometimes straight after completing their undergraduate degree.

Competition for the role is extremely high. We look for exceptional candidates and select them based on the following criteria:

• You must have completed a course or courses involving two years’ full-time substantive legal studies or the equivalent in part-time studies.
• You must have first class or good 2.1 standard undergraduate degree.
• You must be able to demonstrate our essential behaviour, ability, experience and technical skills.

If you do not satisfy the minimum academic requirements on the basis of your undergraduate degree , you can demonstrate the academic standard through one or more of the following completed qualifications:

• A GDL (or CPE) at distinction, or at commendation with at least one mark at distinction and substantial additional skills and knowledge.
• A completed Masters Degree in law (LLM, BCL, MA or M Phil) at 2.1 (merit) or above.
• A completed PhD in law.

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Working as a Research Assistant

A Research Assistant performs legal research, analysis and writing for a professor related to the professor’s scholarly or pedagogical work. Professors are almost always in the process of writing a scholarly paper and often need various types of help, such as research on legal issues, written summaries of areas of law, and other types of help with substantive legal questions. Occasionally, professors also need help improving their courses, and thus may desire assistance researching and summarizing law, writing practice questions, or other related tasks.

In sum, a Research Assistant performs ordinary legal work, but does so for a professor in an academic context rather than for a client in a practice context.   For more information, please review the questions and answers below.  

Either academic credit or money. It’s up to you. If you’d like academic credit, you can choose either 1 or 2 credits of work in a given semester. You can earn as many research credits as you like during your law school career, but you may use no more than 3 credits towards your J.D. degree . Each credit requires 42.5 hours of work. If you’d rather have the money, the pay is standard student employee rate.

There are several benefits to being a Research Assistant. First, it provides you the opportunity to further develop your research and writing skills. Unlike research and writing in your first year, the work of a Research Assistant is usually more open-ended and requires more judgment and creativity.

Second, it allows you to develop your knowledge of an area of law that you find interesting. If you are interested in corporate law, for example, performing specialized research on various corporate law topics could be just as meaningful as taking a corporate law seminar.

Third, being a Research Assistant allows you get to know a professor and their scholarly agenda. This often ignites within students their own ideas for further study—whether as part of law school or beyond. Moreover, professors for whom you have worked will often offer you guidance as you pursue this work.

Fourth and finally, research assistant work is often a good way to make

a bit of extra money or pick up a credit or two. Many students find the credit option particularly attractive if they need 1 or 2 credits to graduate and do not see a class that interests them.

Research Assistants are graded on a pass/fail basis. There is no limit to the number of courses you can take on a pass/fail basis, but don’t forget that there is a limit to the number of Research Assistant credits (i.e., 3) you can use towards your degree.

There are 3 steps:

• First, find a professor who needs research assistance. You can do this by looking on LawQuest o r by contacting professors directly. It is often useful to contact professors directly because not every professor posts a position on Symplicity. To figure out who to contact, think about who you want to work with—whether because you enjoyed taking a course with that professor or because you are interested in the professor’s area of scholarship. Ask the professor if they have any research needs in the coming semester or year. You might also take the liberty of emailing the professor your resume and telling them a bit about why you are interested in being a research assistant. Not all professors use research assistants, and those that do sometimes don’t need assistance at a given time, so don’t be surprised if several professors decline your offer. Don’t take this personally.
• Second, apply for the position. If the position is posted on  LawQuest , just follow the application requirements indicated on the site. If you have contacted a professor directly, supply whatever the professor asks for. Regardless of whether the professor asks for it, it’s often wise to send the professor a resume and writing sample. Also, you should let the professor know whether you wish to work for credit or for pay, and if for credit, how many credits. Keep in mind that just because you want to earn two credits does not mean that the professor has 90 hours of work for you to do.
• To register for the course, you should submit a “Research Assistant Registration Form” to Sharon Krol in the Dean’s Office. You can obtain the form by either emailing Sharon Krol or by picking one up in the Dean’s Office. Please make sure to submit this form during the time in which registration is open for the semester in which you want to serve as a research assistant. For example, if you want to become a Research Assistant in the spring semester, you can register for that in the preceding fall semester or at the outset of the spring semester, but you cannot register any later than the add/drop deadline for the spring semester (which is 5pm on the second Friday of the semester).
• To register for pay, contact Tracy Cauthorn . It is important that you register through Tracy before starting your research, as you cannot be paid for any work you completed prior to registering. Nonetheless, you need not worry about registration or add/drop deadlines. You can begin working as a research assistant for pay at any time of the year, provided you have not yet graduated.

Yes, but there are important economic factors to consider. Full-time students are entitled to take up to 17 credits during each fall and spring semester. Thus, if you are registered for 15 credits in your spring semester, you can add 2 credits of research work at no extra cost to you. In contrast, summer courses are not covered by your fall and spring tuition and thus would require an additional tuition payment. Normally, the cost per credit is one-ninth of the full tuition price for a single semester. For this reason, most students who work serve as a research assistant during the summer do so for pay rather than credit.   

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Everyone on the team has our own work as graduate students or professionals and all of us work with FLIA on a volunteer basis. What you can gain from FLIA is the opportunity to work with passionate young teammates and world-class professionals from all over the globe, find inspiration from our culture to become experts and mentors, and make connections that you cannot make anywhere else. 

We are looking for professionals and students to join our research teams

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Role Description

FLIA Scholars are experts who join FLIA by invitation, recommendation and request. FLIA Scholars’ roles include:

• Offering academic support to FLIA programs;
• Joining FLIA research projects and designing research plans;
• Leading and supervising certain FLIA research projects and assigning work for FLIA Research Fellows and Research Assistants;
• Producing and disseminating research on behalf of FLIA research teams;
• Using FLIA logos on appropriate occasions

Minimum Requirements

• Completion of terminal professional or academic graduate degree required; Ph.D. highly desirable;
• Established scholarly or professional reputation

FLIA Scholars are privileged to attend FLIA programs and events and proactively participate in global academic communication.

• Receive information on research funding opportunities, international conferences, and FLIA weekly Blogs (the most important articles at the intersection of law and international affairs)
• Spend a period of sabbatical or research leave from your own university.
• Get assistance from a FLIA research fellow or research assistant;
• Reach out to FLIA’s global network for academic resources, cooperation opportunities, and other assistance;
• Host and join global research projects subsidized by FLIA or FLIA partnerships;
• Be invited to teach and give presentations in other counties and institutions;
• Share links to personal websites or blogs through FLIA’s virtual media;
• Enjoy priority publishing status for FLIA Publications and FLIA Blogs;
• Share ideas or news with membership and audience from all over the world in FLIA programs;
• Impact government and enterprise policies and operations through FLIA.

II. FLIA Research Fellows

• Take an organizing role in FLIA research projects under the direction of FLIA Scholars;
• Assist FLIA Scholars in designing research plans and timelines;
• Supervise the work of Research Assistants and Research Interns as assigned by FLIA Scholars;
• Produce and disseminate research on behalf of FLIA research teams;
• Use FLIA logos on appropriate occasions.
• Record of publications  
• Get assistance from a FLIA research assistant;
• Join global research projects subsidized by FLIA or FLIA partnerships;
• Be invited to teach and give presentations in other counties and institutions.

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Role Description  

• Assist FLIA Scholars and Research Fellows in conducting research;
• Complete work assigned by FLIA Scholars or Research Fellows;
• Produce and publicize research on behalf of FLIA research teams;
• Identify important topics in the field;
• Summarize key academic work and practical information in the field;
• Conduct research on the topics and write up presentable reports/ articles (in different languages);
• Translate based on the need of the project or the supervisor
• Completion of bachelor’s degree or current enrollment in a master’s program required, master’s degree preferred;
• At least three (3) months experience as a FLIA Research Intern;
• Working proficiency in English required;
• Knowledge of at least one topic at the intersection of law and international affairs.
• Work with global research teams to seek advanced specialized knowledge and experience in a particular area involving law and international affairs;
• Pursue participation in global scholarship and seek skills improvement through teamwork with outstanding FLIA Scholars and research teams from all over the world;
• Reach out to FLIA’s global network for academic resources, information, and other assistance.

IV. Research Intern

• Join the research projects on a specific topic;
• Participate in the programs that are relevant with the topic;
• Conduct research on the topics and write up presentable reports/ articles (in Chinese/English);
• Translate based on the need of the project or the supervisor;
• Participate in other work depending on availability.
• Completion of bachelor’s degree or current enrollment in master’s program required, master’s degree preferred (extraordinary senior student may be considered);
• Work with global research team to seek advanced and specialized knowledge and experience in a particular area involving law and international affairs;
• Potential opportunities for official positions in FLIA and recommendations for graduate programs, internships, research assistantships, and other job opportunities.

FLIA internships are part-time, voluntary positions. The internship program requires a minimum commitment of three months. The average time commitment will be 20 hours per week.

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V. public relations assistant (intern).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist with the research, planning and development of comprehensive public relations programs;
• As assigned by Director of Public Relations, assist with the implementation of PR program plans;
• Build and maintain relationships with members of the press and key partners;
• Build and maintain relationships with law firms, law schools and key players in international affairs;
• Maintain relationships with subscribers;
• Work cross-functionally with teams to create effective messaging to support existing programs;
• Generate media outreach strategies and execute plans thoughtfully and effectively

Qualifications

• Completion of bachelor’s degree required, major in journalism, communication, advertising or other relevant field preferred;
• Experience working on successful public relations programs preferred;
• Ability to effectively communicate information and ideas in written and verbal format;
• Adept at building and maintaining relationships;
• Team player with the confidence to take the lead and execute with minimal guidance;
• Strong project management and organizational skills;
• Familiarity with major social media management tools;
• Video editing skills a plus;
• Existing relationships with members of the press and/or social media platforms a plus

VI. Social Media Coordinator (Intern)

• As assigned by Director of Public Relations, assist with the implementation of program plans;
• Listen and respond to followers while cultivating leads and subscriptions;
• Conduct online advocacy and open a stream for cross-promotions;
• Develop and expand subscriber and/or influencer outreach efforts;
• Monitor online reviews and collect feedback;
• Manage efforts to build online views and reputation;
• Conduct livestreaming during events;
• Communicate with other team members and ensure that all work reaches goals within established timetables
• Social media experience in at least one of the following platforms required: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn;
• Ability to use social media outlets for promotion and public interaction;
• Ability to work with minimal supervision;
• Must have attention to detail;
• Bilingual in Mandarin is a plus

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A retired partner from Frost Brown Todd is seeking students to assist him with a book manuscript focusing on Mass Tort litigation and comparing U.S. and English legal history.  Students will be responsible for:  1) confirming and extending the research recited in the manuscript and 2) assisting in writing and editing the manuscript. The job is to begin in January 2019 and the estimated time period is 2 months or more working 15 hours per week.  Students may work up to 20 hours per week if their schedules allow.  Pay is $36/hour.  In addition, the attorney, Carl Henlein, will mentor students who are hired and serve as a reference. Mr. Henlein’s proposal is listed below.

Candidates should be interested in litigation and possess excellent research and writing skills as well as outstanding attention to detail.  Only students who can commit for the entire duration of the project need apply. If interested, please forward an updated resume (no cover letter) to Dean Hajek at:  [email protected].  Dean Hajek will send resumes collected to Mr.  Henlein on a rolling basis for review.  This position is open until job posting removed from Symplicity. 

I have drafted a manuscript, "A Nation of Lawyers - Not Laws".  Its focus is on the growth of lawyer numbers in the United States and the mayhem they have made of American litigation.  It reviews in detail the eleven worst mass disasters in the U.S. between 1977 and 2012, and the Mass Tort lawsuits that followed.  It analyzes the four omissions from British common law in the original U.S. Constitution and the activism of U.S. judges and lawyers which, in combination, which were present in the lawsuits and produce the American litigation sacking of today.  

I require students interested in Mass Tort litigation and comparing U.S. and English legal history.  The task is: (1) to confirm and extend the research recited in the manuscript and (2) assist in writing and editing the manuscript.  

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Berkeley Lab's Accelerator Technology and Applied Physics Division seeks a Research Assistant for the Fusion Science & Ion Beam Technology (FS/IBT) program. 

This role, supervised within ATAP, involves conducting neutron transport simulations to support cross section measurements. Responsibilities include creating Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) input files, running simulations, and analyzing data. This work is integral to achieving key milestones in a DOE-funded project led by the program, known for its expertise in ion beam induced fusion and applications.

What You Will Do:

• Assist in setting up Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) simulation input files that help us understand experiments and plan future experiments.
• Assist with running simulations on a desktop, computer cluster, or high performance computer cluster.
• Assist with data analysis of these simulations.
• Participate in group and team meeting discussions.
• Assist with the maintenance of notebooks and detailed logs.
• Follow EH&S guidelines to ensure the safety of self and others in the lab and office spaces.

What is Required:

• Detail-oriented with good communication, writing and troubleshooting skills.
• Rudimentary knowledge and practical experience running the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) simulation program, its input format and output formats (including ptrac).
• Rudimentary knowledge of data acquisition and analysis coding using scientific programming languages (Python, etc.).
• General knowledge of an experimental laboratory.

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• Degree in Nuclear Engineering preferred or similar experience.
• Experience in automating tasks related to Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) simulations.
• Experience with analysis codes such as Python.
• Experience in data acquisition and statistical analysis.
• This is a full-time 1-year, term appointment with the possibility of extension or conversion to Career appointment based upon satisfactory job performance, continuing availability of funds and ongoing operational needs.
• This position is represented by a union for collective bargaining purposes.
• Salary will be determined based on range by collective bargaining agreement.
• The hourly range for this position is $21.79 - $31.69. The hourly rate for this position will be commensurate with the final candidate’s qualifications and experience, including skills, knowledge, relevant education, certifications, plus also aligned with the internal peer group.
• This position may be subject to a background check. Any convictions will be evaluated to determine if they directly relate to the responsibilities and requirements of the position. Having a conviction history will not automatically disqualify an applicant from being considered for employment.
• Work will be primarily performed at: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA.

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Berkeley Lab is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory managed by the University of California and designated a Federally Funded Research and Development Center. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, we have a close relationship with UC Berkeley, as well as robust partnerships with other academic institutions and industries, including those in Silicon Valley. The Laboratory conducts world-class research that supports clean energy, a healthy planet, and solution-inspired discovery science. Berkeley Lab is defined by our deeply felt sense of stewardship , which we describe as a commitment to taking care of the Laboratory's research, people, and resources that are entrusted to us. Our values of team science, innovation, service, trust, and respect knit us together as a community. We practice these values and prioritize our principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability ( IDEA ) to build highly effective teams that produce world-class science and technology and where all individuals, regardless of their backgrounds, disciplines, and experiences, can thrive.

Working at Berkeley Lab has many rewards including a competitive compensation program, excellent health and welfare programs, a retirement program that is second to none, and outstanding development opportunities. To view information about the many rewards that are offered at Berkeley Lab- Click Here .

Berkeley Lab is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We heartily welcome applications from women, minorities, veterans, and all who would contribute to the Lab’s mission of leading scientific discovery, inclusion, and professionalism. In support of our diverse global community, all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. 

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does visa works in rostov ATMs? Or do I need a mastercard?

Is there a ATM at the aiport?

Many thanks in advance!

Best regards

In Russia both VISA and Mastercard are standart by default . Other payment systems like Amex or UnionPay can be problematic, but VISA and Mastercard work in almost every ATM in Russia.

//Is there a ATM at the aiport?

thank you very for much the information. I have another question off topic. How much costs the transportation with taxi from the aiport to the centre of rostov about? Do you can recommend a taxi app which works in rostov?

// How much does the cost of transportation with a taxi from the aiport to the center of rostov about?

300-500 rub. Price of official taxi "Aeroservis" to the center - 400 rub (has the desk in airport building ).

// Do you can recommend a taxi app which works in rostov?

Yandex-taxi works in Rostov for sure, do not know about others. For security reasons and to avoid rip-off I recommend use Yandex-taxi or official desk of "Aeroservis". Also public transport (bus and trolley) is available, airport is located near the city.

As always make sure you bank knows you will be in Russia - especially if it is not a european bank

>Also public transport (bus and trolley) is available, airport is located near the city.

That's gonna change soon, the new Platov Airport is constantly bemoaned for how inconveniently it's placed, if we're speaking of Rostov-on-Don, of cource, not Rostov the Great.

thank you for the informations! You have helped me a lot!

I suppose Yandex-taxi in rostov on don is working 24 hours? I have found something in Azov, I guess with Yandex-taxi it should be not a problem with transportation, 24 hours?

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Project 2025 has a starring role in this week’s Democratic National Convention.

And it was front and center on Night 1.

WATCH: Hauling large copy of Project 2025, Michigan state Sen. McMorrow speaks at 2024 DNC

“This is Project 2025,” Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Royal Oak, said as she laid a hardbound copy of the 900-page document on the lectern. “Over the next four nights, you are going to hear a lot about what is in this 900-page document. Why? Because this is the Republican blueprint for a second Trump term.”

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, has warned Americans about “Trump’s Project 2025” agenda — even though former President Donald Trump doesn’t claim the conservative presidential transition document.

“Donald Trump wants to take our country backward,” Harris said July 23 in Milwaukee. “He and his extreme Project 2025 agenda will weaken the middle class. Like, we know we got to take this seriously, and can you believe they put that thing in writing?”

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris’ running mate, has joined in on the talking point.

“Don’t believe (Trump) when he’s playing dumb about this Project 2025. He knows exactly what it’ll do,” Walz said Aug. 9 in Glendale, Arizona.

Trump’s campaign has worked to build distance from the project, which the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, led with contributions from dozens of conservative groups.

Much of the plan calls for extensive executive-branch overhauls and draws on both long-standing conservative principles, such as tax cuts, and more recent culture war issues. It lays out recommendations for disbanding the Commerce and Education departments, eliminating certain climate protections and consolidating more power to the president.

Project 2025 offers a sweeping vision for a Republican-led executive branch, and some of its policies mirror Trump’s 2024 agenda, But Harris and her presidential campaign have at times gone too far in describing what the project calls for and how closely the plans overlap with Trump’s campaign.

PolitiFact researched Harris’ warnings about how the plan would affect reproductive rights, federal entitlement programs and education, just as we did for President Joe Biden’s Project 2025 rhetoric. Here’s what the project does and doesn’t call for, and how it squares with Trump’s positions.

Are Trump and Project 2025 connected?

To distance himself from Project 2025 amid the Democratic attacks, Trump wrote on Truth Social that he “knows nothing” about it and has “no idea” who is in charge of it. (CNN identified at least 140 former advisers from the Trump administration who have been involved.)

The Heritage Foundation sought contributions from more than 100 conservative organizations for its policy vision for the next Republican presidency, which was published in 2023.

Project 2025 is now winding down some of its policy operations, and director Paul Dans, a former Trump administration official, is stepping down, The Washington Post reported July 30. Trump campaign managers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita denounced the document.

WATCH: A look at the Project 2025 plan to reshape government and Trump’s links to its authors

However, Project 2025 contributors include a number of high-ranking officials from Trump’s first administration, including former White House adviser Peter Navarro and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson.

A recently released recording of Russell Vought, a Project 2025 author and the former director of Trump’s Office of Management and Budget, showed Vought saying Trump’s “very supportive of what we do.” He said Trump was only distancing himself because Democrats were making a bogeyman out of the document.

Project 2025 wouldn’t ban abortion outright, but would curtail access

The Harris campaign shared a graphic on X that claimed “Trump’s Project 2025 plan for workers” would “go after birth control and ban abortion nationwide.”

The plan doesn’t call to ban abortion nationwide, though its recommendations could curtail some contraceptives and limit abortion access.

What’s known about Trump’s abortion agenda neither lines up with Harris’ description nor Project 2025’s wish list.

Project 2025 says the Department of Health and Human Services Department should “return to being known as the Department of Life by explicitly rejecting the notion that abortion is health care.”

It recommends that the Food and Drug Administration reverse its 2000 approval of mifepristone, the first pill taken in a two-drug regimen for a medication abortion. Medication is the most common form of abortion in the U.S. — accounting for around 63 percent in 2023.

If mifepristone were to remain approved, Project 2025 recommends new rules, such as cutting its use from 10 weeks into pregnancy to seven. It would have to be provided to patients in person — part of the group’s efforts to limit access to the drug by mail. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a legal challenge to mifepristone’s FDA approval over procedural grounds.

WATCH: Trump’s plans for health care and reproductive rights if he returns to White House The manual also calls for the Justice Department to enforce the 1873 Comstock Act on mifepristone, which bans the mailing of “obscene” materials. Abortion access supporters fear that a strict interpretation of the law could go further to ban mailing the materials used in procedural abortions, such as surgical instruments and equipment.

The plan proposes withholding federal money from states that don’t report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention how many abortions take place within their borders. The plan also would prohibit abortion providers, such as Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid funds. It also calls for the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that the training of medical professionals, including doctors and nurses, omits abortion training.

The document says some forms of emergency contraception — particularly Ella, a pill that can be taken within five days of unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy — should be excluded from no-cost coverage. The Affordable Care Act requires most private health insurers to cover recommended preventive services, which involves a range of birth control methods, including emergency contraception.

Trump has recently said states should decide abortion regulations and that he wouldn’t block access to contraceptives. Trump said during his June 27 debate with Biden that he wouldn’t ban mifepristone after the Supreme Court “approved” it. But the court rejected the lawsuit based on standing, not the case’s merits. He has not weighed in on the Comstock Act or said whether he supports it being used to block abortion medication, or other kinds of abortions.

Project 2025 doesn’t call for cutting Social Security, but proposes some changes to Medicare

“When you read (Project 2025),” Harris told a crowd July 23 in Wisconsin, “you will see, Donald Trump intends to cut Social Security and Medicare.”

The Project 2025 document does not call for Social Security cuts. None of its 10 references to Social Security addresses plans for cutting the program.

Harris also misleads about Trump’s Social Security views.

In his earlier campaigns and before he was a politician, Trump said about a half-dozen times that he’s open to major overhauls of Social Security, including cuts and privatization. More recently, in a March 2024 CNBC interview, Trump said of entitlement programs such as Social Security, “There’s a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting.” However, he quickly walked that statement back, and his CNBC comment stands at odds with essentially everything else Trump has said during the 2024 presidential campaign.

Trump’s campaign website says that not “a single penny” should be cut from Social Security. We rated Harris’ claim that Trump intends to cut Social Security Mostly False.

Project 2025 does propose changes to Medicare, including making Medicare Advantage, the private insurance offering in Medicare, the “default” enrollment option. Unlike Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage plans have provider networks and can also require prior authorization, meaning that the plan can approve or deny certain services. Original Medicare plans don’t have prior authorization requirements.

The manual also calls for repealing health policies enacted under Biden, such as the Inflation Reduction Act. The law enabled Medicare to negotiate with drugmakers for the first time in history, and recently resulted in an agreement with drug companies to lower the prices of 10 expensive prescriptions for Medicare enrollees.

Trump, however, has said repeatedly during the 2024 presidential campaign that he will not cut Medicare.

Project 2025 would eliminate the Education Department, which Trump supports

The Harris campaign said Project 2025 would “eliminate the U.S. Department of Education” — and that’s accurate. Project 2025 says federal education policy “should be limited and, ultimately, the federal Department of Education should be eliminated.” The plan scales back the federal government’s role in education policy and devolves the functions that remain to other agencies.

Aside from eliminating the department, the project also proposes scrapping the Biden administration’s Title IX revision, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It also would let states opt out of federal education programs and calls for passing a federal parents’ bill of rights similar to ones passed in some Republican-led state legislatures.

Republicans, including Trump, have pledged to close the department, which gained its status in 1979 within Democratic President Jimmy Carter’s presidential Cabinet.

In one of his Agenda 47 policy videos, Trump promised to close the department and “to send all education work and needs back to the states.” Eliminating the department would have to go through Congress.

What Project 2025, Trump would do on overtime pay

In the graphic, the Harris campaign says Project 2025 allows “employers to stop paying workers for overtime work.”

The plan doesn’t call for banning overtime wages. It recommends changes to some Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, regulations and to overtime rules. Some changes, if enacted, could result in some people losing overtime protections, experts told us.

The document proposes that the Labor Department maintain an overtime threshold “that does not punish businesses in lower-cost regions (e.g., the southeast United States).” This threshold is the amount of money executive, administrative or professional employees need to make for an employer to exempt them from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

In 2019, the Trump’s administration finalized a rule that expanded overtime pay eligibility to most salaried workers earning less than about $35,568, which it said made about 1.3 million more workers eligible for overtime pay. The Trump-era threshold is high enough to cover most line workers in lower-cost regions, Project 2025 said.

The Biden administration raised that threshold to $43,888 beginning July 1, and that will rise to $58,656 on Jan. 1, 2025. That would grant overtime eligibility to about 4 million workers, the Labor Department said.

It’s unclear how many workers Project 2025’s proposal to return to the Trump-era overtime threshold in some parts of the country would affect, but experts said some would presumably lose the right to overtime wages.

Other overtime proposals in Project 2025’s plan include allowing some workers to choose to accumulate paid time off instead of overtime pay, or to work more hours in one week and fewer in the next, rather than receive overtime.

Trump’s past with overtime pay is complicated. In 2016, the Obama administration said it would raise the overtime to salaried workers earning less than $47,476 a year, about double the exemption level set in 2004 of $23,660 a year.

But when a judge blocked the Obama rule, the Trump administration didn’t challenge the court ruling. Instead it set its own overtime threshold, which raised the amount, but by less than Obama.

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Research Assistant, Tax Law Research Group 2024-2025

Internal Applicants Only

Deadline: 2 September 2024

Professor Tsilly Dagan  is looking for a research assistant to help with the activities of the Tax Law Research Group.

The project aims are to assist in the smooth operation of the activities of the group.

Tasks for the Research Assistant will be:

• Writing support: editorial support.
• Event support: e.g. contacting speakers, schedule planning, circulating drafts, preparing conference materials, requesting purchase orders and invoices, collecting participant expense claims, in-person facilitation, online mediation, taking minutes, etc.
• Website and online support: e.g. work on project pages, news and events items, blog posts, social media, etc.
• Data input or analysis: e.g. transcription,
• Audio-visual output support: e.g. recording and editing podcasts or video, etc.
• General research project support: e.g. liaising with project members and administrators, project e-mail inbox management, etc.

Duration and hours

Working hours: a total of up to 30 hours across the duration of the project, to be agreed with the project supervisor.

Start date: September 9th 2024

Date by which the work must be completed: 31 July 2024

The Research Assistant will report to Tsilly Dagan.

Requirements

• A good understanding of the field of Tax law is essential.
• Excellent organizational skills are essential.
• Experience of organising and managing events using the following software/applications is desirable: Zoom.
• Experience of managing social media communications is desirable.

Your normal place of work will be the St Cross Building or the Manor Road Building, Manor Road.  However, provided you have the agreement of your PI/Supervisor, and a suitable space to work (including library access if required), it may be possible to undertake the work remotely.  

In all cases the work must be undertaken in the UK. 

Please note that you will be required to complete a Right to Work check before starting work. The Law Faculty HR Team will contact you directly to arrange for the appropriate check to take place.  What is a right to work check? | Staff Immigration (ox.ac.uk)

Eligibility

This opportunity is open to current graduate students in the Faculty of Law.

Rate of Pay

The work will be paid at £17.03 per hour, which equates to University Grade 6, point 1, on the basis of completed and approved timesheets, which must be submitted to [email protected] by the last Friday of each calendar month for payment on the last working day of the following month.

In addition, paid annual leave will be assumed to be taken in the month in which it was accrued.

This opportunity is funded by the Tax Law Research Group allowance (BA0000-S5441).

How to Apply

A short CV and cover letter (including the name of your supervisor) should be sent by email to [email protected] by Monday 2nd September 2024. Please explain how you meet the requirements for the role, and give details of your availability. Supervisors may be asked for a reference. 

Enquiries about the project are welcome, and may be addressed to Tsilly Dagan. General queries, e.g. about the appointment process, or eligibility, may be addressed to [email protected] .

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• Law / School Of Law / UCLA

Position overview

Application window.

Open date: August 9, 2024

Next review date: Sunday, Sep 1, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Friday, Jan 31, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, SCHOOL OF LAW invites applications from entry-level candidates for tenure-track faculty positions expected to begin July 1, 2025. We seek candidates across all areas of law. We welcome candidates whose experience in teaching, research or community service has prepared them to contribute to a campus climate that supports equality and diversity.

All candidates must hold a J.D., Ph.D., or equivalent degree in hand by July 1, 2025. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Please apply online at https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09644 . Interested applicants should submit the following documents as evidence of scholarly achievement or promise, and teaching potential: C.V. including list of references (contact information only as the letter of reference is not required at this time); cover letter; statement of current research and teaching interests; a paper or manuscript which will serve as the basis of your job talk; a statement of contributions to diversity; and reference check authorization release form. Letters of reference do not need to be sent at this time. Early applications are encouraged.

The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See Table 8. This position would be an appointment at Step 1, with an on-scale salary of $189,900. “Off-scale salaries” and other components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists’ current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University’s Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into RECRUIT as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks.

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Qualifications

All candidates must hold a J.D., Ph.D., or equivalent degree in hand by July 1, 2025.

Application Requirements

Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V. including list of references (contact information only).

Cover Letter

Statement of Research

Job Talk Paper - A paper or manuscript which will serve as the basis of your job talk.

Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate’s past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our EDI Statement FAQ document.

Teaching Evaluations (Optional)

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• 3-5 required (contact information only)

Please provide contact information for 3 professional references.

Help contact: [email protected]

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.

For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf .

For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination .

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Fall 2024 COH Faculty Hires

The College of Humanities is pleased to welcome new faculty for the upcoming academic year.

“These are outstanding scholars who represent the breadth and diversity of Humanities scholarship and teaching,” said Dorrance Dean Alain-Philippe Durand. “Their expertise in languages and cultures around the world will further our mission of graduating students equipped with the skills they need to succeed on the global job market.” ​​​

Lawrence N. Berlin, Director Center for English as a Second Language (CESL)

Lawrence N. Berlin is the incoming Director of the Center for English as a Second Language. An international educator and researcher, he holds a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching from the University of Arizona, an M.A. in Foreign Languages from West Virginia University and a B.F.A. in Drama from New York University. Most recently, he has been working as an independent consulting professor based in Medellin, Colombia. From 2000-2017 he served as a Professor of TESOL at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, serving successively as Coordinator of the English Language Program, Interdisciplinary Coordinator of the First-Year Experience Program, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Linguistics, Philosophy, and TESOL, and then simultaneously as the Director of International Programs and Director of the School for the Advancement of English Language Learning, which he founded. From 2018 to 2021, he served as the Academic Director of Languages at EAFIT University in Medellin, Colombia, where he spearheaded the renovation of the curriculum and teaching method across 8 languages, and in 2022 he served as Senior English Language Specialist at the National Academy for Educational Management of the Ministry of Education in Dhaka, Bangladesh where he led the faculty of English language teacher trainers in the redesign of English language teacher training for secondary education across the country. He has demonstrated expertise in teacher training, program and project development and management, curriculum design and innovation, grant writing, and strategic planning, and presented and published widely on English language teaching, pragmatics, and political discourse analysis.

Colin Law, Visiting Lecturer Department of Religious Studies and Classics

Colin Law’s academic background in Religious Studies includes an M.A. from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. from the University of Ottawa.  Dr. Law’s research explores the intersections of religion, politics, culture, and civic space.  His current project utilizes an interdisciplinary approach exploring U.S. history, American civil religion, symbolic representations of identity, and the contentious debates surrounding monuments and memorials.  He is particularly interested in how civil and religious sacred sites construct cultural identities and practices.  Additionally, he examines material religion, investigating how religious objects and artifacts influence religious beliefs and practices.  Through Dr. Law’s research, he aims to uncover how space and place shape religious experiences and contribute to the broader understanding of cultural and religious dynamics.

Matthew M. Mars, Professor Department of Public and Applied Humanities

Matt Mars is an interdisciplinary scholar who teaches and writes about community innovation and the influence of market narratives on everyday life and routines. Prof. Mars’ research is published in a diverse range of journals that span sociology, marketing, community development, and higher education. Some examples of the journals he has published in include  Community Development, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Higher Education, Marketing Theory , and  Minerva . Prof. Mars’ current work explores the influence of visual narratives on the creation and identities of local consumption spaces, whether they be coffee shops, craft breweries, or farmers’ markets. Prof. Mars is currently the Co-Editor of  Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth  series (Emerald), Associate Editor of  Community Development , and a member of the editorial board of  Local Development & Society .

Prof. Mars has received multiple teaching awards and recognitions including being named Dorrance Scholarship Program Professor of Excellence in Teaching (2017-present), the USDA/APLU Excellence in College and University Teaching Award – Western Region (2020), and the APLU Innovative Teaching Award (2018).

Prof. Mars earned his PhD through the Center for the Study of Higher Education at The University of Arizona. He also holds an MEd in Counseling and Human Relations from Northern Arizona University and a BA in Sociology and Anthropology from Utica College of Syracuse University.

Victoria Meyer, Associate Professor of Practice Associate Director of Interdisciplinary Studies Program

Dr. Victoria N. Meyer is the incoming Associate Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Program for the College of Humanities.  She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Arizona before earning her Ph.D. in history from the University of Virginia. For the past several years she has supported University of Arizona initiatives in the Near You Network and served as the Director of Distance Initiatives for the College of Humanities generally and for the Interdisciplinary Studies specifically. Her research and teaching interests cover the history of medicine and public health, gender and sexuality, health humanities, and the histories of the early modern world, and modern Europe.

And ré  Pettman, Assistant Professor Department of French and Italian

Dr. André Pettman holds a Ph.D. in French from Columbia University (2024). He also holds an M.A. in French (2017) and B.A. degrees in French and Psychology (2016) from the University of Arizona. A specialist of contemporary French & Francophone literature, his research interests include critical theory, politics, film studies, and translation. His current book project examines twenty-first-century French literature as a site of radical political imagination. His book project questions the narrow political frameworks through which twenty-first-century French literature continues to be read and demonstrates how radical politics appear in unexpected ways in a period of literature sometimes reduced to the reactionary or the apolitical.

Dr. Pettman is also an active translator whose work focuses on Francophone literatures and cultures. He has co-translated, with Soraya Limare, Assia Djebar’s inaugural speech at l’Académie Française and is currently writing a critical introduction to accompany its publication. His articles and book reviews appear or are forthcoming in  French Forum, Nottingham French Studies, Contemporary French and Francophone Studies: SITES, French Studies Bulletin, Modern Language Quarterly, and Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature , and an entry in the  Dictionnaire Assia Djebar,  edited by Maya Boutaghou & Anne Donadey (Paris: Honoré Champion). His translations have appeared in  Yale French Studies  and in the edited volume  Hip Hop en français: An Exploration of Hip-Hop Culture in the Francophone World , edited by Alain-Philippe Durand (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020).

Veronika Williams, Assistant Professor of Practice Department of Russian and Slavic Studies

Veronika Williams is an educator, mentor, and event planner. Dr. Williams joined the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies as a Lecturer and Event and Recruitment Coordinator in 2020 after working with international students at the Center of English as a Second Language. Dr. Williams received her Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching in 2016 and her MA in Russian Studies in 2010 from the University of Arizona.

Dr. Williams’ primary research focuses on language pedagogy, in particular learner autonomy and language learning strategies.  Other areas of interest include methodology in Russian language teaching, intercultural competence, and intersection of Russian language and culture.  Currently, Dr. Williams is exploring the connections between Russian rap and politics.

Sarah Matthews, Visiting Lecturer Department of Russian and Slavic Studies

Sarah Matthews is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Southern California. Her dissertation compares the poetry of Vladislav Khodasevich and T.S. Eliot in the context of European Modernism. She argues that their poetry is a unique lens to reexamine and redefine the relation of the material and the metaphysical. At the University of Southern California, she was awarded the Teresa Wilson Endowed Fellowship for her dissertation and the Teaching Excellence Award for Assistant Lecturers from the Center of Languages and Cultures for her work as an instructor of the Russian language. She is passionate about teaching Slavic language and cultural courses. Ms. Matthews earned her master’s degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Southern California in 2021 and two bachelor’s degrees in Russian and English from Brigham Young University in 2019. Her current research interests include Russian poetry, Polish poetry, English poetry, Modernism, ecopoetry, environmental humanities, comparative literature, formalism, structuralism, and religion.