Cornell Law School's Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture seeks to hire a new Japanese Fellow to join the Meridian 180 team in Ithaca. The position will begin between March 1 and June 1, 2015 although an earlier start date is preferred. The Fellow must have a JD, JSD, or PhD in the humanities or social sciences in hand by the start date. This will be a one year position.

Please circulate the job description below as widely as possible and forward it directly to potential candidates. Please contact us with any questions at nc388@cornell.edu.

Clarke Program Fellow (Japan Focus)
Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture, Law School Cornell University

Meridian 180, a community of prominent intellectuals and policy makers in Asia, the United States and around the world interested in new ways of thinking about law and markets broadly conceived, seeks to hire a full-time Fellow for a one year position at its center of operations at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York. The Fellowship will begin between March 1 and June 1, 2015, although an earlier start date is preferred. The aim of Meridian 180 is to generate new paradigms and solutions for the next generation of transpacific relations. The Fellow will play an integral part in this mission through translation, research, and outreach to wider public and policy communities in the United States and Japan. For more information, please see meridian-180.org.

Meridian 180 is a project of the Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture at the Cornell Law School. It is a non-profit, non-partisan project funded through private donations and with support from Cornell Law School. It is comprised of members in law, the academy, private practice and policy circles who meet regularly via an on-line platform supporting multilingual conversations, as well as periodically in face to face conferences. Ideas that emerge from these conversations are then incubated and developed, with the help of the Fellow, into forms in which they can make a difference in each individual society-ranging from policy papers to academic books, blog entries, and individual conversations with policy makers.

The Fellow will be responsible for the day to day maintenance and translation of on-line dialogues. He or she will also (1) work with other Fellows to draft, create, and translate various materials for the Meridian 180 project, (2) help organize conferences and workshops in the US and the Asia Pacific Region, (3) administer various day-to-day aspects of the project, and (4) take initiative, in coordination with the Director and other members of the team, to develop new features and projects to further the goals of the Meridian 180 project.

Duties and responsibilities:

-- Day to day translation of on-line dialogues on
meridian-180.org: The Fellow will provide on-line translations from Japanese to English and from English to Japanese of participants' interventions on the website. This will be a daily task and translations typically must be completed within a 24 hour period.
Fellows also translate other contents, such as book reviews, interview articles, newsletters, and publicity materials.

-- Work with other Fellows and Meridian 180 members on publication of outcomes of Meridian 180 projects: The Fellow will work with other Fellows, Meridian 180 members, and other Meridian 180 staff to write/edit/research/produce publications that will be published either on meridian-180.org or as policy papers, books, op-eds, interview articles, etc.

-- Work with the Director on strategic planning and organizational development: The Fellow will help develop new research, organizational and outreach initiatives for both meridian-180.org and the Clarke Program. This will involve extensive dialogue with leading academics and policy-makers in Japan. Some travel to Japan will also be involved.

-- Conferences and Website Maintenance: The Fellow will help with the organization of conferences which, each year, will convene Meridian 180 members to further and promote the ideas developed in on-line conversations.
The Fellow will also take initiative in managing the various features on Meridian 180 website.

Qualifications and requirements

-- law degree (JD) or PhD in the humanities or social sciences in hand by June 1, 2015.

-- Oral and written fluency in English and Japanese.
Some level of familiarity with Chinese and/or Korean a plus, but not necessary.

-- Experience with translation.

-- Must be comfortable with basic computer and internet operations; familiarity with web administration and development (Drupal and commonspot) a plus, but not necessary

-- Entrepreneurial initiative; independence; ability to work in teams; writing skills; research/scholarly experience; organization; ability to multi-task; interest in the future of the East Asia-US relationship; familiarity with the Japanese academia, business etiquette, and cultural norms; willingness to work on administrative task such as updating databases, communicating with institutions within and outside of Cornell University, and other miscellaneous day-to-day tasks; and willingness to learn new skills, particularly in relation to computer and internet technology.

Application procedure:

Interested applicants should submit a resume, cover letter and writing sample by February 1, 2015 to Donna Hastings at dkh25@cornell.edu.

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