**Center for Law and the Biosciences – Fellowship**
The Center for Law and the Biosciences invites applications for its 2023-2024
Postdoctoral Fellowship.
**The Goal:**
This fellowship is intended for individuals who are seeking an academic or
policy career working on legal and social issues arising from advances in the
biosciences, with a particular emphasis on neuroscience, genetics, or stem
cell research. (Eighteen of our former fellows are now teaching at
universities in the United States or overseas.)
**The Fellowship:**
The Center for Law and the Biosciences Fellowship is a residential fellowship
that provides an opportunity to conduct research in the dynamic environment of
Stanford Law School. We prefer two-year fellowships to help the fellow
complete a significant body of independent scholarship, but we are willing to
consider one-year terms. We expect fellows to dedicate most of their time to
pursuing their proposed research projects, while dedicating approximately one-
sixth of their time to organizing and implementing other activities of the
Center, including the annual conference, the Center’s workshop series, our
lunch speaker series, and other activities, as well as contributing to the
Center’s blog. Fellows are encouraged to become part of a lively law-school-
wide community of individuals with an interest in legal academia by attending
weekly faculty lunch seminars and participating in activities with the other
fellows at Stanford Law School to learn more about their legal scholarship and
academic life.
For the 2023-2024 fellowship, we will provide fellows with work space, a
competitive salary, and a generous benefits package. Applicants should have a
JD or other doctoral level degree (MD, PhD) in a relevant area. A law degree
is a substantial advantage, but is not a requirement. (Note – we expect to
hire one or two new fellows for 2023-2024 but that is contingent on funding
and other factors.)
**The Center:**
The Center for Law and the Biosciences, directed by Professor Hank Greely,
evaluates bioscience discoveries in the context of the law, weighing their
impact on society and the law’s role in shaping that impact. The Center is
part of the Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology.
Located at the heart of the world’s biotechnology industry and inside a
preeminent research university, the Center brings together academics, lawyers,
scientists, policy-makers, and students. Through conferences, workshops,
lectures, and academic courses, the Center promotes research and public
discourse on the ethical, legal, scientific, economic, and social implications
of accelerated technological change in the life sciences. For more
information, visit our website.
**The Application Process:**
Applicants should submit a CV with contact information for three references, a
writing sample, and a research proposal (2000 words or less) to the Stanford
Career website (search for job number 96253): Direct link -
http://m.rfer.us/STANFORDtKGKIt
**Application Deadline: Friday, December 2, 2022 at 5:00 PM Pacific time**.
Fellows will be selected based on demonstrated academic merit and potential,
as well as the intellectual strength of their research proposals. Decisions
will be made on or around Monday, January 9, 2023.
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