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The CodeX Resident Fellowship is now open. Candidates are required to have experience in the legal, computer science or engineering related fields. A range of interesting benefits will be given to the winning fellows. Applications are accepted round the year.

Scholarship Description
CodeX–The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics is accepting applications for a Resident Fellowship. CodeX is a cross-disciplinary research center jointly operated by Stanford Law School and the Stanford School of Engineering . The center’s mission is to explore the application of technology toward improving the quality, efficiency, and accessibility of the legal system.

Award Value

• The university recruits talent year-round and annually fills more than 1,000 staff positions, mostly full-time.
• Fellows will have the opportunity to spend one to two years at Stanford Law School collaborating with scholars in computer science and other relevant disciplines. Fellows will work on the center’s existing projects and will have the opportunity to explore related research on their own and commence new projects.
• Fellows will work with cutting-edge technologies emerging from Stanford’s engineering departments and will be expected to bring a legally oriented perspective toward integrating these technologies into the law.
• Fellows will also be involved in bringing in leading thinkers in the field to speak at the law school on these topic areas and will work with law and computer science students to engage them in the center’s activities.

Level and Area of Studies
College or university level in law or computer fields.

Place of Study
In the United States of America.

Eligibility and Criteria

• Because the primary focus of the center is employing technology within the law, applicants should also have experience in the legal, computer science or engineering related fields.
• They welcome applicants with practical/professional technical experience in these fields as well as those with formal legal, computer science or engineering undergraduate or graduate training.
• Applicants should be capable of learning and be comfortable with the technological aspects of the center’s projects.

Applicants’ Nationality
The U.S. citizens are welcome to apply.

Application Instruction
The application package must be consisting the materials as follow:

• A resume
• A brief letter (no more than 2 pages) describing the applicant’s interest in issues applying technology to the law, the applicant’s background, and the research that they propose to conduct
• A list of references

Website and Application Link