BRENT K. NAKAMURA
Jurisprudence & Social Policy Program
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
2240 Piedmont Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94720-2150
(415) 935-3256
bnakamura -{a//t}- berkeley.edu
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- Ph.D. Student, Jurisprudence & Social Policy Program, Expected: December 2011
- Disciplinary Field Exam: Sociology of Law (with Distinction)
- Topical Field Exam: Organizational & Professional Control of Risk in Law & Society (with Distinction)
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Berkeley, CA
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- B.A., Sociology (Honors), Political Science (Honors), Legal Studies, 2006
HONORS
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
- Winner (Best Oralist), James Patterson McBaine Honors Moot Court Competition (2009)
- Jurisprudence Award, Quantitative Methods II (First in Class) (2009)
- Jurisprudence Award, Civil Procedure (First in Class) (2007)
Northwestern University
- Sociology Senior Thesis with Distinction & Departmental Honors (2006)
- Political Science Honors Thesis & Departmental Honors (2006)
FUNDING
University of California, Berkeley
- Mentored Research Award (Merit-Based Funding Award) (2009-2010)
- Berkeley Empirical Legal Studies (BELS) Fellowship (Merit-Based Research Award) (2010)
- Judge Martin Pence Scholarship (Multi-Year Berkeley Law Scholarship) (2007-2010)
- Regents-Intern Fellowship (Merit-Based Multi-Year Funding Award) (2006-2008)
Northwestern University
- Summer Undergraduate Research Grant ($3,000) (2005)
ACTIVITIES
University of California, Berkeley
- President, Law & Society Student Forum / Law & Society Graduate Association (2010-2011)
- Member, Graduate Review Committee, Jurisprudence & Social Policy Program (2010-2011)
- Co-Director, James Patterson McBaine Honors Moot Court Competition (2009-2010)
- Member, Berkeley Law Board of Advocates (2009-2010)
- Treasurer & Vice-President, Law & Society Student Forum / Law & Society Graduate
Association (2007-2009)
EXPERIENCE
LEGAL
United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC
- Summer Law Intern (Paid), Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch (Summer 2010)
- Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP)
Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, Oakland, CA
- Summer Associate (Summer 2008, Summer 2009 (Split))
United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC
- Summer Law Intern (Paid), Tax Division, Civil Trial Section, Eastern Region (Summer 2009 (Split))
- Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP)
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP, San Francisco, CA
- Summer Associate (Summer 2009 (Split))
Hawaii State Judiciary, Honolulu, HI
- Program Planner/Paid Consultant, Family Court of the First Circuit, Hawaii Girls Court (2006)
- Volunteer Judge's Aide to the Honorable Karen M. Radius, Hawaii State Judiciary, Family Court of the First Circuit (Summer 2004, Summer 2005)
ACADEMIC
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
- Graduate Student Researcher, Center on Health, Economic, and Family Security (Spring 2010)
- Graduate Student Researcher, Professor Herma Hill Kay (Summer 2009-Present)
- Graduate Student Researcher & Project Manager, Professor Lauren B. Edelman (Summer 2007-Summer 2009)
- Mellon-USLI Research Fellow, Legal Studies Department (Professor Jonathan S. Simon) (Spring 2008-Spring 2009)
- Teaching Assistant, Quantitative Methods (Professors Daniel L. Rubinfeld & Justin R. McCrary) (Spring 2008)
- Graduate Student Researcher, Professor Anne Joseph O'Connell (Fall 2007-Spring 2008)
- Graduate Student Researcher, Professor Kenneth A. Bamberger (Spring 2007-Summer 2007)
Northwestern University
- Research Assistant, Professors Robert L. Nelson & Laura Beth Nielsen, American Bar Foundation (Spring 2005, Fall 2006-Spring 2006)
- Research Assistant, Professor Linda A. Teplin, Psycholegal Studies Program (Fall 2005-Spring 2006)
TECHNICAL
Northwestern University Information Technology (NUIT)
- Senior Residential Networking Consultant (Spring 2004-Spring 2006)
- Residential Networking Consultant (Fall 2003-Spring 2004)
PRESENTATIONS
Law & Society Association, May 2010, Chicago, IL
- "Historical Hawaii Court Records: Crime, Punishment, and Gender during the Monarchy Period (1849-1892)" (with Malcolm M. Feeley)
American Economics Association (Invited Presentation), January 2010, Atlanta, GA
- "Experiments on Tax Salience" (with David S. Gamage & Andrew T. Hayashi)
Law & Society Association, May 2009, Denver, CO
- "The Socio-Legal Environments of Schools" (with Lauren B. Edelman)
Adult & Juvenile Female Offenders (Invited Presentation), 11th National Conference, October 2005, Minneapolis, MN
- "Due Process & New Process: Exploring Due Process Rights for Juvenile Status Offenders & Institutional Change"
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS