- Royce Fellowship
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Ben Kleine will continue working with Professor Martha Joukowsky at Brown's archaeological dig at the Petra Great Southern Temple in Jordan. This summer, he will serve as a trench supervisor for 10-12 workers and will maintain logs and data sheets on archaeological finds. Kleine will also contribute to the first published report of the Petra dig, synthesizing five years of work.
Benjamin received an M.A. from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from NYU. He is currently an associate in Cooley LLP's Litigation department in the San Francisco. His practice focuses on the representation of businesses in complex commercial disputes, including in contractual and partnership disputes, consumer class actions, user content and privacy litigation, and copyright litigation. In 2013-14 as part of a firm-sponsored program, Ben served as a Deputy Public Defender in the San Francisco Office of the Public Defender