2012 Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair
2012 EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS CONFERENCE AND CAREER FAIR
Crystal Gateway Marriott
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202
Friday and Saturday, October 26 & 27, 2012
The Equal Justice Works annual Conference and Career Fair is the largest public interest career fair in the country. It is the only event where you’ll find more than 1,200 public interest-minded students representing 200 law schools from across the country coming together to explore career options with leading nonprofit organizations and government agencies. The Conference and Career Fair provides access to job opportunities for law students; connects employers with talented attorneys and law students; and offers a multitude of skill-building and career advising sessions with experts from around the country. Our conference continues to be an unparalleled networking opportunity for students, law school professionals and legal professionals. For additional information, please visit http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/law-school/conference-and-careerfair. Student registration and application is August 15 – September 13, 2012.
REMINDER: St. Louis Diversity Job Fair application DEADLINE: Thursday, May 31, 2012
REMINDER: The 2012 St. Louis Diversity Job Fair, for students in the classes of 2013 and 2014 will be held August 3 and 4, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri. DEADLINE for student registration is Thursday, May 31, 2012. Absolutely NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE ALLOWED.
REMINDER: Delaware Minority Job Fair application DEADLINE: Friday, May 18, 2012
REMINDER: The 2012 Delaware Minority Job Fair for Second- and Third-Year Law Students will be held at the Wilmington, Delaware campus of Widener University School of Law on Saturday, August 11, 2012. Applications are due NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012. The Job Fair’s new recruiting site is https://law-dmpd-csm.symplicity.com/students. Please contact Tricia Widdoss, Job Fair Administrator at dmjf@dsba.org if you have any questions.
Law Library’s Summer Hours Begin May 12, 2012
Law Library Summer Hours May 12, 2012 – August 3, 2012
Sunday Noon – 8:00 pm
Monday-Thursday 7:30 am – 9:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am – 8:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
HOLIDAYS
Memorial Day (Monday, May 28) and 4th of July (Wednesday, July 4)
Hours: Noon – 8:00 p.m.
Special Services will be closed.
There will be a regular Fed-Ex pick-up.
New Executive Law Librarian
The Law Library is pleased to announce that Katherine Hall will be the Executive Law Librarian effective July 1, 2012. Currently, Ms. Hall is the Assistant Director for Public Services at the Michael E. Moritz Law Library at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in Columbus, Ohio. Ms. Hall joined the Moritz Law Library in 2001, assumed administrative responsibilities as the Head of Reference in 2002, and has continued to serve there in an administrative capacity for the past ten years. The Law Library will greatly benefit from her previous twelve years of public service experience. Ms. Hall has a B.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley, a J.D. and M.S. in Environmental Science from Indiana University, Bloomington, and an M.S. in Library Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Please join us in welcoming Katherine Hall upon her arrival to the Law Library on July 2, 2012.
National Black Prosecutors Association 29th Annual Job Fair
National Black Prosecutors Association Annual Job Fair
Roosevelt New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The National Black Prosecutors Association (NBPA) cordially invites you to participate in their Annual Job Fair on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at the Roosevelt New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. The goal of the National Black prosecutors Association’s (NBPA) Job Fair is to promote diversity in prosecutors’ offices by providing a forum where law students, recent law graduates, and experienced attorneys from across the nation can meet and interview with prospective prosecutorial employers at the local, state, and federal levels. To register for the Job Fair, please complete an applicant registration form and submit it along with a resume and a check for the appropriate fee ($25) payable to the NBPA 29th Annual Conference. Registration is also available online with a credit card at www.blackprosecutors.org. More details may be found online at www.blackprosecutors.org as well. Early registration ends June 8, 2012; after June 8th, the regular registration fee is $50 for law students. Registration closes Monday, July 16, 2012.
New Fall Seminar–Federal Criminal Sentencing
Judge Michael Melloy of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals will be teaching a seminar for us during the fall semester on Federal Criminal Sentencing. The seminar will meet from 8:30-10:30 a.m. each Friday. This seminar will be limited to 10 students, so if you would like a seat, you must let Deb Paul know by Friday, May 11 your interest in taking this seminar.
Description: This seminar focuses on a key stage of the federal criminal justice system: sentencing. The seminar explores the purposes of sentences and also covers guilty pleas and plea bargaining, procedural rights during the sentencing process, different types of sentencing statutes with emphasis on federal sentencing guidelines and the federal death penalty. Other subjects to be studied during the seminar include supervised release and probation and revocation of supervised release and collateral consequences and sanctions. The seminar provides a forum for not only learning the legal rules governing sentencing but for debating the policy questions engendered by this area of the law.
A one or two credit paper (20 or 40 pages) analyzing a particular feature of plea bargaining or sentencing will be required
L3 2011-2012 PUBLIC INTEREST LAW AWARD
The Iowa Law School Classes of 1987 and 1988 established the Public Interest Law Award to honor and support Iowa Law School graduates who choose to enter the field of public interest law. The award provides annual grants of $500 or more, which will be used to reduce student loans that recipients of the award, have accumulated during their legal education.
To be considered for this award, each applicant must comply with the following requirements: The applicant must graduate during the year of the award for which he or she is applying (i.e., 20011-2012 recipients must be a December 2011, May 2012, June 2012, or August 2012 graduate). The applicant must demonstrate the procurement of employment in public interest law, an area that includes but is not limited to legal assistance groups, public defender offices, special interest and minority group advocates, and civil liberties unions. The applicant’s starting and projected annual salary derived from the employment described above must be less than 125% of the standard maintenance allowance (“SMA”) that is set each year by the U.S. Department of Labor. For the 2011 year, 125% of the “non high cost area” SMA is $46,760 and $53,882 for large “high cost” metropolitan areas. The applicant must demonstrate the existence of more than $5,000 of outstanding debts, which have been incurred in the form of loans, used to finance his or her legal education. Deadline is May 23, 2012 law-financialaid@uiowa.edu
L3 2011-2012 PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FOUNDATION GRANT
Up to twenty thousand dollars in grants will be available to be awarded to Iowa Law School seniors (from three to five students) to facilitate their engaging in public interest legal work. The funds for these grants have been made available from private donations through the Iowa Law School Foundation.
To be eligible for the Public Interest Law Foundation Grant, a student must have accumulated substantial indebtedness from student loans and must demonstrate a commitment to pursuing public interest legal work. An applicant must have graduated in December 2011, or will graduate in May, June, or August 2012.
For purposes of this grant, “public interest legal work” means work for an employer that pays a low starting salary and that is either an Internal Revenue Code § 501(c)(3) entity or an agency of government. Deadline is May 23, 2012. law-financialaidmail@uiowa.edu
ABA Law Student Division – June 1 Deadline for Leadership Nomination
Dear Law Student Division and Law School Leaders:
The message below regarding ABA Law Student Division leadership opportunities was distributed to all Division members earlier today. We hope that you will take a few moments to circulate this message to the students at your law school. We also hope you will seek out students at your school who have demonstrated a talent for leadership and encourage them to submit their nomination or
Division office.
As the 2011-2012 school year draws to a close, we wish to thank all the outgoing SBA Presidents and ABA Representatives for their support of the ABA Law Student Division. Please don’t forget to encourage your successor to complete an ABA Reporting Form so we can continue to keep the students at your law school appraised of opportunities and developments in legal education:
SBA Presidents Reporting Form
ABA Representatives Reporting Form
Good luck with finals and congratulations to those of you who will be graduating. Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at abalsd@americanbar.org.
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ABA Law Student Division
2012-2013 National Leadership Opportunities
Submit Your Nomination for Division Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates and Vice Chair-SBA
for Receipt by June 1, 2012
Delegates to the ABA House of Delegates
The Law Student Division elects three Delegates to the ABA House of Delegates (the ABA’s governing body) to serve a one-year term. In short, these delegates are responsibile for:
Representing the Division in the ABA House of Delegates and advocating Division positions to other ABA entities;
- Working for ABA House of Delegates adoption of Division resolutions, co-sponsored resolutions, and resolutions directly affecting law students and legal education filed with the House;
- Serving as the primary contact and coordinators to the 65+ Law Student Division liaisons to other ABA entities; and
- Working with Division and other ABA leaders to promote, advocate and lobby for law student and legal education legislation.
For more information, a position overview and a Nomination Form for the Division Delegate position, visit http://ambar.org/lsdleadership.
Vice Chair-Student Bar Associations
Student Bar Associations are an essential link between the Division and law students around the country. SBA Presidents bring the concerns and issues of their students to a regional and national level. The Vice Chair-SBA serves as the voice and representative of SBAs on a national level. Serving a one-year term, the Vice Chair-SBA is responsible for:
:Strengthening relationships between the SBA and ABA organizations at local, regional, and national levels;
- Facilitating discussions with SBA Presidents regarding issues of concern to law schools, law students, and legal education; Representing the interests of student bar associations and assisting these organization leaders in drafting/filing policy recommendations on behalf of SBA Presidents; and Maintaining and developing resources and materials for the Division’s SBA webpage, handbook, conferences and law school chapters.
For more information, a position overview and a Nomination Form for the Vice Chair-SBA position, visit http://ambar.org/lsdleadership.
ABA Annual Meeting
August 2-7, 2012
Chicago, Illinois
Law Student Division Activities: August 2-4, 2012
Early-Bird Registration Deadline: May 31, 2012
The ABA Annual Meeting is just around the corner. The early-bird registration of $50 ($75 for ABA non-member law students and includes a one-year membership in the ABA Law Student Division) will end on May 31. Beginning June 1, the student rate will increase to $75 ($100 for ABA non-member law students). Be sure to register for the Annual Meeting at the early-bird rate. Remember, your registration fee includes an “all access to CLE” student badge giving you complimentary access to most educational events sponsored by the ABA’s various practice specific entities.
LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION
Law Student Division Annual Meeting Website
Law Student Division Annual Meeting Schedule of Events