The new pre-law packet, info about CU Global Brigades
Leave a CommentBARNARD PRE-LAW PACKET!
The Barnard pre-law deans have created a pre-law packet and advising guide that is available to download at www.barnard.edu/dos/after-barnard/pre-law/. Students and alumnae who are planning to apply to law schools during the 2011-2012 academic year should read over the material therein.
GLOBAL BRIGADES: LAW BRIGADE CHAPTER!
Additionally, this year, Columbia University Global Brigades is starting a Law Brigade chapter. The Law Brigade may be of particular interest to and an exciting opportunity for students associated APLS.
Global Brigades is a volunteer student-based collaborative dedicated to the research, design, and construction of socially responsible, environmentally sustainable solutions to problems in the developing
world.
Law Brigades, a division of Global Brigades, provides pro-bono legal services to remote communities in developing countries to foster human rights, support sustainable development and implement legal empowerment strategies. Columbia Brigaders will be working in Panama alongside Panamanian lawyers on projects that work to alleviate
poverty, foster human rights, and promote community development.
Domestic and international legal issues such as international humanitarian law, migration and refugee issues, business licensing, organic and fair trade certification procedures, mirco-enterprise laws, and environmental and human rights concerns will be tackled.
All members of the Columbia community– undergraduates and graduates–are invited to attend!
For more information, check out http://globalbrigades.org/, and come to the information session on Tuesday, April 5 from 9-10 PM in West Lerner Lounge (Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112827345463618).
We’re on Twitter, plus law-related opportunities
This is just a reminder about the club’s Twitter and Facebook pages. Check them out!
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/athenaprelaw
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Athena-Pre-Law-Society/181785511866510
LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY:
The Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP: Diversity In Law Scholarship
Zelle Hofmann is committed to increasing diversity in the legal profession. To that end, Zelle Hofmann is pleased to offer this Diversity in Law Scholarship. The Scholarship is designed to encourage and facilitate diverse students, as well as students with a proven interest in diversity-related issues, in pursuing the law as a profession. For additional information about Zelle Hofmann, please visit www.zelle.com. The Scholarship awards the selected recipient a total of $30,000.00 to be applied towards the selected recipient’s law school tuition, fees, and text books, with one half of the scholarship paid for the student’s second year of law school and one half of the scholarship paid for the student’s third year of law school subject to GPA criteria.
SUMMER PRE-LAW INSTITUTE:
2011 CLEO Prelaw Sophomore Summer Institute
Wednesday, June 1 – Thursday, June 30, 2011 Cooley Law School – Auburn Hills Campus 2630 Featherstone Drive Auburn Hills, Michigan (248) 751-7800
Apply at cooley.edu/cleo. DEADLINE: April 1, 2011. (To apply you must be from an historically underrepresented, low-income, or otherwise disadvantaged group.) E-mail cleo@cooley.edu for more information.
BC Workshop on Financing Law School, Drexel U. Information Session
Barnard College Workshop on “Financing Law School” — TOMORROW, FEB. 15
The Financing Law School Workshop will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, February 15 from 6:00-7:30pm in the Diana, LL104. Stephen Brown, Assistant Dean of Admissions at Fordham Law School will “cover all the aspects to consider in financing and repaying a law school education.” The information he presents is not specific to Fordham Law School applicants/students, but useful information for all law school applicants no matter where they attend law school.
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The Drexel University’s Earle Mack School of Law will hold an information session on Tuesday, Feb. 22.
Where: The New York Marriott East Side Hotel (525 Lexington at 49th St.)
When: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Registration: Follow this link — http://express0.targetx.com/event/php/event_register.php?mid=17013856
Contact person: Isabel DiSciullo, Assistant Dean of Admissions, Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University.
Information provided about Drexel’s School of Law:
“Drexel is at the forefront of the movement to incorporate work experience into a first class legal education. Dean Roger Dennis will describe how our students partner with over 100 clinical and externship partners to create a new model for learning.
Law School alumni have ventured across the country to practice after graduation. You can ask members of our New York City area alumni about their time in Philadelphia, how they managed post-graduation, and why they chose to attend Drexel.”
Applying for Fall 2011: A representative will discuss scholarship opportunities and the no-fee admissions process. “Drexel has rolling admissions, so it’s never too late to apply.”
CU paper submissions, the pre-law listserv, and scholarship info.
CALLS FOR PAPERS:
The Columbia Undergraduate Law Review:
“The goal of the Columbia Undergraduate Law Review is to provide Columbia University, and the public, with an opportunity for the discussion of law-related ideas and the publication of undergraduate legal scholarship.
We encourage submissions of articles, research papers, and essays that embrace a wide range of topics and viewpoints related to the field of law. When appropriate, interesting diversions into related fields such as sociology, economics, philosophy, history, and political science will also be considered. Though works of all lengths will be considered, we strongly encourage writers to keep their works within 15-20 pages.”
Please note: all work must include a title, author biography (including name, college, year of graduation, and major), endnotes, bibliography, and a 250 word abstract.
Please send submissions to: culr@columbia.edu
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Third Undergraduate Political Science Conference: College at Oneonta, SUNY
“Undergraduates are invited to submit papers for Oneonta’s Third Undergraduate Political Science Conference. We encourage papers from political science or related fields on any topic related to politics and government. Papers should be approximately 10-20 pages in length and presentations approximately 20 minutes long.
The preferred deadline for papers is January 28, 2011. However, late papers will be considered if there is room. Students will be notified of their acceptance by February 18, 2011. You will find the official call for papers attached to this e-mail. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at
hochle74@suny.oneonta.edu or the conference chair, Heather Poole, at poolhm10@suny.oneonta.edu . You can also visit our website, http://www.oneonta.edu/polsconf/”
Contact person: Laura Hoch, SUNY Oneonta
LAW SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM:
Sidley Prelaw Scholars Initiative
The Sidley Prelaw Scholars Initiative is designed to increase diversity in law schools by subsidizing the cost of applying to law school for talented financially needy minority students.
To be considered as a Sidley Prelaw Scholar, one must:
Be a second semester junior or senior, graduating from college in good standing no later than June 30, 2012;
Be a native-born or naturalized U.S. citizen;
Submit all application materials by the January 28, 2011 postmark deadline; and
Demonstrate financial need through the application and supporting materials.
Each scholar will receive:
Tuition for an approved LSAT preparatory course;
Registration fees for the June LSAT and the LSDAS; and
Up to seven (7) Law School application fees and LSDAS report
Coaching on how to complete a successful law school application;
Prelaw school instruction on the structure of the American legal system, as well as an introduction to the substance of the required common law first-year courses; and
An additional $2,500 in scholarship assistance. Half of the scholarship will be paid once the scholar has completed five or more law school applications. The other half will be paid once the scholar has attended the abovementioned seminar.
For more information, please visit http://www.sidley.com/careers/northamerica/about/prelawscholars/.
JOIN THE COLUMBIA LISTSERV:
The Office of Preprofessional Advising communicates regularly with students and alumni who express interest in learning more about preprofessional opportunities and the application process. You may subscribe to or unsubscribe from these listservs at any time.
Subscribe:
Determine to which e-mail account you would like future e-mail messages sent.
Using that account, subscribe by sending an e-mail without a subject or signature lines.
In the body of the message, type “subscribe ccseas-pre-law Your Name”. Do not include quotation marks or an e-mail address in the body of the message.
Arthur Liman Public Interest Summer Fellowship
The Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School supports
undergraduate and graduate students working in the public interest.
Broadly defined, public interest law includes helping those lacking
resources to retain attorneys, as well as engaging in advocacy work and
participating in shaping public policy. The Liman Summer Fellowship
offers students an opportunity to participate in public interest law
projects. Past fellows have worked on issues relating to immigrants’
rights, workers’ rights, prison conditions, educational adequacy,
reproductive rights, and juvenile rights.
All currently enrolled students are eligible to apply, including seniors
who wish to work during the summer immediately following their graduation.
Three fellows will be selected by a Barnard committee. The Liman fellows
will receive a stipend of $2,500 and subsidized on-campus housing (if the
summer internship is in New York). Selected fellows will be required to
attend the Liman Colloquium with fellows from the other participating
schools on March 3-4, 2011 at Yale Law School. They must also complete a
final report describing their summer fellowship to be submitted by
September 1, 2011.
At the time of application, students need not have identified a specific
project. The Liman Program and Barnard’s Office of Career Development
will help with finding appropriate summer internships. However, if
students are interested in specific substantive areas or projects, they
should describe them in their applications.
The application must include the following:
–A cover sheet listing your current contact information (address, phone,
email) and class.
–A resume, which should list relevant prior experiences working or
volunteering in public service.
–An essay not to exceed 5 double-spaced pages describing why you are
motivated to work in public interest law. The essay should do more than
recite activities from the applicant’s resume. If the applicant is
considering a fellowship at a specific host organization, a short
statement about the host’s work and confirmation that it is a non-profit
organization.
–At least two letters of recommendation, one of which must be from a
faculty member who knows the applicant’s work well. The recommendations
must be included with the application.
–A copy of the applicant’s unofficial current college transcript.
Applications for Summer 2011 fellowships must be submitted by January 28,
2011. All parts of the application must be received by close of business
and must be delivered to the Office of the Dean of Studies, 105 Milbank
Hall.
If you have any questions about the program, you should visit
the website, http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/undergraduatesummerfellowship.htm
or email Dean Kuan Tsu at ckuantsu@barnard.edu.
The Root-Tilden-Kern (RTK) Scholarship Program
The RTK is a scholarship program for law students who are committed to pursuing public interest work after graduation. Each year, the program selects 20 Scholars on the basis of commitment to public service work, leadership potential, and academic excellence. In return for a ten-year commitment to public service, Scholars receive full tuition for all three years of law school, as well as orientation, mentoring, and networking opportunities.
The RTK has a broad definition of public interest work. Our graduates have gone on to a range of careers, including civil rights, community development, criminal justice, government and politics (at the federal, state, and local levels), international human rights, direct legal services, public policy, and social entrepreneurship.
The RTK program also has a strong commitment to diversity in the public interest legal profession. We would very much like to see applications from people of color, LGBTQ people, and individuals from diverse socioeconomic and ideological backgrounds. We are particularly interested in applications from those with backgrounds reflective of the communities they intend to serve.
A flyer describing the RTK program: RTK Flyer 2010.
2011 ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship
From the ABA (American Bar Association):
The 2011-2012 application for the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship is now available. The Scholarship Fund is intended to encourage racial and ethnic minority students to apply to law school and to provide financial assistance to the scholarship recipients.
The Scholarship Fund will award $5,000 of financial assistance annually to each scholarship recipient attending an ABA-accredited law school. Twenty awards will be made to entering first-year students and may be renewable for two additional years, resulting in financial assistance totaling $15,000 during each student’s time in law school. The application may be downloaded from our website, http://new.abanet.org/centers/diversity/Pages/losf.aspx. Completed scholarship applications must be received no later than March 1, 2011.
Recipients will be selected based on their qualifications for the scholarship and not on the law school they plan to attend. Therefore, law students applying to any and all ABA-accredited law schools may benefit from these scholarships.
The goal of the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund is to encourage and enable students who would not otherwise have the financial ability to attend law school. We intend for these scholarship funds to supplement any grants or scholarship funds already awarded to or under consideration for the recipients. The financial aid package offered to a student at a law school will not be affected by the receipt of an ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship.
Application: 2011 ABA LOS Application
Columbia Law School Visitation Day: Monday, December 6
From Columbia Law School:
Just a reminder about our information session next Monday, December 6 – the events are as follows:
11:15 – 11:45am – Student-led tour of the Law School, meet on the 5th Floor of William & June Warren Hall (check in at Office of Admissions)
11:45am – 12:00pm – Tour of the Law Library
12:15 – 1:30pm – Admissions Information Session, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 101
1:30 – 2:00pm – Informal Chat and refreshments with law student(s) who are members of the Latino/a, Black, and/or Native American Law Student Association - meet in 5th Floor reception outside of the Office of Admissions
Careers and Coffee – Public Interest Immigration Law
TOMORROW:
The Office of Career Development is hosting a Careers and Coffee. On Friday, December 3rd at 12-1 pm in the Sulzberger North Tower, a staff attorney for the New York Legal Assistance Group and a paralegal who works with the NYLAG’s Immigrant Protection Unit will be here to talk about their work.
Learn from Melissa Chua, Staff Attorney, and Aida Rosario-Gil, Paralegal, about their work with the New York Legal Assistance Group’s Immigrant Protection Unit.
Friday, December 3rd
12pm to 1pm
Sulzberger North Tower
We have a club website!
Hello there, dearest Athenas!
Make sure to check out our new club website at www.barnard.edu/club/apls.
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