South Asian Bar Association of NY (SABANY) Public Interest Summer Fellowship

South Asian Bar Association of NY (SABANY) Public Interest Summer Fellowship
Application is due March 26, 2010

To apply for the SABANY Public Interest Fellowship, you must be:
•a first or second-year law student of South Asian descent who will be spending at least ten weeks of the summer of 2010 in an unpaid public interest legal internship in New York State and the greater metropolitan area , or
•a first or second-year law student who will be spending at least ten weeks of the summer of 2010 in an unpaid legal internship in New York State and the greater metropolitan area which specifically focuses on the needs of the local South Asian community.

For more information, please contact Marie Koch, Director of Student Services and Scholarship Aid, via email at mkoch@tourolaw.edu. 

THE IAPP GLOBAL PRIVACY SUMMIT 2010: SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED

THE IAPP GLOBAL PRIVACY SUMMIT 2010
WASHINGTON MARRIOTT WARDMAN PARK
 

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The IAPP is now accepting applications for their scholarship program
The IAPP offers conference scholarships to outstanding students in the field of privacy. Scholarship recipients have the opportunity to attend the Summit, network with privacy professionals and be paired with a professional mentor.

All applicants must be full-time students and interested in entering the field of privacy. Interested candidates should send a resume and letter of interest to Lindsey Sylvester, Events Coordinator, at lindsey@privacyassociation.org.  

For more information, please click here.

Sarah Weddington Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights

Students for Reproductive Justice and the Center for Reproductive Rights are accepting submissions for the 5th Annual Writing Prize, the Sarah Weddington Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights.

For more information, please click on the picture. The submission deadline is March 1, 2010 at 12:00 p.m., EST.

Join the Suffolk County Bar Association for a Great Night of Hockey

Join the Suffolk County Bar Association for a great night of hockey, as the Islanders host the Rangers on March 30, 2010. Great seats are available at a substantially discounted rate of $45/ticket. It's sure to be a fun night and we welcome all law students. Please contact Rob Harper at rharper@farrellfritz.com to purchase tickets.

Attention Students: Seeking Research Study Participants

Seeking Research Study Participants

for a study of reasoning

and problem-solving in the law

Professors Sarah M. Bonner of Hunter College, CUNY, and Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus of Touro Law Center are seeking law students to answer questionnaires about general and legal reasoning.

Ø  Am I eligible?

You are eligible if you are a full-time law student in the first, second, or nearing the end of your third year in law school.

Ø  Do I need special skills?

No. No special experience is required.

Ø  Will I be compensated or receive any direct benefit?

No. However, you will receive feedback on your general and legal reasoning skills which may help you in your learning progress.

Ø  Will my responses be confidential?

Yes. All personal identifying information will be removed from your responses before they are analyzed. Confidentiality of all participants will be protected. 

Ø  How much time will participation take?

Participation is estimated to take approximately one hour, and will be individually scheduled at a convenient time.

Ø  Whom should I contact for more information?

Ø  Please contact by email:

Professor Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

Director of Academic Support Programs

Touro Law Center

Email: suzanned@tourolaw.edu

Telephone: 631.761.7116

Sarah Bonner

Assistant Professor

Department of Educational Foundations and Counseling Programs

Hunter College, CUNY

Email: sbonner@hunter.cuny.edu

Telephone: 212.772.5049

2010 Peterson Prize Writing Competition

The Willamette University Center for Law and Government announces the 2010 Peterson Prize Writing Competition on the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 

For more information about the competition, please click on the pictures.  The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2010.

The International Association of Defense Counsel 2010 Legal Writing Contest

The International Association of Defense Counsel invites you to participate in its 2010 Legal Writing Contest. 

For more information about the contest, please click on the picture or here to visit the Web site.  The deadline for articles is Friday, May 14, 2010.

2010 American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Prize

The American Inns of Court invites judges, lawyers, professors, students, scholars, and other authors to participate in the competition by submitting an original, unpublished essay of 10,000 to 25,000 words on a topic of their choice addressing issues of legal excellence, civility, ethics and professionalism.

For more information about the 2010 Warren E. Burger Prize, please click here.  The deadline for submissions is June 15, 2010.

Suffolk County Bar Association is now on Facebook

Become a Fan of the the Suffolk County Bar Association (SCBA) on Facebook to learn about upcoming events and other programs offered to members.

Attention First-Year Students: Mandatory Continuing Orientation Stress Relief Sessions

Welcome back!  You have now finished your first semester of law school and received your first set of law school grades.  We know from experience that most of you are experiencing a range of emotions, not all of them good ones.

 

Last semester, you should have received a copy of a booklet prepared by Professor Lawrence Krieger, The Hidden Sources of Law School Stress.  If you do not have the booklet, please come to the Office of Student Services to pick one up.  As part of Continuing Orientation, you will be participating in a small group session, facilitated by a member of the faculty or administration.  Please see the schedule below and note what time, date and room your section will be meeting.   In preparation for this session, you are to carefully read Hidden Sources, and journal/write about it.  You can write anything you want, but at a minimum, you should answer the following three questions:      

What reactions did you have to reading The Hidden Sources of Law School Stress?

·      What is/are the greatest sources of your stress at the beginning of your second semester?

·      What strategies have you developed to handle stress?

Note that you will not be required to share your journal responses with anyone unless you choose to do so.

Section 1 – Monday, February 1, from 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m., FCR

Section 2 – Monday, February 1, from 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m., Room 414

Section 3 - Monday, February 1, from 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m., Multi-Purpose Room

Section 4 - Monday, February 1, from 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m., BDR

Section 5 – Wednesday, January 27, from 1:45-2:35 p.m., Room 307

Section 6 - Wednesday, January 27, from 1:45-2:35 p.m., BDR

Section 7 - Wednesday, January 27, from 1:45-2:35 p.m., Room 414

Section 8 - Wednesday, January 27, from 1:45-2:35 p.m., Room 408

Section 9 – Monday, January 25, from 2:30 – 3:20 p.m., FCR

Section 10 – Monday, January 25, from 2:30 – 3:20 p.m., BDR

Section 11 - Monday, January 25, from 2:30 – 3:20 p.m., Multi-Purpose Room

Section 12 - Monday, January 25, from 2:30 – 3:20 p.m., Room 204

Sections 13 and 14 – Tuesday, January 26, from 8-8:50 p.m., Room 206

Sections 15 and 16 – Tuesday, January 26, from 8:00-8:50 p.m., Multi-Purpose Room

Sections 13, 14, 15 and 16 - Wednesday, January 27, from 5:30-6:20 p.m., Room 312

Note that if you are in sections 13, 14, 15 or 16, please RSVP to me via email at mkoch@tourolaw.edu and specify which section you are in and the session you will be attending.

There will be another required Continuing Orientation session at the end of February, beginning of March.  The date and time is to be determined.  The Lawyers Assistance Program (LAP) will be sending a panel of speakers to the school to educate the students about the program.  The LAP was established to assist judges, attorneys and law school students who are affected by alcoholism, drug abuse, stress, depression, and other mental health issues.

2010 Embryo Law Essay Competition

2010 Embryo Adoption Awareness Campaign - Embryo Donation and Adoption Law Writing Competition

Deadline: Monday, March 8, 2010

All entries received by Monday, February 1, 2010 will be eligible for a $500 bonus. Click here for more information.

Spring 2010 - Exams on Computer - Registration Information

You may take your final exams (and midterm exams offered after March 1) on a laptop this semester if you follow these instructions:

1. Register by Monday, February 1, 11:59 p.m. by completing the Electronic Examination Form, available online at http://tlcweb.tourolaw.edu. (Choose “Electronic Exam” and then “Apply Online.”) Requests received after this date will not be honored. When you have successfully registered, an automatic email will be sent to your TLC email address stating that your registration was successful. If you do not receive this email, please contact the Office of Information Technology at 631.761.7070 before the deadline. If you have difficulty registering, please contact the Office of Information Technology BEFORE the deadline.

2. Following are additional deadlines you must meet to be eligible to take your exams on a laptop. If you fail to meet any one of these deadlines, you will not be able to take your exams on a laptop.

• Sunday, February 14, 2010, 11:59 p.m.: Students must install the exam software by this date. (If you took your exams on computer in the Fall 2009 semester, you do not need to reinstall the software. If you did not take exams on a laptop in the Fall 2009 semester, you MUST install the software.)
• Sunday, February 14, 2010, 11:59 p.m.: ALL students must download mock exam and upload mock answer.
• 24 Hours Before Each Exam Date: All students must download their individual exam files.

Which laptops are eligible?
Students with PC laptops or Mac laptops are eligible to participate in this program. (Note: Mac laptops must have both the Leopard OSX and Microsoft XP or Vista installed.) Touro Law does not provide laptops to students.

What if I receive exam accommodations?
If you are submitting an Exam Accommodations Form (due March 1) to have an exam time/date changed for an exam conflict or disability accommodation, the instructions above still apply if you plan to use a computer. The Office of Student Services will send you an updated Exam Accommodations Form with your new designated exam date/times.

Touro Law Center Honors Program

The Touro Law Center Honors Program offers approximately twenty to twenty-five exceptional students per class year an enriched comprehensive law school experience. Students in the Honors Program will participate in enhanced academic, experiential, and social opportunities as part of a community of student-scholars.

The Honors Program will commence during the 2010-2011 academic year. Both full- and part-time students who will have completed their first year at Touro Law Center at the end of the Spring 2010 semester are eligible to participate. Interested students must submit an application during the Spring 2010 semester for acceptance into the inaugural class of the Honors Program. Students who are selected for the Honors Program for 2010-2011 will continue in the Program until their graduation from the Touro Law Center, provided they continue to meet the selection criteria.

For more information about the program and the upcoming information sessions, please click on the picture.

Toxic Contamination of Long Island's Water Supply

Toxic Contamination of LI's Water Supply
sponsored by Touro Law's Environmental Law Society

Thursday, January 14, 2010
12:30-1:20 p.m., Room 308

Presenters include:

Peter Quinn, Former Educator

Dr. Carmine Vasile, PhD in Electrophysics

Linda Freilich, LI Group Sierra Club,

Science Teacher in Bayport

Enrico Nardone, Esq., Executive Director, Seatuck Environmental Association

All are welcome!!

Scribes - The American Society of Legal Writers - 2010 Brief-Writing Competition

Scribes - The American Society of Legal Writers - is pleased to announce its 2010 Brief-Writing Competition.  This years winning author or authors will be recognized at the Scribes Annual Meeting, held during the American Bar Association meeting in San Francisco on August 7, 2010.  Entries are due no later than April 16, 2010.  For more information, please click on the pictures.

Suffolk County Women's Bar Association Scholarship

The Suffolk County Women's Bar Association is pleased to announce a scholarship contest for Touro Law Center's 2L and graduating students.  For more information, please click on the picture.  The deadline is April 10, 2010.

Twenty-Second Annual Law Student Essay Competition

The American Judges Association (AJA) announces its annual essay competition open to all full-time law students enrolled in and attending an accredited law school in the United States or Canada. The first prize for the contest is $3,000; second prize is $1,500; and third is $1,000. First, second and third place winners and their law schools will be presented with an award certificate. The winning essay may be published in AJA's journal, Court Review. Entries must be emailed or postmarked no later than June 1, 2010.

For more information, please click on the pictures.

National Latina/o Law Students Association

The National Latina/o Law Students Association (NLLSA) will be holding the 2010 Conference at Yale Law School from September 30, 2010 through October 2, 2010. This is the first time the conference is being held in the northeast.

The topics that will be discussed include immigration reform, education, workers' right, voting rights, healthcare, and many more. As in years past, the Conference will be an opportunity to unite various sectors of the legal profession to tackle these urgent issues.

For more information about NLLSA, please click here.