9.11.2008
Computer Exams for Fall 2008
The opportunity to take exams on a laptop is available for all final exams during the exam period, December 11-23, 2008. This option is not available for midterms. Please check your Touro e-mail and Touro mailbox for detailed information. You may access the Electronic Examination Form online at http://tlcweb.tourolaw.edu (choose Electronic Exam menu option).
Important volunteer positions for lawyers: help protect the election!
The presidential election is fast approaching and lawyers are urgently needed to help protect voters' rights. With the expected high turnout in this year's critical and highly-contested election, there's an increased risk of problems at the polls and your help is needed now more than ever. If you are a lawyer, paralegal, or law student, please consider volunteering with our friends at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights or Advancement Project, and share this email with other attorneys who may be interested in participating.
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is seeking legal volunteers for two critical tasks — answering the Election Protection hotline and serving as mobile legal volunteers. The hotline will provide live assistance to voters who have questions or need to report problems with voting, and mobile legal volunteers will work in teams of two to respond to incidents reported through the hotline and assist voters at polling places.
Click here to get more information about the Lawyers' Committee's election protection volunteer opportunities and to sign up.
In response to the disenfranchisement caused by poll worker error, confusion, and misadministration of election rules in recent elections, Advancement Project has drafted poll worker palm cards to assist poll workers in understanding and adhering to key election rules on Election Day. The palm cards are easy-to-read, easy-to-use guides to the top ten issues of election administration that a poll worker will likely face on Election Day, and lawyers are needed to help review and disseminate these cards.
Click here for more information about Advancement Project poll worker palm cards and instructions on how you can help.
We hope that you will take advantage of these opportunities to use your legal skills to protect the 2008 election. Please volunteer and help make sure that every voter is able to cast their vote this year.
Thank You for working to build a better world.
Leah Donahey,
Campaign Manager CREDO Action from Working Assets
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is seeking legal volunteers for two critical tasks — answering the Election Protection hotline and serving as mobile legal volunteers. The hotline will provide live assistance to voters who have questions or need to report problems with voting, and mobile legal volunteers will work in teams of two to respond to incidents reported through the hotline and assist voters at polling places.
Click here to get more information about the Lawyers' Committee's election protection volunteer opportunities and to sign up.
In response to the disenfranchisement caused by poll worker error, confusion, and misadministration of election rules in recent elections, Advancement Project has drafted poll worker palm cards to assist poll workers in understanding and adhering to key election rules on Election Day. The palm cards are easy-to-read, easy-to-use guides to the top ten issues of election administration that a poll worker will likely face on Election Day, and lawyers are needed to help review and disseminate these cards.
Click here for more information about Advancement Project poll worker palm cards and instructions on how you can help.
We hope that you will take advantage of these opportunities to use your legal skills to protect the 2008 election. Please volunteer and help make sure that every voter is able to cast their vote this year.
Thank You for working to build a better world.
Leah Donahey,
Campaign Manager CREDO Action from Working Assets
7.18.2008
Good Luck on the Bar Exam!
The Office of Student Services wishes you all the very best of luck on the bar exam!!
6.16.2008
Program on Small Firm/Solo Practice
APALSA would like you to know about an interesting program on small firm/solo practice. Please click on the flyer to enlarge.6.13.2008
The NYSBA/Spirit of New York Boat Cruise
New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) President, Bernice K. Leber, and Young Lawyers Chair, Sherry Levin Wallach, cordially invite you to join NYSBA colleagues on Thursday, July 17, 2008 for the NYSBA/Spirit of New York Boat Cruise.
Boarding Time: 7:00 p.m.Cruise Times: 7:30 p.m — 10:30 p.m.
Place: 62, Chelsea Piers West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011
All young attorneys, associates, junior partners, and law students are welcome to attend. Join NYSBA leaders and representatives from NYSBA Sections in an enjoyable three hour reception on the beautiful Spirit of New York Boat Cruise. Enjoy hors' oeuvres, open bar and a DJ, as well as a tour of memorable sites of the beautiful New York harbor, seen from a different perspective. This is a great opportunity to meet NYSBA Members and learn about ways you can get more involved with NYSBA Sections, and make an even greater difference in the legal profession.
This event is made possible by the generous support of these NYSBA Sections: Business Law, Commercial and Federal Litigation, General Practice, Intellectual Property, Real Property, Trial Lawyers, Trusts and Estates, and Young Lawyers Section
Cost: FREE (normal value $75) Thanks to the support of our Sections!!
RSVP: Required by Tuesday, July 8th to membership@nysba.org or 518-487-5577
Seating limited – respond today to ensure your place.
Boarding Time: 7:00 p.m.Cruise Times: 7:30 p.m — 10:30 p.m.
Place: 62, Chelsea Piers West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011
All young attorneys, associates, junior partners, and law students are welcome to attend. Join NYSBA leaders and representatives from NYSBA Sections in an enjoyable three hour reception on the beautiful Spirit of New York Boat Cruise. Enjoy hors' oeuvres, open bar and a DJ, as well as a tour of memorable sites of the beautiful New York harbor, seen from a different perspective. This is a great opportunity to meet NYSBA Members and learn about ways you can get more involved with NYSBA Sections, and make an even greater difference in the legal profession.
This event is made possible by the generous support of these NYSBA Sections: Business Law, Commercial and Federal Litigation, General Practice, Intellectual Property, Real Property, Trial Lawyers, Trusts and Estates, and Young Lawyers Section
Cost: FREE (normal value $75) Thanks to the support of our Sections!!
RSVP: Required by Tuesday, July 8th to membership@nysba.org or 518-487-5577
Seating limited – respond today to ensure your place.
6.11.2008
Volunteer Oportunities through the ABA Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice
Election Protection http://www.abanet.org/2008election is the nation's largest non-partisan voter protection coalition. It guides voters through the voting process, helping to ensure all eligible American citizens have the opportunity to cast a meaningful ballot and have that vote counted. The program advocates for coalition partners with election officials and in the courts.
The ABA Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice http://www.abanet.org/randejustice, ABA Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities http://www.abanet.org/irr/home.html, ABA Standing Committee on Election Law http://www.abanet.org/publicserv/election/home.html, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law http://www.lawyerscomm.org/, and its coalition partners, seeks the pro bono assistance of law students, lawyers, law firms, bar associations, and corporate legal departments with the many aspects of Election Protection 2008 http://www.abanet.org/2008election.
Your assistance is needed with local Legal Committees; staffing and hosting the national voter hotline; and preparing materials. To get involved or get additional information regarding Election Protection http://www.abanet.org/2008election, please contact Rachel Patrick, ABA Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice, at PatrickR@staff.abanet.org or (312) 988-5408.
The ABA Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice http://www.abanet.org/randejustice, ABA Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities http://www.abanet.org/irr/home.html, ABA Standing Committee on Election Law http://www.abanet.org/publicserv/election/home.html, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law http://www.lawyerscomm.org/, and its coalition partners, seeks the pro bono assistance of law students, lawyers, law firms, bar associations, and corporate legal departments with the many aspects of Election Protection 2008 http://www.abanet.org/2008election.
Your assistance is needed with local Legal Committees; staffing and hosting the national voter hotline; and preparing materials. To get involved or get additional information regarding Election Protection http://www.abanet.org/2008election, please contact Rachel Patrick, ABA Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice, at PatrickR@staff.abanet.org or (312) 988-5408.
5.12.2008
Ms. JD Announcement - Summer 2008 Scholarship
Working in public interest this summer without sufficient funding? Ms. JD is awarding two $500 scholarships to female law students entering their second or third year at an accredited U.S. law school and working the summer of 2008 at least 35 hours per week for a minimum of 8 weeks at a government agency or nonprofit organization. Unpaid judicial externs also qualify. This year's essay topic asks applicants to discuss myths about being a law student. Did you experience any pleasant surprises upon starting your study of law? Did you learn any law school 'lessons' the hard way? Ms. JD wants to hear about them. Applications are due no later than June 1. Recipients will be notified no later than June 15. For more information or to apply, please visit:
[http://ms-jd.org/ms-jd-2008-summer-scholarship-application].
[http://ms-jd.org/ms-jd-2008-summer-scholarship-application].
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