Suffolk University School of Law has added three new Podcasts to their site on iTunes U. The new topics are: “The Inside Scoop on Study Groups (Herb Ramy); “Study Aids and Study Skills’ (Joyce Savio Herleth); and “The Days Before Final Exams” (Herb Ramy). Within the next two weeks, they expect to post three new Podcasts on the topics of law school stress, flow charting, and IRACing exams.
Students may access these Podcasts free of charge at http://www.law.suffolk.edu/itunes/. Once iTunes open up, click on the folder that reads “Academic Support Program.”
11.20.2008
11.18.2008
Energy and the Environment Student Writing Competition
Hofstra Law School, Wright Risk Management and Congdon, Flaherty, O'Callaghan, Reid, Donlon, Travis & Fishlinger present the Enegery and the Environment Student Writing Competition. For more information, please visit law.hofstra.edu/environment.
11.17.2008
Well, maybe standing in the street goes a bit far . . .
. . . but this recent article on CNN from CareerBuilder.com has some pretty handy tips for job searching.
11.05.2008
Legal Technology Summer School
The William & Mary School of Law introduces its Legal Technology Summer School. The summer school allows students to choose from a range of unique courses that are only offered at the William & Mary School of Law. The 2009 courses offered are Electronic Discovery and Data Seizures, Evidence, Internet Law, Privacy in a Technological Age, and Technological Augmented Trial Advocacy. The program is co-hosted by The Center for Legal and Court Technology. For more information, click www.legaltechcenter.net/summerschool.
11.04.2008
Minority Fellowships in Environmental Law
The New York State Bar Association's Environmental Law Section and the New York City Bar Association are once again offering minority fellowships for the summer of 2009. The successful applicant will receive a $6,000 stipend for ten weeks of employment in the summer. Placements are the responsibility of the fellowship winner. For more information, click here.
11.03.2008
2009 Professor William R. Ginsberg Memorial Essay Contest
The 22nd Annual Professor William R. Ginsberg Memorial Essay Contest is sponsored annually by the Environmental Law Section of the New York State Bar ASsociation. First prize is $1,000. The first-place essay will be published in the New York Environmental Lawyer. The top three essay authors will be invited to the fall meeting of the Environmental Law Section, scheduled for September 2009 in the Finger Lakes Region of New York.
Essays on any topic in environmental law are acceptable, provided they are written by students currently enrolled in a New York State law school and were not prepared as part of paid work. (Course papers and law review submissinos are permitted). The maximum length is 35 double-spaced pages, including footnotes (which may be single spaced). No student may submit more than one entry per year, and substantially the same essay may not be entered in more than one year.
For more information, click here.
Essays on any topic in environmental law are acceptable, provided they are written by students currently enrolled in a New York State law school and were not prepared as part of paid work. (Course papers and law review submissinos are permitted). The maximum length is 35 double-spaced pages, including footnotes (which may be single spaced). No student may submit more than one entry per year, and substantially the same essay may not be entered in more than one year.
For more information, click here.
11.02.2008
Legal Writing Competition Blog
To find legal writing competitions that align with your interests, check out the Legal Writing Competition Blog. Bookmark it and check back often.
Why would you want to bother with a writing competition? Particularly in a slugging economy, there are tons of good reasons. Here are just a few:
1. Having a paper of publishable quality on your resume demonstrates the kind of self-starting motivation that employers are looking for.
2. You have to do the Advanced Writing Requirement anyway. Why not get maximum bang for your AWR buck? Choose a topic for your AWR that interests you, then choose a professor who also has an interest in that area to supervise you, then submit it to the writing contest. Boom! You get AWR credit, independent research credit, cash prizes, and the chance to get a publication as a law student.
3. The writing prize itself is something to list on your resume that indicates that you compete well against others.
Why would you want to bother with a writing competition? Particularly in a slugging economy, there are tons of good reasons. Here are just a few:
1. Having a paper of publishable quality on your resume demonstrates the kind of self-starting motivation that employers are looking for.
2. You have to do the Advanced Writing Requirement anyway. Why not get maximum bang for your AWR buck? Choose a topic for your AWR that interests you, then choose a professor who also has an interest in that area to supervise you, then submit it to the writing contest. Boom! You get AWR credit, independent research credit, cash prizes, and the chance to get a publication as a law student.
3. The writing prize itself is something to list on your resume that indicates that you compete well against others.
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