February 2007

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Information in this calendar is updated as of February 8, 2007. * Indicates additions or updates since the last publication.

Thursday, February 1

  • Center for Ethics & Public Service Undergraduate Internship Informational Meeting 12:30pm-1:30pm. The Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. CEPS Website.
  • Law Alumni Association FSU vs. UM Women’s Basketball Game 7:00pm. Bank United Center. By invitation only. For more information, please call (305) 284-3470.

Friday, February 2

Upcoming Events

March 2 - Reid/Mentschikoff Dinner

March 7 - Partnership for Professionalism

March 12-16 - Spring Break

March 21 - Hoeveler Award Ceremony

March 30 - Law Day for Admitted Students

March 31 - Barrister's Ball
  • HOPE Summer Public Interest Fellowship Informational Meeting 12:30pm-1:30pm. Room F109. HOPE Website.

Saturday, February 3

  • Admissions Multicultural Admissions Fair 9:00am-1:30pm. Various rooms. Admissions Website.
  • HOPE VITA Site Day 10:00am-2:00pm. Care Resource 3510 Biscayne Blvd. Suite 300. HOPE Website.
  • HOPE Kristi's House 11:00am-1:30pm. Contact Serena Josephs or (202) 253-7893 for more information. HOPE Website.

Monday, February 5

  • Jewish Comparative Law Society Meeting 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room A110A.
  • Miami Law Women Meeting 12:30pm-2:30pm. Room F109.
  • Center for Ethics & Public Service Summer Public Interest Fellowship Program Informational Meeting 12:30pm-1:30pm. Room F109. CEPS Website.
  • Center for Ethics & Public Service Undergraduate Internship Informational Meeting 12:30pm-1:30pm. The Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. CEPS Website.

Tuesday, February 6 - Monday, March 5

  • Career Planning Center Firm Night Receptions CPC Website.

Tuesday, February 6

  • * Leonard Weinglass, Esq. will speak about his experiences as a criminal defense attoreny 12:30pm. Room A110.
  • Center for Ethics & Public Service Undergraduate Internship Informational Meeting 12:30pm-1:30pm. The Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. CEPS Website.
  • HOPE & Children and Youth Law Clinic Summer Program Information Session 12:30pm Room 109. HOPE Website.
  • American Constitution Society Meeting Meeting with a movie. 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room A110.

Wednesday, February 7

  • Cardozo Jewish Legal Society Meeting 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room A216B.
  • HOPE/CPC Student to Student Public Interest Career Fair 12:30pm-2:00pm. Bricks. HOPE Website.
  • Law Library Workshops Using Terms & Connectors 1:00pm-2:00pm. Room D236. Library Website.

Thursday, February 8

  • Moot Court Board Social 5:30pm-7:30pm Gordon Biersch (1201 Brickell Avenue). Contact Kevin Probst for more information.
  • Career Planning Center Careers in Tort and Insurance Law Attorney Speaker Panel 12:30pm. Room 109. CPC Website.
  • National Association of Women Lawyers Mid-year Conference 8:00am-2:00pm. Bank of America Tower. For more information, please call (305) 284-3470.

Friday, February 9

  • Florida Housing & Human Rights Training Forum 8:30am. Holland & Knight 701 Brickell Avenue Suite 3000. HOPE Website.
  • Inter-American Law Review Symposium The Language Battle: Speaking the Truth 8:30am-2:00pm. The Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. IALR Website.

Saturday, February 10

  • HOPE VITA Site Day 10:00am-2:00pm. Care Resource 3510 Biscayne Blvd. Suite 300. HOPE Website.
  • HOPE Camillus House 6:00pm. 726 NE 1st Ave. Contact Diane Perez for more information. HOPE Website

Monday, February 12

  • Jewish Comparative Law Society Meeting 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room A110A.

Tuesday, February 13

  • * Maryanne Stanganelli and Jessi Tamayo of Center for Ethics and Public Service will discuss programs of interest to law school students 12:30pm. Room A110.
  • Phi Alpha Delta Bake Sale 11:00am-2:15pm. Bricks.
  • JD/MBA Orientation 12:30pm. Room 209. Contact wvander@law.miami.edu for more information.
  • Career Planning Center Spring On Campus Interview Program Symplicity Training 12:30pm. Room 108. CPC Website.
  • American Constitution Society Meeting Meeting with a movie. 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room A110.

Wednesday, February 14

  • Career Planning Center Spring On Campus Interview Program Symplicity Training 12:30pm. Room 110. CPC Website.
  • Cardozo Jewish Legal Society Meeting 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room A216B.
  • Law Library Workshops Legislative History 1:00pm-2:00pm. Room D236. Library Website.
  • * Center of Ecosystem Science and Policy Panel on Environmental Ethics/Global Health Issues 5pm. Whitten University Center, Ballroom D. CESP Website.

Thursday, February 15

  • HOPE Public Interest Career Fair (with Employers) 12:30pm-2:00pm. Bricks. HOPE Website.
  • Tax Law Society Meeting 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room F209
  • UM Law Review Alumni Happy Hour 6:00-8:00pm. Mr. Moe’s in Coconut Grove. RSVP dd2576@students.law.miami.edu.
  • HOPE Haitians and the Politics of U.S. Immigration Policy Roundtable 7:00pm. HOPE Website.

Saturday, February 17

  • HOPE VITA Site Day 10:00am-2:00pm. Care Resource 3510 Biscayne Blvd. Suite 300. HOPE Website.
  • HOPE Good Equestrian Volunteer Day 8:30am. 22155 SW 147 Avenue. HOPE Website.
  • 10th Annual Entertainment & Sports Law Symposium 9:00am. Various Rooms. ESLS Website.

Saturday, February 17 - Tuesday, February 27

  • Career Planning Center Spring On Campus Interview (OCI) program registration. CPC Website.

Monday, February 19

  • Jewish Comparative Law Society Meeting 12:30pm-2:00pm. A110A.
  • Miami Law Women Meeting 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room F109.
  • Intellectual Property Law Society and the Litigation Skills Program Mock direct and cross-examination of a trademark survey expert witness based on the case Gibson Guitar Corp. v. PRS Guitars, 423 F.3d 539 (6th Cir. 2005). Guests: U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages of the Southern District of Florida; and attorneys Leslie Lott of Lott & Friedland, P.A. and Jose Rojas of Rojas Law Firm, LLP. 1:30pm. Room 352.

Tuesday, February 20

  • * Nan Aron of Alliance For Justice will screen the film "Quiet Revolution" and discuss the film 12:30pm. Room A110.
  • Career Planning Center Foreign student résumé/cover letter workshop 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room 109. CPC Website.
  • Phi Alpha Delta General Meeting 12:30am-2:00pm. Room F108
  • Phi Alpha Delta Initiation 7:30am-9:00pm. Room A110.
  • Center for Ethics and Public Service Informational Meeting 12:30pm-1:30pm. The Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. CEPS Website.
  • American Constitution Society Meeting Meeting with a movie. 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room A110.
  • Environmental Law Society Meeting 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room F309.

Wednesday, February 21

  • Law Library Workshops Florida Legal Resources 1:00pm-2:00pm. Room D236. Library Website.
  • Immigration Law Society Happy Hour Event 5:30pm-9:30pm. The Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge.
  • Cardozo Jewish Legal Society Meeting 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room A216B.

Wednesday, February 21 - Friday, February 23

  • Arbitration in Las Americas: A 360 degree View 5th Annual Miami International Arbitration Conference The Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables. Contact www.adr.org/events or call (305) 358-7777. CLE Website.

Thursday, February 22

  • * Retirement Savings Plan Benefits Representative 12:30pm - 2:00pm. Room F209.
  • Career Planning Center Résumé and Cover Letter Workshop 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room 109. CPC Website.
  • 2007 Worldwide Alumni Reunion Welcome Reception at Ferrell Worldwide (RSVP Required) 201 South Biscayne Blvd, Miami. Reunion Website.
  • * Center of Ecosystem Science and Policy (CESP) Talk by Dr. Mark Plotkin. Ethnobotanist and President of the Amazon Conservation Team 5pm. 4th Floor Meeting Room. CESP Website.

Friday, February 23

  • Symposium & Luncheon Honoring Professor Bernard H. Oxman: Homer, Sirens, and Temptations: Where Is the Law at Sea? Keynote Speaker: Professor Lori Fisler Damrosch, Henry L. Moses Professor of International Law and Organization at Columbia Law School and Co-Editor in Chief with Professor Oxman of the AJIL. 9am-12pm. Faculty Conference Room. RSVP to intl-llm@law.miami.edu or call (305) 284-5402. Reunion Website.
  • HOPE Summer Fellowship Deadline HOPE Website.

Saturday, February 24

  • HOPE Vita Site Day 10:00am-2:00pm. Care Resource 3510 Biscayne Blvd. Suite 300. HOPE Website.
  • HOPE Community Partnership for the Homeless - Mardi Gras Party 9:00am-1:30pm. Community Partnership for the Homeless 28205 SW 125 Avenue, Homestead. For more information contact Mark Santi. HOPE Website.
  • University of Miami Law Review Symposium Article II: Presidential Powers 8:00am-6:30pm. Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables. MLR Website.

Sunday, February 25

  • Alumni Dean’s Circle and Law Parents & Partners "Night at the Ring" 2:00pm. Jerry Herman Ring Theatre & The Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. By invitation only. For more information, call 305-284-3470.

Monday, February 26

  • Jewish Comparative Law Society Meeting 12:30pm-2:00pm. A110A.

Tuesday, February 27

  • * Professor Paul Campos of the University of Colorado School of Law will be a guest speaker 12:30pm. Room A110.
  • Florida Bar Examination Student Luncheon Orlando, Florida. Contact wvander@law.miami.edu for more information.
  • American Constitution Society Meeting Meeting with a movie. 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room A110.
  • Career Planning Center Interviewing/Networking Workshop 12:30 pm-2:00pm. Room 109. CPC Website.
  • Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Meeting Second General Meeting: Legislation Drafting 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room F209. SALDF Website.

Wednesday, February 28

  • Florida Bar Examination Student Luncheon Orlando, Florida. Contact wvander@law.miami.edu for more information.
  • Career Planning Center Informational Career Fair 12:30pm. Bricks. CPC Website.
  • Cardozo Jewish Legal Society Meeting 12:30pm-2:00pm. Room A216B.
  • Law Library Workshops Online Job Searching 1:00pm-2:00pm. Room D236. Library Website.
  • University Lecture Series: Former Vice President Al Gore University Community Only. 6:30pm. BankUnited Center. Click here for more information.