October 2006

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Information updated as of Tuesday, October 3, 2006 -- * Indicates additions or updates since the last publication.

Tuesday, October 3

  • Student Bar Association Elections 9:00am - 10:00pm Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge.
  • Dean’s Fellows Weekly Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F302.
  • American Constitution Society Lunch Meeting 12:30pm Rathskeller.
  • Career Planning Center’s “Job Opportunities Beyond OCI” 12:30pm - 1:30pm Career Planning Center. CPC Website.
  • Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Meeting with guest speaker Heather Veleanu 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F200.

Upcoming Programs, Events & Highlights

November 3-5
Homecoming Weekend

December 3-16
Final Exams

December 17:
Law School Commencement

January 8-12, 2007
41st Annual Heckerling
Institute on Estate Planning

Wednesday, October 4

  • * HOPE: Good HOPE Equestrian Time & location TBA.
  • * HOPE: Pro Bono Legal Research Project Application Due
  • Student Bar Association Elections 9:00am - 10:00pm Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge.
  • Cardozo Jewish Legal Society Meeting 12:00pm - 2:00pm room F408.
  • Black Law Students Association LexisNexis Training 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F408. BLSA Website.
  • Black Law Students Association Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F200. BLSA Website.
  • Christian Legal Society Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F302. 
  • Federalist Society Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F109.
  • * Academic Achievement Program Exam Workshop with Professor Anderson 12:30pm - 2:00pm room E352. AAP Website.
  • * CABA/Mentor Reception 6:00pm Mellon Bank, 1111 Brickell Ave, Miami.

Thursday, October 5

  • * SBA, Law Alumni Association, & Law Parents & Partners October Birthday Celebration 1:00pm Bricks.
  • Guantanamo Teach-in 10:00am - 5:00pm Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. More info.
  • Student Bar Association Meeting with the Deans 10:00am - 11:00am room A110A.
  • Hispanic Law Student Association Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F108.
  • Real Estate and Trusts Law Society Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F209.
  • Career Planning Center’s “Resume & Cover Letter Workshop” 12:30pm - 1:30pm room F109. CPC Website.
  • HOPE’s 8th Annual Auction 6:00pm - 10:00pm Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. HOPE Website.

Friday, October 6

  • Study in Leipzig Application deadline (extended). Study Abroad Website.
  • * HOPE: HSC First Friday Lunch: Disability Access 12:00pm - 1:30pm Human Services Coalition, Room 260, NE 17th Terrace, Suite 200, Miami.
  • * International & Foreign Graduate Programs Alumni/Student Happy Hour 6:00pm - 8pm Gordon Biersch, 1201 Brickell Ave, Miami.

Saturday, October 7

  • * HOPE: Making Strides against Breast Cancer Walk 7:45am University Metrorail Station. HOPE Website.

Sunday, October 8

Monday, October 9

  • Dean's Fellow Weekly Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F302.
  • Miami Law Women Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F108.

Tuesday, October 10

  • Student Bar Association Election Run-Off  9:00am - 10:00pm Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge.
  • Honor Council Meeting 11:45am - 1:45pm room A216B. 
  • American Constitution Society Luncheon with Professor Vladeck 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F108.
  • Career Planning Center’s “Networking & Information Interviewing Workshop” 12:30pm - 1:30pm room F109. CPC Website.
  • Environmental Law Society Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F408.
  • HOPE: First Book Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room A216B. HOPE Website.
  • * Law Library Workshop European Union Law Resources 1:00pm - 2:00pm room D236.
  • * Partnership for Professionalism 6:00pm - 8:30pm Hurricane Room, BankUnited Center, 1245 Dauer Drive, Coral Gables.
  • American Constitution Society Dinner with Professor Neil Kinkopf of Georgia State 6:30pm room TBA .

Wednesday, October 11

  • Black Law Students Association Soul Food Fest 12:30pm - 2:00pm Bricks. 
  • Outlaw Military Recruiter protest/letter signing Time TBA Bricks.
  • Cardozo Jewish Legal Society Meeting 12:00pm - 2:00pm room F408.
  • Christian Legal Society Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F302. 
  • * International & Foreign Graduate Program Luncheon: New York Job Fair Materials 12:30pm - 2:00pm room 216B.
  • HOPE Meeting with guest Judge Beth Bloom 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F209. HOPE Website.
  • * Center for Ethics & Public Service “Views from the Bench” Panel Discussion 4:00pm - 5:30pm Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. CEPS Website.
  • * Law Alumni Association Judicial Reception Mellon Bank, 1111 Brickell Ave, Miami.

Thursday, October 12

  • * Entertainment & Sports Law Society Meeting with guest Oswaldo Rossi, JD’03, Manager of Business Affairs, EMI Latin America 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F209.
  • Phi Alpha Delta Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F108.
  • Moot Court ABA Arbitration Regional Competition Orientation/Reception 6:30pm - 9:30pm Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. MCB Website.
  • American Constitution Society South Florida Event 6:00pm - 8:00pm Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, Room 7128, 500 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Maimi.
  • Beer at the Rat 4:30pm - 6:30pm Rathskeller.
  • * Business Law Review "Socialize with your professors" 7:00pm - 9:00pm Titanic Micro Brewery, 813 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables.

Friday, October 13

  • Moot Court ABA Arbitration Regional Competition First Round various times and locations. MCB Website.
  • HOPE: Guardian Ad Litem Training 9:00am - 4:00pm Warren Rosemarin Café. HOPE Website.
  • * Phi Alpha Delta OctoberFest with ILS Fritz & Franz, 60 Merrick Way, Coral Gables.
  • * HOPE Night Out Time & location TBA.

Saturday, October 14

  • Moot Court ABA Arbitration Regional Competition Semi Finals & Final Rounds various times and locations. MCB Website.

Sunday, October 15

  • Student Bar Association Senate Meeting 10:30am - 12:00pm room E265.
  • BarBri Bar Review 12:30pm - 5:30pm room E352. BarBri Website.

Monday, October 16

  • * Phi Alpha Delta Candy Gram Fundraiser Time TBA Bricks.
  • Dean’s Fellow Weekly Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F302. 
  • Student Bar Association Inter-Club Council Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F108.
  • * Bioethics and Health Law Consortium of South Florida 7:30pm Faculty Meeting Room.

Tuesday, October 17

  • * Phi Alpha Delta Candy Gram Fundraiser Time TBA Bricks.
  • Phi Alpha Delta Meeting 12:30pm - 1:30pm room F108.
  • Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Meeting 12:30pm - 1:30pm room F200.
  • * Law Library Workshop Cost-Effective Electronic Legal Research 1:00pm - 2:00pm room D236.
  • Scholarship Recipient Reception 6:00pm - 7:30pm Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge (by invitation only).
  • * Black Law Students Association with guest speaker Erica Wright 7:30pm room F309. BLSA Website.

Wednesday, October 18

  • * Phi Alpha Delta Candy Gram Fundraiser Time TBA Bricks.
  • * 19th Annual Institute on Real Property Law: The Boyer Institute Miami Airport Hilton & Towers 5101 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami.
  • Cardozo Jewish Legal Society Meeting 12:00pm - 2:00pm room F408.
  • Christian Legal Society Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F302. 
  • Black Law Students Association Meeting 7:00pm - 8:30pm room F309. BLSA Website.

Thursday, October 19

  • * Phi Alpha Delta Candy Gram Fundraiser Time TBA Bricks.
  • * 31st Annual Institute on Condominium & Cluster Development: The Boyer Institute Miami Airport Hilton & Towers 5101 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami.
  • Entertainment & Sports Law Society Lexis Training 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F200.
  • Outlaw Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room A110A.
  • * Phi Alpha Delta Happy Hour Networking 4:00pm - 8:00pm Gordon Birsch, 1201 Brickell Ave, Miami.

Friday, October 20

  • * Phi Alpha Delta Candy Gram Fundraiser Time TBA Bricks.
  • Alumni Donor Luncheon 12:00pm - 3:00pm Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge (by invitation only).
  • HOPE Meeting with Lamda Legal Defense 2:30pm - 3:30pm room F209. HOPE Website.
  • BarBri Bar Review 5:30pm - 10:30pm room E352. BarBri Website.
  • Entertainment & Sports Law Society Happy Hour 4:00pm - 8:00pm Monty's Raw Bar, 2550 S Bayshore Dr, Coconut Grove.

Saturday, October 21

  • Third Annual Minority Mentoring Picnic 12:00pm Amelia Earhart Park 401 E 65 Street, Hialeah, FL. Alumni Website.

Monday, October 23

  • * Phi Alpha Delta Candy Gram Fundraiser Time TBA Bricks.
  • American Constitution Society Lunch Meeting with Dr. Nathan Slotnick 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F209.
  • Dean’s Fellow Weekly Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F302.
  • Miami Law Women Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F108.

Tuesday, October 24

  • * Phi Alpha Delta Candy Gram Fundraiser Time TBA Bricks.
  • Law Activity Fee Allocation Committee Meeting 12:00pm - 2:00pm room A110A. LAFAC Website.
  • Environmental Law Society Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room A408.
  • * Law Library Workshop Motion and Trial Practice Resources 1:00pm - 2:00pm room D236.

Wednesday, October 25

  • * Phi Alpha Delta Candy Gram Fundraiser Time TBA Bricks.
  • Cardozo Jewish Legal Society Meeting 12:00pm - 2:00pm room F408.
  • Christian Legal Society Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F302. 
  • HOPE’s Public Interest Lecture Series 12:30pm - 2:00pm room A110A. HOPE Website.
  • Moot Court Final Rounds Advanced Moot Court Competition 6:30pm - 10:00pm room E352. MCB Website.

Thursday, October 26

  • * Phi Alpha Delta Candy Gram Fundraiser Time TBA Bricks.
  • Environmental Law Society Meeting with guest Jason Levien 12:30m - 2:00pm room F209.
  • Phi Alpha Delta Meeting 12:30pm - 1:30pm room F108.
  • * Student Animal Defense Fund Halloween Bake Sale 12:00pm - 12:30pm Bricks.
  • Beer at the Rat 4:30pm - 6:30pm Rathskeller.

Friday, October 27

  • * Phi Alpha Delta Candy Gram Fundraiser Time TBA Bricks.
  • * Canes Carnival 3:00pm -6:00pm Bricks. HOPE Website.

Saturday, October 28

  • Society of Bar & Gavel 7th Annual Race Judicata 5K Walk/Run 8:30am Bricks.
  • Student Animal Defense Fund Volunteer Event @ Humane Society of Greater Miami (co-sponsored with H.O.P.E.) 1:00pm Humane Society 16101 W. Dixie Highway, North Miami Beach.

Sunday, October 29

  • Student Bar Association Senate Meeting 11:00am - 12:30pm room F402.

Monday, October 30

  • Federalist Law Society and American Constitution Society Lunch Meeting with guest former U.S. Representative Bob Barr 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F109.
  • Dean’s Fellow Weekly Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F302. 
  • * Academic Achievement Program Spring Dean’s Fellow Hiring Information Meeting 1:00pm - 1:50pm room F209. 

Tuesday, October 31

  • Career Planning Center 1L Career Development Orientation 12:30pm - 1:30pm room F109. CPC Website.
  • Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm room F200.
  • * Law Library Workshop Legislative History 1:00pm - 2:00pm room D236.