October 2008

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Information in this calendar is updated as of September 30, 2008. * Indicates additions or updates since the last publication.

October 1, 2008

    Upcoming Events:

    November 1, 2008
    Alumni & Development:     5th Annual Minority Mentoring Picnic. 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Amelia Earhart Park. For more information, call (305) 284-3470 or 1-866-99UMLAW.

    November 12, 2008
    Students: Partnership for Professionalism Fall Dinner. 6:30 p.m., BankUnited Center, Hurricane 100 Room. For more information, contact Associate Dean of Students William P. VanderWyden.

    November 14, 2008
    Law Alumni Association:     Reception in honor of ABA President-Elect Carolyn B. Lamm, JD '73. 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., Lowe Art Museum.

    November 27, 2008
    Thanksgiving Holiday:     Law School and Law Library closed.
  • Student Bar Association: 1L/LL.M. Elections. 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 p.m., Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. For more information, contact the SBA at sba@law.miami.edu or call (305) 284-5473.
  • Students: 1L "Complete Road to Success" Kaplan Workshop. 12:30 p.m., Room F109. Lunch provided. For more information, contact Ana Rosa Ramirez.
  • Students: Cardozo Jewish Legal Society meeting. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Room F309.
  • Students: Christian Legal Society meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room G363.
  • Students: OUTlaw meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room A216B.

October 2, 2008

  • Career Development Office: Florida Bar Board Certification Student Seminar and Luncheon. 12:30 p.m., Room 108. For more information, call the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • Student Bar Association: 1L/LL.M. Elections. 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 p.m., Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge.
  • Student Bar Association: General meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. For more information, contact the SBA at sba@law.miami.edu or call (305) 284-5473.
  • Students: Presidential Film Series. The War Room, 7:00 p.m. Election, 8:45 p.m. Bill Cosford Cinema. For more information, visit the UM's Dialogue for Democracy website.
  • Students: Entertainment and Sports Law Society meeting with Don West, Jr., Vice President and Trust Officer with Axis Legacy Planning and Trusts, P.L. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room F309.
  • Students: Jewish Comparative Law Society General meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room A110A.
  • Students: BLSA Study Night. 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. Room F209.

October 3, 2008

  • HOPE: Dade County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section presents “Unlock Your Potential: Strategies for Professionalism and Professional Development.” 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Hyatt Regency, Downtown Miami. For more information, visit the HOPE website.
  • Students: Miami-Leipzig Exchange Seminar applications due at 10:00 a.m. For more information, email leipzig09@law.miami.edu.
  • Students: Practice Mid-Term assignments and room numbers will be posted outside Room 209 and on the Law Registrar's website.

October 5, 2008

October 6, 2008

  • Student Bar Association: SBA Runoff (if necessary). Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. For more information, contact the SBA at sba@law.miami.edu or call (305) 284-5473.
  • Career Development Office: Florida Supreme Court Internship Program Applications deadline. For more information, call the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • Career Development Office: Skadden Fellowship Applications Due. For more information, visit the website.
  • Students: Miami Law Women meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room F109.
  • Students: InterClub Council (ICC) meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room F309.
  • Students: International and Comparative Law Review meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room F108.

October 7, 2008

  • Career Development Office: OCI Phase II // Session III: Interviewing Skills Workshop. 12:30 p.m., Room 109. For more information, call the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • HOPE: PILS Meeting with Scott Sundby. 12:30-2:00 p.m., Room 216B. For more information, visit the HOPE website.
  • Students: Society of Bar and Gavel meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room A110.
  • Students: International Law Society General meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room F108.
  • Students: Black Law Review Meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room E352.

October 8, 2008

  • Students: Cardozo Jewish Legal Society meeting. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Room F309.
  • Students: Christian Legal Society meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room G363.

October 9, 2008

  • International & Foreign Graduate Programs: Networking Luncheon. 12:00 - 2:00 p.m., Room 216B. For more information, contact the International and Foreign Graduate Programs office at (305) 284-5402.
  • Students: Jewish Comparative Law Society General meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room A110A.

October 10, 2008

  • Career Development Office: OCI Phase II/Session II Interviews end. For more information, call the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • Career Development Office: Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair. Washington, DC. For more information, call the CDO at (305) 284-2668.

October 11, 2008

  • Admissions & Recruiting: Open House. 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge.
  • HOPE: American Heart Association Walk. 8:00 a.m.., Tropical Park. For more information, visit the HOPE website.
  • Career Development Office: Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair. Washington, DC. For more information, call the CDO at (305) 284-2668.

October 12, 2008

  • Society of Bar & Gavel: Bar & Gavel Race Judicata. 7:00 - 10:00 a.m., The Bricks. For more information, call the Society of Bar & Gavel at
    305-284-1133.
  • HOPE: HOPE Online Auction ends at 10:00 p.m. For more information, visit the HOPE website.

October 13, 2008

  • Career Development Office: OCI Program: Phase II // Session III Interviews begin. For more information, call the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • Academic Achievement Program: AAP 2L Exam Workshop begins (meetings every Monday hereafter). For more information, contact Joanne Harvest Koren.
  • HOPE: Miami Scholars Luncheon. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. For more information, visit the HOPE website.

October 14, 2008

  • Alumni & Development: Law Alumni Miami-Dade Judicial Reception. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Mellon Financial Center. For more information, call (305) 284-3470 or 1-866-99UMLAW.
  • Students: BLSA meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Room E352.

October 15, 2008

  • HOPE: PILB Meeting. 12:30-2:00 p.m., F209. For more information, visit the HOPE website.
  • Students: Cardozo Jewish Legal Society meeting. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Room F309.
  • Students: Christian Legal Society meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room G363.
  • Students: International Moot Court Board meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room E352.

October 16 - 18, 2008

  • Continuing Legal Education: 21st Institute on Real Property Law. Ft. Lauderdale Grande Hotel and Yacht Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL. For more information, click here.

October 16, 2008

  • Students: Dean's Scholarship Reception. Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge.
  • HOPE: HOPE 10th Annual Auction. 6:00 p.m., Lowe Art Museum. For more information, visit the HOPE website.
  • Student Bar Association: General meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. For more information, contact the SBA at sba@law.miami.edu or call (305) 284-5473.
  • Students: "The Way We’ll Be" featuring John Zogby. 3:00 p.m., Bill Cosford Cinema. For more information, visit the UM's Dialogue for Democracy website.
  • Students: Presidential Film Series. Our Brand is Crisis, 7:00 p.m. Primary Colors, 8:30 p.m. Bill Cosford Cinema. For more information, visit the UM's Dialogue for Democracy website.
  • Students: Jewish Comparative Law Society General meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room A110A.
  • Center for Ethics & Public Service: Advisory Board meeting. 8:00 a.m., Faculty Meeting Room. For more information, contact the CEPS at (305) 284-3934.

October 17, 2008

  • HOPE: Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee and the Equal Opportunities Law Section present "Out in Court: Thirty Years of Gays and Lesbians in the Legal Profession." 12:30-6:00 p.m.., Room 352. For more information, visit the HOPE website.
  • * Ethics & Professional Responsibility Program: Morality, Spirituality, and the Law seminar. 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Lawson Thomas Family Court Center, 175 NW 1st Avenue. For more information, click here or contact Jan Jacobowitz at (305) 284-8564 or jjacobowitz@law.miami.edu.

October 20, 2008

  • Students: Miami Law Women meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room F109.

October 21, 2008

  • Students: "The 2008 Elections and the Future of American Politics." 4:00 p.m., Storer Auditorium. For more information, visit the UM's Dialogue for Democracy website.
  • Career Development Office: Pathways to Employment in International Law. 12:30 p.m., Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. For more information, call the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • Students: Society of Bar and Gavel meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room A110.
  • Students: Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) general meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room F408.

October 22, 2008

  • HOPE: General meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room F209. For more information, visit the HOPE website.
  • Students: Cardozo Jewish Legal Society meeting. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Room F309.
  • Students: Christian Legal Society meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room G363.
  • Students: BLSA Networking Panel. 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge.

October 23 - 26, 2008

  • Law Alumni Association: Annual Homecoming Weekend. For more information, call 1-866- 99UMLAW or 305-284-3470 or email alumni@law.miami.edu.

October 23, 2008

  • Students: Bruce Hornsby and Friends. 8:00 p.m., BankUnited Center. For more information, visit the UM's Dialogue for Democracy website.
  • Law Alumni Association: Celebration of M. Minnette Massey, Professor of Law. 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Law School Quadrangle. For more information, visit the Homecoming website.
  • Law Alumni Association: Supreme Court Judicial Clerks Reception. 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., Faculty Lounge, Law Library, 4th Floor. For more information, call 305-284-3470.
  • International & Foreign Graduate Programs: Cover Letters Luncheon. 12:00 - 2:00 p.m., Room 216B. For more information, contact the International and Foreign Graduate Programs office at (305) 284-5402.
  • Students: Phi Alpha Delta meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room F108.
  • Students: Jewish Comparative Law Society General meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room A110A.

October 24, 2008

  • Law Alumni Association: Class Reunions 1968, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1998. Law Quadrangle, Faculty Meeting Room, Student Lounge, Lowe Art Museum. For more information, visit the Homecoming website.

October 25, 2008

  • Law Alumni Association: 60th Annual Homecoming Breakfast. 8:30 a.m., Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. For more information, visit the Homecoming website.

October 27 - 31, 2008

  • Students: Fall Wellness Week hosted by the Dean of Students Office. For more information, contact Iris Morera.

October 28, 2008

  • Career Development Office: 1L Career Development Office Orientation. 12:30 p.m., Room 309. For more information, call the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • Students: "All's Fair: Love, War and Politics" featuring James Carville and Mary Matalin. 6:30 p.m., BankUnited Center. For more information, visit the UM's Dialogue for Democracy website.
  • Students: International Law Society general meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room F108.
  • Students: Hispanic Law Students Association meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room A216B.

October 29, 2008

  • Career Development Office: 1L Career Development Office Orientation. 12:30 p.m., Room 352. For more information, call the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • Academic Achievement Program: AAP Information meeting for hiring Dean's Fellows for Spring 2009. Room 209. For more information, contact Joanne Harvest Koren.
  • Students: Cardozo Jewish Legal Society meeting. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Room F309.
  • Students: Christian Legal Society meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room G363.

October 30, 2008

  • Career Development Office: 1L Career Development Office Orientation. 12:30 p.m., Room 309. For more information, call the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • Student Bar Association: General meeting. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. For more information, contact the SBA at sba@law.miami.edu or call (305) 284-5473.
  • Students: Presidential Film Series. Street Fight, 7:00 p.m. The Last Hurrah, 8:30 p.m. Bill Cosford Cinema. For more information, visit the UM's Dialogue for Democracy website.
  • HOPE: PILS meeting with Professor Bernard Perlmutter. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Room A110A. For more information, visit the HOPE website.

October 31, 2008

  • Alumni & Development: Named Scholarship Donor Luncheon. 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. For more information, call (305) 284-3470 or 1-866-99UMLAW.
  • Career Development Office: (OCI) Phase II/Session III Interviews end. For more information, call the CDO at (305) 284-2668.