September 2009

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

    Upcoming Events:

    October 4, 2009
    Practice Mid-Term Exam.

    October 14, 2009
    22nd Institute on Real Property Law. Fort Lauderdale Hyatt Regency Pier 66, Fort Lauderdale, FL. For more information, call (305) 284-6276.

    October 15 - 16, 2009
    34th Institute on Condominium & Cluster Developments. Fort Lauderdale Hyatt Regency Pier 66, Fort Lauderdale, FL. For information, call (305) 284-6276

  • HOPE: Empowered Youth Juvenile Mentoring Project Info Meeting. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Room E352. For more information, contact the HOPE office at (305)284-2599.
  • Alumni Development: CABA (Cuban American Bar Association) Board Dinner; 5:30 Reception with Hispanic Law Students Association and faculty to be followed by a meeting of the CABA Board from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. For more information or to RSVP, call 305-284-4945 or email alumni@law.miami.edu.
  • Center for Ethics & Public Service: Women in the Law Luncheon. 12:30 p.m., Fourth Floor Faculty Lounge. For more information, click here, or call (305) 284 - 3934.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

  • Office of Student Recruiting: Summer Clerkship Videotaping. For more information, contact the Student Recruiting office at (305) 284-3084.
  • HOPE: PILB Meeting. 12:30 - 1:50 p.m., Room F209. For more information, contact the HOPE office at (305)284-2599.

Wednesday, September 2 - Friday, September 4, 2009

  • Career Development Office: Mock Interview Program, CDO and Law Library. For more information, contact the CDO at (305) 284-2668.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

  • HOPE: Running for HOPE, ING Marathon Mtg. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Room A216B. For more information, contact the HOPE office at (305)284-2599.
  • HOPE: Public Service Loan Forgiveness And Loan Repayment Assistance Programs From A To Z Webinar. 12:15 - 1:15 p.m., For more information, click here, or contact the HOPE office at (305)284-2599.
  • Phi Alpha Delta: Meeting. 12:30 - 1:50 p.m., Room F209.

Friday, September 4, 2009

  • Career Development Office: Fall 2009 Judicial Internship Program Application Deadline. 5:00 p.m. For more information, contact the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • HOPE: Lotus Power Happy Hour Benefiting HOPE. 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., Prana Yoga, Coral Gables. For more information, click here, or contact the HOPE office at (305)284-2599.

Monday, September 7, 2009

  • Labor Day Holiday: Law School and Law Library closed.
  • Miami Hurricanes Football: UM vs. Florida State. 8:00 p.m., Tallahassee, FL. For more information, visit Hurricanesports.com.

Tuesday, September 8 - Friday, October 23, 2009

  • Career Development Office: Phase II of the Fall 2009 On Campus Interview ("OCI") Program. For more information, contact the CDO at (305) 284-2668.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

  • Career Development Office: Fall 2009 Judicial Internship Program Mandatory Orientation. 5:30 p.m., Room 110. For more information, contact the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • HOPE: PILS Meeting featuring Professor Rebecca Sharpless. 12:30 – 1:50 p.m., Room E265. For more information, contact the HOPE office at (305) 284-2599.
  • Alumni Development: Miami and Broward Chapters of the American Jewish Committee Reception welcoming Dean Patricia D. White. By invitation only. For more information call 305-284-4945 or email alumni@law.miami.edu.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

  • Alumni Development: Young Alumni Committee Reception to introduce Dean Patricia D. White. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Braman Motors, 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Miami. For more information or to RSVP, call 305-284-4945 or email alumni@law.miami.edu.
  • HOPE & CDO: The Post Graduate Fellowship Informational Program. 12:30 p.m., Room A110A. For more information, contact the CDO at (305) 284-2668 or the HOPE office at (305) 284-2599.
  • SBA: Meeting. 12:00 - 2:00 p.m., Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge.

Thursday, September 10 - Sunday, September 13, 2009

  • HOPE: 2009 Student/Farmworker Encuentro Conference. For more information, click here, contact the HOPE office at (305)284-2599.

Friday, September 11, 2009

  • Dean of Students: Miami Law Women Faculty/Student Potluck. 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. For more information, contact the Dean of Students office at (305) 284-4551.
  • HOPE: Representation to Realize Rights - A Summit on Counsel for Children in Miami. 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 pm. For more information, click here, or contact the HOPE office at (305)284-2599.
  • HOPE: Lotus Power Happy Hour Benefiting HOPE. 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., Prana Yoga, Coral Gables. For more information, click here, or contact the HOPE office at (305)284-2599.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

  • Office of Student Recruiting: Miami LSAC Forum. For more information, contact the Student Recruiting office at (305) 284-3084.

Monday, September 14, 2009

  • Career Development Office: Small Firm Week - Networking Workshop. 12:30 p.m., Room 109. For more information, contact the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • Fall Semester: Pass-Fail option deadline for 3L students.

Monday, September 14 - Friday, September 18, 2009

  • Career Development Office: CDO Small Firm Week. For more information, contact the CDO at (305) 284-2668.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

  • Academic Achievement Program: 2L/3L Fall Exam Workshop Series first session. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Room 209. For more information, contact Joanne Koren at (305) 284-2281.
  • Career Development Office: Small Firm Week - Dept. of State 2010 Summer Internship Presentation. 12:30 p.m., Room 109. For more information, contact the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • Career Development Office: Small Firm Week - Speed Networking Workshop. 5:30 p.m., Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. For more information, contact the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • HOPE: U.S. Department of State Presentation with Hilarion Martinez (Diplomat in Residence) - 2010 Paid Summer International Internship Program. 12:30 p.m., Room 109. For more information, click here, or contact the HOPE office at (305)284-2599.
  • HOPE: Online Auction launches. For more information, contact the HOPE office at (305) 284-2599.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

  • Career Development Office: Small Firm Week - Small Firm Panel Presentation. 12:30 p.m., Room 109. For more information, contact the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • Center for Ethics & Public Service: Fall Reception. Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. For more information, contact the CEPS office at (305) 284-3934.
  • HOPE: HOPE Panel. 12:30 - 1:50 p.m., Room E352. For more information, contact the HOPE office at (305)284-2599.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

  • Career Development Office: Small Firm Week - Flying Solo with Spencer Aronfeld. 12:30 p.m., Room 110. For more information, contact the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • Dean's Office: Long Service Awards. Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. For more information, contact Jorge Pineda at (305) 284-3076.
  • HOPE: Equal Justice Works Fellowship Applications due. 5:00 p.m. For more information, click here, or contact the HOPE office at (305)284-2599.
  • Miami Hurricanes Football: UM vs. Georgia Tech. 7:30 p.m., Miami Gardens, FL. For more information, visit Hurricanesports.com.

Friday, September 18, 2009

  • HOPE: Lotus Power Happy Hour Benefiting HOPE. 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., Prana Yoga, Coral Gables. For more information, click here, or contact the HOPE office at (305)284-2599.

Friday, September 18 - Sunday, September 20, 2009

  • Rosh Hashanah Holiday.

Monday, September 21, 2009

  • Career Development Office: Florida Supreme Court Information Session. 12:30 p.m., Room 108. For more information, contact the CDO at (305) 284-2668.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

  • Career Development Office: Networking Workshop for International LL.M. Students. 12:30 p.m., Room 216B. For more information, contact the CDO at (305) 284-2668.
  • *Student Bar Association: Emergency Meeting. 12:30 p.m., Room 309.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

  • Office of Student Recruiting: Evening Open House Reception. 6:00 - 9:00 p.m., Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge. For more information, contact the Student Recruiting office at (305) 284-3084. Click here to RSVP.
  • HOPE: PILS Meeting. 12:30 - 1:50 p.m., Room E265. For more information, contact the HOPE office at (305)284-2599.
  • *Student Bar Association: 1L Election Informational Meeting. 12:30 p.m., Location TBA. For more information, email SBAElectionCommission@gmail.com.
  • *Christian Legal Society: Meeting. 12:30 p.m., Room 216B. For more information, email christianmc_@hotmail.com.
  • *Cardozo Jewish Legal Society: Meeting. 12:30 p.m., Room F300. For more information, email jadelman@students.law.miami.edu.
  • *Entertainment and Sports Law Society: Grammy Foundation and the Entertainment Law Initiative hosts an annual writing competition for law students. 12:30 p.m., Location TBA. For more information, email emilysgoodman@yahoo.com.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

  • Therapeutic Jurisprudence Center: Dedication of Therapeutic Jurisprudence Center. 5:30 p.m. Lowe Art Museum. For more information click here.
  • SBA: Meeting. 12:00 - 2:00 p.m., Alma Jennings Foundation Student Lounge.
  • *Student Bar Association: 1L Election Informational Meeting. 12:30 p.m., Location TBA. For more information, email SBAElectionCommission@gmail.com.
  • *Student Organization for Human Rights: Meeting. 12:30 p.m., Room 216B.
  • *Kaplan Bar Exam Information Session: 12:20 p.m., Room F300. For more information, email cavari3@gmail.com.
  • *Society of Bar and Gavel: Applications due. 5:00 p.m. Submit applications to BarAndGavel@gmail.com no later than 5:00 p.m.
  • *Catholic Law Students Association: Meeting. 7:00 p.m., Location TBA. For more information, email vquintana@students.law.miami.edu.

Friday, September 25, 2009

  • Dean of Students: Bar Swearing In Ceremony. Storer Auditorium. University of Miami Coral Gables campus. For more information, contact the Dean of Students office at (305) 284-4551.
  • HOPE: Lotus Power Happy Hour Benefiting HOPE. 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., Prana Yoga, Coral Gables. For more information, click here, or contact the HOPE office at (305)284-2599.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Sunday, September 27 - Monday, September 28, 2009

  • Yom Kippur Holiday.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

  • HOPE: General Meeting. 12:30 - 1:50 p.m., Room F209. For more information, contact the HOPE office at (305)284-2599.