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Earle Mack School of Law Weekly Newsletter: May 29, 2012

Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University Weekly Newsletter
 

May 29, 2012

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Earle Mack School of Law News Headlines:
http://www.earlemacklaw.drexel.edu/news/

Legal Research Center and Law Building Hours:
http://www.earlemacklaw.drexel.edu/studentLife/studentAffairs/building_hours/

EMSoL Weekly Newsletter for Summer Semester:
The EMSoL Weekly Newsletter will be published bi-weekly until the first week of fall semester (August 20, 2012). The submission deadline has been extended to 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding the next issue.


Next Issue of the Weekly Newsletter:
June 11, 2012


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SBA Student Group Training Event

The SBA is hosting an event for all incoming student group executive members for the coming year. This session will introduce the event planning software used, as well as different resources available to student groups on campus. Presidents and Treasurers of student groups are highly encouraged to attend, but may send a proxy if this is not possible.

Date: Friday, June 1, 2012
Time: Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Room 301


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Career Strategies

8th Annual IMPACT Career Fair for Law Students and Attorneys with Disabilities

Friday, August 3, 2012, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport
2799 Jefferson Davis Highway - Arlington, VA

We invite you to join us to interview returning Fall 2012 law students and lawyers with disabilities from law schools across the country!   Employers will be able to prescreen all applicant materials via an email link sent by the IMPACT coordinators. 

Registration is now open!
Employer Registration Deadline - Thursday, July 5, 2012
Student/Graduate Registration Deadline - Sunday, July 8, 2012, 11:59 p.m.

For additional information, please visit http://www.law.arizona.edu/Career/Impact/welcome.cfm.


Delaware Minority Job Fair

The Delaware Minority Job Fair Committee of the Delaware State Bar Association invites you to apply for an invitation to participate in the 2012 Delaware Minority Job Fair for Second and Third-Year Law Students. This event will be held at the Wilmington, Delaware campus of Widener University School of Law on Saturday, August 11, 2012.

For additional information, please visit http://earlemacklaw.drexel.edu/docket/enewsletter/042312/DEJobFair.pdf.

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Events on Campus and Around Town

Mid-Atlantic Law and Society Association Inaugural Conference - October 19-20

Call for Participation - Proposal Due Date: August 1, 2012
Submissions (via email): malsa@drexel.edu

The Mid-Atlantic Law and Society Association will host its Inaugural Conference at the Earle Mack School of Law, Drexel University, in Philadelphia, PA, on October 19-20, 2012. Please make plans to attend and encourage others to join us! Proposals for Individual Papers and Fully-Formed Sessions are welcome.

The DEADLINE for submission of paper proposals and other forms of participation is August 1, 2012.
THEME: Law, Society and the Social Good

Additional information can be found at http://earlemacklaw.drexel.edu/docket/enewsletter/041612/MALSA-2012.pdf.


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Scholarships, Fellowships, and Writing Competitions


Writing Competitions

ACEBC Employee Benefits Writing Competition - Deadline: June 1, 2012
For details, please visit http://earlemacklaw.drexel.edu/docket/enewsletter/012312/ACEBC-Competition-2012.pdf.

The Mary Moers Wenig 2012 Student Writing Competition - Deadline: June 1, 2012
For details, please visit http://www.actec.org/public/WenigCompetition.asp.

2012 Warren E. Burger Prize (Writing Competition) -
Deadline: June 1, 2012
For details, please visit http://www.innsofcourt.org/Content/Default.aspx?Id=309.

University of Connecticut School of Law Student Legal Writing Competition - Deadline: June 1, 2012
For details, please visit http://www.law.uconn.edu/node/9541.

Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition -
Deadline: June 4, 2012
For details, please visit http://law.mercer.edu/academics/legalwriting/milani.

American Intellectual Property Law Association Robert C. Watson Competition- Deadline: June 30, 2012
For details, please visit http://www.aipla.org/resources/programs/Pages/default.aspx.


Scholarships

Mike Eidson Scholarship - Deadline: May 31, 2012
For details, please visit http://www.justice.org/cps/rde/xchg/justice/hs.xsl/8514.htm. The application has been posted on Symplicity.


Constituting America - We The People 9.17 Contest- Deadline: July 4, 2012
For details, please visit http://www.constitutingamerica.org/docs/WTPco.pdf. (Award = $2,000!)

2012 Shannon Bybee Scholarship Award
- Deadline: September 4, 2012
For details, please visit http://www.law.uh.edu/financialaid/gaming%20law.pdf.

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Submissions for the Weekly Newsletter
Submissions for the "EMSoL Weekly Newsletter" are approved by Kevin Oates, Senior Associate Dean of Students and Associate Professor of Law.

End of EMSoL Weekly Newsletter - May 29, 2012