Women of Color Collective Alumnae Reception
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 | 6:00-8:00 p.m.
D’Agostino Hall, Lipton Hall 

The Women of Color Collective (WoCC) invites you to attend our annual Alumnae Reception. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Building Bridges: Engaging in Legal Reform.” During the reception, the Women of Color Collective will proudly honor Leslie Spencer ’98, partner at Ropes & Gray with the 2015 Woman of Distinction Award—in recognition of superlative achievements in the legal profession. Immediately preceding the reception, WoCC will host an informal professional meet and mingle session that matches current female students seeking job search advice and alumnae by practice area. The informal networking session will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will take place in Faculty Club, D’Agostino Hall.

To register, please click here.

The Black, Latino, Asian Pacific American Law Alumni Association (BLAPA) is now accepting nominations for the following Convocation Prizes!

The BLAPA Award for Clinical Service is given to that graduating member of APALSA,BALSA, LaLSA, MELSA and SALSA who is an outstanding member of a clinic, has proven his/her dedication to public service, and plans to pursue a career in public interest law. The amount of the prize is $1,000.

The BLAPA Public Service Convocation Prize promotes the practice of law in the public sector by graduates of the New York University School of Law. BLAPA alumni have contributed funds to create this Public Service Convocation Prize for member(s) of APALSA, BALSA, LaLSA, MELSA and SALSA, who have proven their dedication to public service and who plan to pursue careers in public interest law. The amount of the prize is $1,000.

BLAPA awards the Kim Barry Memorial Convocation Prize in honor of Kim Barry ’98, NYU School of Law’s first Furman Fellow. The Kim Barry Memorial Convocation Prize is given to that graduating member of APALSA, BALSA, LaLSA, MELSA and SALSA, who has demonstrated a commitment to international and human rights work and exhibits academic excellence in the best tradition of Kim Barry. The amount of the prize is $1,000.

If you would like to nominate one of your peers for any of these prizes, please fill out the
nomination form, which is available on the BLAPA website at
http://law.nyu.edu/alumni/alumniassociations/blapa/blapaconvocationprizes/index.htm

Recipients will be notified of their award prior to Convocation.
The deadline for completed applications is Friday, March 6, 2015.

Monday, March 9, 2015, 12:30-1:30pm, FH212
Professor Martin Guggenheim will discuss how to prepare for a career in clinical law teaching and the clinical job market. Even if you are only considering the possibility of a clinical law teaching career in the future, please join us so you know what to keep in mind as you go through your legal career. Open to all law students, and others in the law school community.
Please RSVP to this event via CSM/Symplicity under the Events Tab.

Please join the NYU Law Real Estate and Urban Policy Forum in welcoming the Gibson Dunn real estate practice for a roundtable discussion over lunch entitled “The Anatomy of a Deal: Hudson Yards and other Exciting Projects Re-shaping the Real Estate Landscape.” The real estate practice at Gibson Dunn handles some of the most complex and high profile transactions in New York today and all 1Ls that are potentially interested in practicing real estate law should be sure to attend.

The event will be held in Furman Hall, Room 334 from 12:15-1:30pm on March 10. Lunch catered by Parm will be provided.

To RSVP click, please fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AIEivoKldMHpg9-d14Mifj8KGRzcxtCOZCvSEkA8B4k/viewform?c=0&w=1

Gibson Dunn’s real estate attorneys in attendance will include:

Eric Feuerstein, partner 

Mr. Feuerstein’s practice concentrates on financings, debt purchases, acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings and development. Mr. Feuerstein is ranked as one of the leading real estate lawyers in New York by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Legal 500, The International Who’s Who of Real Estate Lawyers, and The Best Lawyers in America©.  Chambers USA 2012 notes Mr. Feuerstein is “one of the best strategic transactional lawyers you will find anywhere on the planet.”  In addition, Mr. Feuerstein was profiled in the New York Post as one of four lawyers in “Commercial Real Estate’s Top Movers & Shakers.” Mr. Feuerstein serves on the Board of Governors of The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY). Mr. Feuerstein received his Juris Doctor from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1995 and his Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Cornell University in 1991.

Andrew Dady, partner 

Mr. Dady focuses his commercial real estate practice on debt and equity finance, sales, acquisitions and development.  He represents a wide range of clients, including developers, lenders, institutional investors, landlords and significant tenants. Mr. Dady is ranked as one of the leading real estate lawyers in New York by Chambers USA:  America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Mr. Dady received his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1989, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and his Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1986.

Joanne Franzel, partner 

Ms. Franzel’s practice has included all forms of real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions and financing, as well as office and retail leasing with anchor, as well as shopping center tenants. She also has represented a number of clients in New York City real estate development, representing developers as well as users in various mixed-use projects, often with a significant public/private component. She handled the site acquisition for the Atlantic Terminal Shopping Center in Brooklyn, New York, on behalf of the developer, Forest City Ratner Companies. This included negotiation of a long-term ground lease and construction agreement and related easements. The project includes a 300,000 square foot retail shopping center located on a development pad built over a Long Island Rail Road and MTA subway station. Ms. Franzel received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1980.  She received her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in 1977 from Brown University.

Steve Klein, partner

Mr. Klein’s practice covers a broad range of real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, financings, leasing, construction and development, restructurings and recapitalizations. He also has substantial experience in REIT offerings, REIT mergers and formation of investment funds. He has advised clients on securitized funding agreements, permanent and mezzanine loan agreements, loan restructuring agreements, partnership and limited liability company agreements, private placement memoranda, property management agreements, retail and office leases and regional shopping centre agreements.  His clients include Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, DiamondRock Hospitality Company, AECOM Capital, Lehman Brothers and Silverpeak Real Estate Partners. Chambers USA ranks Mr. Klein among the leading individuals practicing Real Estate Law in New York.  He has also been included in Legal Media Group’s Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Real Estate Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America©, The Legal 500 and New York Magazine’s “Best Lawyers.” Mr. Klein is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), the Advisory Board of Chicago Title Insurance Company, and the Advisory Board of NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Klein was Chair of the Real Estate department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher.  Mr. Klein received his Juris Doctor from Rutgers University School of Law in 1986.

Harry Silvera, partner 

Mr. Silvera’s practice concentrates on acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, financing, development projects and commercial leasing. Mr. Silvera has handled transactions for clients that include RXR Realty, NorthStar Realty Healthcare, IDB Group, Brickman Associates, Fremont Realty Capital, Centerbridge Partners and Tishman Speyer.  Mr. Silvera is ranked among the top real estate lawyers by The Best Lawyers in America^©. Before joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Silvera was a partner with Fried Frank, where he practiced since 1995.  He is a 1995 graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

Michael Byrne, associate
Noam Haberman, associate

Kim Gordon, associate

Ben Hughes, associate

Sara Berkeley, associate

Matt Gibbons, associate

Matthew Linsky, associate
Alex Meirowitz, associate

Please contact abh380@nyu.edu with any questions.

For career planning questions that can be answered in 10 minutes or less, the Public Interest Law Center (PILC) offers drop-in counseling during the following days and times this week:

• Monday, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm with Linda Wayner
• Tuesday, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm with Rachel Peckerman
• Wednesday, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm with Sarah Hudson-Plush
• Thursday, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm for federal government questions only with Heidi Gilchrist
• Friday, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm with David Glasgow
  

To make a full counseling appointment to meet with a PILC Counselor, please call our office at (212) 998-6686 during business hours (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST), or email pilc.appointments@nyu.edu.

The following government programs have 2L deadlines coming up in the next few weeks.  Details of these programs are provided in the 2014-15 Government Honors & Internship Handbook, located at www.law.arizona.edu/career/honorshandbook.cfm.
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Summer

• Government of District of Columbia – Office of Police Complaints Law Clerk Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 02/27/15)
• Department of Health & Human Services – Departmental Appeals Board Volunteer Internship/Externship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 02/27/15)
• Department of Health & Human Services – Office of the General Counsel, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Summer Law Student Internship & Externship Program (Paid & Unpaid, Deadline 02/27/15)
• Overseas Private Investment Corporation – Department of Legal Affairs Legal Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 02/27/15)
• Department of Health & Human Services – Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Public Health Law Internships & Externships (Unpaid, Deadline 02/28/15)
• City of Chicago Department of Law – Summer Law Clerk (Unpaid, Deadline 03/01/15)
• Illinois Attorney General’s Office – Law Clerk Program (Unpaid, Deadline 03/01/15)
• New York City Law Department – Summer Honors Program (Paid, Deadline 03/01/15)
• Virginia Attorney General – Summer Legal Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 03/01/15)
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DHS – Office of Diversity and Civil Rights Civil Liberties Division Legal Internship (Unpaid, Deadline 03/03/15)
• Executive Office of the President – Council on Environmental Quality Legal Clerkship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 03/06/15)
• South Carolina Attorney General – Law Clerk Program (Paid, Deadline 03/08/15)
• Administrative Office of the United States Courts – Summer 2015 Volunteer Legal Intern Program Judicial Branch (Unpaid, Deadline 03/13/15)
• Department of Commerce – Office of General Counsel Legal Internship Program (Paid & Unpaid, Deadline 03/15/15)
• Department of Commerce – International Trade Administration, Office of Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement Compliance, International Trade Law Clerk Program (Unpaid, Deadline 03/15/15)
• Commission on Security & Cooperation in Europe – U.S. Helsinki Commission Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 03/15/15)
• Connecticut Office of Attorney General – Law Internship (Unpaid, Deadline 03/15/15)
• House of Representatives – Committee on the Judiciary Majority Office Intern Program (Unpaid, Deadline 03/15/15)
• Maine Attorney General – Summer Legal Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 03/15/15)
• Office of the U.S. Trade Representative – Student Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 03/15/15)
• Connecticut Office of the Chief State’s Attorney – Division of Criminal Justice Legal Internship (Unpaid, Deadline 03/20/15)
• Wisconsin Judicial Court System – Summer Law Student Internship Program (Unpaid, Deadline 03/20/15)

Wednesday, March 11, 2015  |  4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Classroom 216, Furman Hall
245 Sullivan Street  map

Highly encouraged to attend. Representatives from major fellowship organizations will provide nuts and bolts information about their fellowships and how to apply.

Monday, March 2, 2015  |  12:30 PM – 1:50 PM
Classroom 216, Furman Hall

PILC’s Rachel Peckerman will discuss how to find – and land – great public interest internships before the PILC Summer Funding Deadline.

Event:  Clerkship Panel With Four Federal Judges
Date/Time: Friday, March 27 @ 2:15 PM
Location:  Vanderbilt Hall, Room 210

Judge Dennis Jacobs (NYU J.D. ’73) of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Judge Raymond Lohier (NYU J.D. ’91) of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Judge Nancy Atlas (NYU J.D. ’74) of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and Judge Berle Schiller (NYU J.D. ’68) of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania will speak on the clerkship application process and the benefits of clerking.  Prof. Stephen Gillers (NYU J.D. ’68) will moderate the panel.

Students interested in clerking should not miss this opportunity to speak with prominent federal judges about the clerkship experience, ways in which you can make yourself the most attractive candidate for a clerkship, and how to best navigate the application process.  This program is geared towards 2Ls and 3Ls, but all are welcome to attend.

Click here to RSVP or log into your CSM/Symplicity account and go to the “Events>OCS/PILC Events” page.

NYU Law’s Annual Spring Fling dance will be held on Thursday, March 12th at the Union Square Ballroom starting at 9:00 PM till 1:00 AM. NYU ID will be needed for entry. Guests are allowed as well so long as they enter with someone bearing NYU ID.

Please bring your NYU ID – to be checked at the door.

The suggested dress code for the event is semi-formal.

Union Square Ballroom
27 Union Square West, #500
New York, NY 10003

OUTLaw, the LGBTQ student organization at NYU Law, is holding its annual Queer Faculty Luncheon on Wednesday, March 11^th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. in Lipton Hall, located at 108 West 3^rd Street. The luncheon is an opportunity for LGBTQ-identified and ally students, faculty, and administrators to meet and foster the LGBTQ community at NYU Law. Faculty and administrators will be encouraged to meet with a first-year student beforehand for a short, informal interview to facilitate faculty introductions at the luncheon.

If you are an LGBTQ-identified or ally faculty or administrator who would like to attend, please RSVP here by Monday, March 9^th.

Attention: NYU Students

Be a Part of the Tradition!

Order your Class Ring Today and take advantage of the Early Semester Discounts.

A Herff Jones Representative will be available at the
NYU Main Bookstore at 726 Broadway to take your orders
& answer your questions on the following days & times:

Tuesday, March 3rd from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Wednesday, March 4th from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm
& Thursday, March 5th from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Click here to add to your calendar.

Herff Jones Class Ring Co. is offering discounts of:
$100 off 14 Karat Gold
$150 off 18 Karat Gold

Make sure to inquire about our interest free payment plans & step up free program.

It is a good idea to include your parents in this process.
Click here to forward this to your parents.

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The Latino Law Students Association (LaLSA) invites their fellow students to attend LaLSA Ball!

Saturday, March 7th from 8pm-12am in Greenberg Lounge.

Catered Latin food, unlimited wine and beer, Salsa lessons, a live Latin band, a fabulous DJ, and LA HORA LOCA (for those of you who don’t know what that is, you will have to show up to find out!). Ticket proceeds will benefit Make the Road, an organization working to build the power of Latino and working class communities.

Each year, the Law School sets aside a small amount of funding to support student groups and journals interested in putting on intellectual programming during the school year. In the past, this funding has been awarded by a group known as the Symposium Funding Committee. This year however, the committee has been renamed the Student Intellectual Life committee, and has broadened its scope.  While traditional symposia can still be proposed, the committee will now accept proposals for a variety of different programs (often lesser in scale). Click here for the formal application with requirements and additional information.  The deadline for applying for funding for next year is Monday, March 2, 2015.  If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact Paul O’Grady, the Director for Student Affairs at paul.ogrady@nyu.edu  or 212-998-6397.

When: March 11, 2015, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

All students are invited to join faculty and administrators for wine and cheese in the Sexton Lounge on the second floor of Furman Hall.

Contact: law.studentaffairs@nyu.edu

Requests for Tutors Begin this Tuesday!

The Office of Student Affairs offers a tutoring program for students who are struggling academically, or who have missed a substantial amount of class time due to illness or other personal problems.

In considering whether to request a tutor, it is highly advised that students first meet with a class teaching assistant. Teaching assistants often are in the best position to provide practical guidance.

Our free, confidential tutoring service is open to all JD and LLM students who have demonstrated need for tutoring.

These sessions are designed to assist students who are experiencing specific difficulties in a particular subject, or who would like guidance with respect to study, outlining or exam-taking skills.

Tutors are fellow students who have demonstrated academic excellence in an academic area(s) and whenever possible, students are assigned to tutors who had the same professor for the course.

Tutoring takes place at mutually convenient times, usually 2-3 hours per week.

Due to the limited number of available tutors, students may request tutoring for a maximum of two courses.

Please note: because we rely on student volunteers to act as tutors, we may not be able to assign a tutor in every case, but we will make every effort to do so.  Requests for tutors in more advanced classes can be difficult to fulfill. If we are unable to find you a tutor, we encourage you to speak with your professor and his or her teaching assistant about your specific difficulties.

To apply for tutoring*, please visit https://nyu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1HohrwgyR6309CZ.

*The Spring 2015 Tutoring Program is open for requests Tuesday, February 10 to Tuesday, April 14, 2015.

For questions please email law.studentaffairs@nyu.edu.

If you are a 2L or 3L (or an LLM*) student who has excelled in a particular substantive area and has a knack for teaching, we urge you to apply to provide tutoring service to a fellow student. If you agree to act as a tutor, you will be included in our tutor registry. When a student asks for assistance in a particular class, we will then match him or her with an appropriate tutor. We may also call upon you to assist with general skills tutoring areas such as note-taking, outlining or exam preparation. Tutors are paid by the Office of Student Affairs and are compensated at the rate of $12 per hour, the same rate of pay that Research Assistants receive.

To apply to become a tutor, please visit: https://nyu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1HohrwgyR6309CZ:

For questions please email law.studentaffairs@nyu.edu

*LLM students should contact the Office of Student Affairs to inquire about applying to serve as a tutor

The Office of Student Affairs has teamed up with the Office of Alumni Relations and the Law Alumni Association to launch a new mentorship program! Because we are currently in the pilot phase, we have opened the program exclusively to our 1L population. We will launch the program to the entire Law School community depending on the success and feedback we receive.

The program has been designed to provide students the ability to connect with alumni mentors for new insights on career paths, academic program choices, and other professional guidance. Beginning next week, you will be able to utilize the Career Services Symplicity platform to search for mentors based on criteria provided from alumni profile data. This program is intended to primarily help build professional relationships and provide guidance, and therefore, you are not permitted to contact mentors in search of a job.

We encourage all 1Ls to take advantage of this great opportunity to build lasting connections. If you are interested in participating, click here for the user guide and here for the program guidelines.

For questions or concerns, please contact the Office of Student Affairs at law.studentaffairs@nyu.edu.

Recharge your mind!
Pointers and practices on how yoga can help you relax, rejuvenate and focus.

This class will be led by our own Assistant Dean Arthur Fama, Spring 2015 Yoga Schedule

Wednesday, March 4, 2015  |  11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
245 Sullivan Street- Furman Hall, Lester Pollack Colloquium (9th Floor)
New York, NY 10012

Tuesday, March 10, 2015  |  9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Furman Hall, 9th Floor, Lester Pollack Colloquium
245 Sullivan Street New York, NY 10012

The Journal of Law & Liberty and the Classical Liberal Institute invite you to a symposium on the Affordable Care Act in 2015.

The event will feature three panels on current issues surrounding the Affordable Care Act:

1. Hobby Lobby – Panelists include Prof. John Eastman, Mr. Adam Sonfield, and Ms. Jennifer Marshall.

2. King v. Burwell – Panelists include Prof. Timothy Jost, Prof. Jonathan Adler, Mr. Michael Cannon, and Prof. Nicholas Bagley.

3. Implementation and Reform – Panelists include Prof. Scott Atlas, Prof. David Himmelstein, and Prof. David Trueman.

The event is open to the public and CLE credit will be available. Please RSVP at https://nyu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1QW9LtbB5pqjnhz