Please be advised that VH Kushner Lounge will have limited access on Monday, March 9 in preparation for a private event that evening. Study spaces will be unavailable between 1:00-5:00 p.m., but students with lockers and/or refrigerator items will still be able to access belongings during this time (up until 5:00 p.m.). From 5:00-8:00 p.m. Kushner Lounge will be closed for the private event, so we ask that you plan accordingly. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Office of Student Affairs at law.studentaffairs@nyu.edu.

DISH^® 2015 “Best in Class” eDiscovery Legal Research and Writing Competition sponsored by DISH Network L.L.C., in conjunction with Redgrave LLP.  The grand prize is $3,500 for the winning student.

We do not want you to miss out on this opportunity for your students, so we encourage you to share this information with all eligible law school students who (a) have obtained a baccalaureate degree or equivalent from an accredited institution and (b) are or will be enrolled in an ABA-accredited law program in the United States on the date of submission.  The submission deadline is April 13, 2015.

The DISH® “Best in Class” eDiscovery Legal Research and Writing Competition encourages law students to develop a thorough understanding of the evolution and practice of Information Governance and Discovery in civil litigation.  The competition is the only one of its kind designed to challenge law students to explore the evolving issues of document management, electronically stored information, and ever-expanding technology — along with their application to the law.

Additional contest information can be found on the contest website at: http://www.dishediscovery.com

Please direct all questions to contactus@dishediscovery.com.

Tuesday, March 31, 2015  |  6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge
40 Washington Square South New York 10012  

The Korematsu Lecture series was started in 2000 by a group of NYU law students who wished to create a lecture series in honor of Japanese internment challenger Fred Korematsu. The lecture provides a forum to address Asian American perspectives on the law and to honor Asian Americans who have substantially contributed to the development of the law while challenging the status quo.

This year’s Korematsu Lecture will be held on March 31, 2015 at 6:00 P.M. in Greenberg Lounge.

Details about the guest speaker and how to register will be forthcoming.

Hosted by the Asian-Pacific American Law Students Association

Please contact the Office of Student Affairs for more information at law.studentaffairs@nyu.edu

NYU Law students are invited to attend an upcoming event at the Ford Foundation headquarters in midtown – Courageous Lawyering: Then and Now.  Pulitzer Prize winner Gilbert King will discuss his book Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America.  Thurgood Marshall Jr. will speak, and there will be a panel discussion with Gilbert King,  Sherrilyn Ifill (NAACP LDF) and Nick Turner (Vera Institute of Justice). Susan Sturm of Columbia will moderate the panel.  You can register for the event at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/courageous-lawyering-then-and-now-tickets-15719398143.

Monday, March 9, 2015  |  5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Furman Hall, Lester Pollack Colloquium, 9th Floor
245 Sullivan Street New York, NY 1001

The Frank J. Guarini Government Lecture is produced in honor of Frank J. Guarini, former New Jersey State Senator, seven-term U.S. Congressman, and distinguished alumnus of the Law School.  Each year, an outstanding individual who has performed exemplary public service ­­is invited to address the students and alumni as part of our Leaders in Public Interest Series.

This year, the Frank J. Guarini Government Lecture presents:

Kathryn H. Ruemmler, former White House Counsel, and Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP
Bob Bauer, former White House Counsel, and Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at NYU School of Law
Samuel J. Rascoff, Associate Professor of Law at NYU School of Law (Moderator)

Current law students can RSVP for the event here.

Students who attend the lecture will receive credit towards their Public Interest Law Center (PILC) summer funding requirements.

Monday, March 2, 2015  |  6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Lipton Hall, D’Agostino Hall
110 West 3rd Street  map

RSVP with NYU Qualtrics here by February 27.

The Bickel & Brewer Latino Institute for Human Rights at NYU School of Law proudly presents the Latinos and the Law Lecture, which features a prominent Latino attorney each year.

Students who attend this lecture will recieve credit toward their Public Interest Law Center Summer Funding requirement.

Carol Robles-Román is the President and CEO of Legal Momentum, the national legal organization that advances and defends the rights of women and girls. In this role she creates partnerships with public and private employers on the issue of equal pay and workplace fairness. Recently, Legal Momentum has helped create workplace protections for federal employees, legally represented women who were subjected to workplace discrimination and sexual assault, and called for elected officials to respond forcefully to the scourge of domestic violence.

Carol was formerly Deputy Mayor for Legal Affairs and Counsel to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, and was the first woman to serve as Counsel to a NYC Mayor. She advised the Mayor and the executive branch on governance and compliance, judicial selection, anti-discrimination laws, ethics, police oversight, disability and access laws, domestic violence, and immigration. She led and oversaw the overhaul of several city agencies to improve access to justice and city services for New Yorkers.

Carol has significant experience in complex operations and government reform, as a former New York State Courts administrator and New York State Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. She was the first Special Inspector General for Bias Matters in the New York State Unified Court System, appointed by then Chief Judge Judith Kaye. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York and serves on its Executive Committee, and is on the board of the National Association of Women Lawyers. A lifelong New Yorker, she holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she received the Vanderbilt Medal for extraordinary contribution to the law school community, and a B.A. from Fordham University at Lincoln Center.  Carol has been widely recognized for her work, receiving awards including the 2011 PODER–ABC Justice Award for strategy, vision and leadership. She was designated one of the “100 Most Influential Hispanics” by Hispanic Business Magazine in 2011.

Legal Momentum is a national nonprofit organization that leads action for the legal rights of women. Its targeted litigation, education, policy advocacy, and research help to shape the laws and policies that affect gender equality and ensure that they are properly implemented and enforced. Successful initiatives include judicial education programs on the realities of sexual assault and domestic violence; successful advocacy for the Violence Against Women Act; and representing women who have been subjected to workplace discrimination with precedent-setting litigation.

On behalf of the Global Fellows Program at the Hauser Global Law School, we cordially invite you to attend our Spring Global Fellows Forums to be held on Tuesday, March 10^th, in 22 Washington Square North 1^st Floor Conference Room.  Below is a list of the speakers and their research projects.  Research papers will be available about one week prior to each Forum date on the Global Fellows Forum website.

Space may be limited, so kindly RSVP to law.globalvisitors@nyu.edu if you plan to attend.

NOTE:  The Spring Global Fellows is co-sponsored by the Center for Law and Philosophy.

Tuesday, March 10^th – 22 Washington Square North 1^st Floor Conference Room

Thursday, March 12, 2015
4:00 PM – 5:50 PM
Vanderbilt Hall room 202

The Innovation Policy Colloquium focuses each year on different aspects of the law’s role in promoting creativity and invention. This year, the colloquium will examine the topic of design in intellectual property law.

Presenter: Jason Du Mont, Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Topic: Creativity in Design

2 New York CLE credits in the Area of Professional Practice is approved for both experienced and newly attorneys (those admitted to the New York Bar for less than two years) and is presented in traditional (in person) format.

For more information about the colloquia go to http://www.law.nyu.edu/academics/colloquia/innovationpolicy. If you would like a copy of Jason Du Mont’s paper, email nicole.arzt@nyu.edu.

Friday, March 6, 2015 | 9:00am – 5:00pm
Dave Fields Auditorium
CUNY School of Law
2 Court Square
Long Island City, NY 11101

This Symposium offers a unique and timely opportunity to engage with locally-based Iraqi and Syrian women activists working across sectarian lines, as well as international experts to address the crisis of women’s human rights in areas controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Participants will explore the relationship between gender-based abuses under ISIS and State-sanctioned discrimination and violence against women, highlighting lessons for policymakers and women’s rights advocates in diverse contexts of political and armed conflict.

Sponsored by: The Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice, MADRE, the Organization for Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Nobel Women’s Initiative (NWI),

Free and open to the public, lunch provided with RSVP, CLE credits available. Speakers Include:

Yanar Mohammed, Founder and Director, Organization for Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), Baghdad

Nawal Yazeji, Syrian Women’s Peace Activist; Member, Syrian Women’s League, Damascus

Charlotte Bunch, a Board of Governor’s Distinguished Service Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies; Founder of the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL)

Radhika Coomaraswamy, former U.N. Under Secretary-General, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict; Visiting Professor of Law at NYU Law School (invited)

Madeleine Rees, OBE, Secretary General, WILPF

Patricia Viseur-Sellers, former Gender Legal Advisor and a Prosecutor for the ICTY & ICTR

Paula Donovan, Co-Executive Director of AIDS Free World; former Senior Advisor to the UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa

For a full list of speakers and to register, visit: https://publicsquare.law.cuny.edu/isis

Cant make it? The event will be live streamed at: http://new.livestream.com/cunylaw/wcisis

JD/LL.M. in Taxation and Tax Policy Fellowship Info Session (TuesDAY, mar 10, 11:00 aM, Furman hall room 214)

The Graduate Tax Program will host a meeting for all J.D. students interested in the J.D./LL.M in Taxation program and related scholarship opportunities on Tuesday, March 10 from 11:00 – 11:50 am in Furman Hall 214.

At the meeting, we will discuss the following:

J.D./LL.M. IN TAXATION:  Current NYU J.D. students can receive up to 12 credits of LL.M. advanced standing for certain tax courses taken at NYU School of Law and may qualify to obtain a Tax LL.M. with only one additional full-time semester of post-J.D. study.  Part-time study is also an option, and part-time students can take online courses. NOTE:  For 3Ls who may be interested in this program, the application deadline is April 1, 2015.

TAX POLICY FELLOWSHIP:  A small number of 3L J.D./LL.M. in Taxation candidates will be selected to spend up to six months as interns at the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation during Summer 2015 and Fall 2015.  A stipend is available, absent outside funding.  The fellows will complete the LL.M. in Taxation during the Spring 2016 semester and may receive a scholarship for their semester as LL.M. students.

TAX LAW REVIEW SCHOLARSHIP:  The Tax Law Review (TLR), the premier law school journal for tax policy scholarship, often awards a one-half tuition, merit-based scholarship to a J.D./LL.M. student.  The winners of the TLR Scholarships serve as student editors, who do cite checking, proofreading, etc.  This involves a commitment of approximately 15 hours a week.  Students who are eligible to apply are current 2Ls interested in the J.D./LL.M. in Taxation program.  A student must have completed Income Taxation and priority will be given to a student who has taken additional tax coursework.

We will explain all of these opportunities in more detail and answer your questions at the meeting.  If you are unable to attend, please feel free to direct any questions to John Stephens, Director of the Graduate Tax Program, at john.stephens@nyu.edu or Professor Joshua Blank, Faculty Director of the Graduate Tax Program, at joshua.blank@nyu.edu.

We hope you can join us for our annual Washington, DC trip. Students from past years have told us that this is a fun and memorable experience, and a great way to bond with classmates while seeing the Nation’s Capital!

The trip includes transportation to and from Washington DC on a chartered bus; a two-night stay at the “swanky” Hotel Palomar in the trendy Dupont Circle area; a visit to the US Supreme Court; a walking tour of the memorials; one breakfast; a happy hour; and free time to visit DC’s museums and other sights. You can find the detailed itinerary here.

To sign up for the trip, please bring the following to OGA (Furman Hall 340):

• Payment: $250 per student. Please bring payment in cash (exact change) or personal check made out to New York University. If you need a scholarship, please come to OGA to speak with Lourdes or Barbara.
• Completed Emergency Form (found here)
• For domestic students – copy of an official ID
• For international students – copy of your passport (only the page with your personal information)
• For international students – copy of your student visa

Please come by OGA if you have any questions.

Tuesday, March 31st , 8:00 – 10:00 p.m., STK Downtown Restaurant, 26 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014

You are cordially  invited to meet seasoned attorneys in the Trust & Estates field, on Tuesday, March 31st, during a FREE networking and career forum dinner. Featured practices include large and small law firms, charitable organizations, a trust company, financial management, the Surrogate’s Court and legal publishing. Listen to their personal stories and gain an insight into what it’s like to work in the community!

Spaces are very limited so please RSVP to avoid missing out on this amazing opportunity.

RSVP to: officemanager@mtrustlaw.com

See flyer for details:Meet the Trusts flyer 2015

Overview
APD Insight Law Program available for 1L students on campus at Columbia Law School, NYU School of Law and Yale Law School. Program Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015

• Brief overview of management consulting
• Half-day consulting case study
• Opportunity to network with focused group of peers and consultants with law backgrounds

Detailed Description
McKinsey APD Insight Law Program is a one-day program designed to familiarize law students with management consulting. The program will include an overview of management consulting, a half-day consulting case study and the opportunity to network with a focused group of peers and McKinsey consultants with a background in law. This program does not require any business experience and is designed to cover a range of topics important to those who are exploring alternative career opportunities. The program is open to first year law students, or 1Ls, at Columbia Law School, NYU School of Law and Yale Law School expecting to finish their degree in 2017. To apply, please submit your resume as a PDF by the following deadlines: Columbia Law School – February 27, 2015 Yale Law School – February 27, 2015, New York University School of Law – March 9, 2015
To apply please visit:

https://mckinsey.secure.force.com/Event/job_details?jid=a0xA000000CIy8qIAD

*Your application to this program has no bearing on future applications for full-time or internship roles

Following is a sample of job listings currently active on CSM.  You can find additional jobs, as well as get more information on the specific jobs listed below and apply for these jobs through the CSM System: https://law-nyu-csm.symplicity.com/students/

1. Summer 2015 (1Ls, 2Ls); Corporate, Wakefield, MA – CSM ID 437832. The assistant to the general counsel will work on a mix of novel and challenging legal, policy, and project management problems. Our projects typically involve areas where technology has reached the outer limit of — or even bypassed — applicable regulations.
2. Business Affairs Intern (1Ls, 2Ls); Corporate, Oakland, CA– CSM ID 437811. Business Affairs Intern works with multiple groups outside of the Business Affairs group, including the Legal Affairs Department, internal clients, and external parties.
3. Summer Legal Intern (1Ls, 2Ls); Corporate, Weston, MA– CSM ID 437810. This branch of the Legal Department has responsibility for supporting the company’s operations in the U.S. and Canada, including support of the Technology, Product, Marketing, Sales and Customer Service teams.
4. Associate (3Ls); Law Firm, New York, NY– CSM ID 437815. Firm seeks junior corporate associates for its synthetic equities group, a subset group of capital markets, focusing on derivatives and structured products.
5. Tax Associate (Tax LLMs); Law Firm, New York, NY – CSM ID 437816. Firm is seeking current LLM students for permanent tax associate positions in their New York office starting in the fall of 2015.

Following is a listing of currently active Spring RA positions on CSM.  Full descriptions and application instructions are available through the CSM Job Postings Tab: https://law-nyu-csm.symplicity.com/students/

1. Professor Hulsebosch – CSM ID 437636. Professor Hulsebosch seeks part-time research assistance for the next two months on the legal right to migrate within the British Empire in the 18th century.
2.  Professor Kingson – CSM ID 437823. Research Assistant needed for search and revision of Classic Tax Cases course materials in order to assemble a joint e-booklet.

We want you to read each week’s OCS Docket entries and we want to reward you for staying informed. Read carefully and you will frequently find a prize buried amidst the OCS content.  If you find the prize and want to participate in a drawing for it, write by 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday to law.careers@nyu.edu with the subject line “Reading Reward”. We will select randomly from the submitted entries. Prizes range in value and include a private study room in the OCS Interview Suite during exam period; books written by NYU Law alumni; a free night at a Hilton hotel; movie tickets; lunch with a hiring partner or recruiting administrator of a major NYC law firm; a suite at the Early Interview Week hotel in August; among others.  These prizes are donated and do not come from tuition funds.

JD:
Monday: 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. and 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday:  11:00 – 12:00 p.m. and 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Thursday: 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. and 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. and 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.

LLM:
Wednesday 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Friday: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

If you have read this, you qualify for the Reading Reward. This week’s prize will be a pair of movie tickets. To enter the raffle, send an email to law.careers@nyu.edu with the subject line “Reading Reward” by 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10.

All 1Ls must attend one Career Educational Event in order to participate in EIW. An upcoming Office of Career Services event that qualifies for EIW Career Education Credit is “How to Succeed As A Summer Associate and Throughout Your Legal Career” Panel (April 6). In addition, student groups will continue to host events which qualify for EIW Career Educational Credit. The advertisements for the events should note which qualify for EIW Career Educational Credit.

If you attended at least one of the following OCS events, you have already fulfilled the Career Educational requirement:

“Law is A Two Way Street: Navigating A Career in Both the Public and Private Sectors” Panel (October 29)
Career Educational Fair (October 29)
Panel on 1L Summer Jobs (November 10)
Law Firm Speed Networking Luncheon (February 10)
NYU Nationwide (March 4)

The Career Educational Event is one of four requirements for EIW. The four requirements are noted below:

1. 1 Strike-A-Match Session (April 2)
2. 1 Career Educational Event
3. 1 Mini-Mock Interview with an OCS counselor (Spring 2015)
4. 1 Interview Skills Workshop (Summer 2015)

More information about these events is available on pages 7 and 8 of the Career Development Resources Handbook. The handbook is available online on CSM/Symplicity. Please log-on to CSM/ Symplicity, select “Career Resources Library” under the “Resources/Tools” Tab and type in “2014-2015 Career Development Resources Handbook”.  If you have any questions about EIW requirements, please email law.careers@nyu.edu.

If you are planning to participate in Early Interview Week (EIW 2015) and did not attend a Small Group Counseling Session, please come to an OCS drop-in appointment. Below are the Drop-In Hours for JD students:

Monday: 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. and 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday:  11:00 – 12:00 p.m. and 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Thursday: 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. and 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. and 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.