Date: Monday, September 21
Time: 12:45-1:45 PM
Where: Furman Hall, Room 216

The process for applying for judicial clerkships will be discussed and helpful materials, including the NYU Judicial Clerkship Handbook and Appendix, will be distributed.  All 2L students with an interest in clerking should attend this meeting. This event will be videotaped; if you are unable to attend, the handbook and appendices will be available in Furman Hall, Room 430 beginning on Tuesday, September 22.

Click here to RSVP  for this event or log into your CSM/Symplicity account and go to the Events page.

Sign-up Begins: Sunday, September 13 @ noon
Sign-up Ends: Wednesday, September 16 @ 11:59 PM
Interview Date: Monday, September 28

On Monday, September 28, Justice Joel Bolger of the Alaska Supreme Court will be on-campus to interview prospective judicial law clerk applicants for the 2016-2017 term.  He will be representing all five of the Alaska Supreme Court justices, as well as the three judges of the Alaska Court of Appeals. The clerkship application information, as well as details about this opportunity, is attached and available on the Alaska court System’s website at http://www.courts.alaska.gov/hr/prosclerk.htm.

To be considered for an interview, please submit a bid via your CSM account as follows:

1) log into CSM – https://law-nyu-csm.symplicity.com/students
2) click the “OCI” link
3) click the “Employers/Bidding” tab
4) change the “Session” to “Clerkship Interviews – 2016 Term”
5) click the “Search” button
6) click the “Review” button next to the listing for the Alaska Supreme Court
7) enter a bid number and attach your documents — resume, unofficial transcript, and writing sample
8) click the “Apply” button

To be considered, you must submit a bid by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, September 16.

If you have any questions about placing a bid, please contact Jim Nesbitt at james.nesbitt@nyu.edu.

Join the U.S.-Asia Law Institute for a special lunch with Justice Dennis Tang, Constitutional Court of Taiwan (Republic of China), a leading comparative law scholar and former head of the Law Institute of Academia Sinica (Taipei).
Monday, September 28, 2015
12:30-2:00 pm, Furman Hall, Room 120

To RSVP, please email Jean Lee at lee.jean@nyu.edu

Monday, September 14
12:45-2:00 p.m.
Furman Hall 210

Feeling stressed about the first weeks of classes? Don’t know how to manage the workload? Confused about outlining? Join us for an overview on how to create outlines for your classes, read effectively, manage your time, and prepare for exams. (It’s never too early!)

Law Open Meditation and Yoga Association (LawOM) will be offering two yoga classes this week:

Tuesday, 6:15 – 7:30pm with Amaresh Srikanthan

Thursday, 6:15 – 7:15pm with Eli

Classes will be in the Poe Room, Furman Hall, Room 112.  Mats, blocks, and blankets will be provided.  Pointers and practices on how yoga can help you relax, rejuvenate and focus.

SRP trains law students to represent public school students in superintendent’s suspension hearings and to help safeguard their right to education. SRP enables law students to develop valuable legal skills: interviewing clients, conducting direct and cross examinations, and delivering closing arguments. SRP routinely helps to shorten the length of suspensions or eliminate them entirely. We will be having several new advocate trainings this month so please come and learn how you can get involved:

• 09/15: Columbia Law School, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, Jerome Green Hall Room 105
• 09/16: NYU Law School, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, Vanderbilt Hall 214
• 09/18: Brooklyn Law School, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Room 504
• 09/24: Cardozo Law School, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Room 423

Dinner will be served at all trainings

For more details contact Tristen Edwards at te524@nyu.edu

The U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals will be sitting at Fordham Law on Friday, September 18, 2015.  All interested NYU Law students and faculty are invited to attend.

Friday, September 18, 2015 

Hearing – United States v. Bailey
Noon  |  Gorman Moot Courtroom

Q&A with Judges 
1:00 p.m.  |  Gorman Moot Courtroom

Reception with Judges and representatives of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps
1:30 p.m. | Bateman Room

This event is free and open to the public.

RSVP by Thursday, September 17.
Seating in the Moot Courtroom is limited, and all attendees will be subject to security screening. Observers should not bring briefcases, backpacks, purses, or other bags. Use of cell phones and videotaping is prohibited.

Click here to register for this event.

President John Sexton cordially invites you to an address on “Introducing Paraguay: A Land of Opportunity” by His Excellency Horacio Cartes, President of the Republic of Paraguay. The event will take place on Tuesday, September 29 from 10-11 AM at the NYU School of Law, D’Agostino Hall, 108 West Third Street.

In his remarks entitled “Introducing Paraguay: A Land of Opportunity,” President Cartes will share outcomes of crucial reforms on: poverty reduction and social inclusion; anticorruption, public sector transparency and accountability; and Paraguay’s openness to the world. He will also discuss Paraguay’s potential to become a business and industrial hub in Latin America and present his flagship scholarship initiative on higher education.

Please respond by Monday, September 21.
Seating is not guaranteed and is on a first-come, first-served basis.

RSVP

Interested in social enterprise or startups? So are we. Come by and meet with current members of the Social Enterprise and Startup Law Group to explore the opportunities on campus for entrepreneurial spirits like you! We will focus on the social enterprise and advisory opportunities the group offers. We will also present a quick overview of social enterprise and startup law for those who may be interested in these areas but do not already have a background in them.

The session will take place Monday, September 14th  from 12:45 PM to 2:00 PM in Vanderbilt Hall (Smart Classroom 220).

Please contact Henry Seeley at hts243@nyu.edu if you have any questions!

If you are a 2L or 3L 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 on 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. You will be able to indicate the classes in which you wish to provide tutoring, in addition to providing us with comments and/or suggestions.

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

Tuesday, September 15, 2015  |  6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Smart Classroom 206, Vanderbilt Hall
40 Washington Square South  map

Fellow advocates!  Tired of reading about violence in the media?  Come join the brand new NYU branch of the national Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.  We are a brand new student group dedicated to advocating for legislation to reduce gun violence in New York and across the country.

The Puerto Rican Bar Association has a Moot Court Regional Competition scheduled for October 17, 2015 at the Bronx Supreme Courthouse.  NYU Law students are invited to participate in the competition.  The topic this year is about whether Puerto Rico can file for bankruptcy protection in light of the economic crisis in the country at this time.

For more details and application information, visit www.flmcc.org.

SUBMISSIONS SOUGHT FOR 2016 EDITION

Established in 1999, the Hibernian Law Journal is a legal journal coordinated by trainee and qualified solicitors. Its multidisciplinary focus facilitates detailed argument and discussion on a wide range of topics such as e-commerce, environmental law, the European Convention on Human Rights, intellectual property, public private partnerships, criminal law, child law, commercial law and financial services law. Articles relating to domestic, European and international law are considered provided that they are relevant in an Irish context.

The Editorial Committee is now accepting submissions for the 2016 edition. The Hibernian Law Journal offers an excellent opportunity for legal scholars to have their work published in an academic forum.

The following guidelines apply to submissions:

• We accept short, medium and long articles with a maximum word count of 15,000 words.
• The article may not have been published elsewhere, although the article may be a thesis which is bound and catalogued in a university library.
• The topic should be thoroughly researched.
• Footnotes must adhere to the Hibernian Law Journal house style.
• Articles may be on any legal topic of interest to the author.
• Articles are due by 31 October 2015 (although exceptions may be made in individual circumstances).

Articles should be submitted in soft copy format to

editor@hibernianlawjournal.com

We invite you to learn more about the Journal at www.hibernianlawjournal.com

In 2005, in recognition of her outstanding work on behalf of the Queens County legal community and her overall professional excellence, the Queens County Women’s Bar Association established The Faith E. O’Neal Scholarship, honoring the memory of Faith E. O’Neal.

Two scholarships will be awarded annually, each in the amount of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to two outstanding law students who have demonstrated a sincere dedication to Public Interest. Eligible recipients are students enrolled at an ABA accredited law school that have completed their first full semester and are domiciled in Queens County, or attend a law school in Queens County. The scholarship committee shall make its determination based on community service, financial need, academics and a written personal statement.

To download the application, please click here.  Deadline to apply is October 31, 2015.

Thursday, September 17, 2015  |  6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Golding Terrace, Vanderbilt Hall
40 Washington Square South  map

Are you interested in helping others solve their disputes? Perhaps you are a 1L who wants to do really well in your lawyering negotiation? Come to NYU Mediation Organization’s Welcome event! Learn more about the great events we have planned and the opportunities to mediate real cases in Small Claims Court. 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls and LLMs are all welcome. 

Contact: Staci.Cox@law.nyu.edu

The American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers is pleased to announce awards to be presented for (a) the best book (b) the best publishable article, book chapter, or substantial book review (c) the best student note or comment on a topic dealing with consumer financial services law.

The awards include cash payments of $2500, $2000, and $1000, respectively, a Certificate of Recognition from the College, and travel expenses to attend the Spring 2016 meeting of the College. In any given year, depending on submissions, all three awards, or fewer, may be made.

For more information, please click here.

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.

The Fall 2015 Tutoring Program is open for requests beginning Wednesday, September 9 to Friday, November 13, 2015.  To register, please click here.

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

If you are a 3L interested in applying for the Human Rights Watch Fellowship for NYU School of Law students, then schedule a 15-minute counseling session with Christopher Albin-Lackey of Human Rights Watch.

Mr. Albin-Lackey will be at NYU School of Law to meet with 3L students individually on Friday, September 25, 2015 from 11:00-2:00 pm in FH 326. To sign up for a counseling slot, log on to CSM/Symplicity and search for “Human Rights Watch” under events. We highly encourage all 3L students who are interested in applying for this fellowship to meet with Mr. Albin-Lackey for his advice on how to make your application as strong as possible.  Note: the application deadline for the fellowship is October 8, 2015.

Christopher Albin-Lackey-Senior Researcher, Business and Human Rights

Chris Albin-Lackey is a senior researcher in the Business and Human Rights Program. He carries out research and advocacy work on human rights issues related to extractive industries as well as the human rights impact of corruption in resource-rich countries.  From 2008 until 2010, Albin-Lackey was a senior researcher in Human Rights Watch’s Africa Division specializing on the Horn of Africa and Kenya. Prior to that, he was the Nigeria researcher at Human Rights Watch, focusing on issues including local government corruption in the oil-producing Niger Delta; abuses connected to Nigeria’s 2007 elections; and government discrimination against “non-indigene” populations across Nigeria. He also worked as a fellow for Human Rights Watch, covering Ethiopia in the run-up to that country’s controversial 2005 elections. Albin-Lackey lived in Ethiopia and Madagascar as a Peace Corps volunteer before joining the organization. Albin-Lackey has a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy from Boston University and a JD from Columbia Law School. He speaks French.

Monday, September 21, 2015  |  6:30PM – 8:00 PM Greenberg Lounge

This lecture is a part of the Leaders in Public Interest Series. Each year a prominent public figure who has performed exemplary public service addresses the students, faculty, alumni and friends of the New York University School of Law.  This series provides an opportunity to focus on the significance of having all or a portion of one’s career dedicated to public service and how that public service can positively impact our society’s dynamically changing legal, governmental and social policy.

More about Senator Heidi Heitkamp
US Senator Heidi Heitkamp is the first female Senator elected from North Dakota. She took the oath of office on January 3, 2013. Already in her short time in the Senate, Senator Heitkamp has quickly become a proven Senator who works across the aisle to fight for North Dakotans. Senator Heitkamp has personally shown that if Senators work together, it can lead to real solutions.

As a former director of the one-of-a-kind Dakota Gasification synfuels plant, Senator Heitkamp has a long record of serving as a champion for North Dakota’s energy jobs and industry. She is continuing those efforts in the Senate, working to responsibly harness North Dakota’s energy resources, promoting the state’s all-of-the-above energy plan which she believes should serve as a model for the entire country, and fighting to lift the 40-year old ban on exporting US crude oil.

Senator Heitkamp’s committee assignments have included: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry;  Indian Affairs; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Senator Heitkamp previously served as North Dakota’s Attorney General, battling drug dealers, protecting senior citizens from scams, and working to keep sexual predators off streets and away from kids, even after their prison terms were up. During her time as North Dakota’s Attorney General, Senator Heitkamp brokered an agreement between 46 states and the tobacco industry, which forced the tobacco industry to tell the truth about smoking and health.

Previously, Senator Heitkamp served as North Dakota’s Tax Commissioner.

RSVP via Symplicity. 1Ls  e-mail lisa.borge@nyu.edu

Sign up to become a PILC mentor (2Ls and 3Ls) or mentee (1Ls and LLMs):

For the past several years, NYU’s Public Interest Mentor program has linked public interest-oriented 2L and 3L mentors with 1L and LLM mentees.

1Ls and LL.M.s: There’s a vibrant community of public interest law students at NYU ready to support you! If you have a question about anything law school or public interest-related – or even just about life in the city – you can turn to a mentor who knows the ropes, be it over coffee or at one of PILC’s public interest mixers (the first one is October 15th at 6pm!). To request a mentor, complete this short survey: https://nyu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eWMEgfEH7gcjaMB by September 25, 2015.

2Ls and 3Ls: As a mentor, you can help build a public interest community for new students. Whether they’re looking for student groups to join or career advice for the summer and beyond, 1L and LL.M. students are eager to benefit from your wisdom (and learn from your mistakes). Share all you’ve learned about NYU, public interest law, and life in New York City! To sign up as a mentor, complete this short survey: https://nyu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6PTbTgffsRwokAJ by September 25, 2015.

Contact Gabrielle Royal, the PILC Programs Manager, at gabrielle.royal@nyu.edu with any questions or concerns.