Applications for the 2012 Semester in Washington Program are due by 5pm on Friday, October 7! The Semester in Washington Program provides students with the unique opportunity to spend the spring semester studying and working at the intersection of law and government. Placements are available at offices such as the Department of Justice, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Senate Judiciary Committee, and others. For more information, visit: http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/cli…
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Call for Nominations for INTA’s Pattishall Medal
| Nominate a professor, adjunct professor or lecturer for INTA’s 2012 Pattishall Medal for Teaching ExcellenceThe Pattishall Medal is now open for nominations!
The Pattishall Medal was established in tribute to Beverly W. Pattishall to recognize educators in the business and legal fields for outstanding instruction in the trademark and trade identity field. The Medal is presented every four years to the university or graduate school academic nominated by his/her peers or students. The winner will be announced in April 2012 and will receive US $2,500. So nominate a professor, adjunct professor or lecturer at a college, university graduate school or law school today! Visit www.inta.org/pattishall for more information and to access the nominating form. Email pattishall@inta.org with questions. |
Elihu Root Room change in hours
Effective September 30, 2011, the Library’s Historical & Special Collections reading room, the Elihu Root Room, will be open by appointment only on Fridays. We are making this change to allow HSC staff to prepare library collections for a large physical plant project that will soon be underway.
Researchers who wish to make a Friday appointment should call the Root Room desk (617-495-4550) or email specialc@law.harvard.edu by Thursday at 3 pm. Researchers who wish to consult modern manuscripts should contact the department by Wednesday at 2 pm, so manuscripts can be retrieved from offsite and made available for use on Friday.
Root Room hours will remain 10 am – 5 pm Monday through Thursday. As before, the Root Room will remain closed the third Friday of every month.
If you have questions, please contact HSC at the phone or email address above, and consult our webpage, “Planning Your Visit.” Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Documentary Proposals+Crew Applications due FRIDAY
Interested in using documentaries to explore social and policy issues?
-Curious about how you can turn your idea into a short film?
The Harvard Law Documentary Studio invites you to
Submit Your Project Proposal and/or Apply to Join the Crew for the inaugural
* Harvard Law Documentary Studio Annual Project *
Learn more and submit a quick application here by 5pm on Friday, September 30: http://www.harvardlawdocs.org/projects.html.
Note: Annual Project time commitment and project assignment will be determined later through discussions with you; we aim to accommodate both busy schedules and substantive interests. So for now, if you’re at all interested, please submit the quick application as a first step.
Other Projects: Outside of the Annual Project, the Documentary Studio aims to support Independent Projects and Video Blogging, neither of which requires applications. To learn more about these projects and the Documentary Studio’s work and mission, please visit our Beta website (www.harvardlawdocs.org) and “like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/harvardlawdocs.
Westlaw 1L Intro Class
Learn the basics of navigating and researching with Westlaw: finding cases with cite or title, search techniques and printing.
The class is 1/2 hour long, and will be offered several times each afternoon Monday 9/26-Wednesday 9/28. For a complete schedule, please visit: http://supersaas.com/schedule/HLSL/Legal…
Volunteer for (Mock) Jury Duty at HLS! (9/29 or 9/30)
Calling all students who are interested in serving as jurors in the mock trials for Harvard Law School (HLS) Trial Advocacy Workshop!
Trials will be held Thursday, September 29 and Friday, September 30, from 3:00pm-7:00pm on the HLS campus. The attorneys in these trials are second and third year law students who would benefit greatly from feedback on their performances. We are hoping to have 10-15 students per jury to deliberate and to give their judgments on whether the students have convinced them or not in the individual cases. Please contact Amy Soto at taw at law.harvard.edu if you are able to serve during one of these afternoons (Thursday 9/29 or Friday 9/30).
Sincerely,
Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.
Jesse Climenko Professor of Law
Seeking Student Advisory Committee Members for Clinical and Pro Bono Programs
The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs is seeking students to sit on its Student Advisory Committee. Students from all class years (including LLMs) are needed to contribute their ideas and suggestions regarding curriculum, new projects and placements, policies, and technology, among other things. Members of the Committee serve as liaisons between students and the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs, facilitating communication between the Office, students, clinical faculty, and the law school administration. The Committee helps the Office identify and address current needs, serves as a sounding board as the Office implements program changes, and assists in strategizing about future programming.
The Committee will meet approximately three times a semester, and lunch and treats will be served.
If interested, please send your resume and a brief email expressing your interest to Lee Branson at lbranson at law.harvard.edu by Thursday, October 6. Please also include your regular weekly availability for meetings M-F 9am-7pm.
Apply to the Harvard Immigration Project
Apply to Join the Harvard Immigration Project! Orientation is September 28th, 7pm in Pound 200. Applications can be found at http://hlsorgs.com/hip/apply-to-hip/ and are due October 3rd, 5pm.
The Harvard Immigration Project (HIP) is a Student Practice Organization that offers opportunities for students to gain practical hands-on experience in immigration law and to serve immigrant communities with high-quality legal advocacy. HIP has four projects underway that students can apply to work on:
* Know-Your-Rights community outreach and education campaigns;
* Direct representation of Iraqi refugees seeking resettlement through the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP);
* Direct representation of local individuals in deportation proceedings through our Bond Hearing Representation; and
* Immigration Services for former clients of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic who seek adjustment of status, family derivative claims, and other follow-up immigration services.
In addition to these practice-based projects, HIP hosts events and trainings for members including speakers on immigration-law topics, career and academic advising, and direct action campaigns. For more information, visit our website http://hlsorgs.com
Dates to remember:
* HIP Orientation session: Wednesday, September 28th, at 7pm, Pound 200.
* Applications are available at http://hlsorgs.com/hip/apply-to-hip/. Applications are due October 3rd, 5pm.
Submissions Call for Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics Recent Case Developments
The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (a peer-reviewed journal published by The American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics) is seeking submissions for its Recent Case Developments in Health Law section. Pieces should be 8-10 pages long, including endnotes, and preferably will involve a new case or legal development from within the past eight-twelve months. Please send your article to bjenny at jd12.law.harvard.edu by 5 PM on October 12. You will be notified within a week whether your piece has been selected for publication. JLME utilizes its own (non-Bluebook) citation format, so your draft can have informal footnoting (sufficient to indicate to a reader the location of your sources), and if selected, you will receive instructions about how to conform the citations to JLME requirements. Please contact Brenna Jenny ( bjenny at jd12.law.harvard.edu) with any questions.
Reminder: Flag Football Signup Deadline
Reminder – please sign up by Monday (September 19) for the IM flag football league. The sign-up page is at goo.gl/ubymm; please e-mail co-commissioner Brian Itami at bitami at jd12.law.harvard.edu with any questions. The league fee this year will be $5 per player (to cover equipment and t-shirts). Games begin this Sunday!
Legal Research Week: September 23 – September 29
Get your legal research on. Always wanted to know how to find administrative or legislative documents? Have you ever been stumped when looking for SEC filings or international and comparative materials? Are you writing a paper and you need to organize your citations? Or are you completely disorganized and need to learn software to help organize your life? If you answered “yes” to any of the above then why not take a peek below at one of the eight classes taught during Legal Research Week: Friday September 23 – Thursday September 29.
Sign up here: http://supersaas.com/schedule/HLSL/Legal…
A Great Opportunity to Help Young Kids
Are you tired of reading our course packs already? Wish you could read books you read as a child again?
Well now you can, and you can change the life of a local second grader.
The Reading Buddies program pairs volunteers from Harvard with second graders at the Amigos Elementary School, a dual language immersion school in Cambridge. Every other week, Reading Buddy volunteers read aloud and share conversation with students.
Reading Buddies meet with their student every OTHER Thursday from 12:00 – 12:45. Snacks will be provided.
This is a great opportunity for you and the child with whom you will be paired. Don’t miss out on being the change in someone’s life.
First mandatory meeting is THURSDAY, September 22nd. Please email me back at hkj882 at mail.harvard.edu if you or anyone you know is interested. You can also contact the Office of Student Affairs at 617-495-8035 with questions.
Thanks for your time and I hope to hear from you soon!
INVITATION to One HARVARD Welcome Reception & Resource Fair 10/5/11
Dear Graduate Student Leaders:
On behalf of the Offices of the President and the Provost, I would like to invite you to a very special Welcome Reception and Resource Fair for graduate and professional students.
This OneHARVARD Welcome Reception and Resource Fair is scheduled for Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at the Harvard Business School Spangler Center (see invitation below).
We would be very honored if you and/or representatives from your graduate student organization are able to participate in the Resource Fair to be held simultaneously with the Reception. This would be a wonderful chance for new graduate students from across the university to find out more about your organization and for you to meet other graduate student leaders across schools.
To register to attend the Resource Fair and/or Reception, please visit:
http://www.faculty.harvard.edu/oneharvar…
Please sign up by Friday, Sept. 30, so that we can be sure to have a table reserved for your organization and so that we have you included in the list of participants (please sign up separately to register your organization and then to register individually for the reception).
Thank you all for partnering with us on this event, and we look forward to seeing you on Oct 5. Please do not hesitate to contact me at 5-9904 or at liza_cariaga-lo at harvard.edu if you have any questions.
Best regards,
Liza Cariaga-Lo
Asst Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity
Student Sustainability Grant Applications now open
The Office for Sustainability is now accepting applications for Student Sustainability Grants! Seed funding of $500-$5000 is available to graduate and undergraduate students/student groups for on-campus environmental projects that contribute to Harvard’s campus sustainability goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and conserve resources.
To Learn More and Apply: http://green.harvard.edu/grants
Application Deadline: Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Hark Closing at 10 p.m. Friday September 9th
The Harvard Fire Group will be testing some added fire safety devices in the WCC Building from 4am-6am this Thursday, September 8th. Fire alarm horns and light strobes will be activated during this time. The Fire Department will not be dispatched to the site because this is a test condition.
The Integrated Fire and Life Safety testing will take place in the WCC Building at 11pm on Friday, September 9th . This test is expected to take approximately 4 hours. The building will simulate a blackout condition, fire alarm horns and light strobes will be activated during this time and the emergency generator will be running. The Fire Department will not be dispatched to the site because this is a test condition. Police details will be present in the garage and on the south porch. Harkness will be closing at 10pm in preparation for this testing. Please be sure to contact the Mitigation Department if you have any additional questions or concerns.
Mitigation Hotline: 617-496-0857
MBTA Discount Semester Pass-Deadline Friday!!
In concert with the MBTA, Harvard Law School offers students the opportunity to sign-up for the MBTA Semester Pass Program at a discount of 25%. The program runs from October 1 – January 31, 2011 and February 1 – May 31, 2011 with sign-up taking place in August and December. This program is only available to HLS students.
To sign up for the Fall 2011 pass, fill out this form and turn it in along with payment (cash or check) to the Dean of Students Office (located in Pound Hall 310) by September 9, 2011. Paper copies of the form are available in the Dean of Students Office.
If you find yourself using the train or bus at least 6 times a week then this program is for you.
To learn more about Greater Boston’s Public Transportation System or purchase passes for a single month, visit the MBTA website.
Contact the Dean of Students Office (617-495-1880) with any questions.
Locker sign up!
Locker signup is still open for the 2011-2012 year. There are still lockers available, but soon the sign up will close and we will begin a waiting list. Please go to the following link to apply. Space is limited- students are encouraged to share whenever possible.
http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/student-services/lockers.html
Contact the DOS office with any questions. dos@law.harvard.edu or 617-495-1880
MBTA Discount Semester Pass
In concert with the MBTA, Harvard Law School offers students the opportunity to sign-up for the MBTA Semester Pass Program at a discount of 25%. The program runs from October 1 – January 31, 2011 and February 1 – May 31, 2011 with sign-up taking place in August and December. This program is only available to HLS students.
To sign up for the Fall 2011 pass, fill out this form and turn it in along with payment (cash or check) to the Dean of Students Office (located in Pound Hall 310) by September 9, 2011. Paper copies of the form are available in the Dean of Students Office.
If you find yourself using the train or bus at least 6 times a week then this program is for you.
To learn more about Greater Boston’s Public Transportation System or purchase passes for a single month, visit the MBTA website.
Contact the Dean of Students Office (617-495-1880) with any questions.
To students with lockers from 2010-2011: Locker Clean out!
Hello,
The lockers at Harvard Law School are randomly reassigned each year. As such, we ask that students clean out lockers at the end of each academic year, and by August 1st at the latest. You should have received a message in May or June informing you of this. If you have already cleaned out your locker, please disregard this message.
The Facilities office is currently cleaning out lockers, and the majority of them still have personal belongings inside. Please clean out your lockers as soon as possible. The items removed will be kept in storage, by locker number, for only 2 WEEKS. After that point, items will be recycled or thrown out.
Returning 3Ls who will not be arriving until after this point should contact me, and we will do our best to hold on to the contents of your locker. If you are returning for classes on September 12, you will have until September 16 to claim your belongings.
Contact Tim Cusack in the Dean of Student Office with any questions or concerns. We will work with students who contact us to hold on to their items. If we do not hear from you, we simply do not have the space to keep the items in storage.
Thank you,
Tim Cusack
Dean of Students Office
tcusack@law.harvard.edu
617-495-1880
ATM in Pound Hall unavailable 8/9 and 8/10
The Bank of America ATM machine in Pound Hall will be unavailable for service from approximately Tuesday, August 9th at 9 a.m. until Wednesday, August 10th at 5:00 p.m. Sorry for any inconvenience.