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Submissions due by Wednesdays @ 1 p.m. Attention All 2009 Graduates If you're graduating in January, May or August of 2009, you must complete the Application for Degree form before Friday, Sept. 19. Return completed forms to the Registrar's Office. Constitution Day at Saint Louis University Constitution Day at Saint Louis University will be held at the School of Law and will feature brief talks on topics and cases related to the U.S. Constitution. Professor Alan Howard will discuss the Washington, D.C., gun-control case, in which the Supreme Court struck down parts of D.C.’s gun law on the grounds the Second Amendment gives homeowners the right to possess guns in their homes for self-defense. Professor Susan McGraugh will discuss the Court’s decision to strike down as cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment a Louisiana law that permitted capital punishment for the rape of a child that did not result in death. Professor Ann Scarlett will discuss the Court’s decision to limit punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez oil spill to the amount of actual damages, reducing the punitive-damages award from $2.5 billion to $500 million. Professor Elizabeth Pendo will discuss some of the employment discrimination cases decided by the Court. Professor Eric Miller will discuss one of the important criminal law decisions of the Term. And Political Science Professor Steven Puro will discuss the possible impact on the Court that a new president might have, given the ages of several of the justices. Professor Roger Goldman will be the moderator. Date/Time/Location: Wednesday, Sept. 17 @ Noon, Room 303 Congratulations to Clinic Students Please congratulate these students on recent Clinic accomplishments: The law school has recently inaugurated a Criminal Justice Speakers Series. This series is designed to provide our students with opportunities to hear about current issues in criminal justice from persons who are at the top of their fields. The first speaker in the Criminal Justice Speakers Series will be Catherine Hanaway, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. Her topic is "Priority Prosecutions of the United States Attorneys Office." It is anticipated that the issue she will speak to is child abuse and the Internet. Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Sept. 18 @ 5 p.m., Courtroom Volunteers Needed for Naturalization Ceremony The Public Interest Law Group, along with other student groups, is sponsoring a Constitution Day Naturalization Ceremony at Saint Louis University's Chaifetz Arena on Friday, Sept. 19. The Ceremony will be the largest in the city's history, with 1,300 St. Louisans becoming new citizens. Volunteers are needed all day to guide the candidates and their families to the Arena; more information about volunteering can be found here. All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend this historic and moving ceremony, which begins at Date/Time/Location: Friday, Sept. 19 @ 2 p.m., Chaifetz Arena
Family Day is an event that the law school has sponsored to help the support network of students (parents, spouses and significant others) understand what a law student goes through and how they can best support their own law student as they go through this journey. In the first hour, a panel consisting of spouses and parents of students, an alum with his/her spouse and a current student discusses their experiences and gives advice to those who attend. In the second hour, Dean Lewis teaches a mock class to simulate a typical class experience. We are encouraging 1Ls and 2Ls to have their support network come to this event. Family Day is in conjunction with reunion weekend. The registration deadline is Friday, Sept. 19. Click here for the registration form or call Kathleen Parvis at 314-977-7248. Contact your support network and encourage them to attend so they can better understand your law school experience. Date/Time/Location: Friday, Sept. 27 @ 1 p.m. for panel discussion, 2 p.m. for mock class, Room 302 First 100 Years of Women Speaker Series: Help celebrate the First 100 Years of Women at Saint Louis University School of Law. Join us for discussion and debate on issues facing women in the legal profession throughout the 2008-09 academic year. For more information about the series and to register for the event, click here. Speaker: Nicole Porter, Assistant Professor, University of Toledo Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Sept. 25 @ 5 p.m. with reception to follow, Courtroom
The St. Louis Stand Down for Veterans event will be held on Saturday, Date/Time/Location: Saturday, Sept. 20 @ 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., St. Patrick Center, 802 North Tucker, St. Louis, MO 63101 Trivia Night Reserve your table for Law School Trivia Night on Friday, Sept. 26, at Busch Student Center! The cost is $15 per person, and there will be tables of 8. Price includes beer, wine, soda and appetizers. Please no outside food or drink. Happy hour starts at 6 p.m., trivia from 7 to 10 p.m. Students can pick up a registration form in the Atrium each Wednesday in September from noon to Date/Time/Location: Friday, Sept. 26 @ 6 p.m. for happy hour, 7 p.m. trivia begins
Join lawyers, students, alumni and friends of public interest to chase an ambulance through the SLU campus to benefit PILG's Summer Fellowship Fund! Registration includes a performance T-shirt, food, prize drawings and medals for top finishers. To register online, go to law.slu.edu and click the race graphic. For more information, e-mail pilg5k@gmail.com. Date/Time/Location: Saturday, Sept. 27 @ 8:30 a.m. for registration, 9 a.m. for the Chase, Clock tower on John Connelly Mall
The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis is hosting the second annual picnic at the Zoo. Food will be served from noon to 2 p.m. and will include BBQ chicken legs, BBQ pork steaks, jumbo hot dogs and grilled hamburgers, vegetable pasta salad, cole slaw, kettle chips and fresh baked cookies and brownies. A free safari pass (a $12 value) gets you free admission to the Children's Zoo, Zooline Railroad, Conservation Carousel, Sea Lion Show, Wild Ride Motion Simulator and 3D movie. All ages are welcome. An R.S.V.P. is required. The cost is $10 per person for adults and $5 for children 3 and older. To register online or for more information, click here. Date/Time/Location: Sunday, Sept. 28 @ 10 a.m., River Camp
Student Legal Writers' Association Meeting The Student Legal Writers' Association is holding a meeting on Date/Time/Location: Monday, Sept. 15 @ Noon, Room 306
Weekly Mass A weekly mass takes place on Wednesdays. All are welcome to attend this half-hour prayer opportunity. In addition, Campus Ministry sponsors a variety of communal prayer experiences throughout the academic year, including periodic interfaith prayer services. Date/Time/Location: Wednesdays @ 12:05 p.m., Courtroom Pray-As-You-Go.org Check out pray-as-you-go.org for an excellent 10-minute – downloadable to an iPod or MP3 Player – daily reflection that includes music, scripture, and guided reflection. Prayer Room Don’t forget about the Prayer Room next to the Campus Ministry office. It is open and available as a quiet place of reflection (and refuge!) whenever the School of Law building is open. |
issue date: September 15, 2008 Calendar of Events ARCHIVES
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