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Submissions due by Wednesdays @ 1 p.m. Congratulations to... Erin Doyle, David Morin, Ositadimma Onyia, Andrew Wold, and Kathryn Young, our 2008 Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Team. These students worked tirelessly through the Fall semester and during the entire Christmas Break to research and write their Memorial for the Jessup Competition. Please wish them luck as they spend countless hours in January and February preparing for the Oral Advocacy rounds of the Competition taking place February 12-15 in Houston, Texas. Reception Etiquette Anne Hensley will present an etiquette program on "Reception Etiquette" for all students interested. This is especially important for first years for Tuesday, January 20th, 5:30-7:30 at the law school, Husch Blackwell Sanders is offering a reception for first year students. There will practical hints as to how to register, break into conversations, make introductions, remember names, exit conversations with grace, and follow up with new contacts names. Students will need to sign up by Thursday, January 15, NOON if they are planning to attend. Email Anne Hensley, hensley@slu.edu, for a reservation. Pizza will be served. Date/Time/Location: Friday, January 16 @ Noon, Room 04 International and Comparative Law Speaker Series Speaker Professor Javier Martinez-Torron Health Law Distinguished Speaker Timothy Westmoreland Professor Westmoreland holds academic posts in law and public policy at Georgetown University and was recently named Senior Scholar of the Georgetown Health Law Insititute. He served as counsel to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1995. He taught in the Georgetown Law Center's Federal Legislation Clinic and was counsel to the Koop-Kessler Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public Health. He was also senior adviser on HIV/AIDS to the Kaiser Family Foundation and lobbied for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. From 1999 to 2001, he was the director of the federal Medicaid program. At Georgetown he teaches about health law, federal budget policy, and legislation and statutory interpretation. He is a recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Investigator in Health Policy Research Award. Date/Time/Location: Tuesday, Jan. 27 @ Noon, Courtroom 100 Years of Women Speaker Series Stress, Professional Obligations and Caregiving: Maintaining a Healthy Law Practice Alumnae panelists include: Kelly Dineen, '04, Assistant Dean, Saint Louis University; Nalini Mahadevan, '03, Mahadevan Law Office, LLC; and Debra Schuster, '91, Debra Schuster P.C. Elder and Disability Law Panelists will speak about their life experiences in the practice of law, dealing with the stress of the profession along with the effect of caregiving (e.g., adult children for parents, parents for children, especially in circumstances of disabilities and aging). Prof. Carol Needham will be moderator for the evening. Date/Time/Location: Wednesday, Jan. 28 @ 5 p.m., William H. Kniep Courtroom Study Abroad Fair The Berlin Wall, the running of the bulls, Paris fashion, and Irish pubs are just a few of the sights enjoyed by your fellow students during the past year. Stop by the Study Abroad Fair to talk to these students and learn how you can gain valuable international and comparative law experience in Summer and Semester Abroad Programs. Study Abroad details are also available on our website: http://law.slu.edu/cicl/jd/study_abroad/index.html. The fair is sponsored by The Center for International and Comparative Law. Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Jan. 29 - 11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m. & 4:15-5:30 p.m., Vincent C. Immel Atrium Deadline for Summer Fellowship in Bochum, Germany Applications are due to Beth Anderson Jennings in Student Services by 5 p.m. Date/Time/Location: Monday, Feb. 2 by 5 p.m. to Beth Anderson Jennings in Student Services
Barrister's Ball The Barrister's Ball is just around the corner. SBA Meeting The first SBA meeting of the Spring semester will be January 21st at Noon in Room 02. If you've never been to an SBA Meeting before, come by and see what we're about. Lunch is on us. Date/Time/Location: Wednesday, Jan. 21 @ Noon
Weekly Mass A weekly mass takes place on Tuesdays. 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: Tuesdays @ 12:05 p.m., Queens Daughters Parlor. 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: January 9, 2009 Calendar of Events ARCHIVES 08.22.08
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