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Submissions due by Wednesdays @ 1 p.m. Nominations for Student of the Year The Student Bar Association is accepting nominations for the Jaime Ramirez Student of the Year Award. The honor is given annually to a SLU LAW student who possesses strength of character, leadership abilities and focuses his or her attention on making a difference in the world. This award is not based on academic achievement or organizational affiliation. All members of the student body are eligible for consideration and may be nominated by their peers. Click here for nomination forms. Nominations must be submitted to the SBA office by Friday, March 20. Registration Advising Session for 1Ls Felisha McCaster, Prof. Herleth and Dean Rollins will offer strategies and the nuts and bolts of registering for summer and fall classes. Students are welcome to bring lunch and eat during the session. Date/Time/Location: Monday, March 2 @ Noon, Room 303 Feminist Fundamentalism Lecture Professor Mary Anne Case from The University of Chicago Law School will present "Feminist Fundamentalism,” which is the working title of a larger project she is researching. The Monday lecture will focus on how an extremely rigorous sex-blind approach to the law would deal with issues pertaining to women's (religious) veiling practices and other conflicts between religious liberty, accommodation and sexual equality. Date/Time/Location: Monday, March 2, 6 to 8 p.m., William H. Kniep Courtroom Clinic Informational Sessions Students interested in enrolling in a Legal Clinic for summer or fall should attend one of the Clinic informational sessions. The deadline for applying for a Clinic position is Friday, March 6. Date/Time/Location: Tuesday, March 3 @ Noon & 5 p.m., Room 02 Law Library Legal Research Brown Bag Series What if your first assignment at a new firm is to locate German statutes dealing with Service of Process? During "How to Locate Foreign Legal Materials," Peggy McDermott, head of Reference Services, will teach students how to locate the legislation, codes and court decisions of foreign countries. And you’ll also learn how to locate English translations when they are available. Date/Time/Location: Wednesday, March 4 @ Noon, Room 263 Food for Thought Speaker Jason D. Fauss, ’05, attorney and founder of Fauss Law, specializes in bankruptcy, criminal law, family law and traffic law. He is a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the St. Louis County Bar Association and the Northwest Chamber of Commerce. The speaker series is Date/Time/Location: Wednesday, March 4 @ Noon, Queen’s Daughters Hall Upcoming Deadlines Applications for fall semester in Cork, Paris and Orleans are due Tuesday, March 3, at 5 p.m. to Beth Anderson Jennings in Student Services. Applications for Berlin and Madrid are due Friday, March 6, at 5 p.m. to Beth Anderson Jennings in Student Services.
Animal Law and Environmental Law Monthly Meeting The speaker will be from the Wild Canid Center and there will be free lunch (and it’s not pizza.) Date/Time/Location: Wednesday @ Noon, March 4, Room 304 WLSA’s Third Annual Chili Cook-Off Get together with your student organization or group of friends and enter the chili cook-off to win great prizes. Team entry fees are $5 (teams are responsible for the cost of chili ingredients.) And for only $3, you can taste unlimited bowls of chili! All proceeds will benefit the Women’s Safehouse. For questions and to register chili teams, contact Elizabeth Dolin at edolin1@slu.edu by March 17. Date/Time/Location: Tuesday, March 24 @ Noon, Atrium
Weekly Mass A weekly mass takes place on Tuesdays. All are welcome to attend this half-hour prayer opportunity. Campus Ministry also 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: February 27, 2009 Calendar of Events ARCHIVES 08.22.08
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