ALL STUDENTS

Accessing E-mail on Your Old Account

Thursday, Feb. 28, is the last full day in which SLU law students will be allowed to access e-mail from their old SLU e-mail accounts.

Effective the morning of Friday, Feb. 29, the e-mail button located in the upper right hand corner of your mySLU homepage will be eliminated and mail.slu.edu will no longer be available. All undergraduate and graduate students, including medical and law school students, will only be able to access e-mail through Google Apps.
Any e-mail residing in the slu.edu account must be forwarded or saved to a different location prior to Feb. 29. After this date, any e-mailing to your slu.edu account could be deleted at any time.

If you have any questions, please contact the ITS help desk at the law school at 314-977-7283. If the staff is unavailable, please call 314-977-4000.

THIRD YEAR STUDENT INFORMATION

Samuel I. Sievers Writing Competition for Graduating Students

Submission Deadline: Feb. 15, 2008
Award Date: Friday, Apr. 11 at the Academic Excellence Awards Ceremony
Contact: Kim Novak Morse, Asst. Dir. Writing Services, 101 Student Services, morseka@slu.edu

A cash prize made possible from a trust created by Samuel I. Sievers, a 1910 graduate of the School of Law, is awarded annually to a graduating senior who writes and submits the best paper on a topic concerning constitutional rights, civil rights, advancement of the democratic way of life, or promotion and encouragement of better group relations. Any student graduating in 2008 may submit a paper written for a law school seminar or journal. The winner is selected by a faculty committee. Students are to submit three copies of the paper to Kim Morse in the Office of Student Services. The papers should have no names on them, but should be submitted in an envelope with the student's name and contact information.

Missouri Bar Exam Information

Missour Bar Examination
All students planning to take the July Missouri Bar Exam should be aware thatthe registration deadline to take the exam is March 15, 2008.

SECOND AND THIRD YEAR STUDENT INFORMATION

2008 Law Student Symposium: SLU Student Legal Writers' Association

The submission deadline is Feb. 15, 2008. The Symposium/Award Date is Friday, Apr. 18 at Saint Louis University. The Symposium is open to 2Ls and 3Ls from Saint Louis University, Washington University, University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Missouri-Kansas City and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. The paper topic is open to any area of law, with a blind review of papers and a $500 award.

For more information, contact Kim Novak Morse at morseka@slu.edu or go to law.slu.edu/academic_support/writing/slwa/slwawritingcompetition.pdf.

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ALL STUDENTS

Office Hours

The Career Services Office is located in Room 113 and is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and to 8 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. Individual appointments can be scheduled for times when the office is not open. Mary Pat McInnis, Anne Hensley and Jon Baris are available for individual consultations to assist students in all aspects of the career development process, including resume and cover letter review, interviewing tips and general job search strategies. Anne Hensley is also a licensed professional counselor in Missouri and can help with personal issues and career assessments, which include the Strong Interest Inventory and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. We encourage all students to meet with us. Do not hesitate to make an appointment or stop by the Career Services Office.

On-Campus Interviewing Started Monday, Feb. 4

Remember that the Career Services staff is available for individual consultation and resume review to help guide you through this process.

Students can view those employers who are coming on campus and what the various criteria are on e-attorney. Please also watch for e-mails from the Career Services Office for updates and reminders. If you need your
e-attorney login and password, please contact Colleen Murphy in the Career Services Office at 977-7100 or murphyc2@slu.edu.

For students not participating in on-campus interviewing, please remember that the Career Services staff is available for individual consultation, resume and cover letter review, and general assistance in the career development and job search process.

Career Services Thursday at Noon Programming

Feb. 14 : Using Westlaw in Your Job Search
Feb. 21: The Application Process for the PILG Fellowship and Faculty Fellowships

All programs will be held in Room 02. Pizza will be provided. Please bring your own drink.

NALP 2008 Online Apartment Exchange

Law students seeking summer housing and students with housing available for the summer are invited to participate in NALP’s free online 2008 Apartment Exchange. Visit www.nalp.org and follow the link to the Apartment Exchange. The Apartment Exchange is a free service and will be available from Jan. 18 through
May 16, 2008.

National Housing Law Project

The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) is a policy advocacy and law center focused on advancing housing justice for low-income people. NHLP attorneys are considered national experts on the laws governing the federally-assisted housing programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Internal Revenue Service. Each year current law students from throughout the country work as interns and clerks. In 2008, new funds will be available to enable NHLP to provide funding for one student intern in its Oakland, Calif., office as well.

Third year students also may be interested in NHLP’s fellowship program, which seeks interested candidates and project ideas for post-graduate fellowships. NHLP offices are located in Oakland, Calif., and Washington, D.C. Additional information is available in the Career Services Office and online at www.nhlp.org.

Dates and Deadlines

Third Year Student Information

The 2008-2009 Borchard Fellowship in Law & Aging
The Borchard Fellowship in Law & Aging affords one year for two law school graduates interested in, and perhaps already in the early stages of pursuing, an academic and/or professional career in law and aging, the opportunity to pursue their research and professional interests. The Fellowship is $39,000 and is intended as a full-time position only. The Fellow’s sponsoring agency is responsible for providing work space, administrative support, computer, telephone and e-mail access, and employer’s FICA payment. Fellows may live and work where they choose in the United States; Fellows must be either U.S. citizens or legal residents of the U.S.

The Fellowship period runs from July 1 to June 30 each year, or for the calendar year beginning the month after the Fellow’s completion of a state Bar examination. Applicants must submit a completed application form, an explanation of the applicant’s planned activities and projects, a current curriculum vitae, a law school transcript, a letter of support from the proposed supervisor, and two other letters of support. Fellowship application 
information and form are available at www.borchardcenter.org.

Completed applications should be sent to:
The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging
Mary Jane Ciccarello, Assistant Director
335 4th Avenue
Salt Lake City, UT 84103

Applications must be postmarked by April 15, 2008. Selections are made by June 1, 2008. For further information, please contact Mary Jane Ciccarello at 801-532-3626 or mjcr@xmission.com.

Second Year Student Information

Air Force General Counsel's Office
Each summer the Air Force General Counsel’s Office hires 5 to 8 law students to work in its office in the Pentagon. The students rotate through divisions and the office tries to get them an assignment in each. This year, each of the summer law clerks had the opportunity to act as an advocate before an administrative board (the cases involved military personnel who were being discharged from the service). Members of the Counsel's office also travel to Andrews Air Force Base, the United States Supreme Court, the National Air & Space Museum and other relevant field trips. This program provides students with an incredible experience and a unique window into both government employment and Washington, DC.

Contact the Career Services Office for more information, or check out the job announcement at
the USA Jobs Web site.

First and Second Year Student Information

FCBA Foundation Funding of Unpaid Legal Internships at Government Agencies
The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) Foundation will award stipends to law students from its Chairman Robert E. Lee Scholarship and Internship Fund. In 2008, the Foundation will award at least five $5,000 stipends to law students employed as unpaid summer interns in positions with the FCC and other government agencies or entities with a connection to the communications industry (i.e., broadcasting, cable television, telephony, satellite, wireless and information technology). In addition, the Foundation will select one outstanding intern among those chosen to receive an additional stipend of $600 for the summer—the “Max Paglin Award.” Mr. Paglin was the former General Counsel and Executive Director of the FCC, and the founder of the Golden Jubilee Commission on Telecommunications, which compiled a definitive legislative history of the Communications Act.

Applicants will be selected on the basis of: (1) a demonstrated interest in the communications field; (2) having secured or having pending, an unpaid summer position (internship) in communications for at least 8 weeks with a government agency; (3) dependence on financial assistance in order to accept the unpaid internship in a government agency or entity involved in communications; and, (4) community activities. To the extent a recipient receives unanticipated funding for the unpaid internship, the FCBA Foundation’s general policy is to reduce its scholarship awards by any amount that a recipient’s total funding (including all sources) for the internship would otherwise exceed $7,000.

Applications for a Lee Fund scholarship should be submitted to Kerry Loughney, FCBA Foundation, 1020 19th Street, N.W., Suite 325, Washington, D.C. 20036,by Friday, Mar. 7, 2008.Applicants may be asked to interview with members of the Foundation Board; interviews may be conducted by telephone. Winners will be notified by Friday, Apr. 18, 2008. Go to www.fcba.org/foundation/internship_stipends.shtml for the application.

Arthur C. Helton Fellowship Program
The American Society of International Law is pleased to announce the launch of the 4th annual Arthur C. Helton Fellowship Program, which provides financial assistance in the form of “micro-grants” for law students to pursue field work and research on significant issues involving international law, human rights, humanitarian affairs and related areas. Application instructions and eligibility guidelines for the Arthur C. Helton Fellowship Program are available at www.asil.org. The application deadline is Feb. 15, 2008, and awards will be issued no later then Apr. 1, 2008. Please send all questions to fellowship@asil.org or call the service center at 856-380-6810.

Human Rights First Internship Program
Human Rights First protects people at risk: refugees who flee persecution, victims of crimes against humanity or other mass human rights violations, victims of discrimination, those whose rights are eroded in the name of national security and human rights advocates who are targeted for defending the rights of others. Human Rights First works to prevent violations against these groups and to seek justice and accountability for violations against them.

Human Rights First welcomes a limited number of interns throughout the year. During the summer most interns work full-time. Interns engage in a variety of substantive ongoing projects. The precise nature of the work varies by program; examples of work include:

• Research, analysis and drafting of memoranda on substantive and procedural issues, legal issues and legislative matters;
• Documenting and reporting on human rights conditions;
• Supporting program staff on broader advocacy initiatives, including research, preparation of advocacy materials and assisting with outreach to designated constituencies;
• Bluebooking, proofreading and cite-checking legal filings, memoranda, briefing materials and publications.
  Human Rights First is unable to offer funding for internships.

Please submit your resume and cover letter via e-mail to interns_ny@humanrightsfirst.org. We kindly ask that you specify your preferred program/department in the subject line of your e-mail. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Unfortunately, due to the large volume of applications we receive, we are only able to contact those candidates selected for an interview.

Preferred qualifications: strong interest in and commitment to human rights; excellent written and oral communication skills; experience working and/or living abroad; fluency in one or more foreign languages; and a sense of humor.

Positions are available in the New York and Washington, DC offices. For additional Information, please visit www.HumanRightsFirst.org.

Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor Summer Law Student Volunteer Program
The Office of the Solicitor (SOL) is the authorized legal representative for the Department of the Interior and its component agencies. The Southeast Regional Office of SOL provides general legal representation for the Secretary of the Interior in Washington, DC, and for the regional offices of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey and Bureau of Indian Affairs, assisting clients in all areas of law, including statutory and regulatory interpretation, personnel matters, contracts, torts, land acquisition and use, environmental and natural resources issues, Freedom of Information Act requests and matters involving Indian tribes. Additionally, SOL also provides litigation support and acts as a liaison with the agencies.

For each summer SOL selects from 2 to 4 law students (1L or 2L) as volunteers to work with attorneys on matters for which clients have sought assistance. The attorneys assign the students research and writing projects with the goal of incorporating the results into our advice to the client. The attorneys will provide detailed review of each student’s work. The student may also observe and participate in other aspects of our practice, such as meetings with clients.

Each student selected will be expected to work at least 15 hours per week for six weeks, although any student who wishes to work for more weeks or longer hours is encouraged to do so. Dates and times are flexible.

Students interested should contact:
Horace Clark, Regional Solicitor, or Michael Stevens, Attorney,
U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Regional Solicitor
75 Spring Street, S.W., Suite 304, Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Telephone: (404) 331-4447, x225 (Clark) or x238 (Stevens)
Fax: (404) 730-2362, E-mail: doi_solatl@yahoo.com (include AMichael Stevens@ in subject line).

Please submit cover letter, resume, current transcript and writing sample by Feb. 15, 2008 to be considered for a summer 2008 position.