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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.
Career Services Thursday at Noon Programming
March 13 (noon): Judicial Clerkship Panel
March 13 (5 p.m.): Replay of program from two weeks ago on Faculty Fellowships and the PILG Stipend
March 20 Spring Break – No program
All programs will be held in Room 02 except where indicated. Pizza will be provided. Please bring your own drink.
Apartment Subleasing
For any students interested in subletting their apartment for the summer months, we have made arrangements with the Career Services Office at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law to advertise such to Mizzou Law students.
If you would like to participate in this effort to sublet your apartment this summer, please e-mail your name, telephone number and/or e-mail address to Andrea Follett, Coordinator of Professional Development, University of Missouri School of Law, at folletta@missouri.edu. Along with that information, please include a description of the apartment and the amount of rent you seek. Follett will then compile a Word document for Mizzou students to review and will instruct the students to contact you directly if they are interested.
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
Missouri Bar Ethics and Professionalism CLE Program for Third Years
The School of Law will host an Ethics and Professionalism program for graduating third year students on Monday, April 7, 2008 from Noon to 3 p.m. in Room 303. We strongly encourage all third year students to attend this program. Lunch will be provided.
This program will qualify for three hours of Missouri Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit. Missouri Supreme Court Rules require that all lawyers admitted to the Missouri Bar must complete at least 3 classroom hours of CLE devoted exclusively to professionalism, legal or judicial ethics or malpractice prevention within 12 months prior to or after the lawyer’s date of admission to the Bar. This program, which is free of charge, will fulfill that requirement. We highly recommend taking advantage of this opportunity to avoid having to pay and take time away from your professional schedule to fulfill your CLE requirements.
Attendance is not limited to students planning to take the Missouri Bar. The program will provide valuable ethics and professionalism training regardless of where you plan to practice. We also suggest that any students not planning to take the Missouri Bar check with the bar association in the state you plan to become licensed to see if a similar requirement exists and can be fulfilled by this program.
For those students unable to attend on April 7, there will be a video replay of the program. Date and time to be determined. Further information and registration materials will be available at a later time. If you have any questions regarding this program, please do not hesitate to contact Jon Baris in Career Services.
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.
Missouri Bar Exam Information - Registration Deadline
All students planning to take the July Missouri Bar Exam should be aware that the registration deadline to take the exam is March 15, 2008.
First and Second Year Student Information
Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis Linda J. Murphy Scholarship Program
Each year this scholarship is awarded to a female law student whose studies and service reflect the mission of the WLA. A mission statement, eligibility criteria and other instructions are included with the application, which is available at www.wlastl.org/scholarship.html The deadline for submissions has been extended to March 15, 2008.
Please feel free to contact Jamie Boyer, WLA Scholarship Committee Co-Chair, if you have any questions or require any further information about the scholarship application process.
Jamie L. Boyer, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, 100 South Fourth Street, Suite 700, St. Louis, MO 63102, 314-259-4546 (phone), 314-259-4599 (fax), or jboyer@stinson.com.
United Nations Association for the United States of America Internships
UNA-USA awards a variety of part-time and full-time internships to highly motivated high school, undergraduate and graduate students. Interns must possess a strong interest in international affairs, good writing and research skills, and formidable knowledge of the United Nations and other multilateral institutions. While internships are not salaried positions, interns have found the experience of working at UNA-USA and exploring the UN's resources rewarding in other ways, both educationally and vocationally. Since the internship takes place in New York, interns are often able to attend various United Nations meetings briefings, and special UNA-USA events as well.
Applicants are asked to indicate the department in which they prefer to work. However, if necessary, UNA-USA will suggest another department based on the organization's present needs and the applicant's interests and expressed abilities. Most of UNA-USA's work is performed in English. The ability to write and speak another language is not required unless specifically mentioned in the program description. After reviewing the descriptions of the internships offered, please send a completed application with all other requested materials (see application for details) to the UNA-USA in one packet. Incomplete application packets will not be considered. The three departments in which you have expressed an interest will review your application. Selections are made six to eight weeks after the deadline. Your chances of securing the internship you want, however, are greater the earlier your application is received.Applications for Summer internships are due March 15, 2008.
General inquiries regarding UNA-USA internships should be directed to Gary Su via e-mail at gsu@unausa.org. Further information and application materials can be found at www.unausa.org/site/pp.asp?c=fvKRI8MPJpF&b=640679.
Job Fairs and Networking Opportunities
2008 Loyola Patent Law Interview Program
The 2008 Loyola Patent Law Interview Program will be held on Thursday, July 31, and Friday, August 1, 2008. This is a nationwide interview program that targets patent law employers, second and third year J.D. students and LL.M. students with engineering and/or technical science academic backgrounds. Last year 150 patent law employers, 140 accredited law schools and 1,700 law students from across the country participated. Employers prescreen and choose all of the students they interview. The program is held each year at the Marriott Suites Hotel near Chicago's O'Hare airport.
Please note that registration procedures have changed. This year law students are required to register and pay online using a credit or debit card (VISA, MasterCard, AmEx only). Personal checks will not be accepted. The charge for students is $35.00 and is nonrefundable. Registering for the program does not guarantee an interview. Employers select the candidates from those who register. Depending on the number of students registering, Saint Louis University School of Law may be able to reimburse this fee to those registering. Please save registration and payment confirmation.
Student registration will take place between February 27 and March 21. To register, go to www.patentlawregistration.luc.edu/ and click on “Students.” Contact Anne Hensley at hensley@slu.edu after registering or with any questions.
Cook County Bar Association Annual Minority Law Student Job Fair
The Cook County Bar Association (CCBA) is pleased to invite law students to participate in the 25th Annual Minority Law Student Job Fair. The Job Fair typically attracts more than 700 law students and nearly 160 law firms, corporations and government agencies. The job fair is open to all first and second year law students (regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.). The only students not eligible are those graduating this May or August. Please be advised, however, that participating employers are looking for students with a demonstrated commitment to diversity in the profession.
This year only students in the classes of 2009 and 2010 are invited.
This year's Job Fair will be held on Friday, August 8, at the Embassy Suites Chicago-Downtown/Lakefront, 511 North Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL 60611.
Registration information will be available in Career Services AFTER March 15, 2008. For more information, please visit www.ccbaminorityjobfair.com. If you have questions, please contact Anne Hensley at hensley@slu.edu or 314-977-2729.
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