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HOPE Public Interest News for Week of April 16, 2012

Please read below for upcoming events on campus, opportunities in the community, and other announcements. Events on Campus:  Monday, April 16th, Pro Bono Clinic for Nonprofits, 5:30 – 8:30 pm: Miami area attorneys are coming together to provide free legal consultations to area nonprofit organizations. Students have the opportunity to shadow participating attorneys during the […]

Free Access for Students/Graduates in Public Interest Work & Academic Summer Access

LexisNexis® offers students and upcoming graduates working in public interest positions a new program called ASPIRE. ASPIRE provides all students and graduates (including December 2011 graduates) engaged in verifiable 501(c)(3) public interest work, free access to federal and state cases, codes, regulations, law reviews, Shepard’s® Citation Service and Matthew Bender® treatises on Lexis. Students need […]

Dade County Bar Association Family Court Committee Presents: Collaborative Family Law: Divorce Without Litigation

Speakers: Enid Miller Ponn, Esq. Marital & Family Law Practitioner Lissette Beraja Family Therapist Edward Sachs Director, Litigation Service Department of Appelrouth Farah & Co. Thursday, April 19, 2012 Registration Begins at 11:30 am Seminar Begins at 12:00 pm BankersClub One Biscayne Tower, 14th Floor Miami, Florida Registration includes lunch and CLE credit. $35.00 Members […]

HOPE Public Interest News for Week of April 9, 2012

Please read below for upcoming events on campus, opportunities in the community, and other announcements. Events on Campus: Tuesday, April 10th, Queer Minds and Queer Bodies: How Law and Medicine Affect the Transgender and Intersex Communities, 7 pm, LC140: SpectrUM, as a part of Pride Awareness Week, will be hosting a forum featuring Mary Anne […]

Attention 1L and 2L Students: Read the CDO Email About Fall Recruiting 2012

The Career Development Office sent you an email this week regarding important information about Fall Recruiting 2012. Fall Recruiting 2012 will include the On Campus Interview (OCI) and Resume Referral programs, off campus job fairs, government internship and honors programs and the judicial clerkship hiring season. Please save the CDO email so that you may […]

2012 Latham Watkins Diversity Scholars Program

The Latham & Watkins Diversity Scholars Program awards six law students at ABA-accredited law schools a $10,000 non-renewable scholarship for use during their second year of law school. Started in 2005, the Diversity Scholars Program is designed to increase the number of diverse attorneys who want to pursue careers in global law firms and intend […]

HOPE Public Interest News for Week of April 2, 2012

Please read below for upcoming events on campus, opportunities in the community, and other announcements.  Events on Campus: Tuesday, April 3rd, Judicial Clerkship Season Kickoff Reception, 5:30 pm, Student Lounge: Do not miss the opportunity to ask federal and state court judges, as well as current and former judicial law clerks, about applying and interviewing […]

HOPE Public Interest News for Week of March 26, 2012

Please read below for upcoming events on campus, opportunities in the community, and other announcements.  Events on Campus: Monday, March 26th, Designing for Diversity: Affordable Housing for America’s Changing Demographic, 6 pm, Glasgow Lecture Hall: The Office of Civic and Community Engagement cordially invites you to the next event in their Focus on Affordable Housing […]

How to Snag a Mentor (and Maybe a Job)!

How do I conduct an informational interview? What’s the best way to find a mentor? If you have pondered these questions, be sure to read the recent blog post by Michael Maslanka, managing partner of the Dallasoffice of Constangy, Brooks & Smith. Mr. Maslanka serves as a guest blogger for The Careerist and offers valuable […]

HOPE Public Interest News for Week of March 19, 2012

Please read below for upcoming events on campus, opportunities in the community, and other announcements: Events on Campus  Tuesday, March 20th, Fulbright Program Info Session with Alumni Ambassador, 5:30 pm, UC Flamingo Ballroom A: Click here for details. Tuesday, March 20th & Wednesday, March 21st, National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence Hearings, Robert […]