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The Public Interest Fair on the Bricks on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.

Attend the Public Interest Fair on the Bricks on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. You will be able to talk to students who have participated in Miami Law Clinics, CDO Externships, HOPE Summer Fellowships, Public Interest  Summer Fellowships, the Historic Black Church Project, the African Probate & Policy Initiative and other programs. This can, […]

HOPE News for the Week of January 28, 2013

Upcoming Events:  Monday, January 28th, Public Interest Summer Opportunities, 12:30 – 2 pm, F209. Discover some of the exciting summer opportunities including HOPE Fellowships, the Summer Public Interest Program, Clinics, Externships, and the African Probate & Policy Initiative.   Thursday, January 31st, “Different Kinds of Minds”, 7:00pm, BankUnited Center. Autism Advocate Temple Grandin, listed on Time […]

Attend the Fifteenth Annual Informational Career Fair on March 6th!

Attend the Fifteenth Annual Informational Career Fair on March 6, 2013, from 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. in the Bricks. Career choices keeping you up at night? Get the answers you have been looking for at the annual Informational Career Fair. Take this opportunity to speak with attorneys practicing in different areas of law about how they […]

This Week at the CDO (Week of January 28, 2013)

Monday, January 28, 2013:  Diversity Food Festival – 12:30 p.m., Bricks  Tuesday, January 29, 2013:  Networking and Diversity Panel – 12:30 p.m., Student Lounge  Wednesday, January 30, 2013:  Speed Networking Reception – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Student Lounge  1L CDO Workshop – 12:30 p.m., Room E-352  Thursday, January 31, 2013:  Employment Discrimination Panel – […]

Ms. JD Presents: Building Her Power Base: A Conversation with ABA President Laurel Bellows on Leadership and Entrepreneurship

Ms. JD, K&L Gates and Kirkland Ellis cordially invite you to attend a luncheon with ABA President Laurel Bellows. Laurel will be speaking on leadership and entrepreneurship and will be answering questions from young women attorneys and law students nationwide. When Ms. JD thinks about entrepreneurship and leadership, Laurel is one of the first women […]

Paul Faherty Tax Law Writing Competition – $3,000 Grand Prize

The Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago is pleased to announce the 2013 Paul Faherty Tax Law Writing Competition. James Lynch, a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP, has graciously endowed this writing competition to honor Paul Faherty, former director of the Center for Tax Law […]

HOPE News for the Week of January 21, 2013

Upcoming Events: Tuesday, January 22nd, VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Training Session, 5:30 – 7:30 pm, **E352. Volunteers provide free basic income tax return preparation to individuals with low to moderate incomes ($50,000 maximum income), individuals with disabilities, non-English speaking taxpayers, and the elderly.  Saturday, January 26th, Citizenship Clinic at FIU Law School, 11 am […]

DRI Law Student Member Benefits – Become A Law Student Member for $20.00

DRI is widely recognized as the largest and most active national association of lawyers engaged in the defense of civil actions. DRI provides high quality educational seminars, numerous publications and other valuable member services to more than 22,000 defense trial lawyers and corporate counsel. It is also a forum for exchanging ideas on current issues of […]

The Diversity and Law Clerks and Students Committees Present: Starting and Maintaining a Small IP Firm or Nonprofit

On January 31, 2013, from 3:00 to 4:30 pm EDT, the Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) is sponsoring a Webinar panel titled “Starting and Maintaining a Small IP Firm or Nonprofit.” The FCBA is the national organization for the bar of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. They sponsor […]

The International Association of Defense Counsel 2013 Legal Writing Contest

All J.D. candidates currently enrolled in accredited law schools are eligible to participate in the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Legal Writing Contest. Entrants must write on subjects in the fields of tort law, insurance law, civil procedure, evidence or other areas of the law of practical concern to lawyers engaged in the defense […]