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You Are Invited to Attend the Fourth Annual Patently Impossible Project: An Innovative Competition to Benefit Dade Legal Aid

Save the Date! When:          Thursday, November 7, 2013, 6- 8 p.m. Where:         Miami Science Museum, 3280 S. Miami Avenue. There will be a Cocktail Reception, Silent Auction and Raffle Prizes. Compete to win the grand prize. Bet on teams assembling a patented invention. This is a fun event and good opportunity for students interested in Intellectual […]

Read The “Opportunities in Animal Law” Booklet to Gain Information Regarding Programs and Resources About Animal Law

The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) has a goal is to assist students who are interested in finding a meaningful way to merge their profession with their passion for animals. For more than 30 years, ALDF has been fighting to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. This mission […]

The 2014 Mollie and Paul Hill Student Writing Competition in Medical-Legal Interprofessional Collaboration

Beginning in 2014, the Florida State University Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law, based in both the FSU College of Medicine and the FSU College of Law, will present awards for the outstanding original papers submitted by a law student and a medical student or medical resident in response to a question pertaining […]

This Week at the CDO (Week of August 19, 2013)

Welcome back to our returning students and welcome our new students to UM Law! Tuesday, August 20: First Day of Classes. Thursday, August 22:  Student Organization Fair – 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., The Bricks. Come meet the new leaders of the various Miami Law student organizations.   

Law Student Passes for Upcoming Seminar From Sterling Education Services, Inc. on Fundamentals of Employment Law

Sterling Educational Services, Inc. (Sterling) would like to offer 5 law students free scholarship-passes to an upcoming seminar as an introduction to their company. Sterling is a non-profit continuing education company that conducts seminars across the nation. Please visit us online for information on our company. They are holding a Fundamentals of Employment Law seminar […]

Law Student Passes for Upcoming Seminar From Sterling Education Services, Inc. on International Taxation

Sterling Educational Services, Inc. (Sterling) would like to offer 5 law students free scholarship-passes to an upcoming seminar as an introduction to their company. Sterling is a non-profit continuing education company that conducts seminars across the nation. Please visit us online for information on our company. They are holding a/an International Taxation seminar in Miami, […]

Attend The National Bar Association Young Lawyers Division 2013 Annual Convention

National Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Miami 2013 NBA Annual Convention July 27-28, 2013 Fontainebleau Hotel The countdown to the National Bar Association’s Annual Convention is here and YOU are cordially invited by the Young Lawyers Division to attend the Law Student and Young Lawyers Professional Development Seminar. Refreshments will be provided. The seminar is FREE for law […]

Read: “What’s The Value of a Law Degree?” By Debra Cassens Weiss

What’s the value of a law degree? $1M in a lifetime, report says. Debra Cassens Weiss, a senior writer/online, joined the ABA Journal staff in 1986. She has worked as a news researcher for WMAQ-TV in Chicago, as a reporter and editor at the City News Bureau of Chicago and as a newscaster at WMRO […]

Check Out Susan Gainen’s Blog “Pass the Baton”!

Susan Gainen is a multiple entrepreneur, consulting to law schools and lawyers. Her current lecture series includes “Alternative Careers,” “Professionalism Has Attached,” and “Job Search Outside of OCI: The Forever Skill.” Ms. Gainen maintains a blog called “Pass the Baton” which contains various tips and useful information for law students and attorneys. She has spent the past […]

Peggy Browning Fund Fifteenth Annual National Law Students Workers’ Rights Conference

The following are the details about the Peggy Browning Fund Fifteenth Annual National Law Students Workers’ Rights Conference: When:            October 25 & 26, 2013 Where:           The Conference Center at the Maritime Institute, Linthicum   Heights, MD  Keynote Speaker: Craig Becker, AFL-CIO  Friday Evening Film & Discussion: The Dignity & Worth of Labor; A showing of the film […]